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Gattineni J, Twombley K, Goetz R, Mohammadi M, Baum M. Regulation of serum 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 levels by fibroblast growth factor 23 is mediated by FGF receptors 3 and 4. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 301:F371-7. [PMID: 21561999 PMCID: PMC3154596 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00740.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a phosphaturic hormone implicated in the pathogenesis of several hypophosphatemic disorders. FGF23 causes hypophosphatemia by decreasing the expression of sodium phosphate cotransporters (NaPi-2a and NaPi-2c) and decreasing serum 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels. We previously showed that FGFR1 is the predominant receptor for the hypophosphatemic actions of FGF23 by decreasing renal NaPi-2a and 2c expression while the receptors regulating 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels remained elusive. To determine the FGFRs regulating 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels, we studied FGFR3(-/-)FGFR4(-/-) mice as these mice have shortened life span and are growth retarded similar to FGF23(-/-) and Klotho(-/-) mice. Baseline serum 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels were elevated in the FGFR3(-/-)FGFR4(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice (102.2 ± 14.8 vs. 266.0 ± 34.0 pmol/l; P = 0.001) as were the serum levels of FGF23. Administration of recombinant FGF23 had no effect on serum 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) in the FGFR3(-/-)FGFR4(-/-) mice (173.4 ± 32.7 vs. 219.7 ± 56.5 pmol/l; vehicle vs. FGF23) while it reduced serum 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels in wild-type mice. Administration of FGF23 to FGFR3(-/-)FGFR4(-/-) mice resulted in a decrease in serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and an increase in serum phosphorus levels mediated by increased renal phosphate reabsorption. These data indicate that FGFR3 and 4 are the receptors that regulate serum 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels in response to FGF23. In addition, when 1,25(OH)(2)Vitamin D(3) levels are not affected by FGF23, as in FGFR3(-/-)FGFR4(-/-) mice, a reduction in PTH can override the effects of FGF23 on renal phosphate transport.
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- Jyothsna Gattineni
- Dept. of Pediatrics, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9063, USA.
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Kim S, Jo CH, Park JS, Han HJ, Kim GH. The role of proximal nephron in cyclophosphamide-induced water retention: preliminary data. Electrolyte Blood Press 2011; 9:7-15. [PMID: 21998601 PMCID: PMC3186896 DOI: 10.5049/ebp.2011.9.1.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cyclophosphamide is clinically useful in treating malignancy and rheumatologic disease, but has limitations in that it induces hyponatremia. The mechanisms by which cyclophosphamide induces water retention in the kidney have yet to be identified. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that cyclophosphamide may produce water retention via the proximal nephron, where aquaporin-1 (AQP1) and aquaporin-7 (AQP7) water channels participate in water absorption. To test this hypothesis, we gave a single dose of intraperitoneal cyclophosphamide to male Sprague-Dawley rats and treated rabbit proximal tubule cells (PTCs) with 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC), an active metabolite of cyclophosphamide. In the short-term 3-day rat study, AQP1 protein expression was significantly increased in the whole kidney homogenates by cyclophosphamide administration at 48 (614 ± 194%, P < 0.005), and 96 (460 ± 46%, P < 0.05) mg/kg BW compared with vehicle-treated controls. Plasma sodium concentration was significantly decreased (143 ± 1 vs. 146 ± 1 mEq/L, P < 0.05) by cyclophosphamide 100 mg/kg BW in the long-term 6-day rat study. When primary cultured rabbit PTCs were treated with 4-HC for 24 hours, the protein expressions of AQP1 and AQP7 were increased in a dose-dependent manner. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction revealed no significant changes in the mRNA levels of AQP1 and AQP7 from cyclophosphamide-treated rat renal cortices. From these preliminary data, we conclude that the proximal nephron may be involved in cyclophosphamide-induced water retention via AQP1 and AQP7 water channels. Further studies are required to demonstrate intracellular mechanisms that affect the expression of AQP proteins.
