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Title: | Li influx and binding, and li/mg competition in bovine chromaffin cell suspensions as studied by li NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy | Authors: | Fonseca, Carlos P. Montezinho, Liliana P. Baltazar, Graça Layden, Brian Freitas, Duarte M. Geraldes, Carlos F. G. C. Castro, M. Margarida C. A. |
Issue Date: | 2000 | Publisher: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation | Citation: | Metal-Based Drugs. 7:6 (2000) 357-364 | Abstract: | Li(+) influx by bovine chromaffin cells, obtained from bovine adrenal medulla, was studied in intact cell suspensions using (7)Li NMR spectroscopy with the shift reagent [Tm(HDOTP)](4-). The influx rate constants, k(i), were determined in the absence and in the presence of two Na(+) membrane transport inhibitors. The values obtained indicate that both voltage sensitive Na(+) channels and (Na(+)/K(+))-ATPase play an important role in Li(+) uptake by these cells. (7)Li NMR T(1) and T(2) relaxation times for intracellular Li(+) in bovine chromaffin cells provided a T(1)/T(2) ratio of 305, showing that Li(+) is highly, immobilized due to strong binding to intracellular structures. Using fluorescence spectroscopy and the Mg(2+) fluorescent probe, furaptra, the free intracellular Mg(2+) concentration in the bovine chromaffin cells incubated with 15 mM LiCl was found to increase by about mM after the intracellular Li(+) concentration reached a steady state. Therefore, once inside the cell, Li(+) is able to displace Mg(2+) from its binding sites | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/12769 | ISSN: | 0793-0291 | DOI: | 10.1155/MBD.2000.357 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Ciências da Vida - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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