AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 268, Issue 4 C894-C902, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Cation transport in mouse erythrocytes: role of K(+)-Cl- cotransport in regulatory volume decrease

C. C. Armsby, C. Brugnara and S. L. Alper
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

We investigated cation transport and cell volume regulation in erythrocytes of CD1 and C57/B6 mice. Swelling of cells from either strain stimulated K+ efflux that was insensitive to ouabain, bumetanide, and clotrimazole. Seventy-five percent of swelling-induced K+ efflux was Cl- dependent (inhibited by sulfamate or methanesulfonate, partially by NO3-, but not by SCN-) and was inhibited by okadaic acid (OA; 50% inhibitory concentration = 18 +/- 6 nM in CD1 and 10 +/- 4 nM in C57/B6). In both strains, K+ efflux into isotonic medium was stimulated by staurosporine or by N-ethylmaleimide, and the latter was partially blocked by pretreatment of cells with OA. When cells of either strain were incubated in hypotonic medium or preswollen isosmotically with nystatin, OA-sensitive regulatory volume decrease (RVD) and K+ loss were observed. RVD produced by hypotonic swelling was prevented by Cl- replacement with sulfamate or methanesulfonate. These properties suggest the presence in outbred and inbred mouse erythrocytes of RVD mediated by K(+)-Cl- cotransport.

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