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- Sua Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Cong R, Li Y, Biemesderfer D. A disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 activity sheds the ectodomain of the amyloid precursor-like protein 2 and regulates protein expression in proximal tubule cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 300:C1366-74. [PMID: 21325636 PMCID: PMC3118630 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00451.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 (ADAM10) is a zinc protease that mediates ectodomain shedding of numerous receptors including Notch and members of the amyloid precursor protein family (APP, APLP1, and APLP2). Ectodomain shedding frequently activates a process called regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) that links cellular events with gene regulation. To characterize ADAM10 in kidney and in opossum kidney proximal tubule (OKP) cells, we performed indirect immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting of renal membrane fractions using specific antibodies. These studies show that ADAM10 and APLP2 are coexpressed in the proximal tubule and in OKP cells. To study the role of ADAM10 activity in the proximal tubule, we stably overexpressed wild-type ADAM10 or an inactive mutant ADAM10 in OKP cells. We found a direct correlation between the amount of active ADAM10 expressed and 1) the amount of APLP2 ectodomain shed into the culture supernatant and 2) the amount of Na(+)/H(+) exchanger 3 (NHE3) and megalin mRNA and protein expressed compared with control proteins. To establish a link between ADAM10-mediated shedding of APLP2 and the effect on NHE3 and megalin mRNA expression we performed RNA interference experiments using APLP2-specific short hairpin RNA (shRNA) in OKP cells. Cells expressing the APLP2 shRNA showed >80% knock down of APLP2 protein and mRNA as well as 60-70% reduction in NHE3 protein and mRNA. Levels of megalin and Na-K-ATPase protein and mRNA were not changed. These studies show 1) ADAM10 and APLP2 are expressed in proximal tubule cells and, 2) ADAM10 activity has a pronounced effect on expression of specific brush-border proteins. We postulate that ADAM10 and APLP2 may represent elements of a here-to-fore unknown signaling pathway in proximal tubule that link events at the brush border with control of gene expression.
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- Rong Cong
- Dept. of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
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Faarup P, Holstein-Rathlou NH, Nørgaard T, Harrison AP, Bastholm L, Thatt L, Johansen FF, Hegedüs V. Functionally induced changes in water transport in the proximal tubule segment of rat kidneys. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis 2011; 4:73-84. [PMID: 21694951 PMCID: PMC3108790 DOI: 10.2147/ijnrd.s15459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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To eliminate freezing artifacts in the proximal tubule cells, two cryotechniques were applied to normal rat kidneys, ie, freeze substitution and special freeze drying. In addition, salt depletion and salt loading were applied to groups of rats to evaluate whether the segmental structure of the proximal tubule could be altered. In the superficial part of the renal cortex of normal kidneys, the typical first segment structure in the proximal tubule was generally present in the early postglomerular fraction of the tubule. However, in the second segment, a special cellular phenomenon was constantly present, comprising a significant intercellular space that was easily identified using a light microscope. In the third segment, in which the presence of basolateral interdigitations is minimal, the small lateral space, which was found to be present in cryopreparations between neighboring cells from the normal kidney, was found to be enlarged by heavy salt loading of short duration. It is concluded that these cryotechniques demonstrate quantitative structural variations between superficial and deep nephrons, as well as the presence of extracellular areas between the cells of the second and the third segment, representing a structural background for the essential transport of water from the proximal tubules to the peritubular capillaries.
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- Poul Faarup
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute University of Copenhagen
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- Department of Animal and Veterinary Basic Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute University of Copenhagen
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute University of Copenhagen
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute University of Copenhagen
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Gattineni J, Baum M. Regulation of phosphate transport by fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23): implications for disorders of phosphate metabolism. Pediatr Nephrol 2010; 25:591-601. [PMID: 19669798 PMCID: PMC3151467 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1273-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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There are a number of hypophosphatemic disorders due to renal phosphate wasting that cannot be explained by elevated levels of parathyroid hormone. The circulating factors responsible for the phosphaturia have been designated as phosphatonins. Studies of patients with tumor-induced osteomalacia and other genetic diseases of phosphate metabolism have resulted in the identification of a number of hormones that regulate phosphate homeostasis, including matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE), secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (sFRP-4), dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1), fibroblast growth factor 7 (FGF7), fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), and Klotho. Our understanding of the actions of these hypophosphatemic peptides has been enhanced by studies in mice either overexpressing or not expressing these hormones. This review focuses on FGF23 since its regulation is disordered in diseases that affect children, such as X-linked hypophosphatemia, autosomal dominant and recessive hypophosphatemic rickets as well as chronic kidney disease. Recent studies have shown that FGF23 is unique among the FGFs in its requirement for Klotho for receptor activation. Here, we also discuss new potentially clinically important data pointing to the receptor(s) that mediate the binding and action of FGF23 and Klotho.
