Abstract
Inside-out red cell membrane vesicles have been used to study sodium interactions with the ATP-dependent sodium pump at sites accessible to both membrane surfaces. ATP-dependent 22Na+ influx (equivalent to efflux from cells) shows sigmoid dependence on extravesicular Na+ concentration. This is observed both in the absence of intravesicular cations and in the presence of intravesicular K or Rb ions. The kinetic behavior is similar to that observed earlier with intact cells, (Garay, R. P., and Garrahan, P. J. (1973) J. Physiol. (Lond.) 231, 297-325) and is consistent with a ratio of close to three Na ions transported per molecule of ATP hydrolyzed. With vesicles having relatively high intravesicular sodium concentration, (approximately 50 mM NaCl), the sodium pump effects an ATP-dependent sodium efflux coupled to sodium influx and to strophanthidin-sensitive ATP hydrolysis. The influx:efflux stoichiometry is approximately 1:1, and the influx:ATP hydrolysis ratio is close to 3. This ATP-dependent exchange has a higher affinity for vanadate than ATP plus ADP-dependent sodium exchange. It is concluded that this sodium-sodium exchange mode resembles sodium-potassium exchange whereby intravesicular sodium, i.e. sodium at the extracellular surface, at relatively high concentration, behaves like potassium.
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