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Gamba G. From Fish Physiology to Human Disease: The Discovery of the NCC, NKCC2, and the Cation-Coupled Chloride Cotransporters. KIDNEY360 2024; 5:133-141. [PMID: 37968800 PMCID: PMC10833596 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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The renal Na-K-2Cl and Na-Cl cotransporters are the major salt reabsorption pathways in the thick ascending limb of Henle loop and the distal convoluted tubule, respectively. These transporters are the target of the loop and thiazide type diuretics extensively used in the world for the treatment of edematous states and arterial hypertension. The diuretics appeared in the market many years before the salt transport systems were discovered. The evolving of the knowledge and the cloning of the genes encoding the Na-K-2Cl and Na-Cl cotransporters were possible thanks to the study of marine species. This work presents the history of how we came to know the mechanisms for the loop and thiazide type diuretics actions, the use of marine species in the cloning process of these cotransporters and therefore in the whole solute carrier cotransproters 12 (SLC12) family of electroneutral cation chloride cotransporters, and the disease associated with each member of the family.
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- Gerardo Gamba
- Molecular Physiology Unit, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Tlalpan, Mexico City, Mexico
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Sepúlveda FV, Pablo Cid L, Teulon J, Niemeyer MI. Molecular aspects of structure, gating, and physiology of pH-sensitive background K2P and Kir K+-transport channels. Physiol Rev 2015; 95:179-217. [PMID: 25540142 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00016.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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K(+) channels fulfill roles spanning from the control of excitability to the regulation of transepithelial transport. Here we review two groups of K(+) channels, pH-regulated K2P channels and the transport group of Kir channels. After considering advances in the molecular aspects of their gating based on structural and functional studies, we examine their participation in certain chosen physiological and pathophysiological scenarios. Crystal structures of K2P and Kir channels reveal rather unique features with important consequences for the gating mechanisms. Important tasks of these channels are discussed in kidney physiology and disease, K(+) homeostasis in the brain by Kir channel-equipped glia, and central functions in the hearing mechanism in the inner ear and in acid secretion by parietal cells in the stomach. K2P channels fulfill a crucial part in central chemoreception probably by virtue of their pH sensitivity and are central to adrenal secretion of aldosterone. Finally, some unorthodox behaviors of the selectivity filters of K2P channels might explain their normal and pathological functions. Although a great deal has been learned about structure, molecular details of gating, and physiological functions of K2P and Kir K(+)-transport channels, this has been only scratching at the surface. More molecular and animal studies are clearly needed to deepen our knowledge.
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- Francisco V Sepúlveda
- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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Ozin RL, Mikhailidis DP, Baron DN. Sodium Transport in Human Platelets as an Index of Na,K-ATPase Activity. Platelets 2009; 3:163-9. [DOI: 10.3109/09537109209013177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Garzón-Muvdi T, Pacheco-Alvarez D, Gagnon KBE, Vázquez N, Ponce-Coria J, Moreno E, Delpire E, Gamba G. WNK4 kinase is a negative regulator of K+-Cl- cotransporters. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 292:F1197-207. [PMID: 17182532 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00335.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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WNK kinases [with no lysine (K) kinase] are emerging as regulators of several membrane transport proteins in which WNKs act as molecular switches that coordinate the activity of several players. Members of the cation-coupled chloride cotransporters family (solute carrier family number 12) are one of the main targets. WNK3 activates the Na(+)-driven cotransporters NCC, NKCC1, and NKCC2 and inhibits the K(+)-driven cotransporters KCC1 to KCC4. WNK4 inhibits the activity of NCC and NKCC1, while in the presence of the STE20-related proline-alanine-rich kinase SPAK activates NKCC1. Nothing is known, however, regarding the effect of WNK4 on the K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporters. Using the heterologous expression system of Xenopus laevis oocytes, here we show that WNK4 inhibits the activity of the K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporters KCC1, KCC3, and KCC4 under cell swelling, a condition in which these cotransporters are maximally active. The effect of WNK4 requires its catalytic activity because it was lost by the substitution of aspartate 318 for alanine (WNK4-D318A) that renders WNK4 catalytically inactive. In contrast, three different WNK4 missense mutations that cause pseudohypoaldosteronism type II do not affect the WNK4-induced inhibition of KCC4. Finally, we observed that catalytically inactive WNK4-D318A is able to bypass the tonicity requirements for KCC2 and KCC3 activation in isotonic conditions. This effect is enhanced by the presence of catalytically inactive SPAK, was prevented by the presence of protein phosphatase inhibitors, and was not present in KCC1 and KCC4. Our results reveal that WNK4 regulates the activity of the K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporters expressed in the kidney.