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- Jyothsna Gattineni
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas 75390-9063 TX, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas 75390-9063 TX, USA. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas 75235-9063 TX, USA
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Riccardi D, Brown EM. Physiology and pathophysiology of the calcium-sensing receptor in the kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010; 298:F485-99. [PMID: 19923405 PMCID: PMC2838589 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00608.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) plays a major role in the maintenance of a physiological serum ionized calcium (Ca2+) concentration by regulating the circulating levels of parathyroid hormone. It was molecularly identified in 1993 by Brown et al. in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Hebert with an expression cloning strategy. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that the CaSR is highly expressed in the kidney, where it is capable of integrating signals deriving from the tubular fluid and/or the interstitial plasma. Additional studies elucidating inherited and acquired mutations in the CaSR gene, the existence of activating and inactivating autoantibodies, and genetic polymorphisms of the CaSR have greatly enhanced our understanding of the role of the CaSR in mineral ion metabolism. Allosteric modulators of the CaSR are the first drugs in their class to become available for clinical use and have been shown to treat successfully hyperparathyroidism secondary to advanced renal failure. In addition, preclinical and clinical studies suggest the possibility of using such compounds in various forms of hypercalcemic hyperparathyroidism, such as primary and lithium-induced hyperparathyroidism and that occurring after renal transplantation. This review addresses the role of the CaSR in kidney physiology and pathophysiology as well as current and in-the-pipeline treatments utilizing CaSR-based therapeutics.
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- Daniela Riccardi
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
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Oner G, Cirrik S. The nephrotoxicity risk in rats subjected to heavy muscle activity. J Sports Sci Med 2009; 8:481-488. [PMID: 24150014 PMCID: PMC3763296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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When the body is exposed to insults, the kidneys exhibit adaptive changes termed renal cytoresistance, characterized by cholesterol accumulation in the membranes of the tubule cells. However, heavy muscle activity has not yet been accepted as one of the stressors that could lead to cytoresistance. In order to study the renal functional characteristics of animals exposed to heavy muscle activity, rats were subjected to exhaustive treadmill exercise for 5 days and their data was compared to those of sedentary controls. It was found that in exercised rats, blood lactate, muscle citrate synthase and proximal tubule peroxynitrite levels were all elevated, suggesting the presence of oxidative stress in the proximal tubule segments. However, mean arterial pressure, renal blood flow, glomerular filtration rate, fractional excretion of sodium and potassium, and organic anion excretion remained normal. Despite unchanged blood cholesterol levels, cholesterol loading in the proximal tubule segments, especially the free form, and decreased lactate dehydrogenase release from cytoresistant proximal tubule segments indicated the development of renal cytoresistance. However, this resistance did not seem to have protected the kidneys as expected because organic anion accumulation associated with glycosuria and proteinuria, in addition to the elevated urinary cholesterol levels, all imply the presence of an impaired glomerular permeability and reabsorption in the proximal tubule cells. Therefore, we suggest that in response to heavy muscle activity the tubular secretion may remain intact, although cytoresistance in the proximal tubule cells may affect the tubular reabsorptive functions and basolateral uptake of substances. Thus, this differential sensitivity in the cytoresistance should be taken into account during functional evaluation of the kidneys. Key pointsThe cholesterol loading and decreased LDH release from PTSs isolated from exhausted rats indicate the heavy muscle activity induced renal cytoresistance.Heavy muscle activity-induced renal cytoresistance did not preserve the kidney functions.Organic anion accumulation as well as failure in the absorptive capacity of the tubule cells suggest the presence of some biochemical changes and elevated vulnerability of kidneys against nephrotoxic agents in rats subjected to heavy muscle activity.
