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
1989
Bicarbonate-dependent and -independent intracellular pH regulatory mechanisms in rat hepatocytes. Evidence for Na+-HCO3- cotransport.
Gleeson D, Smith N, Boyer J. Bicarbonate-dependent and -independent intracellular pH regulatory mechanisms in rat hepatocytes. Evidence for Na+-HCO3- cotransport. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1989, 84: 312-321. PMID: 2544626, PMCID: PMC303984, DOI: 10.1172/jci114156.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisulfonic acid stilbeneHCO3- cotransportIntracellular acid loadHCO3- thanIntracellular pH regulatory mechanismsPH regulatory mechanismsBaseline pHiMonolayer cell culture systemRat hepatocytesAcid loadIntracellular ClCl-/HCO3AmilorideCell culture systemAnion transport inhibitorAbsence of bicarbonateHCO3- transportImportant regulatorHepatocytesPH-sensitive dyeCarboxy-fluoresceinTransport inhibitorsCulture systemRegulatory mechanismsPhi