Effect of SITS on organic anion transport in the rabbit kidney cortical slice

1978 ◽  
Vol 234 (4) ◽  
pp. F302-F307
Author(s):  
S. K. Hong ◽  
J. M. Goldinger ◽  
Y. K. Song ◽  
F. J. Koschier ◽  
S. H. Lee

The effect of SITS (4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyano-2,2'-disulfonic stilbene) on the transport of organic ions in the rabbit kidney cortical slice was studied. SITS at a concentration of 10(-4) to 10(-3) M significantly decreased the slice-to-medium (S/M) concentration ratio of the organic anions p-aminohippurate (PAH), and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetate, but had no significant effect on that of the organic cation tetraethylammonium. The S/M ratio of PAH decreased to 0.52 +/- 0.03 (SE) in the presence of 10(-3) M SITS. The inhibition of PAH uptake caused by SITS was reversed in the presence of 0.5% bovine serum albumin in the medium. SITS at a concentration of 10(-4) M had no significant effect on the efflux of PAH. However, there was a small increase in PAH efflux at a concentration of 10(-3) M SITS. A Lineweaver-Burk analysis of the data indicates that SITS competitively inhibits PAH uptake and that SITS has a Ki value of 2.3 X 10(-4) M. SITS had no effect on the tissue water content, [14C]inulin space, or intracellular Na and K concentrations. It is suggested that the primary effect of SITS is to inhibit the entry of organic anions from the medium into the cell across the basolateral membrane.

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (6) ◽  
pp. R1329-R1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Pritchard ◽  
D. S. Miller

Comparative models have played a major role in defining the mechanisms that enable vertebrate proximal tubules to transport organic anions and cations from the peritubular interstitium to the urine. The unique advantages of these models and their contributions to our understanding of organic anion and cation transport mechanisms are summarized here. Recent studies of the organic anion transport system suggest that transport is coupled to metabolic energy via indirect coupling to the sodium gradient. Organic anions enter the cell across the basolateral membrane in exchange for alpha-ketoglutarate (alpha-KG), and the alpha-KG is returned to the interior via Na-alpha-KG cotransport. Indirect coupling to Na has been demonstrated in both isolated membranes and intact renal epithelial cells of species ranging from marine crustaceans to mammals. This mechanism was shown to drive not only cellular accumulation but also secretory transepithelial fluxes of organic anions. Luminal exit of secreted organic anions appears to be carrier mediated but is, at present, poorly understood, with mediated potential-driven efflux and anion exchange-driven efflux implicated in some species. As for organic anions, the renal clearance of some organic cations approaches the renal plasma flow. Although there is considerable variation in the handling of specific substrates between species, the basic properties of organic cation transport include carrier-mediated potential-driven uptake at the basolateral membrane, intracellular sequestration that reduces the free concentration of the cation, and luminal exit by organic cation-proton exchange. Reabsorptive transport is also observed for some organic cations, but its mechanisms and driving forces are not well understood.


1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (5) ◽  
pp. R882-R890 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Miller ◽  
D. E. Stewart ◽  
J. B. Pritchard

Epifluorescence microscopy and video-image analysis were used to measure the distribution of the monovalent organic anion fluorescein (FL) within the cells of three organic anion-secreting renal epithelia: crab urinary bladder (a proximal tubule analogue), opossum kidney (OK) cells in culture, and intact teleost proximal tubules. In all three preparations the intracellular FL distribution was nonuniform. Two distinct intracellular compartments were detected, one being diffuse and cytoplasmic and the other punctate. With low FL concentrations in the medium (1 microM and below) dye accumulation in the punctate compartment exceeded that of the cytoplasm. In crab bladder epithelium FL uptake into both compartments was inhibited by external probenecid, p-aminohippurate (PAH), and LiCl and stimulated by 10-50 microM external glutarate, suggesting that the punctate compartment loaded by a two-step mechanism: transport into the cytoplasm at the basolateral membrane, followed by accumulation at specific intracellular sites. Experiments in which FL was microinjected into OK cells directly demonstrated movement of FL from the cytoplasmic to the punctate compartment. Accumulation in the latter was specific, i.e., inhibitable by coinjected PAH and probenecid, and energy dependent. Together, these findings indicate that during secretion organic anions are sequestered within renal cells. The role of sequestration in overall transport remains to be determined.