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- Gülsen Oner
- Akdeniz University, Medical Faculty , Department of Physiology, Antalya, Turkey
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Kamal MA, Jiang H, Hu Y, Keep RF, Smith DE. Influence of genetic knockout of Pept2 on the in vivo disposition of endogenous and exogenous carnosine in wild-type and Pept2 null mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2009; 296:R986-91. [PMID: 19225147 PMCID: PMC2698603 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90744.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Accepted: 02/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carnosine (beta-alanyl-l-histidine), an endogenous dipeptide substrate of the proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter PEPT2, plays an important role in many physiological processes. This study examined the effect of PEPT2 on the disposition of endogenous and exogenous carnosine in wild-type and Pept2 null mice. After exogenous dosing of [(3)H]carnosine (1 nmol/g iv bolus), a marked increase was observed in its systemic clearance in Pept2 null mice (0.50 vs. 0.29 ml/min), resulting in a decreased systemic exposure of dipeptide (area under the curve = 43.7 vs. 73.0 microM). Carnosine uptake was substantially reduced in the kidney of Pept2 null mice, and renal clearance increased 18-fold in this genotype (206 vs. 11.5 microl/min). Fractional reabsorption of carnosine in Pept2 null mice was only one-fifth that in wild-type animals (0.20 vs. 0.94). PEPT2 also had a substantial impact in brain where the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-to-plasma concentration ratio of carnosine was eightfold greater in Pept2 null mice (0.70 vs. 0.08). With respect to endogenous carnosine levels, significant reductions were observed in Pept2 null compared with wild-type mice for choroid plexus (0.026 vs. 0.20 mmol/kg), olfactory bulb (1.12 vs. 1.79 mmol/kg), and spleen (0.019 vs. 0.029 mmol/kg). In contrast, carnosine levels in the skeletal muscle of Pept2 null mice were significantly increased (1.70 vs. 1.14 mmol/kg), and no differences were observed between genotypes for endogenous carnosine levels in plasma and CSF. These results demonstrate that PEPT2 significantly modulates the disposition of exogenous carnosine. However, endogenous carnosine levels may be under homeostatic control to maintain systemic and central concentrations under physiological in vivo conditions.
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- Mohamed A Kamal
- Univeersity of Michigan, Upjohn Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5633, USA
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Sas D, Hu M, Moe OW, Baum M. Effect of claudins 6 and 9 on paracellular permeability in MDCK II cells. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R1713-9. [PMID: 18784328 PMCID: PMC2584851 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90596.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The neonatal proximal tubule has a lower permeability to chloride, higher resistance, and higher relative sodium-to-chloride permeability (P(Na)/P(Cl)) than the adult tubule, which may be due to maturational changes in the tight junction. Claudins are tight-junction proteins between epithelial cells that determine paracellular permeability characteristics of epithelia. We have previously described the presence of two claudin isoforms, claudins 6 and 9, in the neonatal proximal tubule and subsequent reduction of these claudins during postnatal maturation. The question is whether changes in claudin expression are related to changes in functional characteristics in the neonatal tubule. We transfected claudins 6 and 9 into Madin-Darby canine kidney II (MDCK II) cells and performed electrophysiological studies to determine the resultant changes in physiological characteristics of the cells. Expression of claudins 6 and 9 resulted in an increased transepithelial resistance, decreased chloride permeability, and decreased P(Na)/P(Cl) and P(HCO3)/P(Cl). These findings constitute the first characterization of the permeability characteristics of claudins 6 and 9 in a cell model and may explain why the neonatal proximal tubule has lower permeability to chloride and higher resistance than the adult proximal tubule.
