1. Membrane Transport Xia Qiang, PhD Department of Physiology
Zhejiang University School of Medicine
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2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Describe how solutes cross cell membranes
Explain how charge, size, and solubility affect solute movement across cell membranes
Contrast how transporters, pumps & channels work
Describe how ion channels are gated
Describe how epithelial transport works

3. Organelles have their own membranes

4. Cell Membrane (plasma membrane)

5. Membrane Transport Simple Diffusion（单纯扩散） Facilitated Diffusion（易化扩散）
Active Transport（主动转运）
Endocytosis and Exocytosis（出胞与入胞）

6. Importance of pumps, transporters & channels
Basis of physiologic processes
Growth
Metabolic activities
Sensory perception
Basis of disease
Defective transporters (cystic fibrosis)
Defective channels (long QT syndrome, paralysis)
Basis of pharmacological therapies
Hypertension (diuretics)
Stomach ulcers (proton pump inhibitors)

7. START: Initially higher
concentration of molecules randomly
move toward lower concentration.
Over time,
solute molecules
placed in a solvent
will evenly distribute themselves.
Diffusional equilibrium
is the result (Part b).

8. At time B, some glucose has crossed into side 2 as some cross into side 1.

9. Net flux accounts for solute movements in both directions.
Note: the partition between the two
compartments is a membrane that
allows this solute to move through it.
Net flux accounts for solute
movements in both directions.

10. Simple Diffusion Relative to the concentration gradient
movement is DOWN the concentration gradient ONLY (higher concentration to lower concentration)
Rate of diffusion depends on
The concentration gradient
Charge on the molecule
Size
Lipid solubility

11. Simple diffusion & gap junctions

12. Facilitated Diffusion
Carrier-mediated

13. Characteristics of carrier-mediated diffusion
net movement always depends on the concentration gradient  
Specificity
Saturation
Competition

14. Channel-mediated 3 cartoon models of integral membrane
proteins that function
as ion channels; the
regulated opening
and closing of
these channels is
the basis of how
neurons function.

15. The opening and closing of ion channels results
from conformational changes in integral proteins.
Discovering the factors that cause these
changes is key to understanding excitable cells.

16. Regulation of gating in ion channels.
Several types of gating are shown for ion channels.
A) Ligand-gated channels open in response to ligand binding.
B) Protein phosphorylation or dephosphorylation regulate opening and closing of some ion channels.
C) Changes in membrane potential alter channel openings.
D) Mechanical stretch of the membrane results in channel opening.

17. Different ways in which ion channels form pores.
Many K+ channels are tetramers A), with each protein subunit forming part of the channel.
In ligand-gated cation and anion channels B) such as the acetylcholine receptor, five identical or very similar subunits form the channel.
Cl- channels from the ClC family are dimers C), with an intracellular pore in each subunit.
Aquaporin water channels (D) are tetramers with an intracellular channel in each subunit.

18. Diagrammatic representation of the pore-forming subunits of three ion channels.
The α subunit of the Na+ and Ca2+ channels traverse the membrane 24 times in four repeats of six membrane-spanning units. Each repeat has a “P” loop between membrane spans 5 and 6 that does not traverse the membrane. These P loops are thought to form the pore. Note that span 4 of each repeat is colored in red, representing its net “+” charge. The K+ channel has only a single repeat of the six spanning regions and P loop. Four K+ subunits are assembled for a functional K+ channel.

19. Three types of passive, non-coupled transport through integral membrane proteins

22. facilitated diffusion, solutes move in the direction predicted
membrane
In both simple and
facilitated diffusion,
solutes move in the
direction predicted
by the concentration
gradient.
In active transport, solutes move opposite to the
direction predicted by the concentration gradient.

23. Active transport Primary active transport（原发性主动转运）
Secondary active transport（继发性主动转运）

24. Primary Active Transport
making direct use of energy derived from ATP to transport the ions across the cell membrane

25. Here, in the operation of the Na+-K+-ATPase, also known
as the “sodium pump,” each ATP hydrolysis moves three
sodium ions out of, and two potassium ions into, the cell.

26. Na-K Pump

28. Secondary Active Transport
The ion gradients established by primary active transport permits the transport of other substances against their concentration gradients

29. Countertransport（逆向转运）
Cotransport（同向转运）
the ion and the second solute cross the membrane in the same direction
(e.g. Na+-glucose, Na+-amino acid cotransport)
Countertransport（逆向转运）
the ion and the second solute move in
opposite directions
(e.g. Na+-Ca2+, Na+-H+ exchange)

30. Composite diagram of main secondary effects of active transport of Na+ and K+

31. Cotransporters

32. Exchangers

33. Ion gradients, channels, and transporters in a typical cell

36. Solvent + Solute = Solution
Osmosis（渗透）
Solvent + Solute = Solution
Here, water is the solvent. The addition of solute lowers the water concentration. Addition of more solute would increase the solute concentration and further reduce the water concentration.

37. Begin:
The partition between
the compartments
is permeable to water
and to the solute.
After diffusional
equilibrium has occurred: Movement of water and solutes has equalized solute and water concentrations on both sides of the partition.

38. Begin:
The partition between
the compartments
is permeable to water only.
After diffusional
equilibrium has occurred:
Movement of water only
has equalized solute
concentration.

40. Role of Na-K pump in maintaining cell volume

41. Response to cell shrinking

42. Response to cell swelling

43. Endocytosis and Exocytosis

44. Alternative functions
of endocytosis:
Transcellular transport
2. Endosomal processing
3. Recycling the membrane
4. Destroying engulfed materials

45. Endocytosis Phagocytosis Pinocytosis Clathrin-mediated endocytosis
Caveolae-dependent uptake
Nonclathrin/noncaveolae endocytosis

46. Exocytosis

47. Two pathways of exocytosis
Constitutive exocytosis pathway -- Many soluble proteins are continually secreted from the cell by the constitutive secretory pathway
Regulated exocytosis pathway -- Selected proteins in the trans Golgi network are diverted into secretory vesicles, where the proteins are concentrated and stored until an extracellular signal stimulates their secretion

48. Steps to exocytosis
Vesicle trafficking: In this first step, the vesicle containing the waste product or chemical transmitter is transported through the cytoplasm towards the part of the cell from which it will be eliminated
Vesicle tethering: As the vesicle approaches the cell membrane, it is secured and pulled towards the part of the cell from which it will be eliminated
Vesicle docking: In this step, the vesicle comes in contact with the cell membrane, where it begins to chemical and physically merge with the proteins in the cell membrane
Vesicle priming: In those cells where chemical transmitters are being released, this step involves the chemical preparations for the last step of exocytosis
Vesicle fusion: In this last step, the proteins forming the walls of the vesicle merge with the cell membrane and breach, pushing the vesicle contents (waste products or chemical transmitters) out of the cell. This step is the primary mechanism for the increase in size of the cell's plasma membrane

49. Epithelial Transport（上皮转运）

50. Measurement of voltage in an epithelium

51. Models of epithelial solute transport
Ussing chamber is named for the Danish zoologist Hans Ussing ( ), who invented the device in the 1950s.

52. Mechanisms of intestinal glucose absorption

55. Models of “isotonic” water transport in a leaky epithelium

57. Glands

58. General concepts

59. THANK YOU!