Phosphate transport in kidneys: effect of transmembrane electrical potential

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (4) ◽  
pp. F663-F669 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Beliveau ◽  
J. Strevey

The effect of a transmembrane electrical potential on phosphate transport by kidney brush-border membrane vesicles was studied. The initial rate of Na(+)-dependent phosphate influx was twice as high as that of efflux. Generation of a negative transmembrane potential had a stimulatory effect on the rate of influx but had no effect on efflux. The Na+ saturation curve for phosphate influx was sigmoidal, and the Hill coefficients were similar, in the presence and absence of a transmembrane potential. The membrane potential increased both the affinity for phosphate and the maximal velocity (Vmax) of the transporter. In the absence of a Na+ gradient, the stimulation by the potential was 1.78-fold. When a proton gradient (in greater than out) was the driving force, the electrical potential stimulated phosphate transport 1.71-fold. Internal Na+ (trans) inhibited phosphate influx whether a potential was present or not. Internal phosphate (trans) stimulated phosphate influx in the absence of a potential but not in its presence. These results indicate that the electrical potential is an important driving force for the Na(+)-phosphate carrier and that the translocation of the carrier is a potential-dependent step.

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (6) ◽  
pp. G1016-G1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Dumaswala ◽  
K. D. Setchell ◽  
M. S. Moyer ◽  
F. J. Suchy

Microvillous membrane vesicles from the term human placental syncytiotrophoblast were used to characterize further the properties of a transport mechanism for bile acids. Taurocholate (TC) uptake into an osmotically reactive intravesicular space was temperature dependent and independent of sodium. TC uptake (2 microM) was markedly inhibited by 250 microM taurine and glycine-conjugated cholate and chenodeoxycholate and unconjugated cholate but not by chenodeoxycholate, deoxycholate, etianic acid, bromosulfophthalein, pyruvate, lactate, alanine, or taurine. The initial rate of TC uptake was inhibited significantly by the anion transport inhibitor 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) but was not inhibited significantly by 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, amiloride, or furosemide. Preincubation of vesicles with DIDS in the presence of TC partially blocked the action of the inhibitor. Efflux of 5 microM TC from membrane vesicles was stimulated by the presence of 50 microM TC in the incubation media. Basal as well as transstimulated TC efflux was inhibited by DIDS. The initial rate of TC influx followed saturation kinetics with an apparent Michaelis constant of 112 +/- 23 microM and maximal velocity of 2.01 +/- 0.19 nmol.mg protein-1.min-1. When the transmembrane electrical potential difference across the brush-border membrane vesicles was altered by external anion replacement or by valinomycin-induced K+ diffusion potentials, TC uptake was not significantly affected. DIDS-sensitive TC uptake was stimulated two-to threefold by an outwardly directed hydroxyl gradient (pH 7.7in/5.5out) compared with TC influx under pH-equilibrated conditions (pH 7.7in/7.7out). These studies are consistent with an electroneutral anion-exchange mechanism that mediates transfer of conjugated bile acids across the microvillous membrane of the syncytiotrophoblast.


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (5) ◽  
pp. F758-F767
Author(s):  
G. A. Ahearn ◽  
P. Franco

Na uptake by short-circuited epithelial brush-border membrane vesicles of Atlantic lobster (Homarus americanus) antennal gland labyrinth was Cl independent, amiloride sensitive, and stimulated by a transmembrane H+ gradient [( H]i greater than [H]o; i is internal, o is external). Na influx (2.5-s uptake) was a sigmoidal function of [Na]o (25-400 mM) when pHi = 5.0 and pHo = 8.0 and followed the Hill equation for binding cooperatively [apparent maximal influx (Jmax) = 271 nmol.mg protein-1.s-1, apparent affinity constant for Na (KNa) = 310 mM Na, and Hill coefficient (n) = 2.41]. Amiloride acted as a competitive inhibitor of Na binding to two external sites with markedly dissimilar apparent amiloride affinities (Ki1 = 14 microM; Ki2 = 1,340 mM). Electrogenic Na-H antiport by these vesicles was demonstrated by equilibrium-shift experiments in which an imposed transmembrane electrical potential difference was the only driving force for exchange. A transport stoichiometry of 2 Na to 1 H was demonstrated with the static-head technique in which a balance of driving forces was attained with 10:1 Na gradient and 100:1 H gradient. External Ca, like amiloride, was a strong competitive inhibitor of Na-H exchange, acting at two sites on the outer vesicular face with markedly different apparent divalent cation affinities (Ki1 = 20 microM; Ki2 = 500 microM). Ca-H exchange by electrogenic Na-H antiporter was demonstrated in complete absence of Na by use of an outward H gradient in presence and absence of amiloride. Both external amiloride (Ki1 = 70 microM; Ki2 = 500 microM) and Na (Ki1 = 12 mM; Ki2 = 380 mM) were competitive inhibitors of Ca-H exchange. These results suggest that the electrogenic 2 Na-1 H exchanger characterized for this crustacean epithelium may also have a role in organismic Ca balance.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (1) ◽  
pp. R180-R188
Author(s):  
P. M. Romano ◽  
G. A. Ahearn ◽  
C. Storelli

