Functional characterization of ORCTL2 - an organic cation transporter expressed in the renal proximal tubules

The effects of protein kinases MAPK and PKA on the regulation of organic cation transporter 2 (OCT2) were investigated both in a heterologous cell system [Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells stably transfected with rabbit (rb)OCT2] and in native intact rabbit renal proximal S2 segments. Inhibition of MEK (by U-0126) or PKA (by H-89) reduced transport activity of rbOCT2 in CHO-K1 cells. The inhibitory effect of U-0126 combined with H-89 produced no additive effect, indicating that the action of PKA and MAPK in the regulation of rbOCT2 is in a common pathway. Activation of PKA by forskolin stimulated rbOCT2 activity, and this stimulatory effect was eliminated by H-89, indicating that the stimulation required PKA activation. In S2 segments of rabbit renal proximal tubules, activation of MAPK (by EGF) and PKA (by forskolin) stimulated activity of rbOCT2, and this activation was abolished by U-0126 and H-89, respectively. This is the first study to show that MAPK and PKA are involved, apparently in a common pathway, in the regulation of OCT2 activity in both a heterologous cell system and intact renal proximal tubules.

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Daunomycin secretion by killfish renal proximal tubules

AJP Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajpregu.1995.269.2.r370 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 269 (2) ◽

pp. R370-R379 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

D. S. Miller

Keyword(s):

Organic Cation ◽

Basolateral Membrane ◽

Organic Cation Transporter ◽

Proximal Tubules ◽

Epifluorescence Microscopy ◽

Buffer Solution ◽

Simple Diffusion ◽

Renal Proximal Tubules ◽

Cellular Accumulation ◽

Tubular Lumen

Epifluorescence microscopy and video-image analysis were used to measure the uptake of the fluorescent anthracycline daunomycin by intact killifish renal proximal tubules. When tubules were incubated in medium containing 2-5 microM daunomycin, the drug accumulated in the cells and the tubular lumen. At steady state, luminal fluorescence was two to three times greater than cellular fluorescence. Luminal accumulation of daunomycin was reduced when tubules were exposed to the multidrug-resistance (MDR) transporter modifiers verapamil and cyclosporin A (CSA), but not tetraethylammonium (TEA), a model substrate for the renal organic cation transport system. NaCN and vanadate reduced luminal drug accumulation. In contrast, cellular daunomycin accumulation was not affected by verapamil, CSA, TEA, or vanadate and was only slightly reduced by NaCN. When the pH of the buffer solution was decreased from 8.25 to 7.25, luminal, but not cellular, accumulation of daunomycin was again reduced by CSA; however, TEA now reduced cellular and luminal accumulation. These findings are consistent with daunomycin being actively secreted in killifish proximal tubule by two mechanisms. At pH 8.25, daunomycin crossed the basolateral membrane by simple diffusion and was secreted into the tubular lumen by the MDR transporter. At pH 7.25, daunomycin was transported across the basolateral membrane by simple diffusion and carrier-mediated uptake on the organic cation transporter and was secreted into the lumen by the MDR transporter and the organic cation/H+ exchanger.

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Peritubular organic cation transport in isolated rabbit proximal tubules

AJP Renal Physiology ◽

10.1152/ajprenal.1994.266.3.f450 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 266 (3) ◽

pp. F450-F458 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

C. E. Groves ◽

K. K. Evans ◽

W. H. Dantzler ◽

S. H. Wright

Keyword(s):

Organic Cation ◽

High Capacity ◽

Organic Cation Transporter ◽

Cation Transport ◽

Proximal Tubules ◽

Organic Cation Transport ◽

Inhibitory Potency ◽

Renal Proximal Tubules ◽

Michaelis Constants ◽

Maximal Capacity

The physiological characteristics of peritubular organic cation transport were examined by measuring the transport of the organic cation tetraethylammonium (TEA) in rabbit renal proximal tubule suspensions and isolated nonperfused rabbit renal proximal tubules. Peritubular organic cation transport in both single S2 segments and suspensions of isolated renal proximal tubules was found to be a high-capacity, high-affinity, carrier-mediated process. For tubule suspensions, the maximal capacity of the carrier for TEA (Jmax) and the concentration of TEA at 1/2 Jmax (Kt) (1.49 +/- 0.21 nmol.min-1.mg dry wt-1 and 131 +/- 16 microM, respectively), did not differ significantly from those measured in single S2 segments (Jmax, 1.16 +/- 0.075 nmol.min-1.mg dry wt-1; Kt, 108 +/- 10 microM). In addition, the pattern of inhibition of peritubular TEA transport by long-chain n-tetraalkylammonium compounds (n = 1-5) was both qualitatively and quantitatively similar in single S2 segments and tubule suspensions, exhibiting an increase in inhibitory potency with increasing alkyl chain length. For example, in tubule suspensions, apparent Michaelis constants for inhibition of TEA uptake ranged from 1.3 mM for tetramethylammonium (TMA) to 0.8 microM for tetrapentylammonium (TPeA). To determine whether these compounds were substrates for the peritubular organic cation transporter, their effect on the efflux of [14C]TEA from tubule suspensions was examined. A concentration of 0.5 mM of the short-chain tetraalkyls TMA or TEA increased the efflux of [14C]TEA (i.e., trans-stimulated) from tubules in suspension. The longer-chain tetraalkyls tetrapropylammonium, tetrabutylammonium, and TPeA all decreased the efflux of [14C]TEA from tubules in suspension; TPeA completely blocked efflux.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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