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- David Sas
- Dept. of Pediatrics, U.T. Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235, USA
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Cheng HT, Kim M, Valerius MT, Surendran K, Schuster-Gossler K, Gossler A, McMahon AP, Kopan R. Notch2, but not Notch1, is required for proximal fate acquisition in the mammalian nephron. Development 2007; 134:801-11. [PMID: 17229764 PMCID: PMC2613851 DOI: 10.1242/dev.02773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The Notch pathway regulates cell fate determination in numerous developmental processes. Here we report that Notch2 acts non-redundantly to control the processes of nephron segmentation through an Rbp-J-dependent process. Notch1 and Notch2 are detected in the early renal vesicle. Genetic analysis reveals that only Notch2 is required for the differentiation of proximal nephron structures (podocytes and proximal convoluted tubules) despite the presence of activated Notch1 in the nuclei of putative proximal progenitors. The inability of endogenous Notch1 to compensate for Notch2 deficiency may reflect sub-threshold Notch1 levels in the nucleus. In line with this view, forced expression of a gamma-secretase-independent form of Notch1 intracellular domain drives the specification of proximal fates where all endogenous, ligand-dependent Notch signaling is blocked by a gamma-secretase inhibitor. These results establish distinct (non-redundant), instructive roles for Notch receptors in nephron segmentation.
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- Hui-Teng Cheng
- Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology at Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8103, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Thomson RB, Wang T, Thomson BR, Tarrats L, Girardi A, Mentone S, Soleimani M, Kocher O, Aronson PS. Role of PDZK1 in membrane expression of renal brush border ion exchangers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:13331-6. [PMID: 16141316 PMCID: PMC1201624 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506578102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Na-H exchanger NHE3 and Cl-anion exchanger CFEX (SLC26A6, PAT1) play principal roles in the reabsorption of Na and Cl in the proximal tubule of the mammalian kidney. The mechanisms by which NHE3 and CFEX are localized to and maintained in the brush border of the proximal tubule are largely unknown. To investigate the possible interaction of NHE3 and CFEX with the PDZ-domain-containing scaffolding protein PDZK1, we performed a series of in vitro interaction assays with GST-fusion proteins and native brush border membrane proteins. These studies demonstrated that, not only were NHE3 and CFEX capable of directly interacting with PDZK1, but that this interaction was mediated through their C-terminal PDZ-interaction sites. To determine whether PDZK1 interaction is essential for brush border localization of NHE3 and CFEX in vivo, we examined the expression of NHE3 and CFEX in kidneys of wild-type and PDZK1-null mutant mice by both Western analysis and immunocytochemistry. These studies indicated that, although brush border expression of NHE3 was unaffected by the loss of PDZK1, the expression of CFEX was markedly reduced. Finally, we assayed CFEX functional activity as Cl-oxalate exchange in brush border membrane vesicles and oxalate-stimulated volume absorption in microperfused proximal tubules. Consistent with the observed decrease in CFEX protein expression, both measures of CFEX functional activity were dramatically reduced in PDZK1-null animals. In conclusion, the scaffolding protein PDZK1 is essential for the normal expression and function of Cl-anion exchanger CFEX in the proximal tubule of the mammalian kidney.
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- R Brent Thomson
- Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8029, USA
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The DBA/2Cr mouse strain is characterized by giant lysosomes that are located in the proximal convoluted tubules of males and in the proximal straight tubules of females. In the present study, we used light microscopy and electron microscopy to investigate the effects of sex hormones on the development of these giant lysosomes. In the proximal convoluted tubules of males, giant lysosomes (large vacuolar structures observed under light microscopy) disappeared after orchiectomy but reappeared after testosterone treatment. No changes were observed after ovariectomy or estradiol treatment. In the proximal straight tubules of females, giant lysosomes (periodic acid Schiff-positive giant granules observed under light microscopy) disappeared after ovariectomy but reappeared after estradiol treatment. After orchiectomy and testosterone treatment, the giant lysosomes did not appear. However, a number of small lysosomes (smaller than a nucleus), which were periodic acid Schiff-positive, increased after orchiectomy and decreased after testosterone treatment. These findings suggest that lysosomes in DBA/2Cr mice are regulated by testosterone or estradiol as follows: (1) in the proximal convoluted tubules, the development of lysosomes is stimulated by testosterone but not by estradiol; (2) in the proximal straight tubules, development of lysosomes is stimulated by estradiol and inhibited by testosterone.
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- Akira Yabuki
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan.
