Protective effect of EGTA on rat gastric membranes enriched in (H+-K+)-ATPase

Autor: Wha Bin Im, David P. Blakeman
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 108:635-639
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(82)90876-2
Popis: Rat gastric membranes enriched in (H+-K+)-ATPase, when prepared in the presence of 1 m M ethyleneglycol-bis-(β-aminoethyl ether)N,N′-tetraacetic acid, showed the ability to accumulate H+ ions upon addition of ATP, KCl, and valinomycin. The membranes were largely impermeable to K+ and Cl−. In contrast, the rat membranes prepared without the Ca2+ chelator lost the ability to develop a pH gradient because of the membrane leakiness to H+. A majority of these membrane vesicles became also permeable to K+. We suggest that the calcium chelator preserved the gastric membrane permeability barrier during isolation by inhibiting various Ca2+-dependent phospholipases in rat gastric mucosa.
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