Journal
CELL BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
Volume 41, Issue 2, Pages 233-258Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:41:2:233
Keywords
cell volume regulation; Boyle-van't Hoff law; Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium; pump-leak balance mechanism; double Dorman mechanism; channel; transporter; regulatory volume increase; regulatory volume decrease; volume sensor
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All animal cell types have an appropriate volume. Even under physiological conditions of constant extracellular osmolarity, cells must regulate their volume. Cell volume is subjected to alterations because of persistent physicochemical osmotic load resulting from Donnan-type colloid osmotic pressure and of cell activity-associated changes in intracellular osmolarity resulting from osmolyte transport and metabolism. The strategy adopted by animal cells for coping with volume regulation on osmotic perturbation is to activate transport pathways, including channels and transporters, mainly for inorganic osmolytes to drive water flow. Under normotonic conditions, cells undergo volume regulation by pump-mediated mechanisms. Under anisotonic conditions, volume regulation occurs by additional channel/transporter-mediated mechanisms. Cell volume regulation is also attained through adjustment of intracellular levels not only of inorganic but also of organic osmolytes with changing the expression of their transporters or regulation of metabolism. In cell volume regulation mechanism, several volume sensors are thought to be involved. A volume-sensitive Cl- channel has lately attracted considerable attention in this regard.
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