Hypotonic cell volume regulation in mouse medullary thick ascending limb: effects of ADH

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (5) ◽  
pp. F962-F969 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Hebert ◽  
A. Sun

Differential interference contrast microscopy was used in combination with standard electrophysiological techniques in the in vitro perfused mouse medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (MAL) to evaluate the cell volume responses of this nephron segment during and following exposure to hypotonic media and to assess the role of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and net salt absorption on the associated volume regulatory processes. Reductions in extracellular osmolality by 50 mosmol resulted in rapid increases in cell volume of approximately 20% with or without exposure to ADH. Cell volume recovery (volume-regulatory decrease, VRD) was much slower in the presence, than in the absence, of ADH. This hormone-mediated impairment of the VRD response could be overcome by the abolishment of net salt absorption with luminal 10(-4) M furosemide. An inverse linear relationship was observed between the rates of net salt absorption and VRD, indicating a finite ability of this nephron segment to enhance solute exit mechanisms whether induced by increases in transcellular traffic or by hypotonic cell swelling. Finally, returning to the isotonic media resulted in cell shrinkage under all conditions [+/- ADH and +(ADH and furosemide)] consistent with cell solute loss mediating VRD. However, recovery of cell volume back to the initial isotonic control value [post-VRD volume regulatory increase (VRI)] was only observed in ADH-treated tubules and was independent of net salt absorption. The post-VRD VRI response could be abolished by isohydric CO2-HCO3- removal or by addition of 10(-4) M amiloride to the peritubular medium. The latter results suggest that parallel Na+-H+ and Cl- -HCO3- exchangers located in basolateral membranes mediate the post-VRD VRI response.

1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (6) ◽  
pp. C907-C919 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Hebert

Differential interference contrast microscopy was used in combination with standard electrophysiological techniques in the in vitro perfused mouse medullary (mTALH) and cortical (cTALH) thick ascending limbs of Henle to evaluate the cell volume responses of these nephron segments to sudden increases in peritubular osmolality and to assess the role of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and net NaCl absorption on hypertonic volume regulation. In the absence of CO2/HCO3- in external media, the cells of the mTALH behaved in a simple osmometric fashion, with an osmotic space equivalent to 70-80% of the total cell volume. However, in CO2/HCO3- -containing media, the cells of the mTALH, but not the cTALH, were able to increase their cell volume to the original volume after shrinkage in peritubular media made hypertonic with either NaCl or mannitol. This volume-regulatory increase response (VRI) in the mTALH was mediated by an increase in intracellular osmoles, and required peritubular ADH, at concentrations that stimulate maximally the rate of net NaCl absorption. This ADH effect on VRI could be mimicked by addition of dibutyryladenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate to the bath in the absence of hormone. However, 10(-4) M luminal furosemide, a concentration that abolishes ADH-dependent NaCl absorption in the mTALH, had no effect on the VRI response. These results indicate that the cells of the mTALH, but not the cTALH, are capable of hypertonic volume regulation, that ADH (via adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate) is required for expression of the VRI response in the mTALH, and that the effects of ADH on net NaCl absorption and the VRI response in the mTALH are completely dissociable. Thus these results are consistent with a role for ADH in hypertonic VRI in the mammalian mTALH, which may operate to maintain constant cell volume in this nephron segment during antidiuresis.


1986 ◽  
Vol 250 (6) ◽  
pp. C920-C931 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. Hebert

Differential interference contrast microscopy and standard electrophysiological techniques were used to evaluate the transport processes involved in antidiuretic hormone (ADH)-dependent hypertonic cell volume regulation in the in vitro perfused mouse medullary thick ascending limb of Henle. Hypertonic cell volume regulation appeared to involve NaCl uptake into cells, since the cell volume increase after osmotic shrinkage in hypertonic media could be abolished either by symmetrical removal of Na+ from external solutions or by bath Cl- omission. The volume-regulatory process also required CO2/HCO3- in external media and could be abolished by the lipophilic carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, ethoxzolamide, in the presence of CO2/HCO3-. In addition, ADH-dependent hypertonic cell volume regulation was reduced or abolished by 10(-4) M amiloride, 10(-3) M ouabain, or 10(-4) M 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2-disulfonic acid in peritubular media or by cooling to 15 degrees C. In contrast, lumen Cl- omission or 10(-4) M amiloride addition to the perfusate had no effect on cell volume regulation in hypertonic peritubular media. These data suggest that ADH-dependent, hypertonic cell volume regulation in the mouse medullary thick limb depends on cell NaCl uptake via a secondary active transport process involving parallel Na+-H+ and Cl(-)-HCO3- exchangers in basolateral cell membranes. Finally, luminal furosemide (10(-4) M) abolished bath ouabain-mediated, rapid cell swelling in isotonic media containing ADH. Thus these exchangers do not appear to be active in the resting, isotonic state. The specific role of ADH in this NaCl transport process remains to be defined.


