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Abstract
Liquid Na+ resin microelectrodes were used to measure intracellular Na+ activities (alpha iNa+) in the mammalian tight epithelium, rabbit urinary bladder. alpha iNa+ averaged 7 +/- 1 mM and was independent of Na+ transport rate over the range of 2 to 8 muA/muF. (1 mF congruent to 1 cm2 apical membrane area). After Na+ loading the cells the Na+ pump in the basolateral membrane was measurably electrogenic. A method for shielding the Na+-sensitive microelectrodes is described which increases the response time and eliminates an electrical shunting artifact.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7260265 PMCID: PMC1328722 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(80)85086-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033