Organic osmolytes increase cytoplasmic viscosity in kidney cells

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. C901-C907 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Periasamy ◽  
H. P. Kao ◽  
K. Fushimi ◽  
A. S. Verkman
Keyword(s):  
Mdck Cells ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Organic Osmolytes ◽  
Kidney Cells ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Fluorescence Photobleaching Recovery ◽  
Photobleaching Recovery ◽  
Polar Solutes

The hypothesis was tested that accumulation of osmolytes by kidney cells grown in hyperosmolar media decreases the rotational and translational mobilities of small polar solutes in the cytosolic compartment. Rotational mobility was measured by the picosecond rotational correlation times (tau c) of 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-5(6)carboxylfluorescein (BCECF) by multiharmonic microfluorimetry. In isolated segments of rabbit proximal tubule, thick ascending limb, and cortical collecting duct that were perfused and bathed in 300 mosM media, tau c were in the range 180-250 ps, corresponding to apparent rotational viscosities (eta r) of 1.1-1.5 cP. In cortical collecting tubule, eta r was not influenced by serosal vasopressin. In Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells grown in 300-1,200 mosM media, eta r increased progressively by up to a factor of 1.38 +/- 0.03; measurements of tau c and macroscopic viscosity in artificial solutions containing osmolytes supported the hypothesis that the increased eta r was due to accumulation of organic osmolytes. BCECF translational mobility was measured by fluorescence photobleaching recovery using a focused 1.2-microns diameter Ar laser beam at 488 nm. Recovery half-times were 36 +/- 3 (SE) ms (n = 10) in MDCK cells grown in 300 mosM media and 62 +/- 3 ms (n = 10) when grown in 1,200 mosM media. The results suggest that accumulation of osmolytes by renal cells is associated with significantly increased cytosolic viscosity. The increased viscosity would slow enzymatic and transport processes in the cytosolic compartment.

scholarly journals Localization of Inward Rectifier Potassium Channel Kir7.1 in the Basolateral Membrane of Distal Nephron and Collecting Duct

2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1987-1994
Author(s):  
KAYOKO OOKATA ◽  
AKIHIRO TOJO ◽  
YOSHIRO SUZUKI ◽  
NOBUHIRO NAKAMURA ◽  
KENJIRO KIMURA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channel ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Inward Rectifier ◽  
Kidney Cortex ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Distal Nephron ◽  
Connecting Tubule ◽  
Low K

Abstract. Inward rectifier potassium channels (Kir) play an important role in the K+ secretion from the kidney. Recently, a new subfamily of Kir, Kir7.1, has been cloned and shown to be present in the kidney as well as in the brain, choroid plexus, thyroid, and intestine. Its cellular and subcellular localization was examined along the renal tubule. Western blot from the kidney cortex showed a single band for Kir7.1 at 52 kD, which was also observed in microdissected segments from the thick ascending limb of Henle, distal convoluted tubule (DCT), connecting tubule, and cortical and medullary collecting ducts. Kir7.1 immunoreactivity was detected predominantly in the DCT, connecting tubule, and cortical collecting duct, with lesser expression in the thick ascending limb of Henle and in the medullary collecting duct. Kir7.1 was detected by electron microscopic immunocytochemistry on the basolateral membrane of the DCT and the principal cells of cortical collecting duct, but neither type A nor type B intercalated cells were stained. The message levels and immunoreactivity were decreased under low-K diet and reversed by low-K diet supplemented with 4% KCl. By the double-labeling immunogold method, both Kir7.1 and Na+, K+-ATPase were independently located on the basolateral membrane. In conclusion, the novel Kir7.1 potassium channel is located predominantly in the basolateral membrane of the distal nephron and collecting duct where it could function together with Na+, K+-ATPase and contribute to cell ion homeostasis and tubular K+ secretion.

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.

AVP-stimulated nucleotide secretion in perfused mouse medullary thick ascending limb and cortical collecting duct

2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (2) ◽  
pp. F341-F349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvin Odgaard ◽  
Helle A. Praetorius ◽  
Jens Leipziger
Keyword(s):  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Tubular Secretion ◽  
Hormonal Control ◽  
Similar Response ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Medullary Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Tubular Transport ◽  
Renal Tubular Transport ◽  
Renal Tubular

