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  • 1990-1994  (2)
  • BCECF  (2)
  • K+ channel
  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 428 (1994), S. 179-185 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: BCECF ; Na+/H+ exchanger ; HCO 3 − /Cl− exchanger ; Na+-dependent HCO 3 − transporter ; DIDS ; HOE-694
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The pH regulation in HT29 colon carcinoma cells has been investigated using the pH-sensitive fluorescent indicator 2′,7′-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF). Under control conditions, intracellular pH (pHi) was 7.21±0.07 (n=22) in HCO 3 − -containing and 7.21±0.09 (n=12) in HCO 3 − -free solution. HOE-694 (10 μmol/l), a potent inhibitor of the Na+/H+ exchanger, did not affect control pHi. As a means to acidify cells we used the NH 4 + /NH3 (20 mmol/l) prepulse technique. The mean peak acidification was 0.37±0.07 pH units (n=6). In HCC 3 − -free solutions recovery from acid load was completely blocked by HOE-694 (1 μmol/l), whereas in HCO3 3 − -containing solutions a combination of HOE-694 and 4,4′-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2, 2′-disulphonate (DIDS, 0.5 mmol/l) was necessary to show the same effect. Recovery from acid load was Na+-dependent in HCO 3 − -containing and HCO 3 − -free solutions. Removal of external Cl− caused a rapid, DIDS-blockable alkalinization of 0.33±0.03 pH units (n=15) and of 0.20±0.006 pH units (n=5), when external Na+ was removed together with Cl−. This alkalinization was faster in HCO 3 − -containing than in HCO 3 − -free solutions. The present observations demonstrate three distinct mechanisms of pH regulation in HT29 cells: (a) a Na+/H+ exchanger, (b) a HCO 3 − /Cl− exchanger and (c) a Na+-dependent HCC 3 − transporter, probably the Na+-HCO 3 − /Cl− antiporter. Under HCO 3 − — free conditions the Na+/H+ exchanger fully accounts for recovery from acid load, whereas in HCO 3 − -containing solutions this is accomplished by the Na+/H+ exchanger and a Na+-dependent mechanism, which imports HCO 3 − . Recovery from alkaline load is caused by the HCO 3 − /Cl− exchanger.
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  • 2
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Pflügers Archiv 428 (1994), S. 631-640 
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Intracellular pH ; K+ channel ; NH4 +/NH3 Patch clamp ; BCECF
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The K+ channels of the principal cells of rat cortical collecting duct (CCD) are pH sensitive in excised membranes. K+ secretion is decreased with increased H+ secretion during acidosis. We examined whether the pH sensitivity of these K+ channels is present also in the intact cell and thus could explain the coupling between K+ and H+ secretion. Membrane voltages (V m), whole-cell conductances (g c), and single-channel currents of K+ channels were recorded from freshly isolated CCD cells or isolated CCD segments with the patch-clamp method. Intracellular pH (pHi) was measured using the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye 2′-7′-bis(carboxyethyl)-5-6-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF). Acetate (20 mmol/l) had no effect on V m, g c, or the activity of the K+ channels in these cells. Acetate, however, acidified pHi slightly by 0.17±0.04 pH units (n=19). V m depolarized by 12±3 mV (n=26) and by 23±2 mV (n=66) and g c decreased by 26±5% (n=13) and by 55±5% (n=12) with 3–5 or 8–10% CO2, respectively. The same CO2 concentrations decreased pHi by 0.49±0.07 (n=15) and 0.73±0.11 pH units (n=12), respectively. Open probability (P o) of all four K+ channels in the intact rat CCD cells was reversibly inhibited by 8–10% CO2. pHi increased with the addition of 20 mmol/l NH4 +/NH3 by a maximum of 0.64±0.08 pH units (n=33) and acidified transiently by 0.37±0.05 pH units (n=33) upon NH4 +/NH3 removal. In the presence of NH4 +/NH3 V m depolarized by 16±2 mV (n=66) and g c decreased by 26±7% (n=16). The activity of all four K+ channels was also strongly inhibited in the presence of NH4 +/NH3. The effect of NH4 +/NH3 on V m and g c was markedly increased when the pH of the NH4 +/NH3-containing solution was set to 8.5 or 9.2. From these data we conclude that cellular acidification in rat CCD principal cells down-regulates K+ conductances, thus reduces K+ secretion by direct inhibition of K+ channel activity. This pH dependence is present in all four K+ channels of the rat CCD. The inhibition of K+ channels by NH4 +/NH3 is independent of changes in pHi and rather involves an effect of NH3.
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