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Intracellular pH in human arterial smooth muscle. Regulation by Na+/H+ exchange and a novel 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride-sensitive Na(+)- and HCO3(-)-dependent mechanism.

Abstract
We investigated in a physiological salt solution (PSS) containing HCO3- the intracellular pH (pHi) regulating mechanisms in smooth muscle cells cultured from human internal mammary arteries, using the pH-sensitive dye 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF) and 22Na+ influx rates. The recovery of pHi from an equivalent intracellular acidosis was more rapid when the cells were incubated in CO2/HCO3(-)-buffered PSS than in HEPES-buffered PSS. Recovery of pHi was dependent on extracellular Na+ (Km, 13.1 mM); however, it was not attenuated by 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS), indicating the absence of SITS-sensitive HCO3(-)-dependent mechanisms. Recovery instead appeared mostly dependent on processes sensitive to 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride (EIPA), indicating the involvement of Na+/H+ exchange and a previously undescribed EIPA-sensitive Na(+)- and HCO3(-)-dependent mechanism. Differentiation between this HCO3(-)-dependent mechanism and Na+/H+ exchange was achieved after depletion of cellular ATP. Under these conditions, the NH4Cl-induced 22Na+ influx rate stimulated by intracellular acidosis was markedly attenuated in HEPES-buffered PSS but not in CO2/HCO3(-)-buffered PSS. EIPA also appeared to inhibit the two mechanisms differentially. In HEPES-buffered PSS containing 20 mM Na+, the EIPA inhibition curve for the intracellular acidosis-induced 22Na+ influx was monophasic (IC50, 39 nM), whereas in an identical CO2/HCO3(-)-buffered PSS, the inhibition curve exhibited biphasic characteristics (IC50, 37.3 nM and 312 microM). Taken together, the results indicate that Na+/H+ exchange and a previously undescribed EIPA-sensitive Na(+)- and HCO3(-)-dependent mechanism play an important role in regulating the pHi of human vascular smooth muscle. The involvement of the latter mechanism depends on the severity of the intracellular acidosis, varying from approximately 25% in severe intracellular acidosis up to 50% at lesser, more physiological, levels of induced acidosis.
AuthorsC B Neylon, P J Little, E J Cragoe Jr, A Bobik
JournalCirculation research (Circ Res) Vol. 67 Issue 4 Pg. 814-25 (Oct 1990) ISSN: 0009-7330 [Print] United States
PMID2170052 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Bicarbonates
  • Buffers
  • Fluoresceins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Protons
  • Sodium Radioisotopes
  • Ammonium Chloride
  • 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid
  • Amiloride
  • 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Sodium
  • ethylisopropylamiloride
Topics
  • 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid (pharmacology)
  • Acid-Base Equilibrium
  • Adenosine Triphosphate (metabolism)
  • Aged
  • Amiloride (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
  • Ammonium Chloride (pharmacology)
  • Bicarbonates (pharmacology)
  • Buffers
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Fluoresceins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Mammary Arteries
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular (drug effects, metabolism)
  • Protons
  • Sodium (metabolism, pharmacology)
  • Sodium Radioisotopes

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