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V Casavola1, C Helmle-Kolb, H Murer.
Abstract
Epithelial layers of LLC-PK1/PKE20 cells, a renal epithelial cell line which expresses Na+/H+ exchange activities in the apical as well as basolateral membrane domains, are examined in the single cell mode by microspectrofluorometry. We provide evidence that basolateral Na+/H+ exchange is more sensitive to amiloride inhibition than is apical Na+/H+ exchange. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the two exchange activities differ in their regulatory control: kinase A activation (forskolin, 8-Br-cAMP) leads to inhibition of both exchange activities, whereas kinase C activation (phorbol ester) stimulates basolateral and inhibits apical Na+/H+ exchange. Thus, renal epithelial cells may contain two Na+/H+ exchange activities: an apical ("epithelial") and basolateral ("housekeeping") which may serve different cellular functions and are under separate regulatory controls.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2557022 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(89)80041-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575