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. 1978 Nov;62(5):1104–1108. doi: 10.1172/JCI109216

Cytochemical localization of Na+, K+-ATPase in the rat hepatocyte.

B L Blitzer, J L Boyer
PMCID: PMC371871  PMID: 213446

Abstract

The enzyme Na+,5+-ATPase was cytochemically localized in the rat hepatocyte by a modification of the Ernst potassium-dependent nitrophenyl phosphatase technique. Measurement of nitrophenol release from 50-micrometer liver slices confirmed the presence of ouabain-inhibitable nitrophenyl phosphatase activity that increased over the 30-min incubation period. Electron micrographs demonstrated that sinusoidal and lateral membrane reaction product deposition was K+-dependent, Mg++-dependent, inhibited by ouabain but not by alkaline phosphatase inhibitors, and was localized to the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. In contrast, canalicular reaction product was K+-independent, Mg++-dependent, inhibited by alkaline phosphatase inhibitors but not by ouabain, and was localized to the luminal side of the membrane. These findings indicate that Na+,K+-ATPase is localized to the sinusoidal and lateral portions of the rat hepatocyte plasma membrane and is not detectable on the bile canaliculus where alkaline phosphatase is confined. This basolateral localization of Na+,K+-ATPase is similar to that found in epithelia where secretion is also directed across the apical membrane.

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