scholarly journals Comparison of the distribution of tissue kallikrein and esterase A, a kallikrein-like enzyme, in rat kidney using specific monoclonal antibodies.

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1251-1254 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Simson ◽  
J L Condon ◽  
L Chao ◽  
J Chao
Keyword(s):  
Monoclonal Antibodies ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Tissue Kallikrein ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Kidney Tubule ◽  
Outer Medulla ◽  
Apical Cytoplasm ◽  
Straight Tubules ◽  
Convoluted Tubules

Tissue kallikrein (E.C. 3.4.21.35) and arginine esterase A, another closely related, kinin-generating serine protease, have been localized by immunocytochemistry in rat kidney, using monoclonal antibodies that do not crossreact with other kallikrein-related enzymes or with tonin. Kallikrein was present primarily in the apical cytoplasm of the connecting tubule and the cortical collecting duct. Esterase A, on the other hand, was present primarily in the basolateral region of both proximal and distal straight tubules in the outer medulla and medullary rays. In addition, esterase A was demonstrable in distal convoluted tubules and, to a lesser extent, in proximal convoluted tubules. The presence of different kinin-generating enzymes at these sites would permit the formation of kinins from appropriate substrates on both the vascular and luminal poles of separate segments of the kidney tubule.

Oxytocin affects apical sodium conductance in rabbit cortical collecting duct

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (4) ◽  
pp. F487-F503 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Inoue ◽  
M. Naruse ◽  
M. Nakayama ◽  
K. Kurokawa ◽  
T. Sato
Keyword(s):  
Receptor Antagonist ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Free Calcium ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Acetoxymethyl Ester ◽  
Dose Dependent

The physiological role of oxytocin (OT) in the kidney is still unclear, although autoradiographic data have shown the existence of OT receptors in the rat kidney. We examined the effect of OT in the microperfused rabbit cortical collecting duct (CCD) by using conventional cable analysis and microscope photometry. On addition of 10(-9) M OT to the bath, the lumen-negative transepithelial voltage (VT) transiently increased and the transepithelial resistance (RT) and the fractional resistance of the apical membrane (FRA) (1st phase) both decreased. After this initial change, the lumen-negative VT gradually decreased below its baseline level and RT and FRA (second phase) both increased. These electrical changes were dose dependent and were prevented by the addition of 10(-5) M amiloride to the lumen. Although responses to OT were not prevented by 10(-9) M arginine vasopressin (AVP) or 10(-6) M of a V1-receptor antagonist (OPC-21268) or V2-receptor antagonist (OPC-31260), they were inhibited by the addition of the specific OT antagonist des-Gly-NH2-[d(CH2)3,Tyr(Me),Thr]OVT. Additional studies of intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) revealed that 10(-8)-10(-6) M OT caused an increase in [Ca2+]i in CCD in a dose-dependent manner. Also, pretreatment with 2 x 10(-8) M bis-(aminophenoxy)ethane-tetraacetic acid-acetoxymethyl ester, an intracellular Ca2+ chelator, abolished the electrical and [Ca2+]i responses to OT. Pretreatment with 5 x 10(-4) M 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (CPT-cAMP) partially prevented the electrical responses to OT, thus reducing the decrease in lumen-negative VT below its basal level and the increase in RT after the 1st phase. These data show that OT affects the apical Na+ conductance of collecting duct cells through OT receptors distinct from the AVP receptors and that the effect of OT may, at least in part, be brought about by a mechanism(s) dependent on the increase in [Ca2+]i and cAMP production.

Regional and segmental localization of AE2 anion exchanger mRNA and protein in rat kidney

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (4) ◽  
pp. F461-F468 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. C. Brosius ◽  
K. Nguyen ◽  
A. K. Stuart-Tilley ◽  
C. Haller ◽  
J. P. Briggs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Transepithelial Transport ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Base Exchange ◽  
Medullary Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Nephron Segment ◽  
Medullary Collecting Duct

Chloride/base exchange activity has been detected in every mammalian nephron segment in which it has been sought. However, in contrast to the Cl-/HCO3- exchanger AE1 in type A intercalated cells, localization of AE2 within the kidney has not been reported. We therefore studied AE2 expression in rat kidney. AE2 mRNA was present in cortex, outer medulla, and inner medulla. Semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction of cDNA from microdissected tubules revealed AE2 cDNA levels as follows [copies of cDNA derived per mm tubule (+/- SE)]: proximal convoluted tubule, 688 +/- 161; proximal straight tubule, 652 +/- 189; medullary thick ascending limb, 1,378 +/- 226; cortical thick ascending limb, 741 +/- 24; cortical collecting duct, 909 +/- 71; and outer medullary collecting duct, 579 +/- 132. AE2 cDNA was also amplified in thin limbs and in inner medullary collecting duct. AE2 polypeptide was detected in all kidney regions. AE2 mRNA and protein were also detected in several renal cell lines. The data are compatible with the postulated roles of AE2 in maintenance of intracellular pH and chloride concentration and with its possible participation in transepithelial transport.

