AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 267, Issue 3 C745-C752, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Activity and density of the Na+/H+ antiporter in normal and transformed human lymphocytes and fibroblasts

M. Siczkowski, J. E. Davies and L. L. Ng
Department of Pharmacology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.

The turnover number for the sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform 1 (NHE-1) has been determined in human lymphocytes and MRC5 fibroblasts and in their virally transformed counterparts. Using fluorometric methods, we have determined the intracellular pH and Na+/H+ antiport activity of these cells. Intracellular pH was elevated in both lines of transformed cells. In contrast, Na+/H+ antiport activity was apparently unchanged in simian virus 40-transformed MRC5 fibroblasts (MRC5 SV1 TV1 28.9 +/- 5.2 mM/min compared with MRC5 fibroblasts 26.5 +/- 5.3 mM/min) but slightly increased in Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoblasts (16.7 +/- 1.0 mM/min compared with lymphocytes 13.5 +/- 2.3 mM/min, P < 0.05). With the use of specific antisera to NHE-1, viral transformation was associated with a decreased number of NHE-1 molecules per cell in fibroblasts (from 441,504 +/- 53,428 to 64,745 +/- 7,151 sites/cell, P < 0.001) but an increased number in lymphocytes (from 14,066 +/- 3,100 to 22,474 +/- 4,050 sites/cell, P < 0.01). The NHE-1 density per cell yielded very similar turnover numbers for NHE-1 in the untransformed cells (lymphocytes, 3,161 +/- 833 cycles/s; MRC5 fibroblasts, 3,026 +/- 441 cycles/s), which were significantly elevated in the transformed cells (lymphoblasts, 8,471 +/- 1,177 cycles/s; MRC5 SV1 TV1, 10,521 +/- 2,299 cycles/s, P < 0.001 compared with untransformed cells). We conclude that viral transformation has different effects on Na+/H+ antiport activity and NHE-1 density per cell in different cell types, but the turnover number of NHE-1 is significantly increased after viral transformation, which correlates with the increased proliferation rate of these transformed cells.

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