1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (1) ◽  
pp. F56-F61 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Hsyu ◽  
L. G. Gisclon ◽  
A. C. Hui ◽  
K. M. Giacomini

It is generally assumed that the organic cation transport system in the renal proximal tubule is specific for organic cations and the transport of organic cations is not affected by organic anions. However, there are also data in the literature demonstrating that probenecid, a classical inhibitor of organic anion transport systems, inhibits the transport of an organic cation, cimetidine, in the renal proximal tubule. In this study we investigated the effects of probenecid and furosemide on the transport of N'-methylnicotinamide (NMN) the classical substrate of the organic cation transporter, in brush-border membrane vesicles prepared from rabbit renal cortex. In the presence of a pH gradient, both probenecid (10 mM) and furosemide reduced the initial uptake of NMN. Probenecid reduced the initial uptake of NMN to 12.1% of the control values (1.19 +/- 0.26 pmol/mg) and furosemide reduced the initial uptake of NMN to 39.2%. Probenecid (10 mM) also decreased the initial transport of NMN in the absence of a pH gradient. Inhibition of the transport of NMN by probenecid was concentration dependent, with the concentration of probenecid resulting in 50% inhibition of the transport of NMN equal to 2.31 +/- 1.18 mM in the presence of a pH gradient. Probenecid appeared to be a competitive inhibitor of NMN transport. The apparent Km (mean +/- SE) of NMN transport (2.01 +/- 0.78 mM) was increased to 18.7 +/- 10 mM (P less than 0.05) by probenecid (10 mM), whereas the Vmax was not changed (125 +/- 19.2 pmol.s-1.mg-1 vs. 186 +/- 94 pmol.s-1.mg-1, P greater than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (1) ◽  
pp. F79-F84 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Koeppen

Segments of the outer medullary collecting duct were isolated from the inner stripe of the rabbit kidney (OMCDi), perfused in vitro, and impaled across their basolateral membranes with voltage-recording microelectrodes. The disulfonic stilbene 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS) (10(-4) M) and the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor acetazolamide (10(-4) M) depolarized the lumen-positive transepithelial voltage (VT) toward 0 mV when added to the bath solution. Concurrently, the basolateral membrane voltage (Vbl) hyperpolarized. The hyperpolarization of Vbl, which averaged 19.3 +/- 2.9 mV (n = 11) for SITS and 22.7 +/- 3.5 mV (n = 11) for acetazolamide, was not due to an alteration in the ionic selectivity of the basolateral membrane, which was highly Cl- selective. The hyperpolarization of Vbl could best be explained by a decrease in the intracellular [Cl-], and the associated shift in the emf for Cl- (ECl) across the basolateral membrane. The decrease in intracellular [Cl-] could be attributed to inhibition of a Cl-HCO3 antiporter in the basolateral membrane. SITS appeared to inhibit this antiporter directly, whereas the effect of acetazolamide was indirect, probably secondary to a decrease in the intracellular [HCO3-]. Finally, both SITS and acetazolamide induced or unmasked an electroneutral K+-coupled transport system in the basolateral membrane.


1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (3) ◽  
pp. R695-R704 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Miller ◽  
J. B. Pritchard

The impact of the microtubule-disrupting drug nocodazole on renal tubular secretion of organic anions was examined in vitro using proximal tubular masses from teleost fish. Nocodazole reversibly inhibited 20-30% of the tubular accumulation of two model organic anions, p-aminohippurate and fluorescein (FL), by winter flounder tubular masses. However, the drug had no effect on the initial rate of organic anion uptake. Thus it did not reduce transport into the cells at the basolateral membrane, either directly by affecting basolateral organic anion transport proteins or indirectly by altering metabolism or ion gradients. Instead, epifluorescence video microscopy and digital image analysis of killifish tubules showed that nocodazole greatly reduced luminal accumulation of FL and had a smaller effect on cellular dye accumulation. Luminal FL accumulation returned to control levels when tubules were incubated in drug-free medium. Confocal fluorescence microscopy confirmed the marked reduction in luminal FL concentration and demonstrated that intracellular punctate FL accumulation was also markedly reduced. Finally, immunohistochemistry with an anti-tubulin antibody showed that the concentrations of nocodazole used in the above experiments reversibly disrupted microtubules within renal epithelial cells. These data indicate that a component of organic anion secretion in teleost proximal tubule is dependent on an intact microtubular network.


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (3) ◽  
pp. F475-F484 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Besseghir ◽  
D. Mosig ◽  
F. Roch-Ramel

The role of albumin in tubular secretion of the organic anions p-aminohippurate (PAH, 21% albumin-bound at 1 microM) and methotrexate (MTX, 55% bound at 1 microM), and of the organic cation N1-methylnicotinamide (NMN, not bound), was investigated in isolated rabbit S2 proximal tubules. PAH or MTX secretory rates were low in the absence of colloids or in the presence of 1 g/dl dextran 40, and were reversibly two- to sevenfold stimulated by either 1 g/dl bovine (BSA, either regular, defatted, and/or dialyzed) or rabbit serum albumin, or by dialyzed native rabbit plasma. NMN secretion was not stimulated by either dextran or albumin. Luminal BSA had no effect, but stimulation of PAH secretion was observed when albumin was present in both lumen and bath. This secretion was BSA concentration-dependent up to a 1 g/dl BSA. Saturation experiments suggested that 1 g/dl BSA may increase PAH apparent affinity for secretion, with no change in its maximum velocity. Albumin appears therefore to facilitate organic anion proximal secretion by an effect unrelated to oncotic pressure or to the extent of organic anion binding.