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- Tomas Garzón-Muvdi
- Molecular Physiology Unit, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan 14000, México City, México
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Ianowski JP, O'Donnell MJ. Basolateral ion transport mechanisms during fluid secretion byDrosophilaMalpighian tubules: Na+ recycling,Na+:K+:2Cl– cotransport and Cl– conductance. J Exp Biol 2004; 207:2599-609. [PMID: 15201292 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYMechanisms of ion transport during primary urine formation by the Malpighian tubule of Drosophila melanogaster were analyzed through measurements of fluid secretion rate, transepithelial ion flux, basolateral membrane potential (Vbl) and intracellular activities of K+ (aKi) and Cl–(aCli). Calculation of the electrochemical potentials for both ions permitted assessment of the possible contributions of K+ channels, Na+:K+:2Cl–cotransport, and K+:Cl– cotransport, to net transepithelial ion secretion across the basolateral membrane. The data show that passive movement of both K+ and Cl– from cell to bath is favoured across the basolateral membrane, indicating that both ions are actively transported into the cell. Contributions of basolateral K+ channels or K+:Cl– cotransporters to net transepithelial ion secretion can be ruled out. After prior exposure of tubules to ouabain, subsequent addition of bumetanide reduced fluid secretion rate, K+ flux and Na+ flux, indicating a role for a Na+:K+:2Cl– cotransporter in fluid secretion. Addition of the K+ channel blocker Ba2+ had no effect on aKi or aCli. Addition of Ba2+ unmasked a basolateral Cl– conductance and the hyperpolarization of Vbl in response to Ba2+ was Cl–-dependent. A new model for fluid secretion proposes that K+ and Cl– cross the basolateral membrane through a Na+-driven Na+:K+:2Cl–cotransporter and that most of the Na+ that enters the cells is returned to the bath through the Na+/K+-ATPase.
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- Juan P Ianowski
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1
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The electroneutral cotransport of potassium and chloride is mediated by potassium-chloride transporters, which are encoded by members of the gene family of cation-chloride cotransporters. A significant body of evidence argues for swelling-activated, basolateral potassium-chloride transport in the proximal tubule and thick ascending limb, with a potential role in transepithelial salt transport. However, the lack of specific inhibitors has impeded progress in this area. The cloning of the four potassium-chloride cotransporter genes has sparked new interest in this transport pathway, and promises to yield novel insights into their roles in cellular and renal physiology.
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- D B Mount
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2372, USA.
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Loiseau A, Leroy C, Castaing M. Potassium transport in opossum kidney cells: effects of Na-selective and K-selective ionizable cryptands, and of valinomycin, FCCP and nystatin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1330:39-49. [PMID: 9375811 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00140-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The effects of two ionizable cryptands, the Na-selective (221)C10 and the K-selective (222)C10, and of valinomycin, FCCP and nystatin on K+ fluxes in opossum kidney (OK) cells have been quantified. The Na,K-ATPase (ouabain-sensitive 86Rb influx) was stimulated by nystatin (> or = 20%), and inhibited by the other ionophores (50-80%), by barium (K-channel blocker) (61%) and by amiloride (Na entry blocker) (34%). The Vmax of the Na,K-ATPase phosphatase activity was unmodified by the ionophores, indicating the absence of direct interaction with the enzyme. The ATPi content was unmodified by the inhibitors and nystatin, but was lowered by (221)C10 (47%), (222)C10 (75%), valinomycin (72%) and FCCP (88%). Amiloride was found to partially remove the inhibition caused by (222)C10 (51%) and valinomycin (49%). Rb efflux was stimulated by nystatin (32%), unmodified by valinomycin, and was inhibited by (221)C10 (19%), (222)C10 (19%) and FCCP (10%). Barium (39%) and amiloride (32%) inhibited this efflux and, in their presence, the nystatin effect persisted, whereas that of the other ionophores vanished. At pH 6.4, the Rb efflux decreased by 14% of its value at pH 7.4, with no additional inhibition by cryptands. Cryptands are shown to inhibit the pH-sensitive K+-conductance, probably by inducing a K+-H+ exchange at the plasma membrane, and by uncoupling oxidative phosphorylation by inducing the entry of K+ and H+ (and possibly Ca2+) ions into the mitochondria.
