Inui K, Saito H, Hori R
Biochem J. 1985 Apr 1;227(1):199-203. doi: 10.1042/bj2270199.
Transport of [3H]tetraethylammonium (NEt4+), an organic cation, has been studied by using apical-membrane vesicles isolated from cultured kidney epithelial cell line LLC-PK1. The uptake of NEt4+ by apical-membrane vesicles was osmotically sensitive, time-dependent and saturable. The presence of an H+ gradient ([H+]i greater than [H+]o) induced a marked stimulation of NEt4+ uptake against its concentration gradient (overshoot phenomenon), and this concentrative uptake was inhibited by HgCl2. These results suggest that apical membranes isolated from the LLC-PK1 cells retain the transport characteristics of NEt4+ similar to those observed in renal brush-border membranes.
利用从培养的肾上皮细胞系LLC-PK1分离的顶端膜囊泡,对有机阳离子[3H]四乙铵(NEt4+)的转运进行了研究。顶端膜囊泡对NEt4+的摄取对渗透压敏感、具有时间依赖性且可饱和。H+梯度([H+]i大于[H+]o)的存在诱导了NEt4+逆其浓度梯度的摄取显著增强(过冲现象),并且这种浓缩摄取受到HgCl2的抑制。这些结果表明,从LLC-PK1细胞分离的顶端膜保留了与在肾刷状缘膜中观察到的类似的NEt4+转运特性。