Energetics of potassium ion transport in Aplysia gut |
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Authors: | Gerencser George A Loo Stanley Y Cornette Kuuleialoha M Zhang Jianliang |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL 32610, USA. |
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Abstract: | Basolateral membranes of Aplysia californica foregut epithelia contain an ATP-dependent Na(+)/K(+) transporter (Na(+)/K(+) pump or Na(+)/K (+) -ATPase). This Na(+)/K(+) pump accounts for both the intracellular Na(+) electrochemical potential (micro) being less than the extracelluar Na(+) micro and the intracellular K(+) micro being more than the extracellular K(+ ) micro. Also, K(+) channel activity resides in both luminal and basolateral membranes of the Aplysia foregut epithelial cells. Increased activity of the Na(+)/K(+) pump, coupled to luminal and basolateral membrane depolarization altered the K(+) transport energetics across the basolateral membrane to a greater extent than the alteration in K(+) transport energetics across the luminal membrane. These results suggest that K(+) transport, either into or out of the Aplysia foregut epithelial cells, is rate-limiting at the basolateral membrane. |
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