L-[3H]glutamate uptake into eel (Anguilla anguilla) intestinal brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) was a sigmoidal function of extravesicular Na, suggesting that two or more cations accompanied the amino acid during transport. L-[3H]glutamate influx illustrated the following kinetic constants: apparent membrane binding affinity (Kapp) = 0.80 +/- 0.12 mM; influx velocity (Jmax) = 2.61 +/- 0.31 nmol.mg protein-1.min-1; and permeability coefficient (P) = 0.65 +/- 0.10 microliters.mg protein-1. min-1. Results from the imposition of diffusion potentials across vesicle membranes using K-valinomycin or H-carbonyl-cyanide p-chloromethoxyphenylhydrazone suggested that Na-dependent L-glutamate transport was sensitive to transmembrane electrical potential difference. Extravesicular aspartate was a competitive inhibitor of L-[3H]glutamate influx [inhibitory constant (Ki) = 0.28 +/- 0.04 mM]. Intravesicular K and extravesicular Cl ions enhanced maximal amino acid influx and transient L-glutamate accumulation against a concentration gradient (overshoot). Intravesicular K reduced the Kapp of the membrane to L-glutamate, whereas extravesicular Cl increased L-glutamate Jmax. A model for L-[3H]glutamate transport is suggested involving the cotransport of at least two Na and one L-glutamate that is activated by one intravesicular K ion and at least two extravesicular Cl ions.


1998 ◽  
Vol 274 (2) ◽  
pp. R486-R493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Vilella ◽  
Vincenzo Zonno ◽  
Laura Ingrosso ◽  
Tiziano Verri ◽  
Carlo Storelli

An electroneutral Na+/H+exchange mechanism (dimethylamiloride inhibitable, Li+ sensitive, and Ca2+ insensitive) was identified in brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) from Kuruma prawn hepatopancreas by monitoring Na+-dependent H+ fluxes with the pH-sensitive dye acridine orange and measuring22Na+uptake. Kinetic parameters measured under short-circuited conditions were the Na+ concentration that yielded one-half of the maximal dissipation rate ( F max) of the preset transmembrane ΔpH ( K Na) = 15 ± 2 mM and F max = 3,626 ± 197 Δ F ⋅ min−1 ⋅ mg protein−1, with a Hill coefficient for Na+ of ∼1. In addition, the inhibitory constant for dimethylamiloride was found to be ∼1 μM. The electroneutral nature of the antiporter was assessed in that an inside-negative transmembrane electrical potential neither affected kinetic parameters nor stimulated pH-dependent (intracellular pH > extracellular pH)22Na+uptake. In contrast, electrogenic pH-dependent22Na+uptake was observed in lobster hepatopancreatic BBMV. Substitution of chloride with gluconate resulted in increasing K Na and decreasing Δ F max, which suggests a possible role of chloride in the operational mechanism of the antiporter. These results indicate that a Na+/H+exchanger, resembling the electroneutral Na+/H+antiporter model, is present in hepatopancreatic BBMV from the Kuruma prawn Penaeus japonicus.


