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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
A Ca++-ionophore, ionomycin, increased the volume of human platelets suspended in a Ca++-containing buffer. This change in cell volume was dependent upon ionomycin and extracellular Ca++ concentrations, suggesting that the volume change occurs when the intracellular Ca++ reaches a certain level (greater than uM as determined by aequorin method). The ionomycin-induced volume increase was suppressed by replacement of extracellular Na+ with membrane-impermeable N-methyl-D-glucamine or Cs+, but not with Li+, K+, or Rb+. Ethylisopropylamiloride, a potent inhibitor of the Na+/H+ exchanger, had only weak inhibitory effect, and the apparent Km for Na+ was approximately 350 mM, which is much larger than that of the Na+/H+ exchanger. It is suggested that certain mechanisms other than the Na+/H+ exchanger are responsible for ionomycin-induced volume increase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0049-3848
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Ionomycin, a Ca++ ionophore, increases platelet volume independently of the Na+/H+ exchanger.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Yamanashi Medical College, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article