Red blood cell Li+-Na+ countertransport and Na+-K+ cotransport activities, home blood pressure, invasive systemic hemodynamics, and limb venous compliance were measured in 65 white men (23 normotensive, 22 borderline hypertensive, and 20 mild essential hypertensive subjects). Li+-Na+ countertransport activity was positively and significantly correlated with subject-determined home systolic bloo...

The interaction of three different Na+ transport systems (Na+-K+ pump, Na+-K+ cotransport and Na+-Li+ countertransport), with internal Na+ and the passive Na+ leaks, were measured in erythrocytes from 72 Spanish, essential hypertensive patients and 30 normotensive controls. According to the observed abnormalities in Na+ transport pathways, 93.1% of the patients were classified into the followin...

The following crystalline, X-ray-characterised heterometallic oligomeric diamides have been prepared in good yield under mild conditions in diethyl ether from the dilithio or disodio derivative of the N,N'-dineopentyl-1,2-diaminobenzene [{N(H)(CH2Bu(t))}2C6H4-1,2] (abbreviated as H2L):[Y(L)(mu-Cl)2Li(OEt2)2]2 (1), [Li(OEt2)2Li(mu2-Cl)4(mu3-Cl)2{Zr(L)}2]2 (2), [Zr(L)2(mu-Cl){Li(OEt2)2}(mu2-Cl)2Z...

CONWAY and HINGERTY1) showed that feeding of rats with K-free diet produced high Na and low K contents in muscle, the K loss being greater than the Na gain during a short time of K-deficiency, but that a further decrease in K content by feeding of K-free diets from 4 to 26 days was compensated by an equivalent gain of Na. COOKE et al.2) demonstrated also in the rat skeletal muscle made K-defici...

The Na(+)-K(+) pump current (I(p)) and the h-current (I(h)) flowing through hyperpolarization-activated channels (h-channels) participate in generating the resting potential. These two currents are thought to be produced independently. We show here bidirectional interactions between Na(+)-K(+) pumps and h-channels in mesencephalic trigeminal neurons. Activation of I(h) leads to the generation o...

First-principles modeling, experimental, and thermodynamic methodologies were integrated to facilitate a fundamentally guided investigation of quaternary complex hydride compounds within the bialkali Na-Li-Al-H hydrogen storage system. The integrated approach has broad utility for the discovery, understanding, and optimization of solid-state chemical systems. Density functional theory ground-st...

We describe the successful synthesis of the first mixed-cation (pseudoternary) amidoborane, Na[Li(NH(2)BH(3))(2)], with theoretical hydrogen capacity of 11.1 wt%. Na[Li(NH(2)BH(3))(2)] crystallizes triclinic (P1) with a = 5.0197(4) Å, b = 7.1203(7) Å, c = 8.9198(9) Å, α = 103.003(6)°, β = 102.200(5)°, γ = 103.575(5)°, and V = 289.98(5) Å(3) (Z = 2), as additionally confirmed by Density Function...

The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that enhanced intracellular calcium signalling and increased sodium/lithium countertransport (Na(+)/Li(+) CT) activity may be associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in non-diabetic patients with essential hypertension. Platelet-activating factor (PAF)-evoked rises in the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) were measured i...

Thermal runaway is a phenomenon that occurs due to self-sustaining reactions within batteries at elevated temperatures resulting in catastrophic failure. Here, the thermal runaway process is studied for a Li-ion and Na-ion pouch cells of similar energy density (10.5 Wh, 12 Wh, respectively) using accelerating rate calorimetry (ARC). Both cells were constructed with a z-fold configuration, with ...

The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe was sensitive to salinity; cell growth was stopped by 0.5 M NaCl and by 10 mM LiCl. The avt5+ gene encodes a vacuolar transporter with a broad specificity for amino acids. We found that the avt5Delta mutant became highly tolerant of Li+ and Na+ in growth. Concanamycin A-sensitive Li+ uptake as well as cellular Li+ content was lower in the avt5 mutant,...