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Using intracellular microelectrode technique, we investigated the changes in membrane voltage (V) of cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells induced by different extracellular solutions. (1)V in 213 cells under steady-state conditions averaged −46.1±0.6 mV (sem). (2) Increasing extracellular K+ concentration ([K+] o ) depolarizedV. Addition of Ba2+ could diminish this response. (3) Depolarization on doubling [K+] o was increased at higher [K+] o (or low voltage). (4) Removing extracellular Ca2+ decreasedV and reduced theV amplitude on increasing [K+] o . (5)V was pH sensitive. Extra-and intracellular acidification depolarizedV; alkalinization induced a hyperpolarization.V responses to high [K+] o were reduced at acidic extracellular pH. (6) Removing K + o depolarized, K + o readdition after K+ depletion transiently hyperpolarizedV. These responses were insensitive to Ba2+ but were abolished in the presence of ouabain or in Na+-free medium. (7) Na+ readdition after Na+ depletion transiently hyperpolarizedV. This reaction was markedly reduced in the presence of ouabain or in K+-free solution but unchanged by Ba2+. It is concluded that in cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelial cells K+ conductance depends on Ca2+, pH and [K+] o (or voltage). An electrogenic Na+/K+-transport is present, which is stimulated during recovery from K+ or Na+ depletion. This transport is inhibited by ouabain and in K+-or Na+-free medium.
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Helbig, H., Korbmacher, C. & Wiederholt, M. K+-conductance and electrogenic Na+/K+ transport of cultured bovine pigmented ciliary epithelium. J. Membrain Biol. 99, 173–186 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01995698
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