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The volume-sensitive organic osmolyte-anion channel VSOAC is regulated by nonhydrolytic ATP binding

P. S. Jackson, R. Morrison and K. Strange
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.

Efflux of intracellular organic osmolytes to the external medium is a ubiquitous response to cell swelling. Accumulating evidence indicates that volume regulatory loss of structurally unrelated organic osmolytes from cells is mediated by a relatively nonselective volume-sensitive anion channel. In C6 cells, we have termed this channel VSOAC for volume-sensitive organic osmolyte-anion channel. Swelling-induced activation of VSOAC required the presence of ATP or nonhydrolyzable ATP analogues [adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate), adenylylmethyl-enediphosphonate (AMP-PCP), or 5'-adenylylimidodiphosphate] in the patch pipette. Sustained activation of VSOAC also required ATP. Channel rundown was observed when cellular ATP levels were lowered by intracellular dialysis with the patch pipette solution. Rundown was prevented by the ATP analogue AMP-PCP. Passive swelling-induced myo-[3H]inositol and [3H]taurine efflux was blocked by metabolic inhibitors that decreased cellular ATP levels. Titration of cellular ATP levels with azide demonstrated that the apparent dissociation constant (Kd) for ATP of both myo-inositol and taurine efflux was approximately 1.7 mM. The high Kd for ATP indicates that cellular metabolic state plays an important role in modulating organic osmolyte loss. Regulation of VSOAC activity by ATP prevents depletion of metabolically expensive organic osmolytes when cellular energy production is reduced. In addition, ATP-dependent regulation provides essential feedback to minimize the loss of energy-producing carbon sources such as pyruvate, short-chain fatty acids, ketone bodies, and amino acids, which readily permeate this channel.

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