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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 91, 515-527, Copyright © 1988 by The Rockefeller University Press
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A Fein and M Tsacopoulos
Laboratory of Sensory Physiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543.
Illumination of Limulus ventral photoreceptors leads to an increase in the intracellular concentration of sodium, [Na+]i, and to an increase in the consumption of O2 (delta QO2). After a 1-s light flash, it takes approximately 480 s for [Na+]i to return to within 10% of its preillumination level, whereas delta QO2 takes approximately 90 s. Thus, the delta QO2 is complete long before [Na+]i has returned to its resting level. Pressure injection of Na+ into the cell in order to elevate [Na+]i to the same levels as attained by illumination causes a rise in [Na+]i that returns to baseline with the same time course as the light-induced rise in [Na+]i. However, the injection of Na+ does not lead to an increase of the consumption of O2. We conclude that activation of the Na pump by a rise in [Na+]i is not a factor involved in the light-induced activation of O2 consumption in these cells.
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