title: Electrogenic H(+)-regulated sulfate-chloride exchange in lobster hepatopancreatic brush-border membrane vesicles.
abstract: Transport of [35S]sulfate by brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) of lobster (Homarus americanus) hepatopancreas was stimulated by an outwardly directed chloride gradient. In contrast, sulfate uptake was not enhanced by inwardly directed Na+ or K+ transmembrane gradients. An inside-positive membrane potential (valinomycin and K+) stimulated SO4(2-)-Cl- exchange, whereas an inside-negative membrane potential was inhibitory. Sulfate-sulfate exchange was not affected by alterations of transmembrane potential. An inwardly directed proton gradient, or the presence of low bilateral pH, enhanced SO4(2-)-Cl- exchange, but the H+ gradient alone did not stimulate sulfate uptake in chloride-equilibrated BBMV or in vesicles lacking internal Cl-. The stilbenes 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) strongly inhibited SO4(2-)-Cl- exchange. Sulfate influx occurred by a combination of carrier-mediated transfer, exhibiting Michaelis-Menten kinetics, and nonsaturable "apparent diffusion." 36Cl- influx into sulfate-loaded BBMV was stimulated by an inside-negative transmembrane potential compared with short-circuited vesicles. These results suggest that sulfate-chloride exchange in hepatopancreatic BBMV occurred by an electrogenic carrier mechanism exhibiting a 1:1 flux ratio that was modulated by internal and external H(+)-sensitive regulatory sites. The role of this antiport process in anion secretion is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu 96822.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cattey
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gerencser
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ahearn
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000502:physiology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007474:Ion Exchange; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D010179:Pancreas / Q000378:metabolism*; D013431:Sulfates / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D013431:Sulfates; D006859:Hydrogen