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Pérez-Rius C, Castellanos A, Gaitán-Peñas H, Navarro A, Artuch R, Barrallo-Gimeno A, Estévez R. Role of zebrafish ClC-K/barttin channels in apical kidney chloride reabsorption. J Physiol 2019; 597:3969-3983. [PMID: 31177533 DOI: 10.1113/jp278069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS We have characterized the zebrafish clc-k and barttin proteins, demonstrating that they form a protein complex mediating chloride flux in a similar manner to their mammalian counterparts. As in mammals, in zebrafish, clc-k and barttin are basically expressed in the kidney. Contrary to what is found in mammals, in zebrafish both proteins show an apical localization in the kidney. We have generated the first knockout in zebrafish of a CLC protein. Lack of clc-k in zebrafish resulted in embryonic lethality, possibly caused by a reduction in total chloride content. As a consequence, there is an up-regulation of other chloride channels and other regulatory mechanisms such as renin or the uro-guanylin receptor in the kidney. barttin is mislocalized in vivo when clc-k is not present, indicating that there is a mutual dependence of the protein expression and localization between barttin and clc-k proteins. ABSTRACT ClC-K/barttin channels are very important for salt transport in the kidney. This function can be clearly seen since mutations in CLCNKB or BSND cause Bartter's syndrome types III and IV, respectively. Working with the freshwater teleost zebrafish, we characterized the genes homologous to the mammalian chloride channel ClC-K and its obligate subunit barttin and we obtained and studied clc-k knockout zebrafish. The zebrafish clc-k/barttin proteins are very similar to their mammalian counterparts, and both proteins are necessary to mediate chloride currents. Localization studies indicated that both proteins are exclusively expressed in the apical membranes of zebrafish kidney tubules. Knockout of clc-k resulted in embryonic lethality. These animals showed barttin mislocalization and a reduction in whole-body chloride concentration, as well as up-regulation of the expression of other chloride channels and renin, and an increase in the kidney expression of the uroguanylin receptor. Our results indicate that apical kidney chloride reabsorption through clc-k/barttin channels is crucial for chloride homeostasis in zebrafish as it is in humans. The zebrafish model could be used as a new in vivo system to study ClC-K function.
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- Carla Pérez-Rius
- Unitat de Fisiologia, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques, Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, IDIBELL-Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unitat de Fisiologia, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques, Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, IDIBELL-Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Unitat de Fisiologia, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques, Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, IDIBELL-Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Unitat de Fisiologia, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques, Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, IDIBELL-Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain.,Clinical Biochemistry Department, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- Unitat de Fisiologia, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques, Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, IDIBELL-Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Unitat de Fisiologia, Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques, Genes, Disease and Therapy Program, IDIBELL-Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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Jentsch TJ, Pusch M. CLC Chloride Channels and Transporters: Structure, Function, Physiology, and Disease. Physiol Rev 2018; 98:1493-1590. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00047.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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CLC anion transporters are found in all phyla and form a gene family of eight members in mammals. Two CLC proteins, each of which completely contains an ion translocation parthway, assemble to homo- or heteromeric dimers that sometimes require accessory β-subunits for function. CLC proteins come in two flavors: anion channels and anion/proton exchangers. Structures of these two CLC protein classes are surprisingly similar. Extensive structure-function analysis identified residues involved in ion permeation, anion-proton coupling and gating and led to attractive biophysical models. In mammals, ClC-1, -2, -Ka/-Kb are plasma membrane Cl−channels, whereas ClC-3 through ClC-7 are 2Cl−/H+-exchangers in endolysosomal membranes. Biological roles of CLCs were mostly studied in mammals, but also in plants and model organisms like yeast and Caenorhabditis elegans. CLC Cl−channels have roles in the control of electrical excitability, extra- and intracellular ion homeostasis, and transepithelial transport, whereas anion/proton exchangers influence vesicular ion composition and impinge on endocytosis and lysosomal function. The surprisingly diverse roles of CLCs are highlighted by human and mouse disorders elicited by mutations in their genes. These pathologies include neurodegeneration, leukodystrophy, mental retardation, deafness, blindness, myotonia, hyperaldosteronism, renal salt loss, proteinuria, kidney stones, male infertility, and osteopetrosis. In this review, emphasis is laid on biophysical structure-function analysis and on the cell biological and organismal roles of mammalian CLCs and their role in disease.
