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Arachidonic acid inhibits the cell shrinkage observed in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells during regulatory volume decrease (RVD) or after addition of the Ca ionophore A23187 plus Ca. In Na-containing media, arachidonic acid increases cellular Na uptake under isotonic as well as under hypotonic conditions. Arachidonic acid also inhibits KCl and water loss following swelling in Na-free, hypotonic media even when a high K conductance has been ensured by addition of gramicidin. In isotonic, Na-free medium arachidonic acid inhibits A23187 + Ca-induced cell shrinkage in the absence but not in the presence of gramicidin. It is proposed that inhibition of RVD in hypotonic media by arachidonic acid is caused by reduction in the volume-induced Cl and K permeabilities as well as by an increase in Na permeability and that reduction in A23187 + Ca-induced cell shrinkage is due to a reduction in K permeability and an increase in Na permeability. The A23187 + Ca-activated Cl permeability in unaffected by arachidonic acid. PGE2 inhibits RVD in Na-containing, hypotonic media but not in Na-free, hypotonic media, indicating a PGE2-induced Na uptake. PGE2 has no effect on the volume-activated K and Cl permeabilities. LTB4, LTC4 and LTE4 inhibit RVD insignificantly in hypotonically swollen cells. LTD4, more-over, induces cell shrinkage in steady-state cells and accelerates the RVD following hypotonic exposure. The effect of LTD4 even reflects a stimulating effect on K and Cl transport pathways. Thus none of the leukotrienes show the inhibitory effect found for arachidonic acid on the K and Cl permeabilities. The RVD response in hypotonic, Na-free media is, on the other hand, also inhibited by addition of the unsaturated oleic, linoleic, linolenic and palmitoleic acid, even in the presence of the cationophor gramicidin. The saturated arachidic and stearic acid had no effect on RVD. It is, therefore, suggested that a minor part of the inhibitory effect of arachidonic acid on RVD in Na-containing media is via an increased synthesis of prostaglandins and that the major part of the arachidonic acid effect on RVD in Na-free media, and most probably also in Na-containing media, is due to the inhibition of the volume-induced K and Cl transport pathways, caused by a nonspecific detergent effect of an unsaturated fatty acid.
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Lambert, I.H. Effect of arachidonic acid, fatty acids, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes on volume regulation in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. J. Membrain Biol. 98, 207–221 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01871184
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