Role of interleukin-3 in the regulation of intracellular K+ homeostasis in cultured murine haemopoietic cells.
Laskay, Gabor Várhelyi, T Dale, Robert E Dexter, T Michael
Laskay, Gabor
Várhelyi, T
Dale, Robert E
Dexter, T Michael
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Abstract
Comparative fluorimetric, flow cytofluorimetric and fluorescence ratiometric determinations of intracellular K+ concentrations in murine haemopoietic cells (FDCP-Mix clone A4) cultured in the presence and absence of the specific growth factor Interleukin-3 were carried out with the fluorescent potassium-binding benzofuran-isophthalate acetoxymethyl ester probe. Cell suspensions kept in the absence of Interleukin-3 for 5 hours exhibited lower fluorescence intensities and smaller fluorescence ratios than their growth-factor-replete counterparts, an effect found to be reversible by readdition of the growth factor. It is concluded that Interleukin-3 deprivation of these cells leads to loss of intracellular K+. It is tentatively suggested that this deprivation-induced K+ loss might be associated with an early event in apoptotic cell death.
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1995-09-14
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Haematopoietic Stem Cells
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Article
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Role of interleukin-3 in the regulation of intracellular K+ homeostasis in cultured murine haemopoietic cells. 1995, 214 (2):348-53 Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.