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Bailey S, Roberts A, Brock C, Price L, Craft AW, Kilkarni R, Lee REJ, Skillen AW, Skinner R. Nephrotoxicity in survivors of Wilms' tumours in the North of England. Br J Cancer 2002; 87:1092-8. [PMID: 12402147 PMCID: PMC2376198 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2001] [Revised: 08/24/2002] [Accepted: 09/01/2002] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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One aspect of concern for survivors of Wilms' tumour has been the late outcome in terms of renal function. Previous studies have documented low glomerular filtration rate and high blood pressure in some patients. Furthermore, disorders in tubular function (especially urinary concentration defects) have been suggested but not confirmed in small studies. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and nature of subclinical and overt glomerular, proximal and distal renal tubular toxicity in a population based cohort of survivors of Wilms' tumour. Forty patients (24 female) with a median age of 4.3 years (3 months-11.8 years) at diagnosis were studied. Median follow-up was 8.8 (range 0.06-27.5) years. Glomerular filtration rate was measured by (51)Cr-EDTA plasma clearance, proximal tubular function by electrolyte fractional excretions, urine excretion of low molecular weight proteins (retinol-binding protein) and renal tubular enzymes (alanine aminopeptidase; N-acetylglucosaminidase) and distal tubular function by the osmolality of the first two urines of the day on 3 consecutive days. Renal size (ultrasound) and blood pressure were also measured. Mean (range) glomerular filtration rate was 100 (61-150) ml min(-1) 1.73 m(-2). Nine were below the reference range for healthy individuals with two kidneys. Most serum electrolyte concentrations (sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, magnesium and phosphate) fell within the normal range for age, as did the fractional excretions. The values that fell outside the normal range were only marginally abnormal. Subclinical measures of tubular toxicity (retinal-binding protein, alanine aminopeptidase, N-acetylglucosaminidase) were abnormal in only four patients. Thirty-seven patients achieved maximal urine osmolalities > or =800 mOsm kg(-1), but three failed to achieve this value even after DDAVP administration. Two patients had evidence of increased urinary albumin excretion. Compensatory renal hypertrophy was seen in all but two patients, but blood pressure was within normal limits in all patients. Current and past treatment for Wilms' tumour does not have any clinically important nephrotoxic effect in the majority of patients. This finding will enable paediatric oncologists to reassure patients and parents that treatment for Wilms' tumour rarely causes long-term renal impairment.
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- Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP, UK.
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Huang DY, Osswald H, Vallon V. Eukaliuric diuresis and natriuresis in response to the KATP channel blocker U37883A: micropuncture studies on the tubular site of action. Br J Pharmacol 1999; 127:1811-8. [PMID: 10482911 PMCID: PMC1566186 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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1. Systemic application of U37883A, a blocker of ATP sensitive potassium (KATP) channels, elicits diuresis and natriuresis without significantly altering urinary potassium excretion. 2. To elucidate tubular sites of action upstream to the distal nephron, micropuncture experiments were performed in nephrons with superficial glomeruli of anaesthetized Munich-Wistar-Frömter rats during systemic application of U37883A (1, 5 or 15 mg kg-1 i.v.). 3. The observed eukaliuric diuresis and natriuresis in response to U37883A at 15 mg kg-1 was accompanied by an increase in early distal tubular flow rate (VED) from 10 - 18 nl min(-1) reflecting a reduction in fractional reabsorption of fluid up to this site (FR-fluid) of 13%. The latter proposed an effect on water-permeable segments such as the proximal tubule which could fully account for the observed reduction in fractional reabsorption of Na+ up to the early distal tubule (FR-Na+) of 8% and the increase in early distal tubular Na+ concentration ([Na+]ED) from 35 - 51 mM whereas [K+]ED was left unaltered. 4. In comparison, furosemide (3 mg kg-1 i.v.), which acts in the water-impermeable thick ascending limb, elicited diuresis, natriuresis and kaliuresis which were associated with a fall in FR-Na+ of 10% with no change in FR-fluid, and a rise in [Na+]ED from 42 - 117 mM and [K+]ED from 1.2 - 5.7 mM with no change in VED. 5. Direct late proximal tubular fluid collections confirmed a significant inhibition of fluid reabsorption in proximal convoluted tubule in response to systemic application of U37883A. 6. These findings suggest that the diuretic and natriuretic effect upstream to the distal tubule in response to systemic application of U37883A involves actions on water-permeable segments such as the proximal convoluted tubule.
