When exogenous ATP is added to suspensions of TA3 ascites tumor cells suspended in Ca++ and Mg++ free media, a significant increase in cell volume can be measured. This increase is reversible upon addition of Ca++ and/or Mg++ back to the media. The enlargement of these cells is temperature sensitiv
Effect of exogenous atp on sodium transport in mammalian red cells
β Scribed by A. Romualdez; M. Volpi; R. I. Sha'afi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 594 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The effect of exogenous adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and other nucleotides on the transport of Na in various mammalian red cells has been studied. While they have no effect on the transport of Na in human and cat red cells, in dog red cells adenosine and its monoβ, diβ, and triphosphorylated forms were found to increase Naβinflux. Of these, ATP has the most striking effect, causing a more than 8βfold increase at a concentration of 0.6 mM and exerting this effect at a dose range of 10^β5^ to 10^β3^ M. The effect of ATP is rapid (>5 minutes) and can be reversed by washing or the addition of calcium or magnesium. In contrast to the adenosine series other phosphorylated nucleotides (GTP, CTP, UDP, GDP and cAMP) have no effect. The well known volume dependent Naβtransport in these cells is reversed in the presence of 0.6 mM ATP. It is suggested that ATP acts on passive cation movements either by chelation of membrane charge of by a direct interaction with membrane proteins and may be involved in the volume regulation of cation transport in the dog erythrocyte.
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