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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In many cells including cardiac myocytes, cytoplasmic Ca is importantly controlled by the plasmalemmal Na-Ca exchanger (3, 8). The tissue diversity and differences in cellular environment raise the question whether the same exchanger is found in all tissues. Recent experiments using rod cells have demonstrated that at least two forms of Na-dependent Ca transport exist. We have examined this issue in various rat and human tissues using the cloned human cardiac Na-Ca exchanger cDNA. Northern blot analysis in these two species show that the major transcript of the Na-Ca exchanger is 7.2 kilobases in heart, brain, kidney, liver, pancreas, skeletal muscle, placenta, and lung. Furthermore, ribonuclease protection analysis in rats shows conservation of the 348-base pair segment tested in heart, brain, kidney, skeletal muscle, and liver. Additionally, Southern blot analysis suggests that a single gene encodes this Na-Ca exchanger. Finally, we show that the clone used to generate our probes encodes a completely functional Na-Ca exchanger. With the use of COS cells and 293 cells transfected with the cloned human cardiac Na-Ca exchanger, we tested the Ca transport properties of the Na-Ca exchanger, the voltage dependence of the Na-Ca exchanger, as well as the Na dependence of the transport function of the Na-Ca exchanger. We conclude that the cardiac form of the Na-Ca exchanger is completely functional when the cDNA is expressed in mammalian cell lines, and, furthermore, this "cardiac" form of the Na-Ca exchanger is naturally expressed in all human and rat tissues tested (but at varying levels).
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
263
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C1241-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Ribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Sodium, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Sodium-Calcium Exchanger, pubmed-meshheading:1476165-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of the Na-Ca exchanger in diverse tissues: a study using the cloned human cardiac Na-Ca exchanger.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't