[On the theory of apoptotic decrease of the cell volume]

Tsitologiia. 2011;53(8):687-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The dynamic model of membrane transport, which describes the changing of ion contents in the cell, cell volume and membrane potential, for the first time, is applied to analysis of the apoptotic processes. It is shown that increasing of permeability of K+, and Cl(-)-channels, decreasing of permeability of Na+ together with degradation of Na+/K+ pump, KCC and NC cotransporters lead to decreasing of cell U937 volume and plasma membrane depolarization at apoptosis induced by staurosporine in concentration 1 microM. The experimental data using at calculations was published in paper (Yurinskaya et al., 2010).

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Apoptosis / physiology*
  • Cell Size* / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Ion Channels / metabolism
  • Membrane Potentials / drug effects
  • Models, Biological*
  • Staurosporine / pharmacology

Substances

  • Ion Channels
  • Staurosporine