Chronic reduction of Na+/K(+)-ATPase activity has been demonstrated in a number of cell systems to elicit a cellular homeostatic response. Over the course of this response, there is initially a transient stimulation of synthesis of new Na+/K(+)-ATPase molecules, followed by a delayed decrease in its degradation rate, eliciting an effective increase in the number of active pumps in the membrane. The resultant enhancement of pumping capacity promotes the extrusion of accumulated Na+ ions and restores the intracellular electrolyte milieu to preinsult conditions. No cellular mediators of either component of this response have previously been described. We therefore tested the possibility that changes in [Ca2+]i might contribute to the transient stimulation of synthesis observed. Indeed, an effective synthetic response to the inhibition of Na+/K(+)-ATPase by treatment with ouabain required elevated [Ca2+]i levels.
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BMJ Open
January 2025
College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Queensland Research Centre for Peripheral Vascular Disease, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration & Tongji Research Institute of Stomatology & Department of Oral Mucosal Diseases, Shanghai Tongji Stomatological Hospital and Dental School, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China.
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Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
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College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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