Regulation of cytoplasmic pH of cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells in the absence and presence of bicarbonate

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Regulation of cytoplasmic pH of cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells in the absence and presence of bicarbonate
Creators Name:	Jentsch, T.J. and Korbmacher, C. and Janicke, I. and Fischer, D.G. and Stahl, F. and Helbig, H. and Hollwede, H. and Cragoe, E.J. and Keller, S.K. and Wiederholt, M.
Abstract:	Intracellular pH (pHi) in confluent monolayers of cultured bovine corneal endothelial cells was determined using the pH-dependent absorbance of intracellularly trapped 5(and 6)carboxy-4',5'-dimethylfluorescein. Steady-state pH was 7.05 +/- 0.1 in the nominal absence of bicarbonate, and 7.15 +/- 0.1 in the presence of 28 mM HCO3-/5% CO2. Following an acid load imposed by a NH4Cl prepulse, pHi was regulated in the absence of HCO3- by a Na+-dependent process inhibitable to a large extent by 1 mM amiloride and 0.1 mM dimethylamiloride. In the presence of 28 mM HCO3-/5% CO2, this regulation was still dependent on Na+, but the inhibitory potency of amiloride was less. DIDS (1 mM) partially inhibited this regulation in the presence, but not in the absence of bicarbonate. With cells pretreated with DIDS, amiloride was as effective in inhibiting recovery from acid load as in the absence of HCO3-. The presence of intracellular Cl- did not appreciably affect this recovery, which was still sensitive to DIDS in the absence of Cl-. Removal of extracellular Na+ led to a fall of pHi, which was greatly attenuated in the absence of HCO3-. This acidification was largely reduced by 1 mM DIDS, but not by amiloride. Cl removal led to an intracellular alkalinization in the presence of HCO3-. The presence of a Cl-/HCO3- exchanger was supported by demonstrating DIDS-sensitive 36Cl- uptake into confluent cell monolayers. Thus, bovine corneal endothelial cells express three processes involved in intracellular pH regulation: an amiloride-sensitive Na+/H+ antiport, a Na+-HCO3- symport and a Cl-/HCO3- exchange, the latter two being DIDS sensitive.
Keywords:	Intracellular pH, Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransport, Na+/H+ Antiport, Cl-/HCO 3- Exchange, Amiloride, DIDS, Cornea, Endothelium, Cell Culture, Animals, Cattle
Source:	Journal of Membrane Biology
ISSN:	0022-2631
Publisher:	Springer
Volume:	103
Number:	1
Page Range:	29-40
Date:	July 1988
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871930
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