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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Injection of Xenopus laevis oocytes with rabbit heart poly(A)+RNA results in expression of Na+ inside (Nai+)-dependent Ca2+ uptake activity. The activity was measured by first loading the oocytes with Na+ using nystatin and then incubating the oocytes in K+ or Na+ medium containing 45Ca. The expressed Na+ gradient-dependent Ca2+ uptake was five to eight times that observed with water-injected oocytes or with poly(A)+RNA-injected oocytes for which the Na+ load step had been omitted. Induced activity was related to the amount of RNA injected and was insensitive to nifedipine. Fractionation of the poly(A)+RNA on a sucrose gradient determined that the active message had a size range between 3 and 5 kb. The properties of the Na+ gradient-dependent Ca2+ uptake indicated that Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity had been expressed in X. laevis oocytes. The result may be useful for cloning and identifying the molecular component responsible for Na+-Ca2+ exchange.
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
255
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C870-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of cardiac sarcolemmal Na+-Ca2+ exchange activity in Xenopus laevis oocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine 90024-1760.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't