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Edwards A, Crambert G. Versatility of NaCl transport mechanisms in the cortical collecting duct. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 313:F1254-F1263. [PMID: 28877883 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00369.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The cortical collecting duct (CCD) forms part of the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron and plays an essential role in maintaining the NaCl balance and acid-base status. The CCD epithelium comprises principal cells as well as different types of intercalated cells. Until recently, transcellular Na+ transport was thought to be restricted to principal cells, whereas (acid-secreting) type A and (bicarbonate-secreting) type B intercalated cells were associated with the regulation of acid-base homeostasis. This review describes how this traditional view has been upended by several discoveries in the past decade. A series of studies has shown that type B intercalated cells can mediate electroneutral NaCl reabsorption by a mechanism involving Na+-dependent and Na+-independent Cl-/[Formula: see text] exchange, and that is energetically driven by basolateral vacuolar H+-ATPase pumps. Other research indicates that type A intercalated cells can mediate NaCl secretion, through a bumetanide-sensitive pathway that is energized by apical H+,K+-ATPase type 2 pumps operating as Na+/K+ exchangers. We also review recent findings on the contribution of the paracellular route to NaCl transport in the CCD. Last, we describe cross-talk processes, by which one CCD cell type impacts Na+/Cl- transport in another cell type. The mechanisms that have been identified to date demonstrate clearly the interdependence of NaCl and acid-base transport systems in the CCD. They also highlight the remarkable versatility of this nephron segment.
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- Aurélie Edwards
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM UMRS 1138, CNRS ERL 8228, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; and .,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM UMRS 1138, CNRS ERL 8228, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; and
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Renal intercalated cells are rather energized by a proton than a sodium pump. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:7928-33. [PMID: 23610411 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221496110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Na(+) concentration of the intracellular milieu is very low compared with the extracellular medium. Transport of Na(+) along this gradient is used to fuel secondary transport of many solutes, and thus plays a major role for most cell functions including the control of cell volume and resting membrane potential. Because of a continuous leak, Na(+) has to be permanently removed from the intracellular milieu, a process that is thought to be exclusively mediated by the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase in animal cells. Here, we show that intercalated cells of the mouse kidney are an exception to this general rule. By an approach combining two-photon imaging of isolated renal tubules, physiological studies, and genetically engineered animals, we demonstrate that inhibition of the H(+) vacuolar-type ATPase (V-ATPase) caused drastic cell swelling and depolarization, and also inhibited the NaCl absorption pathway that we recently discovered in intercalated cells. In contrast, pharmacological blockade of the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase had no effects. Basolateral NaCl exit from β-intercalated cells was independent of the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase but critically relied on the presence of the basolateral ion transporter anion exchanger 4. We conclude that not all animal cells critically rely on the sodium pump as the unique bioenergizer, but can be replaced by the H(+) V-ATPase in renal intercalated cells. This concept is likely to apply to other animal cell types characterized by plasma membrane expression of the H(+) V-ATPase.
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Masseguin C, LePanse S, Corman B, Verbavatz JM, Gabrion J. Aging affects choroidal proteins involved in CSF production in Sprague-Dawley rats. Neurobiol Aging 2005; 26:917-27. [PMID: 15718051 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2003] [Revised: 06/11/2004] [Accepted: 07/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aging is currently associated with progressive declines of cerebral functions. From these, a decreased resistance to dehydration suggested alteration in choroidal control of brain homeostasis and reduced cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production in old subjects. In the present study, choroid plexuses of 20-month old Sprague-Dawley rats were compared with those of 3- and 10-month old rats. Using ultrastructure analysis and immunodetection of ezrin, a protein associating cytoskeleton to membranes, we showed that progressive loss of microvilli and strong decrease in apical ezrin are evident in 20-month old rats. Using immunolabeling and confocal microscopy, we found reduction in expression of two choroidal proteins, carbonic anhydrase II and aquaporin 1, involved in CSF secretion. In addition, we confirmed previous studies indicating that choroidal Na,K-ATPase decreased with age. In situ hybridization analyses showed that mRNA levels for Na,K-ATPase and aquaporin 1 were significantly lowered in choroid plexus of old rats. These findings are consistent with a reduced secretory activity in choroid plexus and suggest that massive disorders could affect choroidal CSF production in aged rats.
