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  • Title: Sodium-pump activity and its inhibition by extracellular calcium in cardiac myocytes of guinea pigs.
    Author: Stemmer P, Akera T.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1988 May 24; 940(2):188-96. PubMed ID: 2453209.
    Abstract:
    Myocardial sodium-pump activity was examined from ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake using myocytes isolated from guinea-pig heart. Either sodium loading or the sodium ionophore, monensin, increased 86Rb+ uptake by over 400%, indicating that the amount of Na+ available to the pump is the primary determinant of its activity, and that the sodium pump has a substantial reserve capacity in quiescent myocytes. Moreover, the degree of the above stimulation is markedly higher than corresponding values reported with multicellular preparations, suggesting that diffusion barriers make it impossible to observe the capacity of the sodium pump in the latter preparations. Removal of extracellular Ca2+ increased ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake, probably by enhancing turnover of the sodium pump rather than increasing availability of Na+ to the pump.
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