Changes in Ion Content in Heat-Treated Tetrahymena Cells |
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Authors: | B J HOLM |
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Institution: | Institute of Zoophysiology, Univ. of Lund, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden |
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Abstract: | SYNOPSIS Changes in the amounts of Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ were determined in the supernates of homogenized samples of Tetrahymena cells which were exposed to 7 heat shocks. The amounts of the same ions were also determined in the pH 4.5-soluble fractions after dialysis. During the last shock, i.e., 6.5 hr after the start of heat treatment, there was a change in the ion balance characterized by a gain in Na+, Ca2+ and non-dialyzable Mg2+ and a loss of K+. The change was not in phase with the synchronous cell division. |
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