CO2 Permeability of Biological Membranes and Role of CO2 Channels
Molekular-und Zellphysiologie, AG Vegetative Physiologie–4220–Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Membranes 2017, 7(4), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes7040061
Received: 17 September 2017
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Revised: 13 October 2017
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Accepted: 18 October 2017
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Published: 24 October 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Membrane Transport Modeling)
We summarize here, mainly for mammalian systems, the present knowledge of (a) the membrane CO2 permeabilities in various tissues; (b) the physiological significance of the value of the CO2 permeability; (c) the mechanisms by which membrane CO2 permeability is modulated; (d) the role of the intracellular diffusivity of CO2 for the quantitative significance of cell membrane CO2 permeability; (e) the available evidence for the existence of CO2 channels in mammalian and artificial systems, with a brief view on CO2 channels in fishes and plants; and, (f) the possible significance of CO2 channels in mammalian systems.
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Keywords:
CO2 permeability; membrane cholesterol; protein CO2 channels; aquaporins; Rhesus proteins; aquaporin-1-deficient mice
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Endeward, V.; Arias-Hidalgo, M.; Al-Samir, S.; Gros, G. CO2 Permeability of Biological Membranes and Role of CO2 Channels. Membranes 2017, 7, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes7040061
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Endeward V, Arias-Hidalgo M, Al-Samir S, Gros G. CO2 Permeability of Biological Membranes and Role of CO2 Channels. Membranes. 2017; 7(4):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes7040061
Chicago/Turabian StyleEndeward, Volker, Mariela Arias-Hidalgo, Samer Al-Samir, and Gerolf Gros. 2017. "CO2 Permeability of Biological Membranes and Role of CO2 Channels" Membranes 7, no. 4: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes7040061
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