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Leader JP, Neufeld DS. Electrochemical characteristics of ion secretion in malpighian tubules of the New Zealand alpine weta (Hemideina maori). JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 44:39-48. [PMID: 12770442 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(97)00087-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Characteristics of ion and fluid secretion were investigated in isolated Malpighian tubules of the New Zealand Alpine Weta (Hemideina maori). Fluid secretion by tubules in iso-osmotic saline (500mOsm) occurred at a rate of 15+/-3nlh(-1) and was enriched in K(+) (approx. 125mmoll(-1)) relative to the saline (10mmoll(-1)). Maximal fluid secretion (112nlh(-1)) during simultaneous exposure to hypo-osmolality and dibutyryl cAMP resulted in an 8.8x increase in the quantity of K(+) secreted, compared to only a 2.4x increase in Na(+) secretion. Measurements of intracellular ion activities and membrane potentials indicated that Na(+) and K(+) were transported against a strong electrochemical gradient across the apical surface, regardless of saline osmolality. On the basolateral surface, there was a large driving force for Na(+) entry, while K(+) was distributed near its equilibrium potential. Neither bumetanide nor ouabain in the bathing saline had a significant effect on fluid secretion, but Ba(2+) and amiloride decreased fluid secretion by 79 and 57%, respectively. The effect of Ba(2+) on fluid secretion was consistent with a high basolateral permeability to K(+), relative to Na(+) and Cl(-). These results indicate that the characteristics of fluid secretion in this primitive insect are largely conserved with characteristics reported for other insects.
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- J P. Leader
- Department of Physiology, P.O. Box 913, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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The reabsorption of NaCl in the proximal tubule occurs passively through the paracellular pathway, and actively by a transcellular route. Transcellular NaCl transport involves Na(+)-coupled Cl- entry across the apical membrane by two mechanisms involving Cl(-)-organic anion exchange. One mechanism is Cl(-)-formate exchange with recycling of formate from lumen to cell by H(+)-coupled formate transport in parallel with Na(+)-H+ exchange. A second mechanism is Cl(-)-oxalate exchange with recycling of oxalate from lumen to cell by oxalate-sulfate exchange in parallel with Na(+)-sulfate cotransport. Cl- exit across the basolateral membrane is most likely mediated by Cl- channels. Apical membrane Na(+)-H+ exchange is involved in mediating both NaHCO3 and NaCl reabsorption in the proximal tubule. Immunocytochemical studies indicate that NHE3 is the principal Na(+)-H+ exchanger isoform expressed on the brush border membrane. Detection of NHE3 in a subapical, intracellular, vesicular compartment in proximal tubule cells is consistent with its possible regulation by membrane trafficking. That NHE3 is the isoform responsible for apical membrane Na(+)-H+ exchange activity is supported by studies of inhibitor sensitivity, and by studies demonstrating increased expression of NHE3 protein in association with enhanced Na(+)-H+ exchange activity during renal maturation and in response to glucocorticoids and metabolic acidosis.
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- P S Aronson
- Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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The influence of K+ and Ca2+ on Zn2+ transport into cultured human fibroblasts was investigated. Zn2+ uptake was markedly reduced in the presence of both valinomycin and nigericin (electrogenic and electroneutral K+ ionophores, respectively), and by reduction in the transmembrane K+ gradient produced by replacement of extracellular K+ with Na+, suggesting that Zn2+ may be driven by a Zn2+/K+ counter-transport system. To test the counter-transport hypothesis, we used 86Rb as an analog of K+ for efflux studies. The rate of Rb+ efflux was 3760 times that of Zn2+ uptake, thus the component of K+ involved in the Zn2+ counter-transport system was only a small proportion of the total K+ efflux. In investigating the effect of Ca2+ on Zn2+ uptake, we identified two components: (1) a basal Zn2+ uptake pathway, independent of hormonal or growth factors which does not require extracellular Ca2+ and (2) a Ca(2+)-dependent mechanism. The absence of Ca2+ decreased Zn2+ uptake, while increasing extracellular Ca2+ stimulated Zn2+ uptake. The effect was mediated by Ca2+ influx as the ionophores A23187 and ionomycin also stimulated Zn2+ uptake. We could not ascribe the Ca2+ effect to known Ca2+ influx pathways. We conclude that Zn2+ uptake occurs by a K(+)-dependent process, possibly by Zn2+/K+ counter-transport and that a component of this is also Ca(2+)-dependent.