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- Dan Y Huang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse. 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse. 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse. 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
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The interaction between solute and water in epithelial transport is represented by the solute reflection coefficient. Because the osmotic water transport process changes in the rabbit proximal tubule during maturation, there is a potential for the solute reflection coefficients to also undergo maturational changes. In the present study, we directly examined solute reflection coefficients in neonatal and adult brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) using the stop-flow light-scattering technique. Reflection coefficients for NaCl, KCl, NaHCO3 and urea were found to be identical in the neonatal and adult BBMV and were not different from 1. Thus, although the water transport pathway undergoes changes in the proximal tubule during maturation, there is no evidence for changes in solute and water interaction. Because the reflection coefficients are not different from 1, there is no evidence for solvent drag in the proximal tubule apical membrane in either the neonatal or adult tubule.
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- R Quigley
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX 75234-9063, USA
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Angiotensin II has a well described dose-dependent biphasic action on proximal tubule fluid uptake, although the concentration and effect of endogenous luminal angiotensin II remain controversial. Shrinking split-droplet micropuncture was used to examine the fluid uptake in response to the luminal application of three AT1 antagonists (losartan, EXP3174, candesartan). Addition of losartan at 10(-8) M decreased fluid uptake rate (Jva) by 17.5+/-2.2% (P<0.05). Luminal addition of EXP3174 at concentrations between 10(-9)-10(-5) M caused a dose-dependent decrease in fluid uptake, with a maximum decrease of 41.0+/-9.5% (P<0.01) at 10(-6) M. Candesartan also decreased fluid uptake, by 21.9+/-4.9% (P<0.05) at 10(-8) M and 23.6+/-5.5% (P<0.05) at 10(-5) M. All three antagonists at a low concentration (10(-8) M) decreased fluid uptake. EXP3174 and candesartan at a higher concentration (10(-5) M) also decreased fluid uptake in contrast to the previously reported effect of losartan. We conclude that the endogenous concentration of antiotensin II in the proximal luminal fluid is low and exerts a stimulatory effect on fluid absorption. Losartan at concentrations greater than 10(-6) M may have a non-selective action on fluid uptake.
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- M L Smart
- Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Thyroid hormone stimulates renal proximal tubule NaCl and NaHCO3 absorption in part by activating the apical membrane Na/H exchanger NHE3. We used a renal epithelial cell line, the opossum kidney (OK) cell, to define the mechanism by which 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) increases NHE3 activity. T3 stimulated NHE3 activity, an effect that was blocked by inhibition of cellular transcription or translation. The increase in activity was associated with increases in steady-state cell surface and total cellular NHE3 protein and NHE3 transcript abundance. T3 stimulated transcription of the NHE3 gene and had no effect on NHE3 transcript stability. The transcriptional activity of the 5'-flanking region of the rat NHE3 gene was stimulated by T3 when expressed in OK cells. When heterologously expressed rat NHE3 transcript levels were clamped constant with a constitutive promoter in OK cells, T3 has no effect on rat NHE3 protein abundance, suggesting the absence of regulation of NHE3 protein stability or translation. These studies demonstrate that T3 stimulates NHE3 activity by activating NHE3 gene transcription and increasing NHE3 transcript and protein abundance.
