title: Hypertonicity-induced intracellular pH changes in rat mast cells.
abstract: In a non-isotonic environment, cells can shrink or swell and return to their normal shape by activating ion transport pathways. Changes in intracellular pH (pHi) after osmotic stress have been identified in several cells. In order to study the mechanisms that regulate cytosolic pH of rat mast cells in a hypertonic medium, we used the pH sensitive dye, BCECF. Under these hypertonic conditions, pHi undergoes an alkalinization following an initial acidification. The alkalinization is mediated by a Na+/H+ exchanger, since it is inhibited by amiloride and lack of extracellular sodium. Under these conditions, the alkalinization is increased with the PKC activators, TPA and OAG, and partially blocked with trifluoperazine, an unspecific protein kinase C (PKC) and Ca2+ calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (Ca2+/CaM K) inhibitor. There is also an anion exchanger, blocked with DIDS but not activated by PKC, that participates in the observed alkalinization. However, Na+/H+ exchanger is the main mechanism involved in the alkalinization of pHi of mast cells in a hyperosmotic environment.
authors.affiliation: Departamentos de Fisiología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Univ Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cabado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfonso
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vieytes
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Botana
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017920:Antiporters / Q000378:metabolism; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D048429:Cell Size / Q000502:physiology; D027963:Chloride-Bicarbonate Antiporters; D006636:Histamine Release; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017920:Antiporters; D027963:Chloride-Bicarbonate Antiporters; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D000584:Amiloride; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; D002118:Calcium