1990 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-218
Author(s):  
L Rome ◽  
C Lechene ◽  
J J Grantham

This study sought to measure the net loss of intracellular K+, Na+, and Cl- that accompanied isosmotic cell volume regulation in hypotonic media and to determine if electrolyte loss depended on the rate at which the extracellular osmolality was reduced. Isolated nonperfused proximal S2 segments from rabbit kidney cortex were studied in vitro. Gradual lowering of osmolality from 295 to 150 mOsm/kg at a rate of 2 mOsm/kg/min did not cause an increase in tubule cell volume until the medium osmolality decreased below 190 mOsm/kg. By contrast, tubules rapidly bathed in low osmolality media exhibited classical osmometric swelling followed by incomplete volume regulatory decrease. Volume regulation associated with gradual and rapid lowering of osmolality was accompanied by the net loss of intracellular K+, Na+, and Cl- (measured by electron probe); however, the temporal pattern of electrolyte loss depended on the rate of osmotic change. With gradual lowering of osmolality, cell K+ content did not decrease significantly until osmolality was lowered below 200 mOsm/kg, whereas Cl- was lost at the 200 mOsm/kg level and below. With rapid lowering of osmolality, cell K+ content was strikingly decreased at the 200 mOsm/kg level, but Cl- did not change appreciably until osmolality was decreased to 150 mOsm/kg. Cell Na+ content decreased in hypo-osmotic media, but the magnitude was relatively small. During volume regulation that accompanied either gradual or rapid lowering of medium osmolality from 295 to 150 mOsm/kg, intracellular osmolal gap, the difference between medium osmolality and the sum of intracellular concentrations of K+, Na+, and Cl- decreased 87 and 58 mOsm/kg, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. F353-F362
Author(s):  
L. F. Onuchic ◽  
I. R. Arenstein ◽  
A. G. Lopes

Thin ascending limb cells of Henle's loop from Wistar rats were studied with in vitro microperfusion and video-optical techniques to investigate their ability in regulating cell volume during osmotic shock and to identify mechanisms of ion transport involved in the process. These cells showed a clear volume regulatory decrease (VRD) response in hyposmotic medium, but no volume regulatory increase in hyperosmotic medium. The presence of barium in the bath abolished VRD. Removal of K+ from bath and perfusate also inhibited the VRD response. Reintroduction of K+ in hyposmotic conditions reestablished cell volume regulation. Introduction of anthracene-9-COOH to the basolateral medium blocked cell volume regulatory response. Cl- removal from perfusate and bath solutions also inhibited VRD, probably because of a significant intracellular Cl- depletion. Exposure of cells to ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N'N'-tetraacetic acid in perfusate and bath solutions reduced significantly Ca2+ concentration and impaired VRD. Reintroduction of Ca2+ in hyposmotic conditions restored volume regulation. The presence of ouabain in basolateral medium also inhibited VRD. These data suggest that the following mechanisms in the basolateral membrane are involved in VRD response: K+ and Cl- conductive pathways, which might be Ca2+ dependent for activation, and an Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase.


2002 ◽  
Vol 283 (5) ◽  
pp. C1422-C1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lytle ◽  
Thomas McManus

Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC) and K-Cl cotransporter (KCC) play key roles in cell volume regulation and epithelial Cl− transport. Reductions in either cell volume or cytosolic Cl− concentration ([Cl−]i) stimulate a corrective uptake of KCl and water via NKCC, whereas cell swelling triggers KCl loss via KCC. The dependence of these transporters on volume and [Cl−]i was evaluated in model duck red blood cells. Replacement of [Cl−]i with methanesulfonate elevated the volume set point at which NKCC activates and KCC inactivates. The set point was insensitive to cytosolic ionic strength. Reducing [Cl−]i at a constant driving force for inward NKCC and outward KCC caused the cells to adopt the new set point volume. Phosphopeptide maps of NKCC indicated that activation by cell shrinkage or low [Cl−]iis associated with phosphorylation of a similar constellation of Ser/Thr sites. Like shrinkage, reduction of [Cl−]i accelerated NKCC phosphorylation after abrupt inhibition of the deactivating phosphatase with calyculin A in vivo, whereas [Cl−] had no specific effect on dephosphorylation in vitro. Our results indicate that NKCC and KCC are reciprocally regulated by a negative feedback system dually modulated by cell volume and [Cl−]. The major effect of Cl− on NKCC is exerted through the volume-sensitive kinase that phosphorylates the transport protein.