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- C Masseguin
- INSERM U26, Hôpital Fernand-Widal, 200, rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, F-75475 Paris Cédex 10, France
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Cheval L, Duong Van Huyen JP, Bruneval P, Verbavatz JM, Elalouf JM, Doucet A. Plasticity of mouse renal collecting duct in response to potassium depletion. Physiol Genomics 2004; 19:61-73. [PMID: 15238618 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00055.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Plasticity of mouse renal collecting duct in response to potassium depletion. —Renal collecting ducts are the main sites for regulation of whole body potassium balance. Changes in dietary intake of potassium induce pleiotropic adaptations of collecting duct cells, which include alterations of ion and water transport properties along with an hypertrophic response. To study the pleiotropic adaptation of the outer medullary collecting duct (OMCD) to dietary potassium depletion, we combined functional studies of renal function (ion, water, and acid/base handling), analysis of OMCD hypertrophy (electron microscopy) and hyperplasia (PCNA labeling), and large scale analysis of gene expression (transcriptome analysis). The transcriptome of OMCD was compared in mice fed either a normal or a potassium-depleted diet for 3 days using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) adapted for downsized extracts. SAGE is based on the generation of transcript-specific tag libraries. Approximately 20,000 tags corresponding to 10,000 different molecular species were sequenced in each library. Among the 186 tags differentially expressed ( P < 0.05) between the two libraries, 120 were overexpressed and 66 were downregulated. The SAGE expression profile obtained in the control library was representative of different functional classes of proteins and of the two cell types (principal and α-intercalated cells) constituting the OMCD. Combined with gene expression analysis, results of functional and morphological studies allowed us to identify candidate genes for distinct physiological processes modified by potassium depletion: sodium, potassium, and water handling, hyperplasia and hypertrophy. Finally, comparison of mouse and human OMCD transcriptomes allowed us to address the question of the relevance of the mouse as a model for human physiology and pathophysiology.
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MESH Headings
- Acid-Base Equilibrium/genetics
- Acid-Base Equilibrium/physiology
- Adaptation, Physiological/drug effects
- Adaptation, Physiological/genetics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Hyperplasia/genetics
- Hyperplasia/pathology
- Hypertrophy/genetics
- Hypertrophy/pathology
- Kidney Tubules, Collecting/drug effects
- Kidney Tubules, Collecting/pathology
- Kidney Tubules, Collecting/physiopathology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Organ Size
- Potassium Deficiency/blood
- Potassium Deficiency/genetics
- Potassium Deficiency/physiopathology
- Potassium Deficiency/urine
- Potassium, Dietary/administration & dosage
- Potassium, Dietary/pharmacology
- Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Reproducibility of Results
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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- Lydie Cheval
- Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique Rénales, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/UPMC 7134, Paris, France
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Zhou X, Yin W, Doi SQ, Robinson SW, Takeyasu K, Fan X. Stimulation of Na,K-ATPase by low potassium requires reactive oxygen species. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003; 285:C319-26. [PMID: 12686517 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00536.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The signaling pathway that transduces the stimulatory effect of low K+ on the biosynthesis of Na,K-ATPase remains largely unknown. The present study was undertaken to examine whether reactive oxygen species (ROS) mediated the effect of low K+ in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. Low K+ increased ROS activity in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and this effect was abrogated by catalase and N-acetylcysteine (NAC). To determine the role of ROS in low-K+-induced gene expression, the cells were first stably transfected with expression constructs in which the reporter gene chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) was under the control of the avian Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit 1.9 kb and 900-bp 5'-flanking regions that have a negative regulatory element. Low K+ increased the CAT expression in both constructs. Catalase or NAC inhibited the effect of low K+. To determine whether the increased CAT activity was mediated through releasing the repressive effect or a direct stimulation of the promoter, the cells were transfected with a CAT expression construct directed by a 96-bp promoter fragment that has no negative regulatory element. Low K+ also augmented the CAT activity expressed by this construct. More importantly, both catalase and NAC abolished the effect of low K+. Moreover, catalase and NAC also inhibited low-K+-induced increases in the Na,K-ATPase alpha1- and beta1-subunit protein abundance and ouabain binding sites. The antioxidants had no significant effect on the basal levels of CAT activity, protein abundance, or ouabain binding sites. In conclusion, low K+ enhances the Na,K-ATPase gene expression by a direct stimulation of the promoter activity, and ROS mediate this stimulation and also low-K+-induced increases in the Na,K-ATPase protein contents and cell surface molecules.