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- A Cano
- Department of Internal Medicine,University of Texas Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235-8856, USA
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The neonatal proximal tubule has a lower rate of bicarbonate absorption than that of adults. This is due, in part, to a lower rate of apical membrane Na+/H+ antiporter activity. The purpose of these studies was to examine if thyroid hormone could be a factor in the maturational increase in Na+/H+ antiporter activity. Hypothyroid (0.01% propylthiouracil in drinking water starting at day 14 gestation and throughout the postnatal period), euthyroid, and hyperthyroid (intraperitoneal triiodothyronine, 10 micrograms/100 g body wt, once daily on days 17 to 20 of postnatal life) rats were all studied at 21 days of life. Renal cortical brush border Na+/H+ antiporter activity was 453 +/- 24, 527 +/- 30 and 608 +/- 25 pmol/mg protein in the hypothyroid, euthyroid and hyperthyroid groups, respectively (P < 0.001). Hyperthyroid neonates had approximately twofold greater renal cortical NHE-3 mRNA abundance than euthyroid and hypothyroid neonates (P < 0.05). Brush border membrane NHE-3 protein abundance in hypothyroid and hyperthyroid neonates was one-third and twofold that of euthyroid 21-day-old rats, respectively (P < 0.001). These data are consistent with a potential role of thyroid hormone in the postnatal increase in Na+/H+ antiporter activity.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
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Beara-Lasić L, Knotek M, Cejvan K, Jaksić O, Lasić Z, Skorić B, Brkljacić V, Banfić H. The effect of big endothelin-1 in the proximal tubule of the rat kidney. Br J Pharmacol 1997; 120:625-30. [PMID: 9051300 PMCID: PMC1564514 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0700956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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1. An obligatory step in the biosynthesis of endothelin-1 (ET-1) is the conversion of its inactive precursor, big ET-1, into the mature form by the action of specific, phosphoramidon-sensitive, endothelin converting enzyme(s) (ECE). Disparate effects of big ET-1 and ET-1 on renal tubule function suggest that big ET-1 might directly influence renal tubule function. Therefore, the role of the enzymatic conversion of big ET-1 into ET-1 in eliciting the functional response (generation of 1,2-diacylglycerol) to big ET-1 was studied in the rat proximal tubules. 2. In renal cortical slices incubated with big ET-1, pretreatment with phosphoramidon (an ECE inhibitor) reduced tissue immunoreactive ET-1 to a level similar to that of cortical tissue not exposed to big ET-1. This confirms the presence and effectiveness of ECE inhibition by phosphoramidon. 3. In freshly isolated proximal tubule cells, big ET-1 stimulated the generation of 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG) in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Neither phosphoramidon nor chymostatin, a chymase inhibitor, influenced the generation of DAG evoked by big ET-1. 4. Big ET-1-dependent synthesis of DAG was found in the brush-border membrane. It was unaffected by BQ123, an ETA receptor antagonist, but was blocked by bosentan, an ETA.B-nonselective endothelin receptor antagonist. 5. These results suggest that the proximal tubule is a site for the direct effect of big ET-1 in the rat kidney. The effect of big ET-1 is confined to the brush-border membrane of the proximal tubule, which may be the site of big ET-1 sensitive receptors.
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- L Beara-Lasić
- Department of Physiology, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Croatia
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The effect of prednisolone on renal handling of sodium (Na) was studied in rats under three experimental conditions: 1) hydropenia, 2) water diuresis, and 3) distal tubular blockade (DTB). Prednisolone, 0.25 mg/100 g per hr, was infused directly into left renal artery and urine was collected separately from each kidney. Predominantly unilateral increases in urine flow (V) and Na excretion were noticed in all experiments during prednisolone infusion. In the hydropenic rats the maximal increments on the infused side were, for V (mean ± SD), from 9.3 ± 1.5 to 21.4 ± 0.8 μl/min (P < 0.001); for CNa/CIn, from 0.28 ± 0.11 to 2.97 ± 0.71 % (P < 0.005); and for
TH2Oc/CIn, from 2.93 ± 2.26 to 5.32 ± 1.92% (P < 0.05). In the rats with water diuresis, the maximal increases were, for V/CIn, from 5.87 ± 1.97 to 10.1 ± 6.0% (P < 0.005); for CH2O/CIn, from 4.09 ± 0.68 to 6.00 ± 0.44% (P < 0.0005); and for CNa/CIn, from 0.22 ± 0.07 to 0.70 ± 0.38% (P < 0.01). In DTB-rats the maximal increases were for V from 48.6 ± 9.0 to 72.7 ± 14.1 μl/min (P < 0.0005) and for CNa/CIn from 9.42 ± 2.97 to 20.23 ± 7.34% (P < 0.005). In the contralateral kidney these changes were less pronounced. These observations suggest that prednisolone depresses directly Na reabsorption. The association of natriuresis with augmented
TH2Oc/CIn and CH2O/CIn during hydropenia and water diuresis, respectively, and the increases in V and CNa/CIn during DTB, all are consistent with inhibition of Na reabsorption in the proximal tubule.
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