1987 ◽  
Vol 252 (5) ◽  
pp. F922-F932 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. L. Kirk ◽  
J. A. Schafer ◽  
D. R. DiBona

Volume regulation in the perfused proximal nephron of the rabbit was examined quantitatively with a computer-based method for estimating cell volume from differential interference-contrast microscopic images of isolated nephron segments. Following a hyperosmotic challenge (290-390 mosmol), the cells shrank as simple osmometers without a subsequent regulatory volume increase. Conversely, cell swelling induced by a hyposmotic challenge (290-190 mosmol) was completely reversed with a triphasic time course in which a rapid (less than 2 min) initial volume decline was followed by secondary swelling and shrinking phases. A similar regulatory volume decrease was observed following isosmotic cell swelling that was induced by exposure to 290 mosmol, urea-containing solutions. In addition, the cells partially reversed isosmotic swelling that was induced by the luminal replacement of a relatively impermeant cation (i.e., choline) with Na+ and a concomitant increase in luminal solute entry. Our results support two conclusions. First, there exist quantitative differences between the volume regulatory behaviors of perfused and nonperfused proximal tubules, the latter of which exhibit an incomplete and monotonic reversal of hyposmotic cell swelling (M. Dellasega and J. Grantham, Am. J. Physiol. 224: 1288-1294, 1973). Second, the primary physiological role of cell volume regulation in the proximal nephron may be to minimize isosmotic cell swelling associated with acute imbalances in the rates of cell solute entry and exit.


1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1037-1061 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. McCarty ◽  
R. G. O'Neil

It is evident from the present analysis that although a role for Ca2+ in controlling hypertonic cell volume regulation and RVI mechanisms has not been shown, Ca2+ plays a central role in activating and controlling hypotonic cell volume regulation and RVD mechanisms in most cells. However, this Ca2+ dependency is highly variable among cell types and tissues. Cells can be grouped into three general categories based on the relative dependency of RVD on Ca2+: 1) cells that are highly dependent on extracellular Ca2+ and the activation of Ca2+ influx, supposedly reflecting activation of Ca2+ channels, such as observed for the renal PST cells and osteosarcoma cells; 2) cells that are not dependent on extracellular Ca2+ and Ca2+ influx but that require at least a certain basal intracellular Ca2+ level or transient release of Ca2+ from internal stores, such as observed for the Ehrlich ascites tumor cells and medullary thick ascending limb cells; and 3) cells that display little if any Ca2+ dependency, such as the lymphocytes. There is initial evidence that this variable dependency of RVD on Ca2+ may reflect, in large part, a variable Ca2+ threshold of RVD processes, although this notion has not been fully investigated. The site and mechanism of Ca2+ dependency of RVD are poorly understood. Initial studies pointed to a possible direct control of K+ and/or Cl- channels by Ca2+ to modulate KCl efflux and, hence, RVD. This view appears to be too simplistic, however, as it is increasingly evident that the ion channels involved in RVD may not be directly Ca2+ dependent and that some other regulatory process controlling the channels, perhaps a phosphorylation step, may be the Ca(2+)-dependent event. Given the added complexity of the time-dependent variability of the action of Ca2+, i.e., the Ca2+ window, coupled with the variability of the RVD mechanisms among cell and tissue types, it is likely that the RVD mechanism is a highly complex process involving events and biochemical pathways throughout the cell rather than events simply localized to the inner face of the plasma membrane. It remains for future studies to determine the exact biochemical events that underly the RVD mechanism and its control, and the Ca2+ dependency of each step, before a full understanding will be attained of the role of Ca2+ in modulating RVD.


1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 1019-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Sun ◽  
Samuel N. Saltzberg ◽  
Deepak Kikeri ◽  
Steven C. Hebert

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