Modulation of Na<sup>+</sup>/H<sup>+</sup>exchange activity by Cl<sup>−</sup>
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) activity is exquisitely dependent on the intra- and extracellular concentrations of Na+ and H+. In addition, Cl- ions have been suggested to modulate NHE activity, but little is known about the underlying mechanism, and the Cl- sensitivity of the individual isoforms has not been established. To explore their Cl- sensitivity, types 1, 2, and 3 Na+/H+ exchangers (NHE1, NHE2, and NHE3) were heterologously expressed in antiport-deficient cells. Bilateral replacement of Cl- with nitrate or thiocyanate inhibited the activity of all isoforms. Cl- depletion did not affect cell volume or the cellular ATP content, which could have indirectly altered NHE activity. The number of plasmalemmal exchangers was unaffected by Cl- removal, implying that inhibition was due to a decrease in the intrinsic activity of individual exchangers. Analysis of truncated mutants of NHE1 revealed that the anion sensitivity resides, at least in part, in the COOH-terminal domain of the exchanger. Moreover, readdition of Cl- into the extracellular medium failed to restore normal transport, suggesting that intracellular Cl- is critical for activity. Thus interaction of intracellular Cl- with the COOH terminus of NHE1 or with an associated protein is essential for optimal activity.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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