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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 282: C1136-C1146, 2002. First published December 12, 2001; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00478.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 5, C1136-C1146, May 2002

Contribution of Na+-K+-Clminus cotransporter to high-[K+]o- induced swelling and EAA release in astrocytes

Gui Su1,2, Douglas B. Kintner1, and Dandan Sun1,2

Departments of 1 Neurological Surgery and 2 Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792

We hypothesized that high extracellular K+ concentration ([K+]o)-mediated stimulation of Na+-K+-Cl- cotransporter isoform 1 (NKCC1) may result in a net gain of K+ and Cl- and thus lead to high-[K+]o-induced swelling and glutamate release. In the current study, relative cell volume changes were determined in astrocytes. Under 75 mM [K+]o, astrocytes swelled by 20.2 ± 4.9%. This high-[K+]o-mediated swelling was abolished by the NKCC1 inhibitor bumetanide (10 µM, 1.0 ± 3.1%; P < 0.05). Intracellular 36Cl- accumulation was increased from a control value of 0.39 ± 0.06 to 0.68 ± 0.05 µmol/mg protein in response to 75 mM [K+]o. This increase was significantly reduced by bumetanide (P < 0.05). Basal intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) was reduced from 19.1 ± 0.8 to 16.8 ± 1.9 mM by bumetanide (P < 0.05). [Na+]i decreased to 8.4 ± 1.0 mM under 75 mM [K+]o and was further reduced to 5.2 ± 1.7 mM by bumetanide. In addition, the recovery rate of [Na+]i on return to 5.8 mM [K+]o was decreased by 40% in the presence of bumetanide (P < 0.05). Bumetanide inhibited high-[K+]o-induced 14C-labeled D-aspartate release by ~50% (P < 0.05). These results suggest that NKCC1 contributes to high-[K+]o-induced astrocyte swelling and glutamate release.

cell swelling; high potassium ion concentration, cultured astrocytes; glutamate release; bumetanide; intracellular chloride


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