Properties of the Na+-K+ pump in human red cells with increased number of pump sites.
Properties of the Na+-K+ pump in human red cells with increased number of pump sites.
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人红细胞中 Na-K 泵的特性,泵位点数量增加。
DOI:
10.1172/jci113037
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发表时间:
1987
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Tosteson,DC
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作者:
Halperin,JA;Brugnara,C;Kopin,AS;Ingwall,J;Tosteson,DC
We studied the Na+/K+ pump in red cells from an obese human subject (MAJ) in which the number of pumps/cell was 10-20 times higher than normal. Through measurements of the kinetic properties of several modes of operation of the Na+/K+ pump we determined that the pumps in MAJ cells are kinetically normal. In the presence of adequate metabolic substrate the maximum rates of Na+ pumping and lactate production saturated at 60 and 12 nmol/1 cell per h, respectively. Under physiological conditions pump and "leak" Na+ fluxes were similar in MAJ and normal cells. Since internal Na+ was lower in MAJ than in normal cells (Nai+ approximately 2 and 8 mmol/1 cell, respectively), we conclude that the reduction in cell Na+ allows the Na+/K+ pump in MAJ cells to operate at lower fraction of maximum capacity and to compensate for the increased number of pumps.