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Payan, P. et al.

Mechanisms regulating intracellular pH in sea urchin eggs.

Intracellular pH (pHi) of sea urchin eggs (Paracentrotus lividus) was determined using DMO (dimethyloxazolidinedione) and a rapid filtration technique (P. Payan, J.P. Girard, R. Christen and C. Sardet (1981). Exp. Cell Res. 134, 339-344). Transfer of unfertilized or fertilized eggs from normal sea water into Na+-free artificial sea water leads to a progressive acidification and fall of intracellular Na+ content. A step rise in external Na+ to 10 meq causes a rapid but transient Na+ entry coupled to an excretion of H+, giving rise to a pHi increase. It is shown that the plasma membrane of unfertilized eggs contains a permanent and reversible Na+/H+ exchanger which contributes to the regulation of pHi. This exchange occurs with a 1:1 stoichiometry and is independent of metabolic energy. Proton excretion and sodium entry follow saturable kinetics with respect to external Na+ and are completely inhibited by amiloride. At fertilization, pHi increases from 7.38 to 7.64 and is maintained at this level by two separate mechanisms: (1) a Na+/H+ exchange with the same characteristics as in unfertilized eggs; (2) a H+-excreting system that is dependent on external Na+, amiloride sensitive, and requiring metabolic energy. The relationship between the permanent Na+/H+ exchange involved in pHi regulation and the transient Na+/H+ exchange occurring at fertilization is discussed.[1]

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Mechanisms regulating intracellular pH in sea urchin eggs. Payan, P., Girard, J.P., Ciapa, B. Dev. Biol. (1983) [Pubmed]

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