Extracellular nucleotides are local, short-lived signaling molecules that inhibit renal tubular transport via both luminal and basolateral P2 receptors. Apparently, the renal epithelium itself is able to release nucleotides. The mechanism and circumstances under which nucleotide release is stimulated remain elusive. Here, we investigate the phenomenon of nucleotide secretion in intact, perfused mouse medullary thick ascending limb (mTAL) and cortical collecting duct (CCD). The nucleotide secretion was monitored by a biosensor adapted to register nucleotides in the tubular outflow. Intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) was measured simultaneously in the biosensor cells and the renal tubule with fluo 4. We were able to identify spontaneous tubular nucleotide secretion in resting perfused mTAL. In this preparation, 10 nM AVP and 1-desamino-8-d-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP) induced robust [Ca2+]i oscillations, whereas AVP in the CCD induced large, slow, and transient [Ca2+]i elevations. Importantly, we identify that AVP/dDAVP triggers tubular secretion of nucleotides in the mTAL. After addition of AVP/dDAVP, the biosensor registered bursts of nucleotides in the tubular perfusate, corresponding to a tubular nucleotide concentration of ∼0.2–0.3 μM. A very similar response was observed after AVP stimulation of CCDs. Thus AVP stimulated tubular secretion of nucleotides in a burst-like pattern with peak tubular nucleotide concentrations in the low-micromolar range. We speculate that local nucleotide signaling is an intrinsic feedback element of hormonal control of renal tubular transport.

Water transport in collecting ducts of Japanese quail

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (6) ◽  
pp. R1535-R1543 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nishimura ◽  
C. Koseki ◽  
T. B. Patel
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Water Permeability ◽  
Water Movement ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Urine Concentration ◽  
Arginine Vasotocin ◽  
Minor Effect ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Dark Cells

Previously, we reported that the countercurrent urine concentration mechanism in birds appears to operate by recycling of a single solute (NaCl), in which the thick ascending limb of looped nephrons provides an energy source. To determine the importance of the medullary collecting duct (MCD) in the countercurrent multiplier system, we examined in isolated and perfused MCDs from Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix, the osmotic and/or diffusional water permeability and whether arginine vasotocin (AVT) regulates water permeability. We noted that dark cells that possess electron-dense cytoplasm and numerous mitochondria and light mucus-secreting cells exist in the cortical collecting duct (CD), whereas only mucus-secreting cells are present in the MCDs. The volume flux (Jv) in the MCDs from intact birds and that from the water-deprived birds were nearly zero; after exposure to a hyperosmotic bath and AVT (2 x 10(-5) M), the Jv was significantly higher in water-deprived birds. The diffusional water permeability (Pdw) was moderately high in MCDs bathed in an isosmotic bath in which the Pdw was increased slightly by AVT (10(-5) M, bath) and more markedly (10(-5) M) by forskolin (Fsk), whereas 1,9-dideoxy Fsk (an inactive analogue) showed no effect. Furthermore, the basal adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) levels were higher in the medulla than in the cortex and were stimulated only slightly by AVT (10(-5) M) and markedly by Fsk (10(-4) M) in both the cortex and medulla. These results in the C. coturnix CD indicate the following. 1) Two types of cells are present; whereas dark cells resemble mammalian intercalated cells morphologically, it is not certain whether mucus-secreting cells are equivalent to principal cells. 2) AVT increases Pdw via a cAMP mechanism; the relatively high basal Pdw and minor effect of AVT on Jv and Pdw suggest, however, that diffusional water movement across the MCD may occur without significant direct control by AVT.

Different mechanisms of renal Na-K-ATPase regulation by protein kinases in proximal and distal nephron

1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (3) ◽  
pp. F399-F405 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Satoh ◽  
H. T. Cohen ◽  
A. I. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Distal Nephron ◽  
Inhibitory Peptide ◽  
Medullary Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Pump Activity

We recently reported a novel intracellular mechanism of Na-K-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na-K-ATPase) regulation in the cortical collecting duct (CCD) by agents that increase cell adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP), which involves stimulation of protein kinase A (PKA) and phospholipase A2 (PLA2). We now determined whether this mechanism also operates in other nephron segments. In the medullary thick ascending limb (MTAL) dopamine, the DA1 agonist fenoldopam, forskolin, or dibutyryl-cAMP inhibited Na-K-ATPase activity, similar to results in CCD. In both segments this effect was blocked by 20-residue inhibitory peptide (IP20), a peptide inhibitor of PKA, but not by staurosporine, a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor. PKC activators phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, and 1,2-myristate 13-acetate, phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, and 1,2-dioctanoylglycerol had no effect on Na-K pump activity in either CCD or MTAL. In contrast, all three PKC activators inhibited pump activity in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT), an effect reproduced only by dopamine or by parathyroid hormone [PTH-(1-34)]. In PCT the pump inhibition by dopamine or PTH-(1-34) was abolished by staurosporine but not by IP20. The PLA2 inhibitor mepacrine prevented the effect of all agents, and arachidonic acid produced a dose-dependent pump inhibition in each of the three segments studied. We conclude that intracellular mechanisms of Na-K-ATPase regulation differ along the nephron, as they involve activation of PKA in CCD and MTAL and of PKC in PCT. These two pathways probably share a common mechanism in stimulating PLA2, arachidonic acid release, and production of eicosanoids in both the proximal and distal nephron.