1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (4) ◽  
pp. F506-F512
Author(s):  
Norimoto Yanagawa ◽  
Chi Pham ◽  
Remi N. J. Shih ◽  
Stephen Miao ◽  
Oak Don Jo

In our present study, we examined the effect of Cl− on rabbit renal brush-border membrane (BBM) phosphate (Pi) uptake. It was found that the Na+-dependent BBM32P uptake was significantly inhibited by Cl− replacement in the uptake solution with other anions, or by Cl− transport inhibitors, including DIDS, SITS, diphenylamine-2-carboxylate (DPC), niflumic acid (NF), and 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoate (NPPB). Intravesicular formate or Cl− increased BBM36Cl−uptake but did not affect BBM 32P uptake. BBM22Na+uptake was lowered by Cl−replacement in the uptake solution but not by Cl− transport inhibitors. Changes in transmembrane electrical potential altered BBM36Cl−and 32P uptake in directions consistent with a net inward movement of negative and positive charges, respectively. However, the Cl−-dependent BBM Pi uptake was not affected by changes in transmembrane electrical potential. Finally, a similar Cl− dependency of Pi uptake was also found with BBM derived from rat and mouse kidneys. In summary, our study showed that a component of Na+-dependent Pi uptake was also Cl− dependent in rabbit, rat, and mouse renal BBM. The mechanism underlying this Cl− dependency remains to be identified.


1990 ◽  
Vol 271 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Strévey ◽  
S Giroux ◽  
R Béliveau

The effects of the Na+ gradient and pH on phosphate uptake were studied in brush-border membrane vesicles isolated from rat kidney cortex. The initial rates of Na(+)-dependent phosphate uptake were measured at pH 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5 in the presence of sodium gluconate. At a constant total phosphate concentration, the transport values at pH 7.5 and 8.5 were similar, but at pH 6.5 the influx was 31% of that at pH 7.5. However, when the concentration of bivalent phosphate was kept constant at all three pH values, the effect of pH was less pronounced; at pH 6.5, phosphate influx was 73% of that measured at pH 7.5. The Na(+)-dependent phosphate uptake was also influenced by a transmembrane pH difference; an outwardly directed H+ gradient stimulated the uptake by 48%, whereas an inwardly directed H+ gradient inhibited the uptake by 15%. Phosphate on the trans (intravesicular) side stimulated the Na(+)-gradient-dependent phosphate transport by 59%, 93% and 49%, and the Na(+)-gradient-independent phosphate transport by 240%, 280% and 244%, at pH 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5 respectively. However, in both cases, at pH 6.5 the maximal stimulation was seen only when the concentration of bivalent trans phosphate was the same as at pH 7.5. In the absence of a Na+ gradient, but in the presence of Na+, an outwardly directed H+ gradient provided the driving force for the transient hyperaccumulation of phosphate. The rate of uptake was dependent on the magnitude of the H+ gradient. These results indicate that: (1) the bivalent form of phosphate is the form of phosphate recognized by the carrier on both sides of the membrane; (2) protons are both activators and allosteric modulators of the phosphate carrier; (3) the combined action of both the Na+ (out/in) and H+ (in/out) gradients on the phosphate carrier contribute to regulate efficiently the re-absorption of phosphate.


1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (3) ◽  
pp. F329-F336 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Beliveau ◽  
J. Strevey

Phosphate transport was studied in brush-border membrane vesicles purified from rat kidney cortex. Influx and efflux were strongly dependent on the presence of cis sodium; the rate of efflux, calculated by linear regression performed on the first time points, was much lower than the rate of influx (0.044 vs. 0.198 pmol.microgram protein-1.s-1). Trans phosphate had a stimulatory effect on phosphate influx (145% stimulation at 10 mM phosphate trans, with 0.2 mM phosphate cis). Trans phosphate was, however, inhibitory for phosphate efflux (89% inhibition at 10 mM phosphate trans). Trans effects of sodium were also studied. With 200 mM trans sodium, we observed 73% inhibition of phosphate influx and 60% inhibition of phosphate efflux. Studies involving sodium and phosphate present at the same time as trans substrates showed that the trans inhibition of phosphate influx by sodium could be completely reversed by trans phosphate. Trans inhibition of phosphate efflux by phosphate was not additive to the inhibition caused by sodium. Addition of trans phosphate had a stimulatory effect on sodium-independent influx, indicating that the binary complex (C-P) could translocate in efflux. These results indicate that the renal phosphate carrier presents a random binding scheme for the intra- and extravesicular sides of the membrane.


