Proton conductance of cell membranes |
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Authors: | WS Rehm SS Sanders RL Shoemaker J OCallaghan JT Tarvin EA Friday |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The Medical Center, University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Several workers have suggested that cell membranes have a high proton conductance. Our interest in this concept arose from the possibility that the nutrient (submucosal-facing) membrane of the gastric mucosa may have a high proton or hydroxyl ion conductance which would play a role in the regulation of the acid-base balance of the cell. We found that wide changes in the H+ concentration of the fluid bathing the nutrient side of the in vitro frog gastric mucosa did not result in significant changes in p.d. However, a maintained change of the H+ concentration of the bathing fluid would be expected to produce only a temporary change in p.d. Since a diffusion barrier is present on the nutrient side the temporary change in p.d. might be masked. An analysis of this possibility was made on the basis of a conceptual model and as a result of the analysis it is concluded that the proton (and/or OH?) conductance of the nutrient membrane of the frog gastric mucosa is not a significant fraction of its total conductance. The present status of the proton conductance hypothesis with respect to striated muscle and to the secretory membrane of the gastric mucosa is reviewed. |
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