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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 261: G83-G91, 1991;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 1 83-G91, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Hepatic transport of a fluorescent stearate derivative: electrochemical driving forces in intact rat liver

J. G. Fitz, N. M. Bass and R. A. Weisiger
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

We determined the effect of varying the transmembrane Na+ electrochemical gradient on extraction of a fluorescent derivative of stearate, 12-N-methyl-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3,-diazol-amino stearate (NBD-stearate), by the isolated perfused rat liver. Membrane potential difference (PD) of individual hepatocytes and extraction of NBD-stearate were measured simultaneously under basal conditions and during changes in PD induced by perfusate ion substitutions. Under basal conditions, PD average -30 +/- 1 mV, and extraction of 10 microM NBD-stearate from 1% albumin solutions averaged 0.54 +/- 0.03. Fluorescence microscopy indicated that uptake exhibited a declining portal-to-central gradient in the presence but not absence of Na+. Substitution of nitrate for Cl- hyperpolarized PD to -59 mV and increased extraction to 131% of control values. Withdrawal of nitrate and substitution of gluconate for Cl- depolarized PD to -3 and -15 mV, respectively, and decreased extraction to 63 and 73% of control values. Substitution of choline for Na+ eliminated the out-to-in Na+ gradient, depolarized PD to -16 mV, and decreased extraction to 27% of control values, an effect greater than expected for membrane depolarization alone. Uptake of NBD-stearate was saturable and caused Na(+)-dependent membrane depolarization at higher concentrations (300 microM). These studies indicate that uptake of NBD-stearate occurs in large part by an efficient Na(+)-dependent mechanism compatible with electrogenic Na(+)-fatty acid cotransport.


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