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
1992
Taurine transport in skate hepatocytes. I. Uptake and efflux
Ballatori N, Boyer J. Taurine transport in skate hepatocytes. I. Uptake and efflux. American Journal Of Physiology 1992, 262: g445-g450. PMID: 1550234, DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1992.262.3.g445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkate hepatocytesDependent uptake processIntracellular taurine levelsTaurine uptake systemsTaurine levelsMicroM taurineTaurine uptakeIsosmotic replacementTaurine transportEfflux pathwaySlow effluxExtracellular ClIndependent uptake systemAmino sulfonic acidI. UptakeTaurine accumulationHepatocytesUptake systemEffluxTaurineDisulfonic acidBeta-amino acidsDistinct mechanismsUptakeReplacement