Mechanisms of lithium-vasopressin interaction in rabbit cortical collecting tubule

1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (6) ◽  
pp. F1080-F1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cogan ◽  
M. Svoboda ◽  
M. Abramow

In single cortical collecting tubules (CCT) of the rabbit, guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) increased the arginine vasopressin (AVP)-stimulated adenylate cyclase (AC) by 60% (P less than 0.05). In contrast, guanosine 5' O-(2-thio)-diphosphate (GDP-beta S), a competitive inhibitor of GTP action on the stimulatory guanine regulatory protein (Ns), reduced the AVP-stimulated AC activity by 72% (P less than 0.001), indicating the presence of endogenous GTP in the cells under study. That inhibitory effect was reversed by the addition of GTP to the incubation medium. In isolated perfused CCT, cholera toxin (CT) induced a significant increase in water permeability in the absence of AVP. In contrast, Bordetella pertussis toxin (BPT) did not modify the low AVP-independent water permeability. Lithium, an inhibitor of the hydrosmotic action of AVP, also inhibits the hydrosmotic action of CT by 70% (P less than 0.05) but not that of forskolin. The conclusions of the present study are Ns is required for AVP stimulation of AC in the CCT; Ns is functionally active in this system as evidenced by the hydrosmotic effect of CT; the lack of effect of BPT suggests that the low AVP-independent water permeability in the CCT is not the result of a tonic inhibition of the AC operating through the inhibitory guanine nucleotide regulatory protein; and the inhibition by lithium of the hydrosmotic action of AVP in the CCT appears to involve an interaction with the regulatory proteins (probably Ns) or with their binding to the catalytic unit of AC.

1986 ◽  
Vol 234 (3) ◽  
pp. 737-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
M D Houslay ◽  
D Bojanic ◽  
A Wilson

Platelet-activating factor (PAF, 2-acetyl-1-alkyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) and the stable thromboxane-receptor agonist U44069 (9 alpha, 11 beta-epoxymethanoprostaglandin H2) stimulated GTPase activity in platelet membranes in a dose-dependent fashion, yielding Ka values of 12 nM and 27 nM respectively. The degree of GTPase activation elicited by these agents was found to be additive with the GTPase activation due to either the stimulatory (Ns) or inhibitory (Ni) guanine nucleotide regulatory proteins when activated by prostaglandin E1 and adrenaline (+propranolol) respectively. Treatment of membranes with either cholera or pertussis toxins, which inhibited markedly the receptor-mediated stimulation of the GTPase activities of Ns and Ni respectively, had no or only a small effect, respectively, on the GTPase activity stimulated by PAF and U44069. It is suggested that PAF and U44069, which stimulate inositol phospholipid metabolism in platelets, exert actions through a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein which is distinct from Ns and Ni.


1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (6) ◽  
pp. F1044-F1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Jaisser ◽  
L. Bugeon ◽  
M. Blot-Chabaud ◽  
J. P. Bonvalet ◽  
N. Farman

Whereas interactions between antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and prostaglandins (PGs) have been reported in the cortical collecting tubule (CCD), the precise effects of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and its analogue, 1-desamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (dDAVP) on PGE2 synthesis remain controversial. We examined the dynamic response of PGE2 synthesis to these two analogues in isolated rabbit CCD. Microdissected CCD were superfused, and basal and hormone-induced PGE2 synthesis were determined by enzyme immunoassay. Addition of arachidonic acid (AA) steeply increased basal PGE2 synthesis, in the 0-1 microM-dose range. The presence of AA was necessary to obtain a stimulatory effect of AVP on PGE2 synthesis. AVP induced an immediate, transitory, and dose-dependent stimulation of PGE2 synthesis. A maximal effect was obtained at 10(-8) M; PGE2 synthesis was increased by approximately 150-200% over the basal synthesis. With dDAVP, a very weak response was obtained only at 10(-7) M. From these results, we conclude that PGE2 synthesis in CCD is stimulated by ADH. This effect of ADH does not depend on the V2-receptor pathway and suggests the presence of V1-receptors in CCD.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (4) ◽  
pp. F595-F601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Fujii ◽  
A. I. Katz