Regulation of maturation and processing of ENaC subunits in the rat kidney

2006 ◽  
Vol 291 (3) ◽  
pp. F683-F693 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuhal Ergonul ◽  
Gustavo Frindt ◽  
Lawrence G. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Na Channel ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Α Subunit ◽  
Salt Restriction ◽  
High K ◽  
Electrophysiological Measurements ◽  
Immature Form ◽  
Epithelial Na Channel

Antibodies directed against subunits of the epithelial Na channel (ENaC) were used together with electrophysiological measurements in the cortical collecting duct to investigate the processing of the proteins in rat kidney with changes in Na or K intake. When animals were maintained on a low-Na diet for 7–9 days, the abundance of two forms of the α-subunit, with apparent masses of 85 and 30 kDa, increased. Salt restriction also increased the abundance of the β-subunit and produced an endoglycosidase H (Endo H)-resistant pool of this subunit. The abundance of the 90-kDa form of the γ-subunit decreased, whereas that of a 70-kDa form increased and this peptide also exhibited Endo H-resistant glycosylation. These changes in α- and γ-subunits were correlated with increases in Na conductance elicited by a 4-h infusion with aldosterone. Changes in all three subunits were correlated with decreases in Na conductance when Na-deprived animals drank saline for 5 h. We conclude that ENaC subunits are mainly in an immature form in salt-replete rats. With Na depletion, the subunits mature in a process that involves proteolytic cleavage and further glycosylation. Similar changes occurred in α- and γ- but not β-subunits when animals were treated with exogenous aldosterone, and in β- and γ- but not α-subunits when animals were fed a high-K diet. Changes in the processing and maturation of the channels occur rapidly enough to be involved in the daily regulation of ENaC activity and Na reabsorption by the kidney.

scholarly journals Surface Expression of Epithelial Na Channel Protein in Rat Kidney

2008 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
pp. 617-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Frindt ◽  
Zuhal Ergonul ◽  
Lawrence G. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Surface Expression ◽  
Na Channel ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Renal Cells ◽  
Patch Clamp Recording ◽  
Membrane Fractionation ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Epithelial Na Channel

Expression of epithelial Na channel (ENaC) protein in the apical membrane of rat kidney tubules was assessed by biotinylation of the extracellular surfaces of renal cells and by membrane fractionation. Rat kidneys were perfused in situ with solutions containing NHS-biotin, a cell-impermeant biotin derivative that attaches covalently to free amino groups on lysines. Membranes were solubilized and labeled proteins were isolated using neutravidin beads, and surface β and γENaC subunits were assayed by immunoblot. Surface αENaC was assessed by membrane fractionation. Most of the γENaC at the surface was smaller in molecular mass than the full-length subunit, consistent with cleavage of this subunit in the extracellular moiety close to the first transmembrane domains. Insensitivity of the channels to trypsin, measured in principal cells of the cortical collecting duct by whole-cell patch-clamp recording, corroborated this finding. ENaC subunits could be detected at the surface under all physiological conditions. However increasing the levels of aldosterone in the animals by feeding a low-Na diet or infusing them directly with hormone via osmotic minipumps for 1 wk before surface labeling increased the expression of the subunits at the surface by two- to fivefold. Salt repletion of Na-deprived animals for 5 h decreased surface expression. Changes in the surface density of ENaC subunits contribute significantly to the regulation of Na transport in renal cells by mineralocorticoid hormone, but do not fully account for increased channel activity.

Localization of mRNAs coding for isozymes of plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase pump in rat kidney

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (1) ◽  
pp. F7-F14 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Magosci ◽  
M. Yamaki ◽  
J. T. Penniston ◽  
T. P. Dousa
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Rat Plasma ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Outer Medulla ◽  
Unique Distribution ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Convoluted Tubules ◽  
Specific Mrna

