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Na+/H+ exchange modulates acidification of early rat liver endocytic vesicles

R. W. Van Dyke
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0682, USA.

Endocytic vesicles are acidified by an electrogenic vacuolar H(+)-ATPase. These studies examined whether rat liver endosomes also exhibit Na+/H+ exchange and whether this transporter alters acidification. Extravesicular Na+ caused saturable proton efflux from acidified endosomes with a Michaelis constant for Na+ of 7.6 mM, whereas an in-to-out Na+ gradient caused endosome acidification without MgATP and accelerated acidification with MgATP. Na(+)-driven proton fluxes were little altered by valinomycin or carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone. Na+/H+ exchange was inhibited by Li+ but was not affected by K+, Cl-, amiloride (1 mM), or 5-(N,N-dimethyl) amiloride (0.1 mM). Na+/H+ exchange was detected in "early" but not in "late" liver endosomes or in lysosomes. These data suggest that early rat liver endosomes exhibit Na+/H+ exchange that, immediately after endosome formation, may accelerate vesicular acidification. Because of its insensitivity to amiloride, this exchanger may be a pharmacologically altered form of Na+/H+ exchanger-1 or a new isoform.

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