1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
AKIHIRO TOJO ◽  
TAKASHI SEKINE ◽  
NORIKO NAKAJIMA ◽  
MAKOTO HOSOYAMADA ◽  
YOSHIKATSU KANAI ◽  
...  

Abstract. Renal proximal convoluted tubules have an important role, i.e., to excrete organic anions, including numerous drugs and endogenous substances. Recently, multispecific organic anion transporter 1 (OAT1) was isolated from rat kidney. In this study, the cellular and subcellular localization of OAT1 in rat kidney was investigated. Kidneys from normal rats were perfused and fixed with periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde solution and were then processed for immunohistochemical analysis using the labeled streptavidin-biotin method, preembedding horseradish peroxidase method, and immunogold method. Light microscopic examination revealed immunostaining for OAT1 in the middle portion of the proximal tubule (S2 segment), but not in the initial portion of the proximal convoluted tubule, next to the glomerulus. Nephron segments other than the S2 segment and the renal vasculature were not stained with antibody to OAT1. Electron-microscopic observation using a preembedding method revealed that OAT1 was exclusively expressed in the basolateral membrane of S2 segments of proximal tubules. The immunogold method showed no labeling for OAT1 in the cytoplasmic vesicles, suggesting that OAT1 may not move together with organic anions into the cells. These results are consistent with previous physiologic data showing that organic anions, including para-aminohippurate, are taken up by the basolateral Na+-independent organic anion/dicarboxylate exchanger and excreted at S2 segments. In conclusion, OAT1 was localized to the basolateral membrane of S2 segments of proximal tubules in rat kidneys.


1990 ◽  
Vol 258 (6) ◽  
pp. F1599-F1607 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. P. Sokol ◽  
T. D. McKinney

The transports of [3H]tetraethylammonium (TEA), [3H]procainamide (PCA), and N1-[3H]methylnicotinamide (NMN) were studied in rabbit renal basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMVs) by use of a rapid filtration assay. All three compounds exhibited a similar uptake profile into the BLMVs and reached equilibrium by 1 h. In the presence of valinomycin, a K+ ionophore and K+ gradients (in to out), an inside-negative potential difference (PD) was generated that stimulated the uptake of TEA, PCA, and NMN by 1.9-, 1.9-, and 2.1-fold, respectively. The effect of PD could be blocked by the organic cation transport inhibitor mepiperphenidol. An inside-negative PD was also generated by a pH gradient (inside acidic). An overshoot of TEA uptake was produced, which was blocked by a valinomycin voltage clamp. Counterflow studies revealed that 1 mM TEA was capable of trans-stimulating 50 microM [3H]TEA uptake and producing a peak overshoot of nearly three times the equilibrium value, which was not abolished in the presence of a valinomycin voltage clamp or a gramicidin pH clamp. When an inside-negative PD was imposed on 1 mM TEA-loaded BLMVs, the uptake of [3H]TEA was 33% less. In contrast, neither NMN nor PCA produced a trans-stimulation of [3H]NMN or [3H]PCA transport, respectively. In addition, the effect of several organic cations on the TEA-TEA exchange mechanism was studied. Mepiperphenidol, PCA, choline, cimetidine, and NMN all demonstrated cis inhibition (82, 81, 58, 51, and 20%, respectively). Arginine, a basic amino acid, and probenecid, an organic anion transport inhibitor, had no effect. Choline was capable of trans-stimulating TEA uptake.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 848-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoji Kojima ◽  
Takashi Sekine ◽  
Masanao Kawachi ◽  
Seok Ho Cha ◽  
Yoshio Suzuki ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT. Recently, a family of multispecific organic anion transporters has been identified, and several isoforms have been reported. However, the physiologic and pharmacologic roles of each isoform, except OAT1, in the transepithelial transport of organic anions in the kidney remain to be elucidated. To address this issue, it is essential to determine the intrarenal distribution and membrane localization of each OAT isoform along the nephron. In this study, the intrarenal distributions of rOAT1, rOAT2, and rOAT3 were investigated by an immunofluorescence method that used frozen rat serial kidney sections. Confocal microscopic analysis showed that immunoreactivity for rOAT1 was detected exclusively in the proximal tubules (S1, S2, S3) in the cortex with basolateral membrane staining. rOAT2 was detected in the apical surface of the tubules in the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop (MTAL) and cortical and medullary collecting ducts (CD). rOAT3 was localized in the basolateral digitation of the cell membrane in all the segments (S1, S2, and S3) of the proximal tubules, MTAL, cortical TAL, connecting tubules, and cortical and medullary CD. These results on the distribution of each OAT isoform will facilitate the understanding of the role of OATs in the renal processing of organic anions.


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