title: Regulation of the Na+/H+ exchanger under conditions of abolished proton gradient: isosmotic and hyperosmotic stimulation.
abstract: Activation of the Na+/H+ exchanger following isosmotic and hyperosmotic stimuli was investigated in an osteoblast cell line (RCJ 1.20). The pH dependence of the transporter activity was studied under conditions of abolished proton gradient (pHi = pHo) across the membrane. The isotonic response is Na+o dependent, increases towards higher pH-values, displaying a sigmoidal dependence on pHi = o (Hill coefficient approximately 1.8) and is controlled by pHo. The greater than first order dependence on pH suggests that H+o inhibits the exchange beyond the rate expected from competition with the Na+o alone. This may be due to the existence of an external H+ regulatory site with a negative cooperative effect on the intra- or extracellular transport site. The hyperosmotic activation is Na+o independent, parallels the sigmoidal pH dependence of the isosmotic stimulus (Hill coefficient approximately 2.0) and is mediated through an increase of the Vmax without a change in the intracellular proton sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dascalu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nevo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Korenstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D012964:Sodium