1995
ATP depletion and inactivation of an ATP-sensitive taurine channel by classic ion channel blockers.
Ballatori N, Truong A, Jackson P, Strange K, Boyer J. ATP depletion and inactivation of an ATP-sensitive taurine channel by classic ion channel blockers. Molecular Pharmacology 1995, 48: 472-6. PMID: 7565627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIon channel blockersChannel blockersVolume-activated anion channelsATP levelsATP contentActivity of ATPPhysiologic alterationsIntracellular ATP levelsCellular ATPTaurine effluxBlockersIntracellular ATP contentTaurine channelCellular ATP levelsATP/ADP ratioIntracellular organic osmolytesSkate hepatocytesIntracellular ATPATP depletionCell volume regulationDifferent cell typesEffluxCellular ATP concentrationMetabolic poisonsCell types
1994
A volume-activated taurine channel in skate hepatocytes: membrane polarity and role of intracellular ATP
Ballatori N, Simmons T, Boyer J. A volume-activated taurine channel in skate hepatocytes: membrane polarity and role of intracellular ATP. American Journal Of Physiology 1994, 267: g285-g291. PMID: 7521136, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1994.267.2.g285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell swellingSkate hepatocytesIntracellular ATPExtracellular taurine concentrationMetabolic inhibitorsSinusoidal circulationHypotonic stimuliTaurine concentrationsTaurine effluxTaurine uptakeIndependent uptakeTaurine channelSkate liverEfflux mechanismTaurineLiverHepatocytesInhibitorsEffluxBasolateral membraneOsmolyte taurineSwellingAntimycin ADisulfonic acidTransport inhibitors