Regulation of the ROMK channel: interaction of the ROMK with associate proteins

1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (6) ◽  
pp. F826-F831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Transmembrane Conductance ◽  
Channel Interaction ◽  
Anchoring Proteins ◽  
K Secretion ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane

The ROMK channel plays an important role in K recycling in the thick ascending limb (TAL) and K secretion in the cortical collecting duct (CCD). A large body of evidence indicates that the ROMK channel is a key component of the native K secretory channel identified in the apical membrane of the TAL and the CCD. Although the ROMK channel shares several key regulatory mechanisms with the native K secretory channel in a variety of respects, differences in the channel modulatory mechanism are clearly present between the ROMK channel and the native K secretory channel. Therefore, it is possible that additional associate proteins are required to interact with the ROMK channel to assemble the native K secretory channel. This notion is supported by recent reports showing that cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and A kinase anchoring proteins (AKAP) interact with the ROMK channels to restore the response to ATP sensitivity and protein kinase A stimulation. This review is an attempt to summarize the up-to-date progress regarding the interaction between the ROMK channel and the associate proteins in forming the native K secretory channel.

Arachidonic acid inhibits activity of cloned renal K+ channel, ROMK1

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (3) ◽  
pp. F588-F594 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Macica ◽  
Y. Yang ◽  
S. C. Hebert ◽  
W. H. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Membrane Fluidity ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Channel Activity ◽  
Lipoxygenase Inhibitor ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Apical Membranes

Arachidonic acid (AA) has been shown to inhibit the activity of the low-conductance ATP-sensitive K+ channel in the apical membrane of the cortical collecting duct [W. Wang, A. Cassola, and G. Giebisch. Am. J. Physiol. 262 (Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol. 31): F554-F559, 1992]. ROMK1, a K+ channel derived from the rat renal outer medulla, shares many biophysical properties of the native low-conductance K+ channel, which is localized to the apical membranes of the cortical collecting duct and thick ascending limb. This study was designed to determine whether the ROMK channel maintains the property of AA sensitivity of the native low-conductance K+ channel. Experiments were conducted in Xenopus oocytes injected with cRNA encoding the ROMK1 channel by use of patch-clamp techniques. We have confirmed previous reports that the cloned ROMK1 has similar channel kinetics, high open probability, and inward slope conductance as the native low-conductance K+ channel, respectively. Addition of 5 microM AA to an inside-out patch resulted in reversible inhibition of channel activity at a concentration similar to the inhibitor constant for AA on the native K+ channel. The effect of AA on channel activity was preserved in the presence of 10 microM indomethacin, a cyclooxygenase inhibitor, 4 microM cinnamyl-3,4-dihydroxycyanocinnamate, a lipoxygenase inhibitor, and 4 microM 17-octadecynoic acid, an inhibitor of cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases, thus indicating that the effect of AA was not mediated by metabolites of AA. The effect did not appear to be the result of changes in membrane fluidity, since 5 microM eicosatetraynoic acid, an AA analogue that is a potent modulator of membrane fluidity, had no effect. Furthermore, the addition of AA to the outside of the patch also had no effect on channel activity. These results indicate that, like the native low-conductance channel, AA is able to directly inhibit ROMK1 channel activity.

scholarly journals The expression, regulation, and function of Kir4.1 (Kcnj10) in the mammalian kidney

2016 ◽  
Vol 311 (1) ◽  
pp. F12-F15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Tong Su ◽  
Wen-Hui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Predominant Role ◽  
Salt Wasting ◽  
Negative Membrane Potential ◽  
And Function ◽  
Inwardly Rectifying ◽  
The Brain

