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CO2 Permeability of Rat Hepatocytes and Relation of CO2 Permeability to CO2 Production
Author(s) -
Mariela Arias-Hidalgo,
Qing Yuan,
Fabrizio Carta,
Claudiu T. Supuran,
Gerolf Gros,
Volker Endeward
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000489070
Subject(s) - verapamil , intracellular , extracellular , permeability (electromagnetism) , chemistry , mitochondrion , membrane permeability , metabolism , carbonic anhydrase , oxygen , biochemistry , hepatocyte , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , membrane , biology , enzyme , calcium , in vitro , organic chemistry
Background/Aims: It has been described that cells in culture with very low oxidative metabolism possess a low CO2 membrane permeability, PCO2, of ∼ 0.01 cm/s. On the other hand, cardiomyocytes and mitochondria with extremely high rates of O2 consumption exhibit very high CO2 membrane permeabilities of 0.1 and 0.3 cm/s, repectively. To ascertain that this represents a systematic relationship, we determine here PCO2 of hepatocytes, which exhibit an intermediate rate of O2 consumption. Methods: We isolated intact hepatocytes with vitalities of ∼ 70% from rat liver and measured their CO2 permeability by the previously published mass spectrometric 18O exchange technique. Results: We find a PCO2 of hepatocytes of 0.03 cm/s in the presence of FC5-208A and verapamil. FC5-208A was necessary to inhibt extracellular carbonic anhydrase, and verapamil was necessary to inhibit intracellular uptake of FC5-208A by the organic cation transporter OCT1 of hepatocytes. Conclusion: Rat hepatocytes with their intermediate rate of oxygen consumption also possess an intermediate CO2 permeability. From pairs of data for five types of cells/organelles, we find an excellent positive linear correlation between PCO2 and metabolic rate, suggesting an adaptation of PCO2 to the rate of O2 consumption.

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