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Expression of the Skate (Raja erinacea) AE1 Osmolyte Channel in Xenopus laevis Oocytes: Monovalent Cation Permeability

Expression of the Skate (Raja erinacea) AE1 Osmolyte Channel in Xenopus laevis Oocytes:... The aim of this study was to express the cloned skate anion exchanger 1 (skAE1) in Xenopus oocytes and determine whether the differences in monovalent cation permeabilities in hypotonically stimulated skate and trout erythrocytes could be due to differences in the presence or absence of intracellular channel regulators between the two species or in the intrinsic permeability properties of the channels themselves. The expressed protein (skAE1) was inserted into the oocyte cell membrane and facilitated both Cl− exchange and taurine transport. Expression of skAE1 in oocytes showed similar monovalent cation permeabilities as previously reported for skate erythrocytes and different from both trout erythrocytes and trAE1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes. These results show that the skAE1 expressed in oocytes functions in a manner similar to that of the osmolyte channel in hypotonically activated skate erythrocytes and supports the hypothesis that differences in the monovalent cation permeabilities of the osmolyte channels in skate and trout RBCs resides in the differences in permeability properties of the channels between the two species. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Membrane Biology Springer Journals

Expression of the Skate (Raja erinacea) AE1 Osmolyte Channel in Xenopus laevis Oocytes: Monovalent Cation Permeability

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2004 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Life Sciences; Human Physiology; Biochemistry, general
ISSN
0022-2631
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1432-1424
DOI
10.1007/s00232-004-0655-1
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to express the cloned skate anion exchanger 1 (skAE1) in Xenopus oocytes and determine whether the differences in monovalent cation permeabilities in hypotonically stimulated skate and trout erythrocytes could be due to differences in the presence or absence of intracellular channel regulators between the two species or in the intrinsic permeability properties of the channels themselves. The expressed protein (skAE1) was inserted into the oocyte cell membrane and facilitated both Cl− exchange and taurine transport. Expression of skAE1 in oocytes showed similar monovalent cation permeabilities as previously reported for skate erythrocytes and different from both trout erythrocytes and trAE1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes. These results show that the skAE1 expressed in oocytes functions in a manner similar to that of the osmolyte channel in hypotonically activated skate erythrocytes and supports the hypothesis that differences in the monovalent cation permeabilities of the osmolyte channels in skate and trout RBCs resides in the differences in permeability properties of the channels between the two species.

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The Journal of Membrane Biology – Springer Journals

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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