Abstract
1. 1. Na-K pumps of rodent red cells reveal variations among species in terms of kinetic properties such as ouabain sensitivity, Na/K coupling and temperature sensitivity and variations within an individual organism related to such physiological challenges as K deficiency, calorie deficiency and seasonal changes in temperature. 2. 2. Passive Na entry among rodents collectively occurs through the same routes as in red cells of other mammals, but red cells of hamsters, rats and thirteen-lined ground squirrels lack or are deficient in an amiloride-sensitive, shrinkage-activated Na-H exchange. 3. 3. In guinea-pig this pathway appears to be both activated and uncoupled by cooling from 37 to 20°C. 4. 4. Red cells of rodents in general and hamsters in particular are rich in a Na-Mg exchange pathway. In hamsters, this appears to be the only amiloride-sensitive pathway in simple media. 5. 5. In hamster cells, Na entry through the amiloride-sensitive Mg-activated pathway exhibits the same kinetics as previously shown for Na activation of Mg extrusion.
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