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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
In sea urchin embryos, primary mesenchyme cells, descendants from micromeres produced at the 16-cell stage, form spicules or CaCO3 deposits in their skeletal vacuoles, at the post-gastrula stage. Micromeres isolated at the 16-cell stage also differentiate into spicule-forming cells during their culture at the same time schedule as in the embryos. The present study was planned to observe change in the activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase, which was expected to contribute to the carbonate supply for CaCO3 deposition, during development. ATP-hydrolysis in the microsome fraction, obtained from embryos of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, and from micromere-derived cells in culture was stimulated by Cl- and HCO3- in the presence of ouabain and EGTA. The ATP-hydrolysis was inhibited by ethacrynic acid, an inhibitor of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase. The activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase in embryos and in micromere-derived cells increased during development, keeping pace with the rate of calcium deposition in spicules. Formation of calcified spicules in the cultured micromere-derived cells was inhibited by ethacrynic acid. These results indicate that Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase plays an important role in the mechanism of CaCO3 deposition in the primary mesenchyme cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1607-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Change in the activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase in microsome fraction during early development of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't