ISSN:
1573-2665
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The intracellular pH of control fibroblasts and of fibroblasts of a HHH-syndrome patient have been determined. Values of 6.94±0.15 and 7.05±0.14 for control and patient fibroblasts, respectively, were found. By means of analyses of malate in the cytosolic and particulate fractions of the fibroblasts the differences in pH between these two cellular compartments were estimated to be 1.34±0.12 and 1.38±0.18 for control and patient, respectively. Neither difference was statistically significant. The decrease in the rate of ornithine uptake by mitochondria of the patient's fibroblast is therefore not due to an increased intramitochondrial pH.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01805611