scholarly journals Quantification of the maximum capacity for active sodium-potassium transport in rat skeletal muscle.

1987 ◽  
Vol 388 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Clausen ◽  
M E Everts ◽  
K Kjeldsen
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Potassium Transport ◽  
Active Sodium ◽  
Rat Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Sodium Potassium ◽  
Maximum Capacity

An integrative, in situ approach to examining K+ flux in resting skeletal muscle

2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (12) ◽  
pp. 996-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I Lindinger ◽  
Thomas J Hawke ◽  
Lisa Vickery ◽  
Laurie Bradford ◽  
Shonda L Lipskie
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Drug Effects ◽  
Potassium Transport ◽  
Mammalian Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Minimal Effect ◽  
Bovine Erythrocyte ◽  
Perfusion Medium ◽  
Sodium Potassium ◽  
Unidirectional Flux

The contributions of Na+/K+-ATPase, K+ channels, and the NaK2Cl cotransporter (NKCC) to total and unidirectional K+ flux were determined in mammalian skeletal muscle at rest. Rat hindlimbs were perfused in situ via the femoral artery with a bovine erythrocyte perfusion medium that contained either 86Rb or 42K, or both simultaneously, to determine differences in ability to trace unidirectional K+ flux in the absence and presence of K+-flux inhibitors. In most experiments, the unidirectional flux of K+ into skeletal muscle (JinK) measured using 86Rb was 8–10% lower than JinK measured using 42K. Ouabain (5 mM) was used to inhibit Na+/K+-ATPase activity, 0.06 mM bumetanide to inhibit NKCC activity, 1 mM tetracaine or 0.5 mM barium to block K+ channels, and 0.05 mM glybenclamide (GLY) to block ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels. In controls, JinK remained unchanged at 0.31 ± 0.03 µmol·g–1·min–1 during 55 min of perfusion. The ouabain-sensitive Na+/K+-ATPase contributed to 50 ± 2% of basal JinK, K+ channels to 47 ± 2%, and the NKCC to 12 ± 1%. GLY had minimal effect on JinK, and both GLY and barium inhibited unidirectional efflux of K+ (JoutK) from the cell through K+ channels. Combined ouabain and tetracaine reduced JinK by 55 ± 2%, while the combination of ouabain, tetracaine, and bumetanide reduced JinK by 67 ± 2%, suggesting that other K+-flux pathways may be recruited because the combined drug effects on inhibiting JinK were not additive. The main conclusions are that the NKCC accounted for about 12% of JinK, and that KATP channels accounted for nearly all of the JoutK, in resting skeletal muscle in situ.Key words: sodium potassium chloride cotransporter, NKCC, Na+/K+-ATPase, potassium channels, potassium transport, in situ rat hindlimb.

scholarly journals Thyroid hormones and the energetics of active sodium-potassium transport in mammalian skeletal muscles.

1979 ◽  
Vol 297 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Biron ◽  
A Burger ◽  
A Chinet ◽  
T Clausen ◽  
R Dubois-Ferrière
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Hormones ◽  
Skeletal Muscles ◽  
Potassium Transport ◽  
Active Sodium ◽  
Sodium Potassium
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