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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
The ontogenesis of Na+-K+-ATPase activity and Na+-taurocholate cotransport was studied in basolateral plasma membrane vesicles from fetal and neonatal rat liver. Membrane vesicles from each age group were 30-fold enriched in the basolateral marker enzyme Na+-K+-ATPase, 4- to 7-fold enriched in the bile canalicular membrane marker enzymes alkaline phosphatase and Mg2+ ATPase, and not significantly enriched in activities of marker enzymes for intracellular organelles. Na+-K+-ATPase activity was significantly lower in basolateral membranes from late fetal (day 21-22) and neonatal (day 1) rat liver. Kinetic analysis of Na+-K+-ATPase activity at various concentrations of ATP revealed that the maximum velocity of enzyme reaction (Vmax) for Na+-K+-ATPase was 70 and 90% of adult activity in the fetus and the neonate, respectively. The ATP Km was significantly lower in the neonate than the adult, suggesting a higher affinity of the neonatal enzyme for ATP. In contrast to the early maturation of Na+-K+-ATPase, transport of taurocholate was markedly lower in both fetal and neonatal vesicles compared with the adult. Taurocholate uptake on day 19 of gestation did not differ in the presence of a Na+ or K+ gradient, and uphill transport, as indicated by an overshoot, did not occur. On day 20 taurocholate uptake was stimulated by a Na+ compared with a K+ gradient, and accumulation of isotope above equilibrium was demonstrated. Na+-dependent transport of taurocholate by late fetal (day 22) and neonatal vesicles was saturable but the Vmax at each age was significantly lower and the apparent Km higher in developing compared with adult membrane vesicles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
251
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
G665-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Taurocholate transport and Na+-K+-ATPase activity in fetal and neonatal rat liver plasma membrane vesicles.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't