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  • Title: Chloride transport in human proximal colonic apical membrane vesicles.
    Author: Mahajan RJ, Baldwin ML, Harig JM, Ramaswamy K, Dudeja PK.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1996 Apr 03; 1280(1):12-8. PubMed ID: 8634305.
    Abstract:
    The mechanism(s) of Cl- transport across the human colonic apical membranes are not well understood. Apical membrane vesicles (AMV) purified from organ donor proximal colonic mucosa and a rapid millipore filtration technique were utilized to study 36Cl- uptake into these vesicles. Outwardly directed OH- and HCO3- gradient stimulated 36Cl- uptake into these vesicles demonstrating a transient accumulation over equilibrium uptake. Voltage clamping the membrane potential of the vesicles or making them inside positive with K+/valinomycin failed to influence chloride uptake, indicating that the conductive Cl- uptake pathway is minimal in proximal colonic AMV. Anion exchange inhibitors, DIDS and SITS (1 mM) inhibited OH- and HCO3- stimulated 36Cl- uptake by approximately 60%. Furosemide also demonstrated a small but significant inhibition of chloride uptake. Amiloride, bumetanide and acetazolamide (1 mM) failed to inhibit 36Cl uptake. HCO3- and pH gradient stimulated 36Cl- uptake exhibited saturation kinetics with an apparent Km for chloride of 4.0 +/- 0.7 mM and Vmax of 17.8 +/- 3.9 nmol/mg per min. Bromide, chloride, nitrate and acetate (50 mM each) inhibited 5 mM 36Cl uptake. Inwardly directed gradients of Na+, K+, or Na+ and K+ did not stimulate 36Cl- uptake into these vesicles, indicating that uptake of Na+ and Cl- in human proximal colonic AMV does not involve Na-Cl or Na-K-2Cl cotransport. The above findings indicate that chloride transport in human proximal colonic AMV involves an electroneutral Cl-HCO3- (OH-) exchange process. In view of the previous demonstration of Na+-H+ antiporter in these vesicles, dual ion exchange mechanism of Na+-H+ and Cl-HCO3- in apical membrane domain of human colonocytes is postulated to be the primary mechanism for NaCl absorption in the human proximal colon.
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