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- Thomas J. Jentsch
- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin, Germany; and Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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- Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) and Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin, Germany; and Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Genova, Italy
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Ohkubo K, Matsuzaki T, Yuki M, Yoshida R, Terawaki Y, Maeyama A, Kawashima H, Ono J, Yanase T, Matsunaga A. A novel mutation of CLCNKB in a Japanese patient of Gitelman-like phenotype with diuretic insensitivity to thiazide administration. Meta Gene 2014; 2:342-8. [PMID: 25606418 PMCID: PMC4287957 DOI: 10.1016/j.mgene.2014.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The clinical phenotypes of patients with Bartter syndrome type III sometimes closely resemble those of Gitelman syndrome. We report a patient with mild, adult-onset symptoms, such as muscular weakness and fatigue, who showed hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis, elevated renin–aldosterone levels with normal blood pressure, hypocalciuria and hypomagnesemia. She was also suffering from chondrocalcinosis. A diuretic test with furosemide and thiazide showed a good response to furosemide, but little response to thiazide. Although the clinical findings and diuretic tests predicted that the patient had Gitelman syndrome, genetic analysis found no mutation in SLC12A3. However, a novel missense mutation, p.L647F in CLCNKB, which is located in the CBS domain at the C-terminus of ClC-Kb, was discovered. Therefore, gene analyses of CLCNKB and SLC12A3 might be necessary to elucidate the precise etiology of the salt-losing tubulopathies regardless of the results of diuretic tests. We report a patient of Gitelman-like phenotype with chondrocalcinosis. She also showed the insensitivity to thiazide. No mutation in SLC12A3, but a novel mutation, L647F in CLCNKB was discovered. The L647F located in the CBS domain of ClC-Kb. Molecular gene analysis of CLCNKB and SLC12A3 is necessary to the precise etiology.
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- Kumiko Ohkubo
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan ; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fukuoka University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fukuoka University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fukuoka University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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- Diabetes Center, Karindoh Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan ; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Fukuoka University Hospital, Japan
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The thin limbs of the loop of Henle, which comprise the intermediate segment, connect the proximal tubule to the distal tubule and lie entirely within the renal medulla. The descending thin limb consists of at least two or three morphologically and functionally distinct subsegments and participates in transepithelial transport of NaCl, urea, and water. Only one functionally distinct segment is recognized for the ascending thin limb, which carries out transepithelial transport of NaCl and urea in the reabsorptive and/or secretory directions. Membrane transporters involved with passive transcellular Cl, urea, and water fluxes have been characterized for thin limbs; however, these pathways do not account for all transepithelial fluid and solute fluxes that have been measured in vivo. The paracellular pathway has been proposed to play an important role in transepithelial Na and urea fluxes in defined thin-limb subsegments. As the transport pathways become clearer, the overall function of the thin limbs is becoming better understood. Primary and secondary signaling pathways and protein-protein interactions are increasingly recognized as important modulators of thin-limb cell function and cell metabolism. These functions must be investigated under diverse extracellular conditions, particularly for those cells of the deep inner medulla that function in an environment of wide variation in hyperosmolality. Transgenic mouse models of several key water and solute transport proteins have provided significant insights into thin-limb function. An understanding of the overall architecture of the medulla, including juxtapositions of thin limbs with collecting ducts, thick ascending limbs, and vasa recta, is essential for understanding the role of the kidney in maintaining Na and water homeostasis, and for understanding the urine concentrating mechanism.
