Stimulation of the Potassium Transport System in Low Potassium Type Sheep Red Cells by a Specific Antigen Antibody Reaction
Stimulation of the Potassium Transport System in Low Potassium Type Sheep Red Cells by a Specific Antigen Antibody Reaction
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特异性抗原抗体反应刺激低钾型绵羊红细胞钾转运系统
DOI:
10.1038/222477a0
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发表时间:
1969
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
E. M. Tucker
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作者:
J. Ellory;E. M. Tucker
SOME sheep have high concentrations of potassium in their red blood cells (HK type) and some have low concentrations (LK type)1. The gene for LK (KaL) is dominant to that for HK (kah). Rasmusen and Hall2,3 reported an association between potassium type and an antigen (M) on the red cells of adult sheep. All HK type but only some LK type red cells were M-positive, that is, they were haemolysed by the isoantibody anti-M. They suggested that genes controlling potassium concentrations also controlled the M antigen, sheep homozygous for M (MM) being HK type (kahkah), and sheep homozygous for m (mm) that is M-negative, being homozygous for the gene for LK (kaLkaL). The heterozygous LK sheep (kaLkah) were also heterozygous for M (Mm). The red cells of all newborn lambs contain more potassium than those of adult HK type sheep4,5, and in those lambs which carry the gene for M, the cells do not react fully with anti-M until adult potassium concentrations are reached6,7. The conclusion was that the presence of M antigen per se was not essential for the maintenance of a high intracellular content of potassium, and it was suggested that if the hypothetical m factor could be identified, it might prove to be directly involved in active potassium transport. The work reported here sets out to test this hypothesis.