Kir4.1 is an inwardly rectifying potassium (K+) channel and is expressed in the brain, inner ear, and kidney. In the kidney, Kir4.1 is expressed in the basolateral membrane of the late thick ascending limb (TAL), the distal convoluted tubule (DCT), and the connecting tubule (CNT)/cortical collecting duct (CCD). It plays a role in K+ recycling across the basolateral membrane in corresponding nephron segments and in generating negative membrane potential. The renal phenotypes of the loss-function mutations of Kir4.1 include mild salt wasting, hypomagnesemia, hypokalemia, and metabolic alkalosis, suggesting that the disruption of Kir4.1 mainly impairs the transport in the DCT. Patch-clamp experiments and immunostaining demonstrate that Kir4.1 plays a predominant role in determining the basolateral K+ conductance in the DCT. However, the function of Kir4.1 in the TAL and CNT/CCD is not essential, because K+ channels other than Kir4.1 are also expressed. The downregulation of Kir4.1 in the DCT reduced basolateral chloride (Cl−) conductance, suppressed the expression of ste20 proline-alanine-rich kinase (SPAK), and decreased Na-Cl cotransporter (NCC) expression and activity. This suggests that Kir4.1 regulates NCC expression by the modulation of the Cl−-sensitive with-no-lysine kinase–SPAK pathway.

Enhanced glomerular filtration and Na+-K+-ATPase with furosemide administration

1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (5) ◽  
pp. F910-F915 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Scherzer ◽  
H. Wald ◽  
M. M. Popovtzer
Keyword(s):  
Glomerular Filtration ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Nephron Segments ◽  
Medullary Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Henle's Loop ◽  
Proximal Straight Tubule ◽  
X 24 ◽  
Furosemide Administration

To evaluate the effect of furosemide on kidney function, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), urinary Na excretion (UNaV), Na reabsorption (NAR), and Na+-K+-ATPase in isolated nephron segments were measured in 1) rats treated with furosemide 10 mg X 100 g-1 X 24 h-1 ip for 7 days, and 2) rats receiving an oral Na load for 12 days. In furosemide-treated rats, GFR rose from 0.61 +/- 0.03 (mean +/- SD) to 0.83 +/- 0.06 ml/min (P less than 0.01), UNaV rose from 904 +/- 71 to 1,402 +/- 85 mueq/day (P less than 0.001), and net NAR rose from 87.5 +/- 3.7 to 116.7 +/- 9.0 mueq/min (P less than 0.01). Na+-K+-ATPase remained unchanged in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT), proximal straight tubule (PST), cortical thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (cTALH), and medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (mTALH), but was increased in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and in cortical collecting duct (CCD) from 48.5 +/- 1.2 to 75.3 +/- 0.7 (P less than 0.001) and from 18.6 +/- 0.7 to 27.1 +/- 2.7 (P less than 0.02) X 10(-11) mol X mm-1 X min-1, respectively. In Na-loaded rats GFR rose from 0.61 +/- 0.04 to 0.86 +/- 0.03 ml/min (P less than 0.001), UNaV rose from 1,064 +/- 118 to 18,532 +/- 2,045 mueq/day (P less than 0.001), net NAR from 88.1 +/- 3.0 to 107.8 +/- 3.9 mueq/min and Na-K-ATPase in the mTALH rose from 40.3 +/- 1.4 to 56.2 +/- 2.11 (P less than 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Voltage-dependent calcium movement across the cortical collecting duct

1982 ◽  
Vol 242 (3) ◽  
pp. F285-F292 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. Bourdeau ◽  
R. J. Hellstrom-Stein
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Transport ◽  
Collecting Duct ◽  
Calcium Flux ◽  
Thick Ascending Limb ◽  
Cortical Collecting Duct ◽  
Loop Analysis ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Transepithelial Voltage ◽  
Net Flux ◽  
Calcium Permeability

Cortical collecting ducts were dissected from rabbit kidneys and perfused in vitro. Unidirectional transepithelial calcium fluxes from bath-to-lumen and lumen-to-bath were measured with 45Ca. Transepithelial voltage was varied over a wide range by pharmacologic manipulations. With lumen-negative voltages net calcium secretion from bath to lumen, which varied directly with the voltage, was observed. At voltages near 0 there was no measurable net flux. When the voltage was made positive, the direction of net calcium transport reversed (i.e., absorption from lumen to bath). Calcium permeability, calculated from the dependence of net flux on voltage, was 1.4 X 10(-7) cm/s, which is less than 2% of the calcium permeability previously determined in the cortical thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. Analysis of the calcium flux ratios revealed apparent interdependence of the bidirectional fluxes consistent with exchange diffusion but no evidence for active calcium transport. We conclude that there is a small, but measurable, component of passive net calcium flux driven by the transepithelial voltage across the cortical collecting duct.

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