Utilizing a purified basolateral plasma membrane vesicle (BLMV) preparation containing a sulfate/oxalate antiporter, it was demonstrated that sulfate exhibited similar binding characteristics to the transporter whether bound internally or externally. It was also demonstrated that oxalate had similar binding characteristics to the antiporter whether it was bound internally or externally. Oxalate...

Voltage-activated currents in blue cones of the retinal slice of zebrafish were characterized using whole cell recording techniques. Depolarizing-elicited currents were recorded: an outward tetraethylammonium (TEA)-sensitive K+ current (IKx), an outward Ca(2+)-activated Cl- current (ICl(Ca)), from which we inferred an inward Ca2+ current (ICa) as well as a hyperpolarizing-elicited nonselective ...

The effects of 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS) on the K conductance, gK, were studied in internally perfused giant axons from squid, Doryteuthis. SITS at 3-200 microM was applied intracellularly by adding the reagent to the internal perfusion fluid. Three remarkable changes in gK were noted: there was a slowing of the opening and closing rates of the K channel in...

When giant axons of squid, Sepioteuthis, were bathed in a 100 mM Ca-salt solution containing tetrodotoxin (TTX) and internally perfused with a solution of 100 mM tetraethylammonium-salt (TEA-salt) or tetramethylammonium-salt (TMA-salt), the membrane potential was found to become sensitive to anions, especially Cl-. Membrane currents recorded from those axons showed practically no time-dependent...

Water-soluble fluorescent probes, including 1-pyrene butyric acid, rhodamine B, sodium salt 1,5diaminoanthraquinone-2,6-disulfonic acid, quinine hemisulfate and monosodium salt 8-amino1-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid were used to determine the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of inverted micelles formed by cholic acid in tetrahydrofuran. Another water-insoluble fluorescent probe, namely pyren...

Water transfer issues related to unbalanced ionic strengths in aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFBs) are often overlooked. In this work, a simple strategy based on the addition of weak acid negolyte was studied prevent osmosis AORFBs. Ferrocyanide [Fe(CN)6]4- and anthraquinone-2,7-disulfonic disodium salt (AQDS) were used as positive negative active materials, respectively, aspartic cho...

Abstract The syntheses of [Cu(PPh 3 ) 2 (L)]NO and (L-SO Na)]NO were achieved through the reaction Cu(PPh NO equimolar amount ligands (L = 5,6-diphenyl-3-[2-pyridyl]-1,2,4-triazine; LSO Na 5,6-diphenyl-3-[2-pyridyl]-1,2,4-triazine-4,4?-disulfonic acid disodium salt). complexes characterized by NMR IR spectroscopy mass spectrometry. compounds exhibit similar absorption emission spectra, suggesti...