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  • Title: Palytoxin modulates cytosolic pH in human osteoblast-like Saos-2 cells via an interaction with Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase.
    Author: Monroe JJ, Tashjian AH.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1996 May; 270(5 Pt 1):C1277-83. PubMed ID: 8967426.
    Abstract:
    Palytoxin (PTx) at nanomolar concentrations enhances the permeability of mammalian cell membranes to both Na+ and Ca2+. In basal human osteoblast-like Saos-2 cells, PTx (8 nM) caused a persistent decrease in cytosolic pH (pHi) of about 0.2 units, which required the presence of extracellular Ca2+ (Cae2+) and Na+ (Nae+). We acidified Saos-2 cells by incubation with nigericin to examine the action of PTx in cells with an activated Na+/H+ antiporter. Under these conditions, PTx increased the pHi without requiring Cae2+ or Nae+, and the alkalinization was unaffected by hexamethylene amiloride. We conclude that the PTx-induced rise in pHi did not involve the Na+/H+ antiporter. PTx increased the rate of 86Rb+ efflux. We propose that PTx induced alkalinization in nigericin-acidified cells by collapsing the K+ gradient. Exposure to ouabain had no effect on pHi, but it prevented the actions of PTx on PHi in both basal and nigericin-acidified cells. Ouabain-resistant mutant cells were less sensitive to PTx in extruding 86Rb+ than their ouabain-sensitive parents. We conclude that PTx interacts with the Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase to regulate pHi in both basal and nigericin-acidified Saos-2 cells.
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