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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 255: G403-G408, 1988;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 255, Issue 4 403-G408, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of membrane potential and cellular ATP on glutathione efflux from isolated rat hepatocytes

J. C. Fernandez-Checa, C. Ren, T. Y. Aw, M. Ookhtens and N. Kaplowitz
Liver Research Laboratory, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital Center, Los Angeles, California.

total glutathione (GSH) efflux was studied in isolated rat hepatocyte suspensions at repleted GSH content (45-55 nmol/10(6) cells). The increase in concentrations of medium K+ in place of Na+ caused a parallel fall in membrane potential and total GSH efflux. Ouabain (1 mM) and replacement of Na+ with choline caused a gradual fall in membrane potential and GSH efflux. Hyperpolarization of hepatocytes with lipophilic anions, thiocyanate, and nitrate was associated with significantly increased efflux. Total GSH efflux was inhibited by increasing concentrations of fructose, antimycin A, and carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, and there was a direct relationship between the rate of efflux and cellular ATP. Changes in total GSH efflux were paralleled by changes in GSH determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. Vanadate markedly inhibited efflux but caused only a modest decrease in cellular ATP. Fructose, antimycin A, and vanadate did not affect membrane potential or cell volume under the conditions at which efflux was inhibited. These results suggest independent requirements for both membrane potential and ATP in the transport of GSH.


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