To evaluate the mechanism of increased Na+-K+ pump turnover rate that characterizes the early cortical collecting tubule (CCT) response to K+ loading [Y. Fujii, S. K. Mujais, and A. I. Katz. Am. J. Physiol. 256 (Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol. 25): F279-F284, 1989.], we measured ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake in microdissected rat CCT exposed acutely to elevated ambient K+ in vivo and in vitro. Tubules preincubated in 10 mM K+ had higher 86Rb+ uptake than when preincubated in 5 mM K+ (25.9 +/- 1.2 vs. 18.9 +/- 0.7 pmol.mm-1.min-1, P less than 0.001). KCl infusion (5 mumol.100 g-1.min-1 x 60 min) increased 86Rb+ uptake from 19.2 +/- 1.0 to 31.2 +/- 1.4 pmol.mm-1.min-1, P less than 0.001; the increment was preserved in tubules subsequently treated with monensin or nystatin in vitro, suggesting that pump stimulation was not mediated by increased cell Na+. This conclusion was confirmed in separate experiments in which the effect of K+ on 86Rb+ uptake was not altered by concurrent preincubation with amiloride. Studies with CCT from isolated perfused kidneys and from adrenalectomized animals revealed that stimulation of 86Rb+ uptake by a K+ load occurs rapidly (less than or equal to 5 min) and is independent of hormonal factors. Increased external K+ produces a rapid rise in K+-transporting capacity (turnover rate) of the Na+-K+ pump in CCT. This phenomenon probably represents a direct effect on K+ on the pump and is an important component of the early renal response to increased K+ secretory load.


1986 ◽  
Vol 238 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
M D Houslay ◽  
D Bojanic ◽  
D Gawler ◽  
S O'Hagan ◽  
A Wilson

The thrombin-stimulated GTPase activity of human platelets was additive with respect to the GTPase stimulation effected by prostaglandin E1, but not with that stimulated by adrenaline, vasopressin and platelet-activating factor (PAF). Treatment of platelet membranes with pertussis toxin partially inhibited the thrombin-stimulated GTPase, but had no effect on the vasopressin-stimulated GTPase activity, whereas cholera toxin treatment had no effect on either of these stimulated GTPase activities. Thrombin, adrenaline and PAF, but not vasopressin, inhibited the adenylate cyclase activity of isolated plasma membranes through the action of Ni only, this being inhibited by pertussis toxin. It is suggested that thrombin exerts effects through both the inhibitory guanine nucleotide regulatory protein Ni and through the putative guanine nucleotide regulatory protein, Np, involved in regulating receptor-stimulated inositol phospholipid metabolism. However, vasopressin appears to exert its effects solely through the putative Np.


1982 ◽  
Vol 243 (1) ◽  
pp. C52-C61 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Butkus ◽  
J. H. Schwartz

The effects of the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) on vasopressin (AVP)-stimulated osmotic water flow and adenylate cyclase activity were studied in the urinary bladder of Bufo marinus. DTT produced concentration-dependent inhibition of the hydroosmotic water permeability response to 10 mU/ml AVP and 10 mM theophylline but did not inhibit the response to 10 mM adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). The inhibitory effects of DTT on AVP responsiveness were partially reversed by washing in DTT-free Ringer solution or by addition of oxidizing agents such as dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) or H2O2. The inhibitory effects of DTT were completely reversed by washing in DTT-free Ringer plus addition of DHA. In addition, the inhibitory effects of DTT on AVP-induced osmotic water flow were partially reversed by the GTP analogue 5'-guanylyl imidodiphosphate [Gpp(NH)p]. DTT also inhibited the adenylate cyclase response to AVP but did not alter the response to AVP plus Gpp(NH)p or the response to NaF. These observations suggest that the inhibitory effect of thiol compounds on AVP responsiveness may be modulated through alterations of a redox system distal to the hormone receptor but proximal to the catalytic subunit of adenylate cyclase. Inasmuch as Gpp(NH)p partially reversed the inhibitory effects of DTT on AVP-stimulated osmotic water permeability and prevented the inhibitory effect of DTT on AVP-stimulated adenylate cyclase, an effect on either GTPase or binding of GTP to the regulatory protein of adenylate cyclase is suggested by these observations.


