Cyclosporin A and vehicle toxicity in primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells

The present experiments using primary cultures from renal proximal tubule cells examine two aspects of the regulation of sodium-dependent phosphate transport and membrane sodium-dependent phosphate transporter (Npt2a) expression by parathyroid hormone (PTH). Sodium-dependent phosphate transport in proximal tubule cells from wild-type mice grown in normal-phosphate media averaged 4.4 ± 0.5 nmol·mg protein−1·10 min−1 and was inhibited by 30.5 ± 8.6% by PTH (10−7 M). This was associated with a 32.7 ± 5.2% decrease in Npt2a expression in the plasma membrane. Proximal tubule cells from Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor-1 (NHERF-1)−/− mice had a lower rate of phosphate transport compared with wild-type cells and a significantly reduced inhibitory response to PTH. Wild-type cells incubated in low-phosphate media for 24 h had a higher rate of phosphate transport compared with wild-type cells grown in normal-phosphate media but a significantly blunted inhibitory response to PTH. These data indicate a role for NHERF-1 in mediating the membrane retrieval of Npt2a and the subsequent inhibition of phosphate transport in renal proximal tubules. These studies also suggest that there is a blunted phosphaturic effect of PTH in cells adapted to low-phosphate media.

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Improved culture conditions stimulate gluconeogenesis in primary cultures of renal proximal tubule cells

AJP Cell Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpcell.1995.268.4.c1053 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 268 (4) ◽

pp. C1053-C1061 ◽

Cited By ~ 63

Author(s):

G. Nowak ◽

R. G. Schnellmann

Keyword(s):

Proximal Tubule ◽

Primary Cultures ◽

Lactate Production ◽

Glucose Production ◽

Renal Proximal Tubule ◽

Proximal Tubule Cells ◽

Tubule Cells ◽

Lactate Consumption ◽

Renal Proximal Tubule Cells

Unlike renal proximal tubule cells (RPTC) in vivo, RPTC cultured in standard conditions are hypoxic, glycolytic, and not gluconeogenic. This study investigated the effects of glucose and lactate on glycolysis and gluconeogenesis in rabbit RPTC cultured in conditions of increased oxygen supply (Shake). Confluent Shake cultures grown in the presence of glucose exhibited increased oxygen consumption and decreased glycolysis compared with stationary (Still) cultures. Addition of 5 mM lactate to a 5 mM glucose medium decreased net glucose consumption and glucose oxidation in Shake cultures by 34 and 50%, respectively, and resulted in net lactate consumption. Addition of 5 mM lactate to a glucose-free medium resulted in a threefold increase in net glucose production (0.024 +/- 0.003 vs. 0.074 +/- 0.013 mumol.mg protein-1.day-1) in Shake cultures. Net glucose production further increased to 0.430 +/- 0.020 and 1.640 +/- 0.040 mumol.mg protein-1.day-1 when glucose reuptake was inhibited by 1 mM phloridzin or 1 mM phloridzin + 1 mM phloretin, respectively. These results show that, under conditions of improved oxygenation and in the presence of lactate and physiological levels of glucose and insulin, RPTC aerobic metabolism increases and glucose metabolism changes from glycolysis and net lactate production to gluconeogenesis and net lactate consumption.

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Ochratoxin A Secretion in Primary Cultures of Rabbit Renal Proximal Tubule Cells

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ◽

10.1681/asn.v10113 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 13-20

Author(s):

CARLOTTA E. GROVES ◽

GRAZYNA NOWAK ◽

MARK MORALES

Keyword(s):

Proximal Tubule ◽

Kinetic Analysis ◽

Ochratoxin A ◽

Organic Anion ◽

Primary Cultures ◽

Renal Proximal Tubule ◽

Proximal Tubule Cells ◽

High Affinity ◽

Tubule Cells ◽

Renal Proximal Tubule Cells

Abstract. Primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells grown under improved culture conditions were used to study the transepithelial transport of the nephrotoxic mycotoxin ochratoxin A. The basal-to-apical transepithelial flux, i.e., secretion, of this fluorescence organic acid was measured in primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells. The basal-to-apical flux of ochratoxin A increased with time and reached a steady state after 12 h. On the other hand, the apical-to-basal flux, i.e., reabsorption, of ochratoxin A was minimal over time. The secretory flux of ochratoxin A was as much as eightfold greater than the reabsorptive flux, indicating that net secretion is the primary mechanism for ochratoxin A clearance by the proximal tubule. The kinetic analysis of ochratoxin A flux revealed secretion to be a saturable and very high-affinity process with an apparent K50 of 0.33 ± 0.21 mM. A saturating concentration of the prototypical organic anion substrate para-aminohippurate (PAH) reduced ochratoxin A secretion by approximately 75%. The kinetic analysis of PAH inhibition of ochratoxin A secretion revealed an IC50 of 195 mM, which is similar to the IC50 for PAH inhibition of peritubular ochratoxin A uptake in tubule suspensions and the Km values for peritubular PAH uptake. The organic anions probenecid, octanoate, and α-ketoglutarate reduced ochratoxin A excretion to the same degree as PAH, whereas the amino acid phenylalanine had a minimal effect on ochratoxin A secretion. Thus, collectively, these observations indicate that the secretion of ochratoxin A in primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubules is limited to the organic anion secretory pathway. The high affinity measured for the basal-to-apical flux of ochratoxin A suggests that at concentrations typical of naturally occurring exposures, transepithelial secretion by the organic anion transport pathway represents a significant avenue for excretion of this mycotoxin by the renal proximal tubule.

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