scholarly journals Prostaglandin E2 stimulates the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in cultured mouse cortical collecting duct cells in an autocrine manner

2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morag K. Mansley ◽  
Christian Niklas ◽  
Regina Nacken ◽  
Kathrin Mandery ◽  
Hartmut Glaeser ◽  
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Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) is the most abundant prostanoid in the kidney, affecting a wide range of renal functions. Conflicting data have been reported regarding the effects of PGE2 on tubular water and ion transport. The amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is rate limiting for transepithelial sodium transport in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron. The aim of the present study was to explore a potential role of PGE2 in regulating ENaC in cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells. Short-circuit current (ISC) measurements were performed using the murine mCCDcl1 cell line known to express characteristic properties of CCD principal cells and to be responsive to physiological concentrations of aldosterone and vasopressin. PGE2 stimulated amiloride-sensitive ISC via basolateral prostaglandin E receptors type 4 (EP4) with an EC50 of ∼7.1 nM. The rapid stimulatory effect of PGE2 on ISC resembled that of vasopressin. A maximum response was reached within minutes, coinciding with an increased abundance of β-ENaC at the apical plasma membrane and elevated cytosolic cAMP levels. The effects of PGE2 and vasopressin were nonadditive, indicating similar signaling cascades. Exposing mCCDcl1 cells to aldosterone caused a much slower (∼2 h) increase of the amiloride-sensitive ISC. Interestingly, the rapid effect of PGE2 was preserved even after aldosterone stimulation. Furthermore, application of arachidonic acid also increased the amiloride-sensitive ISC involving basolateral EP4 receptors. Exposure to arachidonic acid resulted in elevated PGE2 in the basolateral medium in a cyclooxygenase 1 (COX-1)–dependent manner. These data suggest that in the cortical collecting duct, locally produced and secreted PGE2 can stimulate ENaC-mediated transepithelial sodium transport.

2007 ◽  
Vol 282 (52) ◽  
pp. 37402-37411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Warren G. Hill ◽  
Michael B. Butterworth ◽  
Huamin Wang ◽  
Robert S. Edinger ◽  
Jonathan Lebowitz ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 303 (9) ◽  
pp. F1289-F1299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viatcheslav Nesterov ◽  
Anke Dahlmann ◽  
Bettina Krueger ◽  
Marko Bertog ◽  
Johannes Loffing ◽  
...  

Aldosterone is thought to be the main hormone to stimulate the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron (ASDN) comprising the late distal convoluted tubule (DCT2), the connecting tubule (CNT) and the entire collecting duct (CD). There is immunohistochemical evidence for an axial gradient of ENaC expression along the ASDN with highest expression in the DCT2 and CNT. However, most of our knowledge about renal ENaC function stems from studies in the cortical collecting duct (CCD). Here we investigated ENaC function in the transition zone of DCT2/CNT or CNT/CCD microdissected from mice maintained on different sodium diets to vary plasma aldosterone levels. Single-channel recordings demonstrated amiloride-sensitive Na+ channels in DCT2/CNT with biophysical properties typical for ENaC previously described in CNT/CCD. In animals maintained on a standard salt diet, the average ENaC-mediated whole cell current (Δ Iami) was higher in DCT2/CNT than in CNT/CCD. A low salt diet increased Δ Iami in CNT/CCD but had little effect on Δ Iami in DCT2/CNT. To investigate whether aldosterone is necessary for ENaC activity in the DCT2/CNT, we used aldosterone synthase knockout (AS−/−) mice that lack aldosterone. In CNT/CCD of AS−/− mice, Δ Iami was lower than that in wild-type (WT) animals and was not stimulated by a low salt diet. In contrast, in DCT2/CNT of AS−/− mice, Δ Iami was similar to that in DCT2/CNT of WT animals both on a standard and on a low salt diet. We conclude that ENaC function in the DCT2/CNT is largely independent of aldosterone which is in contrast to its known aldosterone sensitivity in CNT/CCD.


2006 ◽  
Vol 290 (5) ◽  
pp. F1055-F1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Song ◽  
Xinqun Hu ◽  
Shahla Riazi ◽  
Swasti Tiwari ◽  
James B. Wade ◽  
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Hyperinsulinemia is associated with hypertension. Dysregulation of renal distal tubule sodium reabsorption may play a role. We evaluated the regulation of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) and the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC) during chronic hyperinsulinemia in rats and correlated these changes to blood pressure as determined by radiotelemetry. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (∼270 g) underwent one of the following three treatments for 4 wk ( n = 6/group): 1) control; 2) insulin-infused plus 20% dextrose in drinking water; or 3) glucose water-drinking (20% dextrose in water). Mean arterial pressures were increased by insulin and glucose (mmHg at 3 wk): 98 ± 1 (control), 107 ± 2 (insulin), and 109 ± 3 (glucose), P < 0.01. Insulin (but not glucose) increased natriuretic response to benzamil (ENaC inhibitor) and hydrochlorothiazide (NCC inhibitor) on average by 125 and 60%, respectively, relative to control rats, suggesting increased activity of these reabsorptive pathways. Neither insulin nor glucose affected the renal protein abundances of NCC or the ENaC subunits (α, β, and γ) in kidney cortex, outer medulla, or inner medulla in a major way, as determined by immunoblotting. However, insulin and to some extent glucose increased apical localization of these subunits in cortical collecting duct principal cells, as determined by immunoperoxidase labeling. In addition, insulin decreased cortical “with no lysine” kinase (WNK4) abundance (by 16% relative to control), which may have increased NCC activity. Overall, insulin infusion increased blood pressure, and NCC and ENaC activity in rats. Increased apical targeting of ENaC and decreased WNK4 expression may be involved.


