Inwardly Rectifying K+ Channel (Kir)–4.1 Localizes to Tubulovesicles and Secretory Membranes from resting and stimulated rat stomach
MA Kaufhold, A Krabbenhöft, M Fährmann, M Manns, U Seidler, S Hagen · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2004 · Heft 08
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Although it is well established that K+-recycling occurs during gastric acid secretion, the identity of the channel involved in this process has been controversial. This is because it is difficult to determine conclusively, by immunostaining alone, whether putitive K+-channel proteins reside on the apical membrane or in tubulovesicles in resting parietal cells. Here we show, using purified membrane fractions, that Kir4.1 is very closely associated with the H/K ATPAse in resting and stimulated parietal cells. METHODS: Membrane fractions were isolated from rat stomach that had been either maximally stimulated to s…