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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 270: C841-C847, 1996;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 3 C841-C847, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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EGF modulation of Na+/H+ antiport in rat hepatocytes: different sensitivity in adult and fetal cells

S. Incerpi, S. Spagnuolo, F. Terenzi and S. Leoni
Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Rome, Italy.

The modulation by epidermal growth factor (EGF) of the Na+/H+ antiport in fetal and adult rat hepatocytes was studied in nominally HCO3- free solution. EGF (10 nM) activated the antiport in adult rat hepatocytes by 0.22 +/- 0.03 (mean +/- SD;n=10) pH units over basal value, measured with the fluorescent pH-sensitive intracellular probe, 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)- carboxyfluorescein (BCECF). The effect of EGF was inhibited by amiloride analogue 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA), by ouabain, inhibitor of the Na+ pump, and by erbstatin analogue, an inhibitor of the tyrosine kinase activity of the EGF receptor. The effect of EGF on Na+/H+ antiport in adult rat hepatocytes appeared to be mediated by both protein kinase C (PKC) and G protein system. No effect of EGF and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, an activator of PKC, on the Na+/H+ antiport was observed in fetal hepatocytes of 20 and 22 days. A different sensitivity of the antiport to high concentrations of amiloride and EIPA suggests that altered amount of the Na+/H+ antiport units or different isoforms could be expressed in fetal compared with adult cells.


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