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Intracellular pH (pHi)

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Figure 1: pH gradient across a membrane, with protons traveling through a transporter embedded in the membrane.

"Intracellular pH (pHi) is the measure of the acidity or basicity (i.e., pH) of intracellular fluid. The pHi plays a critical role in membrane transport and other intracellular processes. In an environment with the improper pHi, biological cells may have compromised function.[1]Therefore, pHi is closely regulated in order to ensure proper cellular function, controlled cell growth, and normal cellular processes.[2] The mechanisms that regulate pHi are usually considered to be plasma membrane transporters of which two main types exist — those that are dependent and those that are independent of HCO3−. Physiologically normal intracellular pH is most commonly between 7.0 and 7.4, though there is variability between tissues (e.g., mammalian skeletal muscle tends to have a pHi of 6.8-7.1).[3][4]". There is also pH variation across different organelles, which can span from around 4.5 to 8.0.[5][6] pHi can be measured in a number of different ways .[2][7]


How Intracellular pH is maintained

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"Intracellular pH is typically lower than extracellular pH due to lower concentrations of HCO3−.[5] When extracellular (e.g., serum) pCO2 levels rise above 45 mmHg, the cell will uptake more H+ to buffer, and pHi decreases.[8]" Since biological cells contain fluid that can act as a buffer, pHi can be maintained fairly well within a certain range.[9] Cells adjust their pHi accordingly upon an increase in acidity or basicity, usually with the help of CO2 or HCO3- sensors present in the membrane of the cell.[2] These sensors can permit H+ to pass through the cell membrane accordingly, allowing for pHi to be interrelated with extracellular pH in this respect.[10] Major intracellular buffer systems include those involving proteins or phosphates. Since the proteins have acidic and basic regions, they can serve as both proton donors or acceptors in order to maintain a relatively stable intracellular pH. In the case of a phosphate buffer, substantial quantities of weak acid and conjugate weak base (H2PO4− and H2PO42−) can accept or donate protons accordingly in order to conserve intracellular pH.[11][12]


pH Variation in Organelles

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Figure 4: Approximate pHs of various organelles within a cell.[5]

The pH within a particular organelle is tailored for its specific function.

For example, lysosomes have a relatively low pH of 4.5.[5] Additionally, fluorescence microscopy techniques have indicated that phagocytes also have a relatively low internal pH.[13] Since these are both degradative organelles that engulf and break down other substances, they require high internal acidity in order to successfully perform their intended function.[13]

In contrast to the relatively low pH inside lysosomes and phagocytes, the mitochondrial matrix has an internal pH of around 8.0, which is approximately 0.9 pH units higher than that of inside intermembrane space.[5][14] Since oxidative phosphorylation must occur inside the mitochondria, this pH discrepancy is necessary to create a gradient across the membrane (Figure 5). This membrane potential is ultimately what allows for the mitochondria to generate large quantities of ATP.[15]


Methods for Measuring Intracellular pH

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Figure 5: Protons being pumped from the mitochondrial matrix into the intermembrane space as the electron transport chain runs, lowering the pH of the intermembrane space.

There are several common ways in which intracellular pH (pHi) can be measured including with a microelectrode, dye that is sensitive to pH, or with nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.[16][17] For measuring pH inside of organelles, a technique utilizing pH-sensitive green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) may be used.[18]

Microelectrode

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The microelectrode method for measuring pHi consists of placing a very small electrode into the cell’s cytosol by making a very small hole in the plasma membrane of the cell.[17] Since the microelectrode has fluid with a high H+ concentration inside, relative to the outside of the electrode, there is a potential created due to the pH discrepancy between the inside and outside of the electrode.[16][17] From this voltage difference, and a predetermined pH for the fluid inside the electrode, one an determine the intracellular pH (pHi) of the cell of interest. [17]

Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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Another way to measure Intracellular pH (pHi) is with dyes that are sensitive to pH, and fluoresce differently at various pH values.[13][19] This technique, which makes use of fluorescence spectroscopy, consists of adding this special dye to the cytosol of a cell.[16][17] By exciting the dye in the cell with energy from light, and measuring the wavelength of light released by the photon as it returns to its native energy state, one can determine the type of dye present, and relate that to the intracellular pH of the given cell.[16][17]

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

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In addition to using pH-sensitive electrodes and dyes to measure pHi, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy can also be used to quantify pHi.[17] NMR, typically speaking, reveals information about the inside of a cell by placing the cell in an environment with a potent magnetic field.[16][17] Based on the ratio between the concentrations of protonated, compared to deprotonated forms of phosphate compounds in a given cell, the internal pH of the cell can be determined.[16] Additionally, NMR may also be used to reveal the presence of intracellular sodium, which can also provide information about the pHi.[20]

pH-sensitive GFPs

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To determine the pH inside organelles, pH-sensitive GFPs are often used as part of a noninvasive and effective technique.[18] By using cDNA as a template along with the appropriate primers, the GFP gene can be expressed in the cytosol, and the proteins produced can target specific regions within the cell, such as the mitochondria, golgi apparatus, cytoplasm, and endoplasmic reticulum.[21] Certain GFP mutants that are highly sensitive to pH in intracellular environments are used in these experiments, the relative amount of resulting fluorescence can reveal the approximate surrounding pH.[21][22]

Summary of Measurement Methods

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Overall, all three methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Using dyes is perhaps the easiest and fairly precise, while NMR presents the challenge of being relatively less precise.[16] Furthermore, using a microelectrode may be challenging in situations where the cells are too small, or the intactness of the cell membrane should remain undisturbed.[17] GFPs are unique in that they provide a noninvasive way of determining pH inside different organelles, yet this method is not the most quantitively precise way of determining pH.[21]

Additional Information

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Using NMR Spectroscopy, it has been determined that "lymphocytes maintain a constant internal pH of 7.17± 0.06, though, like all cells, the intracellular pH changes in the same direction as extracellular pH.[23]

Pioneer researchers in the area of intracellular pH include Jacques Pouyssegur (University of Nice, France), Albrecht Schwab, University of Münster, Germany, and Diane Barber, University of California, San Francisco, USA."

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