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- Thomas L Pannabecker
- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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Liantonio A, Gramegna G, Camerino GM, Dinardo MM, Scaramuzzi A, Potenza MA, Montagnani M, Procino G, Lasorsa DR, Mastrofrancesco L, Laghezza A, Fracchiolla G, Loiodice F, Perrone MG, Lopedota A, Conte S, Penza R, Valenti G, Svelto M, Camerino DC. In-vivo administration of CLC-K kidney chloride channels inhibitors increases water diuresis in rats. J Hypertens 2012; 30:153-67. [DOI: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e32834d9eb9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bergler T, Stoelcker B, Jeblick R, Reinhold SW, Wolf K, Riegger GA, Krämer BK. High osmolality induces the kidney-specific chloride channel CLC-K1 by a serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 MAPK pathway. Kidney Int 2008; 74:1170-7. [DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mugford JW, Sipilä P, Kobayashi A, Behringer RR, McMahon AP. Hoxd11 specifies a program of metanephric kidney development within the intermediate mesoderm of the mouse embryo. Dev Biol 2008; 319:396-405. [PMID: 18485340 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2008] [Revised: 03/31/2008] [Accepted: 03/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The mammalian kidney consists of an array of tubules connected to a ductal system that collectively function to control water/salt balance and to remove waste from the organisms' circulatory system. During mammalian embryogenesis, three kidney structures form within the intermediate mesoderm. The two most anterior structures, the pronephros and the mesonephros, are transitory and largely non-functional, while the most posterior, the metanephros, persists as the adult kidney. We have explored the mechanisms underlying regional specific differentiation of the kidney forming mesoderm. Previous studies have shown a requirement for Hox11 paralogs (Hoxa11, Hoxc11 and Hoxd11) in metanephric development. Mice lacking all Hox11 activity fail to form metanephric kidney structures. We demonstrate that the Hox11 paralog expression is restricted in the intermediate mesoderm to the posterior, metanephric level. When Hoxd11 is ectopically activated in the anterior mesonephros, we observe a partial transformation to a metanephric program of development. Anterior Hoxd11(+) cells activate Six2, a transcription factor required for the maintenance of metanephric tubule progenitors. Additionally, Hoxd11(+) mesonephric tubules exhibit an altered morphology and activate several metanephric specific markers normally confined to distal portions of the functional nephron. Collectively, our data support a model where Hox11 paralogs specify a metanephric developmental program in responsive intermediate mesoderm. This program maintains tubule forming progenitors and instructs a metanephric specific pattern of nephron differentiation.
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- Joshua W Mugford
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Krämer BK, Bergler T, Stoelcker B, Waldegger S. Mechanisms of Disease: the kidney-specific chloride channels ClCKA and ClCKB, the Barttin subunit, and their clinical relevance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 4:38-46. [DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 08/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Veizis IE, Cotton CU. Role of kidney chloride channels in health and disease. Pediatr Nephrol 2007; 22:770-7. [PMID: 17109136 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0355-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2006] [Revised: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chloride channels are expressed along the entire mammalian nephron. They participate in transepithelial chloride transport, cell volume regulation and acidification of intracellular vesicles. Some chloride channels are constitutively active and others are regulated by either second messengers such as cAMP or Ca(++) or secondary to changes in membrane potential. The molecular identities of a number of chloride channels within the kidney are still unknown. Abnormalities in chloride channel expression and function in the kidney can cause a range of disorders such as autosomal recessive Dent's disease, Bartter's syndrome, renal tubular acidosis and diabetes insipidus. The purpose of this review is to give an overview of the chloride channels in the kidney and to focus on the function of renal chloride channels as revealed by diseases associated with channel dysfunction.
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- I Elias Veizis
- Department of Pediatrics and Physiology and Biophysics, Rainbow Center for Childhood PKD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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