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- M L Ackland
- Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
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Féraille E, Rousselot M, Rajerison R, Favre H. Effect of insulin on Na+,K(+)-ATPase in rat collecting duct. J Physiol 1995; 488 ( Pt 1):171-80. [PMID: 8568653 PMCID: PMC1156710 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1995.sp020955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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1. The collecting duct is involved in the whole antinatriuretic effect of insulin, as indicated in vitro by the stimulatory effect of the hormone on ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake. Since Na+,K(+)-ATPase drives Na+ reabsorption, the contribution of the Na+ pump to the effect of insulin was investigated in rat isolated cortical and outer medullary collecting duct. 2. Insulin enhanced ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake in the absence, as well as in the presence, of either 5 x 10(-4) M amiloride or 10(-3) M hydrochlorothiazide (HCT). Maximal ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake, measured in Na(+)-loaded tubules, was also enhanced by insulin. The insulin effect persisted both in the absence of external Na+, when the Na+,K(+)-ATPase operates in a Rb(+)-Rb+ exchange mode, and in tubules depolarized by a high external concentration (20 mM) of Rb+ or by addition of 3 mM Ba2+. 3. Insulin treatment did not alter the intracellular Na and K concentrations, the specific binding of [3H]ouabain measured in intact tubules, or the hydrolytic activity of Na+,K(+)-ATPase measured after permeabilization of the tubule cells. 4. In conclusion, in the rat collecting duct, insulin increased Na+,K(+)-ATPase-mediated cation transport independently of Na+ availability, membrane potential and recruitment of pump units. The effect of insulin was lost after cell permeabilization, suggesting the presence of a cytosolic factor which controls the turnover of Na+,K(+)-ATPase.
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- E Féraille
- Division de Néphrologie, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland
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Reeves WB, Shah SV. Activation of potassium channels contributes to hypoxic injury in proximal tubules. J Clin Invest 1994; 94:2289-94. [PMID: 7989584 PMCID: PMC330056 DOI: 10.1172/jci117592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The mechanisms responsible for the loss of cell potassium during renal ischemia are poorly understood. The present studies examined the hypothesis that potassium channels are activated as an early response to hypoxia and contribute to potassium loss independent from an inhibition of active K+ uptake. Potassium flux in suspensions of freshly isolated rat proximal tubules was measured using an ion-selective electrode. Exposure of the tubules to hypoxia for only 2.5 min resulted in a rise in the passive leak rate of K+ but no decrease in active K+ uptake. The passive leak of K+ was associated with a 40% decrease in cell ATP content. The passive K+ efflux was inhibited by 5 mM Ba2+ (95%) and by 15 mM tetraethylammonium (85%) suggesting that K+ channels were the primary route of K+ movement. The effects of K+ channel blockade on the development of hypoxic injury were also examined. Tetraethylammonium and glibenclamide, an inhibitor of ATP-sensitive K+ channels, reduced hypoxic injury as assessed by the release of lactate dehydrogenase or measurement of DNA damage. These results suggest that activation of K+ channels is an early response to hypoxia and contributes to hypoxic renal injury.
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- W B Reeves
- Division of Nephrology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205
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Discala F, Belachgar F, Planelles G, Hulin P, Anagnostopoulos T. Barium- or quinine-induced depolarization activates K+, Na+ and cationic conductances in frog proximal tubular cells. J Physiol 1992; 448:525-37. [PMID: 1317443 PMCID: PMC1176213 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1992.sp019055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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1. Frog proximal tubular cells were fused into giant cells. We measured membrane potential (Vm), its changes (delta Vm), and current-induced voltage changes (delta psi) in single cells, during control and experimental states. Each cell served as its own control. 2. In the presence of a physiological Ringer solution, the transference number for potassium (tK) was 0.50. Barium (3 mM) reduced membrane conductance (Gm) by 50%; low-Cl- solutions and low-Na+ solutions also diminished Gm, by 52 and 30%, respectively. The association of barium and low-NaCl solutions decreased Gm to approximately 38% of control, indicating that the impermeant substitute of a physiological ion may interact with other pathways; alternatively, blockade of steady-state conductances may activate physiologically silent processes. 3. In an attempt to enhance the contribution of the partial K+ conductance (GK) to Gm, fused cells were exposed to low-Cl- solutions, containing in addition 0.1 mM-methazolamide, to inhibit the rheogenic Na(+)-HCO3-symport, and 1 microM-amiloride, to block Na+ conductance (GNa). tK went up to 0.83. 4. The high tK preparation was challenged with barium (3 mM) or quinine (Quin, 1 mM). These blockers produced large depolarizations (approximately 60 mV), however, although Gm decreased along early- and mid-depolarization, Gm plateaued and eventually it increased with larger and larger depolarization. 5. Depolarization-associated increase in Gm reflects activation of other conductances. These are Na+, cationic, and K+ conductance(s) poorly sensitive to quinine or barium. In the presence of Ba(2+)- or Quin-induced depolarization, injection of depolarizing current produces delayed increase in conductance. 6. Depolarization-induced activation of cationic conductance (Gcat) and GNa results in enlargement of the K+ electrochemical potential difference, to about 70 mV; this difference allows recycling of K+ ions outwards, since a GK is still detected and may contribute up to 38% of the total conductance.
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- F Discala
- INSERM U.323, Faculté de Médecine Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris, France
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