ISSN:
1432-1424
Keywords:
Key words: Taurine — Anion channel — Osmolyte — Volume regulation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract. Osmotic swelling of fish erythrocytes activates a broad-specificity permeation pathway that mediates the volume-regulatory efflux of taurine and other intracellular osmolytes. This pathway is blocked by inhibitors of the erythrocyte band 3 anion exchanger, raising the possibility that band 3 is involved in the volume-regulatory response. In this study of eel erythrocytes, a quantitative comparison of the pharmacology of swelling-activated taurine transport with that of band 3-mediated SO2− 4 transport showed there to be significant differences between them. N-ethylmaleimide and quinine were effective inhibitors of swelling-activated taurine transport but caused little, if any, inhibition of band 3. Conversely, DIDS was a more potent inhibitor of band 3-mediated SO2− 4 flux than of swelling-activated taurine transport. In cells in isotonic medium, pretreated then co-incubated with 0.1 mm DIDS, the band 3-mediated transport of SO2− 4 and Cl− was reduced to a low level. Exposure of these cells to a hypotonic medium containing 0.1 mm DIDS was followed by the activation of a Cl− permeation pathway showing the same inhibitor sensitivity as swelling-activated taurine transport. The data are consistent with swelling-activated transport of taurine and Cl− being via a common pathway. A comparison of the swelling-activated transport rates for taurine and Cl− with those for several other solutes was consistent with the hypothesis that this pathway is an anion-selective channel, similar to those that mediate the volume-regulatory efflux of Cl− and organic osmolytes from mammalian cells.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002329900011
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