K+ channels in the basolateral membrane of rat cortical collecting duct are regulated by a cGMP-dependent protein kinase

1995 ◽  
Vol 429 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hirsch ◽  
E. Schlatter
2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (6) ◽  
pp. C1212-C1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Hui Wang

We used the patch-clamp technique to study the effect of cGMP on the 18-pS K channel in the basolateral membrane of the rat cortical collecting duct. Addition of 100 μM 8-bromoguanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cGMP) increased the activity of the 18-pS K channel, defined by NP o, by 95%. In contrast, applying 8-bromoadenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (8-Br-cAMP) has no effect on channel activity. The effect of 8-Br-cGMP was observed only in cell-attached but not in inside-out patches. Application of 1 μM KT-5823, an inhibitor of the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), not only reduced the channel activity, but also completely abolished the stimulatory effect of 8-Br-cGMP, suggesting that the 18-pS K channel is not a cGMP-gated K channel. Addition of H-89, an agent that also blocks the PKG, mimicked the effect of KT-5823. To examine the possibility that the effect of 8-Br-cGMP is the result of inhibiting cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase (PDE) and, accordingly, increasing cAMP or cGMP levels, we explored the effect on the 18-pS K channel of IBMX, an agent that inhibits the PDE. The addition of 100 μM IBMX had no significant effect on channel activity in cell-attached patches. Moreover, in the presence of IBMX, 8-Br-cGMP increased the channel activity to the same extent as that observed in the absence of IBMX, suggesting that the effect of cGMP is not mediated by inhibiting the cGMP-dependent PDE. That the effect of cGMP is mediated by stimulating PKG was further indicated by experiments in which application of exogenous PKG restored the channel activity when it decreased after the excision of the patches. In contrast, adding exogenous cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit failed to reactivate the run-down channels. We conclude that cGMP stimulates the 18-pS channel, and the effect of cGMP is mediated by PKG.


1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (5) ◽  
pp. C1669-C1677 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Stockand ◽  
S. C. Sansom

The patch clamp method was employed to establish the mechanism of regulation by guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKG) of large Ca(2+)-activated K+ channels (BKCa) in human mesangial cells. Dibutyryl cGMP (DBcGMP) significantly increased open probability (Po) of BKCa in the absence but not in the presence of staurosporine in cell-attached patches. In excised patches, BKCa was activated by simultaneous addition of MgATP plus cGMP but not cAMP plus MgATP. Activation by cGMP plus MgATP was blocked by KT-5823, an inhibitor of PKG, but not by KT-5720, an inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). Thus a cGMP-specific endogenous kinase is associated with mesangial BKCa. In excised patches, exogenous PKG but not PKA or protein kinase C activated BKCa. The half-activation potential (V1/2), defined as the potential at which the Po = 0.5 with 1 microM Ca2+, was -34 and 42 mV for activated and inactivated BKCa, respectively; however, the gating charge (Zg), a measure of voltage sensitivity, was not affected by PKG. Similarly, the Ca1/2 (free Ca2+ concentration required to activate to Po = 0.5 at 40 mV) decreased from 1.74 to 0.1 microM on addition of PKG, but the Hill coefficient, a measure of Ca2+ sensitivity, was not affected. Activation of BKCa by PKG was heterogeneous with two populations: the majority (67%) activated by PKG and the minority unaffected. It is concluded that an endogenous PKG activates BKCa by decreasing the Ca2+ and voltage activation thresholds independently of sensitivities.


1993 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 673-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
W H Wang ◽  
J Geibel ◽  
G Giebisch

The effects of inhibition of the basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase (pump) on the apical low-conductance K+ channel of principal cells in rat cortical collecting duct (CCD) were studied with patch-clamp techniques. Inhibition of pump activity by removal of K+ from the bath solution or addition of strophanthidin reversibly reduced K+ channel activity in cell-attached patches to 36% of the control value. The effect of pump inhibition on K+ channel activity was dependent on the presence of extracellular Ca2+, since removal of Ca2+ in the bath solution abolished the inhibitory effect of 0 mM K+ bath. The intracellular [Ca2+] (measured with fura-2) was significantly increased, from 125 nM (control) to 335 nM (0 mM K+ bath) or 408 nM (0.2 mM strophanthidin), during inhibition of pump activity. In contrast, cell pH decreased only moderately, from 7.45 to 7.35. Raising intracellular Ca2+ by addition of 2 microM ionomycin mimicked the effect of pump inhibition on K+ channel activity. 0.1 mM amiloride also significantly reduced the inhibitory effect of the K+ removal. Because the apical low-conductance K channel in inside-out patches is not sensitive to Ca2+ (Wang, W., A. Schwab, and G. Giebisch, 1990. American Journal of Physiology. 259:F494-F502), it is suggested that the inhibitory effect of Ca2+ is mediated by a Ca(2+)-dependent signal transduction pathway. This view was supported in experiments in which application of 200 nM staurosporine, a potent inhibitor of Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase C (PKC), markedly diminished the effect of the pump inhibition on channel activity. We conclude that a Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase such as PKC plays a key role in the downregulation of apical low-conductance K+ channel activity during inhibition of the basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase.


Hypertension ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 552-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naohisa Tamura ◽  
Hiroshi Itoh ◽  
Yoshihiro Ogawa ◽  
Osamu Nakagawa ◽  
Masaki Harada ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Mirja Koch ◽  
Constanze Scheel ◽  
Hongwei Ma ◽  
Fan Yang ◽  
Michael Stadlmeier ◽  
...  

Mutations in the CNGA3 gene, which encodes the A subunit of the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-gated cation channel in cone photoreceptor outer segments, cause total colour blindness, also referred to as achromatopsia. Cones lacking this channel protein are non-functional, accumulate high levels of the second messenger cGMP and degenerate over time after induction of ER stress. The cell death mechanisms that lead to loss of affected cones are only partially understood. Here, we explored the disease mechanisms in the Cnga3 knockout (KO) mouse model of achromatopsia. We found that another important effector of cGMP, the cGMP-dependent protein kinase 2 (Prkg2) is crucially involved in cGMP cytotoxicity of cones in Cnga3 KO mice. Virus-mediated knockdown or genetic ablation of Prkg2 in Cnga3 KO mice counteracted degeneration and preserved the number of cones. Analysis of markers of endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response confirmed that induction of these processes in Cnga3 KO cones also depends on Prkg2. In conclusion, we identified Prkg2 as a novel key mediator of cone photoreceptor degeneration in achromatopsia. Our data suggest that this cGMP mediator could be a novel pharmacological target for future neuroprotective therapies.


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