Isolation of Renal Membranes that Contain Kallikrein, Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme (Kininase II) and Angiotensinase in the Rat

1976 ◽  
Vol 51 (s3) ◽  
pp. 267s-270s
Author(s):  
P. E. Ward ◽  
E. G. Erdös ◽  
C. D. Gedney ◽  
R. M. Dowben ◽  
R. C. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Kidney Cortex ◽  
Converting Enzyme ◽  
Angiotensin I ◽  
Rat Kidney Cortex ◽  
Kininase Ii ◽  
Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme ◽  
Proximal Tubular

1. Fractions highly enriched in plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum or brush border were prepared from rat kidney cortex. Kallikrein was concentrated in the plasma membrane fraction, but not in the brush border fraction. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (kininase II) and angiotensinase were localized in the brush border membrane. 2. It is suggested that kallikrein in the urine may originate from plasma membrane distal to the brush border of proximal tubules and the conversion of angiotensin I and the inactivation of bradykinin and angiotensin II may occur on the lumen membrane of the proximal tubular cells.

scholarly journals Isolation of membrane-bound renal kallikrein and kininase

1975 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
P E Ward ◽  
C D Gedney ◽  
R M Dowben ◽  
E G Erdös
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Kidney Cortex ◽  
Angiotensin I ◽  
Rat Kidney Cortex ◽  
Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme ◽  
Renal Kallikrein ◽  
Proximal Tubular ◽  
Membrane Bound

Fractions highly enriched in plasma membrane, endoplasmic reticulum or brush border were prepared from homogenized rat kidney cortex. Kallikrein was concentrated in the plasma-membrane fraction, but not in the brush border of the proximal tubules. Kininase II or angiotensin I-converting enzyme was localized in the brush-border membrane. It is suggested that kallikrein in the urine may originate from the plasma membrane of the distal tubules and the conversion of angiotensin I and the inactivation of bradykinin may occur on the lumen membrane of the proximal tubular cells.

Angiotensin I converting enzyme (kininase II) of the brush border of human and swine intestine

1980 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1525-1529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick E. Ward ◽  
Martha A. Sheridan ◽  
Katy J. Hammon ◽  
Ervin G. Erdös
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Converting Enzyme ◽  
Angiotensin I ◽  
Kininase Ii ◽  
Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme

scholarly journals Studies on the orientation of brush-border membrane vesicles

1978 ◽  
Vol 172 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Haase ◽  
A Schäfer ◽  
H Murer ◽  
R Kinne
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Immunological Methods ◽  
Kidney Cortex ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Rat Kidney Cortex

Orientation of rat renal and intestinal brush-border membrane vesicles was studied with two independent methods: electron-microscopic freeze-fracture technique and immunological methods. With the freeze-fracture technique a distinct asymmetric distribution of particles on the two membrane fracture faces was demonstrated; this was used as a criterion for orientation of the isolated membrane vesicles. For the immunological approach the accessibility or inaccessibility of aminopeptidase M localized on the outer surface of the cell membrane to antibodies was used. With both methods we showed that the brush-border membrane vesicles isolated from rat kidney cortex and from rat small intestine for transport studies are predominantly orientated right-side out.

scholarly journals Immunoelectron Microscopic Localization of the Electrogenic Na/HCO3 Cotransporter in Rat and Ambystoma Kidney

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2179-2189
Author(s):  
ARVID B. MAUNSBACH ◽  
HENRIK VORUM ◽  
TAE-HWAN KWON ◽  
SØREN NIELSEN ◽  
BRIAN SIMONSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Proximal Tubule ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Proximal Tubules ◽  
Kidney Cortex ◽  
Apical Plasma Membrane ◽  
Rat Kidney Cortex ◽  
C Terminus ◽  
Basolateral Plasma Membrane ◽  
Intracellular Vesicles

Abstract. Immunofluorescence analysis has revealed that electrogenic Na+/HCO3- (NBC1) is expressed in the proximal tubule of rat kidney and in the proximal and distal tubules of the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum kidney. The present study was undertaken to define the detailed subcellular localization of the NBC1 in rat and Ambystoma kidney using high-resolution immunoelectron microscopy. For this purpose, two rabbit polyclonal antibodies raised against amino acids 928 to 1035 and amino acids 1021 to 1035 of the C-terminus of rat kidney (rkNBC1) were developed. The affinity-purified antibodies revealed a strong band of approximately 140 kD in immunoblots of membranes from rat kidney cortex but no signal in membranes isolated from outer and inner medulla. Deglycosylation reduced the apparent molecular weight to approximately 120 kD, corresponding to the predicted molecular weight. A similar but weaker band was also present in membranes isolated from the lateral part of Ambystoma kidney. In rat kidney, immunohistochemistry confirmed the presence of rkNBC1 in convoluted segments of the proximal tubules. In ultrathin cryosections or Lowicryl HM20 sections from rat kidney cortex, distinct immunogold labeling was associated with the basolateral plasma membrane of segments S1 and S2 of proximal tubules, whereas in S3 no labeling was observed. The labeling density was similar at the basal and lateral plasma membrane and was specifically associated with the inner surface of the membrane consistent with the internal position of the C-terminus of the transporter. In contrast, rkNBC1 was absent from the apical plasma membrane and not observed in intracellular vesicles, including those closely associated with basolateral plasma membrane. In Ambystoma kidney, a weak labeling was present in the basolateral membrane of the proximal tubule and stronger labeling was observed in the late distal segment. The results demonstrate that rkNBC1 is expressed only in segment S1 and segment S2 of rat proximal tubule as well as Ambystoma proximal and late distal tubule and that rkNBC1 is present in both basal and lateral plasma membranes and absent in intracellular vesicles of the apical plasma membrane.

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