We have studied localization of mRNAs coding isozymes of rat plasma membrane Ca(2+)-adenosinetriphosphatase pump (rPMCA) in the rat kidney, with use of reverse transcription (RT) with subsequent amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). When zones of the kidney were separated by macrodissection, a large amount of mRNA coding isozyme rPMCA1 was found in all zones; mRNA for isozyme rPMCA2 was abundant in cortex and in outer medulla, and mRNA for isozyme rPMCA3 was prominent in outer medulla. The mRNAs were analyzed in microdissected cortical nephron segments by use of RT-PCR approach described previously [T. Moriyama, H. R. Murphy, B. M. Martin, and A. Garcia-Perez. Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol. 27): F1470-F1474, 1990]. We detected mRNA for isozyme rPMCA2 in microdissected distal convoluted tubules (DCT) and in cortical thick ascending limbs (CTAL) and, less consistently, also in proximal convoluted tubule and in glomeruli. The mRNA for isozyme rPMCA1 was abundant in glomeruli but was absent in all examined cortical tubular segments. Our results document that mRNAs for all three major isozymes of rPMCA are present and show a unique distribution in the three major zones of rat renal parenchyma. Specific mRNA coding for rPMCA2 was detected in cortical tubules, namely in CTAL and DCT, whereas mRNA coding isozyme rPMCA1 was found in glomeruli. We suggest that isozyme rPMCA2 might be specifically related to epithelial cells and their function, whereas rPMCA1 is probably a component of nonepithelial cells including these in glomeruli.

Localization of the CHIP28 water channel in rat kidney

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (6) ◽  
pp. C1225-C1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Sabolic ◽  
G. Valenti ◽  
J. M. Verbavatz ◽  
A. N. Van Hoek ◽  
A. S. Verkman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Basolateral Membranes ◽  
Vasa Recta ◽  
Weak Staining ◽  
Relationship Of

CHIP28 is an integral membrane protein that has been identified as the erythrocyte water channel and that is also expressed in the kidney. Antibodies against erythrocyte CHIP28 were used to localize this protein along the rat urinary tubule. By Western blotting, CHIP28 was detected in kidney plasma membrane and endosome fractions. With the use of immunocytochemistry, CHIP28 was located in brush-border and basolateral plasma membranes of the proximal tubule. The initial S1 segment was weakly stained, but the S2 and S3 segments were heavily labeled. Subapical vesicles were also positive. Apical and basolateral membranes of the long thin descending limb were strongly labeled, but ascending thin and thick limbs of Henle and distal convoluted tubules were negative. Some vasa recta profiles in the medulla were positive. CHIP28 is, therefore, present in membranes with a high constitutive water permeability, where it probably acts as a transmembrane water-conducting channel. Finally, a weak staining of apical and basolateral membranes of cortical collecting duct principal cells was detectable, suggesting a potential relationship of CHIP28 to the vasopressin-sensitive water channel.

Absence of transepithelial anion exchange by rabbit OMCD: evidence against reversal of cell polarity

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (2) ◽  
pp. F220-F228 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hayashi ◽  
V. L. Schuster ◽  
J. B. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Anion Exchange ◽  
Cell Polarity ◽  
Rate Coefficient ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Ringer Solution ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Exchange System ◽  
Outer Medulla ◽  
Medullary Collecting Duct

In the rabbit cortical collecting duct (CCD), Cl tracer crosses the epithelium predominantly via an anion exchange system that operates in either a Cl-Cl or Cl-HCO3 exchange mode. In the present study, we used the 36Cl lumen-to-bath rate coefficient (KCl, nm/s), a sensitive measurement of CCD transepithelial anion transport, to investigate the nature of Cl transport in the medullary collecting duct dissected from inner stripe, outer medulla (OMCD). The KCl in OMCD perfused and bathed in HCO3-Ringer solution was low (46.2 +/- 8.5 nm/s) and similar to that value observed in the CCD when anion exchange is inhibited and Cl permeates the epithelium by diffusion. Unlike KCl in CCD, KCl in OMCD was not stimulated by adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). OMCD KCl was not altered by bath Cl and/or HCO3 removal, demonstrating the absence of transepithelial Cl-Cl and Cl-HCO3 exchange. To test the hypothesis that metabolic alkalosis could reverse the polarity of intercalated cells and thus induce an apical Cl-HCO3 exchanger in H+-secreting OMCD cells, we measured KCl in OMCD from rabbits made alkalotic by deoxycorticosterone and furosemide. Although the base-line KCl was slightly higher than in OMCD from control rabbits, the value was still far lower than the KCl under comparable conditions in CCD. Moreover, KCl in OMCD from alkalotic rabbits was unchanged by cAMP, or by sequential removal of bath HCO3 and Cl. Immunocytochemistry using peanut lectin and a monoclonal antibody to-erythrocyte band 3 failed to reveal any evidence for alkalosis-induced reversal of either CCD or OMCD intercalated cell polarity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

scholarly journals Arachidonic acid inhibits basolateral K channels in the cortical collecting duct via cytochrome P-450 epoxygenase-dependent metabolic pathways

2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (6) ◽  
pp. F1441-F1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZhiJian Wang ◽  
Yuan Wei ◽  
John R. Falck ◽  
Krishnam Raju Atcha ◽  
Wen-Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Patch Clamp Technique ◽  
K Channels ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

