Fig. 2.
(A) The relative Cl− conductance for normal erythrocytes versus the concentration of NS1652.
The solid line represents the best fit to a single-site inhibitor equation with IC50 = 0.62 μM, and an insensitive fraction (GCl([∞])) of 0.066. (B) Effect of NS1652 on valinomycin-induced erythrocyte dehydration. Erythrocytes were suspended at a cytocrit of 10% and incubated with various concentrations of NS1652 or 4,4′-diisothiocyano-2,2′-stilbene-disulfonic acid (DIDS) for 2 minutes before addition of 5 ∗ 10−8 mol/L valinomycin. After 5 minutes of valinomycin incubation, the cytocrits were measured. The solid line represents the best fit of the NS1652 data (⧫) to a single-site inhibitor equation. The IC50value was estimated at 1.3 μM, the relative volume after valinomycin incubation in absence of blocker (V[0]) was 74.2%, and the relative volume at saturating concentrations of NS1652 (V[∞] + V[0]) was 93.1%. DIDS data (□) are shown for comparison only.