scholarly journals Identification and expression analysis of type II and type III Pi transporters in the opossum kidney cell line

2018 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Guillén ◽  
Yupanqui A. Caldas ◽  
Moshe Levi ◽  
Víctor Sorribas



2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 723-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Carnes ◽  
Judith A. Cole ◽  
Leonard R. Forte ◽  
Richard E. Poelling ◽  
Pamela K. Thorne ◽  
...  


1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (1) ◽  
pp. F46-F53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas W. Jehle ◽  
Helene Hilfiker ◽  
Markus F. Pfister ◽  
Jürg Biber ◽  
Eleanor Lederer ◽  
...  

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether isohydric changes in HCO3 concentration and Pco 2directly affect apical Na-dependent Pi(Na-Pi) cotransport in OK cells (opossum kidney cell line). Cells were kept at either 44 mM NaHCO3/10% CO2, pH 7.4 (high-HCO3/CO2condition), or 22 mM NaHCO3/5% CO2, pH 7.4 (low-HCO3/CO2condition) (for 14–24 h). Incubation in lower HCO3/CO2concentrations increased Na-Picotransport 1.5-fold. The increased Na-Pi cotransport was paralleled by a two- to threefold increased expression of the NaPi-4 transporter protein and a two- to threefold increase in NaPi-4 mRNA abundance. The increase in NaPi-4 mRNA could be completely prevented by incubation in the presence of a transcriptional inhibitor, suggesting that the increase in NaPi-4 mRNA results from an increased NaPi-4 mRNA transcription. In agreement, the NaPi-4 promoter activity was stimulated by 50% at lower HCO3/CO2concentrations. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that isohydric changes in HCO3 concentration and Pco 2exert a significant, direct cellular effect on Na-Pi cotransport and NaPi-4 protein expression in OK cells by affecting NaPi-4 mRNA transcription.



1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (5) ◽  
pp. E601-E608
Author(s):  
C. Yagil ◽  
U. K. Ehmann ◽  
B. H. Frank ◽  
R. Rabkin

Proximal tubules are a key site of insulin metabolism, which is in part a receptor-mediated process. To explore the interaction between insulin and the kidney and to evaluate the role of receptors in insulin uptake and processing, a study was carried out with a cultured proximal-like opossum kidney (OK) cell line. 125I-insulin associated with confluent monolayers in a specific manner, and this interaction was competitively inhibited by insulin; unrelated peptides were relatively ineffective. Insulin degradation exhibited time and temperature dependency and up to a concentration of 5 X 10(-8) M was not saturable. Degradation exhibited partial hormone specificity. Separation of plasma membrane bound from internalized insulin was achieved by lowering extracellular pH. At 4 degrees C, 94% of cell-associated radioactivity was membrane bound, whereas at 37 degrees C, in the steady state, 33% was membrane bound and 67% was internalized. There was a significant correlation between membrane-bound insulin and the rate of degradation. These findings reveal that the binding and processing of insulin by the kidney cell line are compatible with the description of the uptake of filtered insulin by the proximal tubule in the intact kidney. Accordingly we conclude that this cell line provides a good model for studying renal epithelial uptake and metabolism of insulin.





2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Amani Abbas ◽  
Hemmat Alemam ◽  
Hanan El-zawahry




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