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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 8, 3626-3632, Mar, 1987

Estimation of the number and turnover rate of Na+/H+ exchangers in lymphocytes. Effect of phorbol ester and osmotic shrinking

SJ Dixon, S Cohen, EJ Cragoe Jr and S Grinstein

Rat thymic lymphocytes possess an amiloride-sensitive Na+/H+ exchanger in their plasma membrane. Kinetic studies revealed that 5-(N-methyl-N- isobutyl)amiloride (MIA) was a more potent inhibitor of the antiport than amiloride (cf. apparent Ki of 174 nM and 6 microM, respectively). Inhibition by MIA was rapid (less than 5 s) and readily reversible. [3H]MIA binding to whole cells was assayed by rapid centrifugation following short (5 s) incubations to minimize nonspecific binding. A saturable binding component (Kd approximately equal to 170 nM) which was displaced by amiloride was detected. In contrast, there was no significant amiloride-displaceable binding to human erythrocytes, which have comparatively little Na+/H+ exchange activity. In lymphocytes, the ability of amiloride and several of its analogs to displace [3H]MIA correlated with their potency as inhibitors of the antiport. Both kinetic and binding studies revealed that extracellular H+, but not Na+, inhibited the interaction of MIA with its receptor(s). Taken together, these data suggest that [3H]MIA binds to the Na+/H+ exchanger. Scatchard analysis revealed that [3H]MIA bound to a maximum of 8000 high affinity sites/cell. Activation of Na+/H+ exchange by osmotic shrinking or by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13- acetate was not accompanied by a significant change in [3H]MIA binding. Given an upper limit of 8000 functional sites/thymocyte, we estimate that the turnover number of each maximally activated exchanger is at least 2000 cycles/s.
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