| Literature DB >> 1702627 |
J Blokkebak-Poulsen1, M I Sheikh, C Jacobsen.
Abstract
The characteristics of 86Rb+ fluxes through conductive channels in basolateral-membrane vesicles isolated from pars recta of rabbit kidney proximal tubule were investigated. In RbCl-, KCl- and NaCl-loaded vesicles a transient and almost equal accumulation of 86Rb+ was observed. The uptakes of 86Rb+ were inhibited to the same extent by 10 mM-BaCl2 in all loadings. The accumulation was driven by an electrical diffusion potential. The 86Rb+ flux was dependent on intravesicular Ca2+. Increasing concentrations of Ca2+ gradually decreased the 86Rb+ uptake. At 10 microM-Ca2+ the radioisotope flux was below 20% of control. The vesicles containing the channel showed very low selectivity among the univalent cations K+, Rb+, Li+, Na+ and choline+.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1702627 PMCID: PMC1149785 DOI: 10.1042/bj2720839
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857