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- Xiaoming Zhou
- Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
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Deschênes G, Gonin S, Zolty E, Cheval L, Rousselot M, Martin PY, Verbavatz JM, Féraille E, Doucet A. Increased synthesis and avp unresponsiveness of Na,K-ATPase in collecting duct from nephrotic rats. J Am Soc Nephrol 2001; 12:2241-2252. [PMID: 11675400 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v12112241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Renal sodium retention is responsible for ascites and edema in nephrotic syndrome. In puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN)-induced nephrosis, sodium retention originates in part from the collecting duct, and it is associated with increased Na,K-ATPase activity in the cortical collecting duct (CCD). The aims of this study were to evaluate whether the outer medullary collecting duct (OMCD) also participates to sodium retention and to determine the mechanisms responsible for stimulation of Na,K-ATPase in CCD. PAN nephrosis increased Na,K-ATPase activity in the CCD but not in OMCD. The two-fold increase of Na,K-ATPase activity in CCD was associated with two-fold increases in the number of alpha and beta Na,K-ATPase subunits mRNA determined by quantitative RT-PCR and of the total amount of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunits estimated by Western blotting. PAN nephrosis also increased two-fold the amount of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit at the basolateral membrane of CCD principal cells, as determined by Western blotting after biotinylation and streptavidin precipitation and by immunofluorescence. The intracellular pool of latent Na,K-ATPase units also increased in size and was no longer recruitable by vasopressin and cAMP. This unresponsiveness of the intracellular pool of Na,K-ATPase to vasopressin was not the result of any alteration of the molecular and functional expression of the vasopressin V(2) receptor/adenylyl cyclase (AC) complex. It is concluded that PAN nephrosis (1) does not alter sodium reabsorption in OMCD, (2) is associated with increased synthesis and membrane expression of Na,K-ATPase in the CCD, and (3) alters the normal trafficking of intracellular Na,K-ATPase units to the basolateral membrane.
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- Georges Deschênes
- Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrée des Cellules Rénales, Service de Biologie Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Laboratoire de Néphrologie, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Laboratoire de Néphrologie, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrée des Cellules Rénales, Service de Biologie Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Laboratoire de Néphrologie, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Laboratoire de Néphrologie, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service de Biologie Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- Fondation pour Recherches Médicales, Laboratoire de Néphrologie, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Intégrée des Cellules Rénales, Service de Biologie Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Féraille E, Doucet A. Sodium-potassium-adenosinetriphosphatase-dependent sodium transport in the kidney: hormonal control. Physiol Rev 2001; 81:345-418. [PMID: 11152761 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2001.81.1.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Tubular reabsorption of filtered sodium is quantitatively the main contribution of kidneys to salt and water homeostasis. The transcellular reabsorption of sodium proceeds by a two-step mechanism: Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase-energized basolateral active extrusion of sodium permits passive apical entry through various sodium transport systems. In the past 15 years, most of the renal sodium transport systems (Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase, channels, cotransporters, and exchangers) have been characterized at a molecular level. Coupled to the methods developed during the 1965-1985 decades to circumvent kidney heterogeneity and analyze sodium transport at the level of single nephron segments, cloning of the transporters allowed us to move our understanding of hormone regulation of sodium transport from a cellular to a molecular level. The main purpose of this review is to analyze how molecular events at the transporter level account for the physiological changes in tubular handling of sodium promoted by hormones. In recent years, it also became obvious that intracellular signaling pathways interacted with each other, leading to synergisms or antagonisms. A second aim of this review is therefore to analyze the integrated network of signaling pathways underlying hormone action. Given the central role of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase in sodium reabsorption, the first part of this review focuses on its structural and functional properties, with a special mention of the specificity of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase expressed in renal tubule. In a second part, the general mechanisms of hormone signaling are briefly introduced before a more detailed discussion of the nephron segment-specific expression of hormone receptors and signaling pathways. The three following parts integrate the molecular and physiological aspects of the hormonal regulation of sodium transport processes in three nephron segments: the proximal tubule, the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, and the collecting duct.
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- E Féraille
- Division of Nephrology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Wall SM. Impact of K(+) homeostasis on net acid secretion in rat terminal inner medullary collecting duct: role of the Na,K-ATPase. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 36:1079-88. [PMID: 11054371 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2000.19115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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For the past 50 years, the mechanism of ammonium (NH(4)(+)) transport along the collecting duct has been thought to occur through active H(+) section in parallel with the nonionic diffusion of ammonia (NH(3)). This model is supported by two basic experimental observations. First, NH(4)(+) secretion generally correlates with the NH(3) concentration gradient between the interstitium and the collecting duct lumen. This NH(3) gradient is generated through both luminal acidification, which reduces luminal NH(3) concentration, and through countercurrent multiplication, which increases interstitial NH(3) concentration. The result is secretion of NH(3) into the collecting duct lumen down its concentration gradient. Second, because NH(4)(+) permeability is low relative to that of NH(3), there is significant secretion of NH(3) into the collecting duct lumen with minimal back-diffusion of NH(4)(+). However, our laboratory, as well as others, has shown that this model is an oversimplification of the mechanism of NH(4)(+) transport along the collecting duct. NH(4)(+) is transported through a variety of K(+) transport pathways including Na,K-ATPase. K(+) and NH(4)(+) compete for a common extracellular binding site on Na, K-ATPase. During hypokalemia, interstitial K(+) concentration is reduced, which augments NH(4)(+) uptake by the Na(+) pump. In K(+) restriction, Na,K-ATPase-mediated NH(4)(+) uptake provides an important source of H(+) for net acid secretion and for the titration of luminal buffers in the terminal inner medullary collecting duct. This pathway contributes to the increase in NH(4)(+) excretion and metabolic alkalosis observed during hypokalemia.
