1. Ciliary Motility Decreased by a CO 2 /HCO 3 − -Free Solution in Ciliated Human Nasal Epithelial Cells Having a pH Elevated by Carbonic Anhydrase IV.
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Okamoto, Shota, Yasuda, Makoto, Kawaguchi, Kotoku, Yasuoka, Kasane, Kikukawa, Yumi, Asano, Shinji, Tsujii, Taisei, Inoue, Sana, Amagase, Kikuko, Inui, Taka-aki, Hirano, Shigeru, Inui, Toshio, Marunaka, Yoshinori, and Nakahari, Takashi
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CARBONIC anhydrase , *EPITHELIAL cells , *CARBON dioxide , *CILIA & ciliary motion , *BICARBONATE ions , *RESPIRATION - Abstract
An application of CO2/HCO3−-free solution (Zero-CO2) did not increase intracellular pH (pHi) in ciliated human nasal epithelial cells (c-hNECs), leading to no increase in frequency (CBF) or amplitude (CBA) of the ciliary beating. This study demonstrated that the pHi of c-hNECs expressing carbonic anhydrase IV (CAIV) is high (7.64), while the pHi of ciliated human bronchial epithelial cells (c-hBECs) expressing no CAIV is low (7.10). An extremely high pHi of c-hNECs caused pHi, CBF and CBA to decrease upon Zero-CO2 application, while a low pHi of c-hBECs caused them to increase. An extremely high pHi was generated by a high rate of HCO3− influx via interactions between CAIV and Na+/HCO3− cotransport (NBC) in c-hNECs. An NBC inhibitor (S0859) decreased pHi, CBF and CBA and increased CBF and CBA in c-hNECs upon Zero-CO2 application. In conclusion, the interactions of CAIV and NBC maximize HCO3− influx to increase pHi in c-hNECs. This novel mechanism causes pHi to decrease, leading to no increase in CBF and CBA in c-hNECs upon Zero-CO2 application, and appears to play a crucial role in maintaining pHi, CBF and CBA in c-hNECs periodically exposed to air (0.04% CO2) with respiration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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