Direct inhibition of phospholipid scrambling activity in erythrocytes by potassium ions |
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Authors: | J L N Wolfs P Comfurius O Bekers R F A Zwaal K Balasubramanian A J Schroit T Lindhout E M Bevers |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands;(2) Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands;(3) Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA |
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Abstract: | The exposure of phosphatidylserine (PS) at the cell surface plays a critical role in blood coagulation and serves as a macrophage
recognition moiety for the engulfment of apoptotic cells. Previous observations have shown that a high extracellular K+] and selective K+ channel blockers inhibit PS exposure in platelets and erythrocytes. Here we show that the rate of PS exposure in erythrocytes
decreases by ~50% when the intracellular K+] increases from 0 to physiological concentrations. Using resealed erythrocyte membranes, we further show that lipid scrambling
is inducible by raising the intracellular Ca2+] and that K+ ions have a direct inhibitory effect on this process. Lipid scrambling in resealed ghosts occurs in the absence of cell shrinkage
and microvesicle formation, processes that are generally attributed to Ca2+-induced lipid scrambling in intact erythrocytes. Thus, opening of Ca2+-sensitive K+ channels causes loss of intracellular K+ that results in reduced intrinsic inhibitory effect of these ions on scramblase activity.
Received 11 September 2008; received after revision 17 October 2008; accepted 27 October 2008 |
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Keywords: | " target="_blank"> Phospholipid scramblase potassium ions erythrocytes resealed ghosts phosphatidylserine morphology |
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