title: Phenotypic characterization of ouabain-resistant Aedes albopictus cells.
abstract: The phenotype of a ouabain-resistant Aedes albopictus cell line has been partially characterized. Treatment of ouabain-sensitive cells with 0.005-1.0 mM ouabain resulted in an 80% reduction in the uptake of 86rubidium (86Rb+), an ion with an affinity for the K+ pump binding site; ouabain-resistant cells showed only a 40% reduction with 1.0 mM ouabain. When ouabain-sensitive cells were incubated in the presence of ouabain (0.1 mM) for one and one-half to three hours, the molar ratio of intracellular Na+/K+ rose from 0.2 to 4.2. In ouabain-resistant cells, a similar treatment had very little effect. Based on [3H] ouabain-binding studies, ouabain-resistant cells were estimated to have 60% fewer binding sites per cell than ouabain-sensitive cells. The spontaneous mutation rate from ouabain sensitivity to ouabain resistance was calculated to be 1-6 x 10(-8) mutations/cell/generation, a value similar to that reported for mammalian cells at the analogous locus.
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004351:Drug Resistance; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D010042:Ouabain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010641:Phenotype; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D010042:Ouabain; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase