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  • Title: Oxygen-dependent K+ fluxes in sheep red cells.
    Author: Campbell EH, Gibson JS.
    Journal: J Physiol; 1998 Feb 01; 506 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):679-88. PubMed ID: 9503330.
    Abstract:
    1. This study was designed to investigate the O2 dependence of K+ influx in sheep red cells. Influx was determined using 86Rb+ as a tracer for K+; glass tonometers coupled to a gas mixing pump were used to equilibrate cell samples to the requisite oxygen tension (PO2). 2. Both volume- and H(+)-stimulated K+ influxes in low potassium-containing (LK) sheep red cells were approximately doubled on equilibration with O2 relative to influxes measured in N2.O2-dependent influxes were abolished when Cl- was replaced with NO3-, consistent with mediation by the KCl cotransporter. At pH 7, PO2 required for half-maximal stimulation was 56 +/- 1 mmHg (mean +/- S.E.M., 3 sheep) for the O2-dependent component of K+ influx: thus PO2 values over the physiological range affected K+ influx. 3. K+ influx in fully deoxygenated sheep red cells showed substantial volume and H+ sensitivity. These residual components in N2 were also Cl- dependent, indicating that the KCl cotransporter of LK sheep red cells was active in the absence of O2. 4. Volume-sensitive K+ influxes in high potassium-containing (HK) sheep red cells responded in a similar way to those in cells from LK sheep, although much smaller in magnitude, showing that intracellular [K+] had no significant effect on the O2 dependence of the cotransporter. 5. Intracellular [Mg2+] ([Mg2+]i) was altered by incubating sheep red cells with A23187 (20 microM) and different values of extracellular [Mg2+] ([Mg2+]o). Total [Mg2+]i was determined by atomic absorption spectroscopy and free [Mg2+]i from [Mg2+]o and the Donnan ratio. Total [Mg2+]i was 1.29 +/- 0.08 mM (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 5), similar to that reported in the literature. Estimates of free [Mg2+]i showed an increase from 0.39 +/- 0.05 in oxygenated cells to 0.52 +/- 0.04 mM (mean +/- S.E.M., n = 5; P < 0.05) in deoxygenated ones. 6. Finally, although K+ influxes were altered by pharmacological loading or depletion of cells with Mg2+, the free [Mg2+]i required to affect influxes significantly was outside the physiological range. Results are difficult to reconcile with PO2 modulating KCl cotransport activity directly via changes in free [Mg2+]i or [Mg(2+)-ATP]i.
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