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  • Title: Localization and characterization of phenamil-sensitive Na+ influx in isolated rainbow trout gill epithelial cells.
    Author: Reid SD, Hawkings GS, Galvez F, Goss GG.
    Journal: J Exp Biol; 2003 Feb; 206(Pt 3):551-9. PubMed ID: 12502776.
    Abstract:
    Percoll density-gradient separation, combined with peanut lectin agglutinin (PNA) binding and magnetic bead separation, was used to separate dispersed fish gill cells into sub-populations. Functional characterization of each of the sub-populations was performed to determine which displayed acid-activated phenamil- and bafilomycin-sensitive Na(+) uptake. Analysis of the mechanism(s) of (22)Na(+) influx was performed in control and acid-activated (addition of 10 mmoll(-1) proprionic acid) cells using a variety of Na(+) transport inhibitors (ouabain, phenamil, HOE-694 and bumetanide) and a V-type ATPase inhibitor (bafilomycin). We found that cells migrating to a 1.03-1.05 g ml(-1) Percoll interface [pavement cells (PVCs)] possessed the lowest rates of Na(+) uptake and that influx was unchanged during either bafilomycin (10 nmoll(-1)) treatment or internal acidification with addition of proprionic acid (10 mmoll(-1)). Mitochondria-rich (MR) cells that migrated to the 1.05-1.09 g ml(-1) interface of the Percoll gradient demonstrated acidification-activated bafilomycin and phenamil-sensitive Na(+) influx. Further separation of the MR fraction into PNA(+) and PNA(-) fractions using magnetic separation demonstrated that only the PNA(-) cells (alpha-MR cells) demonstrated phenamil-and bafilomycin-sensitive acid-activated (22)Na(+) uptake. We confirm the coupling of a V-type H(+)-ATPase with phenamil-sensitive Na(+) uptake activity and conclude that high-density alpha-MR cells function in branchial Na(+) uptake in freshwater fish.
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