1983 ◽  
Vol 245 (6) ◽  
pp. F772-F777
Author(s):  
R. M. Edwards ◽  
J. J. Grantham

The effect of vanadate, a potent inhibitor of Na-K-ATPase, on the hydroosmotic response to vasopressin (AVP) and transepithelial voltage (Vt) in cortical collecting tubules was examined. At 37 degrees C, exposure of collecting tubules to bath vanadate (10(-4) M) for 30 min inhibited the increase in hydraulic water permeability (Lp) in response to AVP or 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate by 68 and 76%, respectively. When vanadate was present only in the lumen no inhibition of the AVP response was observed. Incubation of tubules with ouabain (10(-5) M) for 30 min inhibited the AVP-induced increase in Lp to the same extent as vanadate. At 25 degrees C, vanadate inhibited the increase in Lp by AVP if added before but not after the hormone. Addition of vanadate to the bath caused a rapid decrease in the lumen-negative Vt that is consistent with Na-K-ATPase inhibition. Luminal vanadate also inhibited Vt but the rate of decrease of Vt was much slower than in the presence of bath vanadate. We conclude that vanadate inhibits the development but not the maintenance of the AVP-induced increase in water permeability in the collecting tubule. Since the effect of ouabain was similar to that of vanadate, the results suggest that inhibition of Na-K-ATPase directly or indirectly interferes with the initiation of the AVP-induced increase in luminal membrane water permeability at a site distal to cAMP formation.


1991 ◽  
Vol 278 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Vara ◽  
J Tamarit-Rodriguez

Noradrenaline inhibits in rat islets the stimulation of insulin secretion induced by glucose and its potentiation by palmitate, but the signalling system responsible remains unknown. We have tested the hypothesis that noradrenaline-induced inhibition is mediated by an elevation of cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels. The analogue 8-Br-cGMP decreases dose-dependently the potentiation by palmitate of glucose-induced insulin secretion, whereas it only slightly affects the proper effect of glucose. Similarly, it abolishes palmitate acceleration of glucose-induced 45Ca2+ uptake without modifying the sugar effect. Finally, 8-Br-cGMP completely inhibits the stimulation of the lipid synthesis de novo induced by palmitate, but not that caused by glucose alone. On the other hand, noradrenaline increases dose-dependently islet cGMP content, with alpha 2-adrenergic specificity. As noradrenaline-induced elevation of cGMP is sensitive to pertussis toxin, it probably results from alpha 2-adrenoceptor activation of islet guanylate cyclase through a guanine nucleotide regulatory protein. It is concluded that the elevated cGMP levels mediate noradrenaline inhibition of lipid synthesis de novo, and hence of acceleration by palmitate of 45Ca2+ uptake and insulin secretion in the presence of glucose.


1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (6) ◽  
pp. F1103-F1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lorenzen ◽  
G. Frindt ◽  
A. Taylor ◽  
E. E. Windhager

Quinidine, a compound thought to increase cytosolic calcium ion activity, has been found to inhibit the hydrosmotic response to vasopressin (VP) and adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in the toad urinary bladder. To test whether this drug has a similar action in the mammalian nephron, the effect of quinidine on the hydraulic conductivity of the isolated perfused rabbit cortical collecting tubule (CCT) exposed to either 20 microU/ml VP or 10(-4) M 8-(p-chlorophenylthio) - adenosine 3',5' - cyclic monophosphate (8-CPT-cAMP) was studied. Quinidine had no effect on the basal water permeability of the CCT. Quinidine sulfate (10(-4) M) reduced the VP-stimulated water permeability from 280 +/- 50 X 10(-7) to 115 +/- 41 X 10(-7) cm X s-1 X atm-1 (P less than 0.05). The hydrosmotic response to 8-CPTcAMP was likewise reduced following exposure to quinidine. This effect was shown to be dose dependent. In paired experiments, inhibition of the response to 10(-4) M 8-CPTcAMP averaged 11% at 10(-6) M, 27% at 5 X 10(-6) M, 53% at 5 X 10(-5) M, and 50% at 10(-4) M quinidine. Inhibition of the response to 8-CPTcAMP was estimated to be half maximal at approximately 5 X 10(-6) M quinidine. Tubules were protected against the quinidine-induced inhibition by the addition of 6.5 X 10(-5) M quin 2-acetoxymethylester in the presence of low peritubular Ca concentration. These results are consistent with the view that elevated cytosolic Ca ion levels inhibit the increase in water permeability elicited by VP or exogenous cAMP in the mammalian CCT.


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