We used the patch-clamp technique to study the effect of arachidonic acid (AA) on basolateral 18-pS K channels in the principal cell of the cortical collecting duct (CCD) of the rat kidney. Application of AA inhibited the 18-pS K channels in a dose-dependent manner and 10 μM AA caused a maximal inhibition. The effect of AA on the 18-pS K channel was specific because application of 11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid had no effect on channel activity. Also, the inhibitory effect of AA on the 18-pS K channels was abolished by blocking cytochrome P-450 (CYP) epoxygenase with N-methylsulfonyl-6-(propargyloxyphenyl)hexanamide (MS-PPOH) but was not affected by inhibiting CYP ω-hydroxylase or cyclooxygenase. The notion that the inhibitory effect of AA was mediated by CYP epoxygenase-dependent metabolites was further supported by the observation that application of 100 nM 11,12-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (EET) mimicked the effect of AA and inhibited the basolateral 18-pS K channels. In contrast, addition of either 5,6-, 8,9-, or 14,15-EET failed to inhibit the 18-pS K channels. Moreover, application of 11,12-EET was still able to inhibit the 18-pS K channels in the presence of MS-PPOH. This suggests that 11,12-EET is a mediator for the AA-induced inhibition of the 18-pS K channels. We conclude that AA inhibits basolateral 18-pS K channels by a CYP epoxygenase-dependent pathway and that 11,12-EET is a mediator for the effect of AA on basolateral K channels in the CCD.

scholarly journals Aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase distribution in rat kidney.

1977 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
C N Corder ◽  
J G Collins ◽  
T S Brannan ◽  
J Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Aldose Reductase ◽  
Alloxan Diabetes ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Sorbitol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Outer Medulla ◽  
Developing Kidney ◽  
Enzymatic Changes ◽  
Developing Rat ◽  
Convoluted Tubules ◽  
Sorbitol Pathway

The sorbitol pathway catalyzes the conversion of glucose to fructose via the intermediate sorbitol. It consists of aldose reductase (AR) and sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH). In adult (44 day) kidney zones, AR was highest in the outer medulla. In substructures AR was highest in distal convoluted tubule. The AR was greatest in newborn and 8-day zones of developing rat kidney. Acute alloxan diabetes was associated with decreased AR in small arteries, but not glomeruli. The SDH was lowest in outer medulla. It was most active in glomeruli and distal convoluted tubules. The diabetic state leads to no change of SDH in arteries but an increase in glomeruli. SDH increased with development. This study demonstrates AR and SDH in substructures of the kidney. The pathway is present in developing kidney. In diabetes the enzymatic changes would tend to decrease accumulation of sorbitol.

scholarly journals Angiotensin II stimulates epithelial sodium channels in the cortical collecting duct of the rat kidney

2012 ◽  
Vol 302 (6) ◽  
pp. F679-F687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Sun ◽  
Peng Yue ◽  
Wen-Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Angiotensin Ii ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Rat Kidney ◽  
Ang Ii ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Patch Clamp Recording ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Na Currents

We examined the effect of angiotensin II (ANG II) on epithelial Na+channel (ENaC) in the rat cortical collecting duct (CCD) with single-channel and the perforated whole cell patch-clamp recording. Application of 50 nM ANG II increased ENaC activity, defined by NPo(a product of channel numbers and open probability), and the amiloride-sensitive whole cell Na currents by twofold. The stimulatory effect of ANG II on ENaC was absent in the presence of losartan, suggesting that the effect of ANG II on ENaC was mediated by ANG II type 1 receptor. Moreover, depletion of intracellular Ca2+with 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane- N, N, N′, N′-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA)-AM failed to abolish the stimulatory effect of ANG II on ENaC but inhibiting protein kinase C (PKC) abolished the effect of ANG II, suggesting that the effect of ANG II was the result of stimulating Ca2+-independent PKC. This notion was also suggested by the experiments in which stimulation of PKC with phorbol ester derivative mimicked the effect of ANG II and increased amiloride-sensitive Na currents in the principal cell, an effect that was not abolished by treatment of the CCD with BAPTA-AM. Also, inhibition of NADPH oxidase (NOX) with diphenyleneiodonium chloride abolished the stimulatory effect of ANG II on ENaC and application of superoxide donors, pyrogallol or xanthine and xanthine oxidase, significantly increased ENaC activity. Moreover, addition of ANG II or H2O2diminished the arachidonic acid (AA)-induced inhibition of ENaC in the CCD. We conclude that ANG II stimulates ENaC in the CCD through a Ca2+-independent PKC pathway that activates NOX thereby increasing superoxide generation. The stimulatory effect of ANG II on ENaC may be partially the result of blocking AA-induced inhibition of ENaC.

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