1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (4) ◽  
pp. F639-F648
Author(s):  
G. A. Quamme ◽  
J. J. Walker ◽  
T. S. Yan

Phosphate transport was studied in brush-border membrane vesicles prepared from outer medullary tissue of the porcine kidney. Phosphate uptake studies were performed in the absence of sodium at 21 degrees C. A 1.2- to 12-fold overshoot, above equilibrium values, was present with intracellular pH (pHin) equal to 8.0 and extracellular pH (pHout) equal to 6.5, which was not evident at pHin = pHout. Concentration-dependence of the pH-stimulate uptake was determined by the difference of uptake in the absence of a pH gradient (pHin = pHout) from that in the presence of a pH gradient over a large range of phosphate concentrations. The uptake was consistent with a single facilitative system characterized by apparent kinetic parameters; with Michaelis constant 149 +/- 11 microM and maximal velocity 4.9 +/- 0.4 nmol.mg protein-1.min-1, n = 3. Phosphate uptake was inhibited by the stilbene derivative 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid with a mean inhibition constant (Ki) value of 0.15 mM (n = 2). In addition, pH gradient-stimulated phosphate uptake was sensitive to furosemide and bumetanide; Ki values of 0.50 +/- 0.05 and 0.11 +/- 0.04 mM, respectively. Arsenate (1 mM) and phosphonoformate (1 mM) inhibited pH-dependent phosphate uptake, whereas sulfate (5 mM), bicarbonate (25 mM), and chloride (100 mM) were without effect, indicating that the transport system is relatively specific to phosphate and its close analogues. pH gradient-stimulated phosphate uptake was not influenced by potassium-diffusional gradients. The data provide evidence for a facilitative process in brush-border membrane vesicles isolated from outer medullary tissue of the pig kidney that is capable of transporting phosphate in the absence of sodium.


1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (4) ◽  
pp. R1143-R1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vilella ◽  
L. Ingrosso ◽  
V. Zonno ◽  
T. Schettino ◽  
C. Storelli

The mechanism of bicarbonate translocation across the luminal membrane of the eel (Anguilla anguilla) kidney tubular cells was studied by monitoring the uptake of H14CO3- into isolated brush-border membrane vesicles. Results indicate that the presence of a transmembrane outwardly directed Cl- gradient was able to transiently accumulate H14CO3- into the vesicular space, whereas neither an inwardly directed sodium gradient nor a transmembrane electrical potential gradient (inside positive) was able to stimulate the H14CO3- influx. This anion-dependent H14CO3- uptake was inhibited by 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, suggesting that an anion exchanger was present in the brush-border membrane vesicles.


1974 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed T. H. Abdelal ◽  
Hans G. Schlegel

1. Phosphoribulokinase was purified 286-fold from extracts of autotrophically grown cells. 2. The enzyme had a molecular weight of 237000 and showed a pH optimum of 9.0 in both crude extracts and purified preparation. MgCl2 was required for activity; full activation was obtained at 5mm-MgCl2 and the Km was approx. 0.5mm. 3. The ATP-saturation curve was sigmoidal and the degree of positive co-operativity increased at higher MgCl2 concentrations. The ATP-binding sites appeared to be non-interacting at low ribulose 5-phosphate concentrations. 4. Lineweaver–Burk plots for ribulose 5-phosphate showed abrupt transitions between apparently linear sections. The apparent Km and Vmax. values increased with increasing concentrations of ribulose phosphate. The transitions may be explained by a sequence of negative and positive co-operativity in the catalytic rate constants. 5. Phosphoribulokinase activity was inhibited by AMP and phosphoenolpyruvate and was activated by NADH. The presence of AMP or phosphoenolpyruvate increased s0.5 (substrate concentration required for half-maximal velocity) for both ribulose 5-phosphate and ATP but Vmax. was not changed. The sigmoidicity of the ATP-saturation curve increased in the presence of AMP but was not affected by phosphoenolpyruvate. The transitions in the ribulose 5-phosphate-saturation curves were more abrupt in the presence of either inhibitor. NADH lowered the s0.5 for both ribulose 5-phosphate and ATP. The activator did not affect the degree of positive co-operativity between ATP-binding sites, but the ribulose 5-phosphate-binding sites appeared to be non-interacting in its presence. 6. A sequence of positive and negative co-operativity in the interactions of AMP-binding sites was suggested by the Hill plots. In the presence of NADH (and phosphoenolpyruvate) the sensitivity to inhibition by AMP was less below a certain AMP concentration and increased above that concentration. 7. Examination of the interactions between ligands indicated that phosphoribulokinase can be regulated effectively by changes in effector concentrations similar to those reported to occur in vivo.


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