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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 255: C346-C356, 1988;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 255, Issue 3 C346-C356, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Properties of K+ transport in resealed human erythrocyte ghosts

C. Brugnara, T. Van Ha and D. C. Tosteson
Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

We report here our studies on K+ transport in resealed human red cell ghosts (RG) in the presence of 0.1 mM ouabain and 0.01 mM bumetanide, inhibitors of the Na+-K+ pump and Na+-K+-Cl- cotransport, respectively. RG were obtained with the gel-filtration method. K+ efflux from RG was dependent on the pH used in the lysis buffer and increased when the pH used in the lysis buffer and increased when the pH was raised from 5.5 to 8.0. As in intact red cells, RG made from cells of the least dense fraction had a much higher K+ efflux than RG made from cells of the densest fraction. This K+ flux is volume independent and increases when the pH of the flux medium is increased from 6.0 to 8.0. K+ efflux (60-70%) at pH 7.40 from RG made from cells of the least dense fraction is inhibited when Cl- is substituted by nitrate or when the ghosts are resealed in the absence of ATP. This chloride- and ATP-dependent component is markedly reduced in RG made from cells of the densest fraction. An increase in the internal Mg2+ concentration in RG from the least dense fraction induced marked inhibition of K+ efflux. Contrary to intact cells, N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) did not affect K+ efflux from RG. Thus the effects of pH, osmolarity, and NEM on K+ transport in RG are markedly different from those reported in intact erythrocytes.


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