2012 ◽  
Vol 302 (5) ◽  
pp. F581-F590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Butterworth ◽  
Robert S. Edinger ◽  
Mark R. Silvis ◽  
Luciana I. Gallo ◽  
Xiubin Liang ◽  
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Expression of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) at the apical membrane of cortical collecting duct (CCD) principal cells is modulated by regulated trafficking mediated by vesicle insertion and retrieval. Small GTPases are known to facilitate vesicle trafficking, recycling, and membrane fusion events; however, little is known about the specific Rab family members that modify ENaC surface density. Using a mouse CCD cell line that endogenously expresses ENaC (mpkCCD), the channel was localized to both Rab11a- and Rab11b-positive endosomes by immunoisolation and confocal fluorescent microscopy. Expression of a dominant negative (DN) form of Rab11a or Rab11b significantly reduced the basal and cAMP-stimulated ENaC-dependent sodium (Na+) transport. The greatest reduction in Na+ transport was observed with the expression of DN-Rab11b. Furthermore, small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of each Rab11 isoform demonstrated the requirement for Rab11b in ENaC surface expression. These data indicate that Rab11b, and to a lesser extent Rab11a, is involved in establishing the constitutive and cAMP-stimulated Na+ transport in mpkCCD cells.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tengis S Pavlov ◽  
Daria Ilatovskaya ◽  
Richard J Roman ◽  
Alexander Staruschenko

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (1) ◽  
pp. F46-F53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn A. Ecelbarger ◽  
Gheun-Ho Kim ◽  
James Terris ◽  
Shyama Masilamani ◽  
Carter Mitchell ◽  
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Sodium transport is increased by vasopressin in the cortical collecting ducts of rats and rabbits. Here we investigate, by quantitative immunoblotting, the effects of vasopressin on abundances of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) subunits (α, β, and γ) in rat kidney. Seven-day infusion of 1-deamino-[8-d-arginine]-vasopressin (dDAVP) to Brattleboro rats markedly increased whole kidney abundances of β- and γ-ENaC (to 238% and 288% of vehicle, respectively), whereas α-ENaC was more modestly, yet significantly, increased (to 142% of vehicle). Similarly, 7-day water restriction in Sprague-Dawley rats resulted in significantly increased abundances of β- and γ- but no significant change in α-ENaC. Acute administration of dDAVP (2 nmol) to Brattleboro rats resulted in modest, but significant, increases in abundance for all ENaC subunits, within 1 h. In conclusion, all three subunits of ENaC are upregulated by vasopressin with temporal and regional differences. These changes are too slow to play a major role in the short-term action of vasopressin to stimulate sodium reabsorption in the collecting duct. Long-term increases in ENaC abundance should add to the short-term regulatory mechanisms (undefined in this study) to enhance sodium transport in the renal collecting duct.


2012 ◽  
Vol 302 (5) ◽  
pp. F540-F551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Borsting ◽  
Vicki Pei-Chun Cheng ◽  
Chris K. Glass ◽  
Volker Vallon ◽  
Robyn Cunard

Thiazolidinediones (TZDs), known as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) agonists, are used to treat type 2 diabetes. However, ∼5% of patients experience the treatment-limiting side effect of edema. Studies have implicated activation of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) as a cause of TZD-induced fluid retention, although there have been conflicting reports. The goal of this study was to resolve the role of PPARγ in control of ENaC isoforms in the kidney. Herein, we demonstrate in mice that rosiglitazone (RGZ), a PPARγ ligand, increases body weight and abdominal fat pad fluid content and reduces hematocrit. Seven days of RGZ decreases ENaCα and ENaCβ mRNA and ENaCγ protein expression in the kidney cortex, and acute treatment for 5 h with pioglitazone, another potent TZD, does not increase renal ENaC isoform mRNA or protein expression. Pioglitazone also decreases ENaCα and ENaCγ mRNA expression in a cortical collecting duct cell line. As no direct transcriptional studies had been conducted, we examined the PPARγ-dependent regulation of ENaC. Pioglitazone represses ENaCγ promoter activity, and this repression is partially relieved by inhibition of protein synthesis. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that repression is associated with a decrease in histone H4K5 acetylation at the proximal ENaCγ promoter. In summary, TZDs do not increase ENaC mRNA expression in the kidney, and in fact repress the ENaCγ promoter via an indirect transcriptional mechanism.


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