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- S M Wall
- University of Texas, Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
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Nakamura S, Amlal H, Galla JH, Soleimani M. NH4+ secretion in inner medullary collecting duct in potassium deprivation: role of colonic H+-K+-ATPase. Kidney Int 1999; 56:2160-7. [PMID: 10594791 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00780.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED NH4+ secretion in inner medullary collecting duct in potassium deprivation: Role of colonic H+-K+-ATPase. BACKGROUND In K+ deprivation (KD), gastric (g) H+-K+-ATPase (HKA) is suppressed, whereas colonic (c) HKA is induced in the terminal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD). We hypothesized that in KD, cHKA is induced and can mediate the secretion of NH4+. METHODS Rats were sacrificed after 2, 3, 6, or 14 days on regular (NML) or K+-free (KD) diet. mRNA expression of HKA isoforms in terminal inner medulla was examined and correlated with NH4+ secretion in perfused IMCD in vitro. RESULTS Urinary NH4+ excretion increased after K+-free diet for six days. In terminal inner medulla, cHKA expression was strongly induced, whereas gHKA expression was decreased. NH4+ secretion increased by 62% in KD (JtNH4+ 0.57 vs. 0.92 pmol/min/mm tubule length, P < 0.001). Ouabain (1 mM) in perfusate inhibited NH4+ secretion in KD by 45% (P < 0.002) but not in NML. At luminal pH 7.7, which inhibits NH3 diffusion, NH4+ secretion in IMCD was 140% higher in KD (0.36 vs. 0.15, P < 0.03) and was sensitive to ouabain. ROMK-1 mRNA expression was induced in parallel with cHKA in inner medulla. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that in KD, cHKA replaces gHKA and mediates enhanced secretion of NH4+ (and H+) into the lumen facilitated by K+ recycling through ROMK-1.
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MESH Headings
- Acid-Base Equilibrium/physiology
- Acidosis, Renal Tubular/metabolism
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Colon/enzymology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase/genetics
- H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase/metabolism
- Hypokalemia/metabolism
- Kidney Medulla/chemistry
- Kidney Medulla/enzymology
- Kidney Medulla/metabolism
- Kidney Tubules, Collecting/chemistry
- Kidney Tubules, Collecting/enzymology
- Kidney Tubules, Collecting/metabolism
- Kidney Tubules, Proximal/metabolism
- Male
- Potassium Channels/genetics
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
- Potassium, Dietary/blood
- Potassium, Dietary/pharmacology
- Quaternary Ammonium Compounds/urine
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Sodium/metabolism
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Sabolić I, Herak-Kramberger CM, Breton S, Brown D. Na/K-ATPase in intercalated cells along the rat nephron revealed by antigen retrieval. J Am Soc Nephrol 1999; 10:913-22. [PMID: 10232676 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v105913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The Na/K-ATPase plays a fundamental role in the physiology of various mammalian cells. In the kidney, previous immunocytochemical studies have localized this protein to the basolateral membrane in different tubule segments. However, intercalated cells (IC) of the collecting duct (CD) in rat and mouse were unlabeled with anti-Na/K-ATPase antibodies. An antigen retrieval technique has been recently described in which tissue sections are pretreated with sodium dodecyl sulfate before immunostaining. This procedure was used to reexamine the presence of Na/K-ATPase in IC along the rat nephron using monoclonal antibodies against the Na/K-ATPase alpha-subunit. Subtypes of IC along the nephron were identified by their distinctive staining with polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to the 31-kD vacuolar H+ -ATPase subunit, whereas principal cells (PC) were labeled with a polyclonal antibody to the water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP-4). In PC, the Na/K-ATPase and AQP-4 staining colocalized basolaterally. In contrast to previous reports, we found that IC of all types showed basolateral labeling with the anti-Na/K-ATPase antibody. The staining was quantified by fluorescence image analysis. It was weak to moderate in IC of cortical and outer medullary collecting ducts and most intense in IC of the initial inner medullary collecting duct. IC in the initial inner medulla showed a staining intensity that was equivalent or stronger to that in adjacent principal cells. Models of ion transport at the cellular and epithelial level in rat kidney, therefore, must take into account the potential role of a basolateral Na/K-ATPase in intercalated cell function.
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- I Sabolić
- Unit of Molecular Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
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