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B Sacktor

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Phosphate uptake by kidney epithelial (LLC-PK1) cells.

Phosphate uptake by the cultured kidney epithelial cell (LLC-PK1) was studied. The uptake was Na+ dependent, saturable with respect to phosphate and Na+, and energy dependent. The characteristics of the cell uptake system resembled the properties of phosphate transport in the kidney. Parathyroid hormone, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, and forskolin decreased Na+-dependent phosphate uptake. These agonists did not affect Na+-dependent alpha-methylglucoside uptake. Vasopressin and isoproterenol, which do not affect renal phosphate transport, did not inhibit phosphate uptake by the cell. These findings suggest that the cultured cell system may be a useful experimental model for studies of renal phosphate transport and its regulation.

Adenylyl Cyclases↗

Na+-H+ exchange activity in renal brush border membrane vesicles in response to metabolic acidosis: The role of glucocorticoids.

Amiloride-sensitive Na+ -H+ exchange activity in brush border membrane vesicles isolated from rat proximal tubule was increased in metabolic acidosis. The enhancement of exchange activity required an intact adrenal gland or glucocorticoid supplements. Ammonium and phosphate excretions were increased during acidosis and these were also largely dependent on an intact adrenal gland or glucocorticoid supplements. Amiloride-insensitive Na+ uptake and passive H+ permeability were not altered by acidosis or the glucocorticoid status of the animal. These findings are consistent with glucocorticoids having an important regulatory role in the kidney by orchestrating the proximal tubular adaptation to metabolic acidosis.

Acidosis↗

Microdomains of distinctive glycoprotein composition in the kidney proximal tubule brush border.

Two membrane proteins, maltase and gp330 (the pathogenic antigen of Heymann nephritis), present in the proximal tubule brush border have recently been independently purified and found to be large glycoproteins of similar molecular weight (Mr = approximately 300,000) by SDS PAGE. To determine the relationship between the two, monoclonal antibodies raised against the purified proteins were used for comparative immunochemical analyses and immunocytochemical localization. When a detergent extract of [35S]methionine-labeled rat renal cortex was used for immunoprecipitation with monoclonal antimaltase IgG, a single band of approximately 300 kdaltons was precipitated, whereas a single 330-kdalton band was precipitated with monoclonal anti-gp330 IgG. Monoclonal antimaltase (gp300) IgG also immunoprecipitated maltase activity from solubilized renal maltase preparations, whereas monoclonal anti-gp330 IgG failed to do so. When cyanogen bromide-generated peptide maps of the two proteins were compared, there were many similar peptides, but some differences. When maltase and gp330 were localized by indirect immunofluorescence and by indirect immunoperoxidase and immunogold techniques at the electron microscope level, they were found to be differently distributed in the brush border of the initial (S1 and S2) segments of the proximal tubule: maltase was concentrated (approximately 90%) on the microvilli, and gp330 was concentrated (approximately 90%) in the clathrin-coated apical invaginations located at the base of the microvilli. We conclude that maltase (gp300) and the Heymann nephritis antigen (gp330) are structurally related membrane glycoproteins with a distinctive distribution in the proximal tubule brush border which may serve as markers for the microvillar and coated microdomains, respectively, of the apical plasmalemma.

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Responses of chick renal cell to parathyroid hormone: effect of vitamin D.

The in vitro incubation of chick renal cells with parathyroid hormone (PTH) resulted in the inhibition of Na+-dependent phosphate uptake when the cells were isolated from 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25-(OH)2D3]-repleted chicks but not when the cells came from vitamin D-deficient animals. Na+-independent phosphate and Na+-dependent alpha-methylglucoside uptakes were not affected by PTH and the vitamin D status of the bird. The activation of chick renal cell adenylate cyclase by PTH was significantly blunted when the enzyme was from vitamin D-deficient animals relative to the activation of the enzyme from repleted cockerels. This alteration was due to a change in maximum velocity of the system rather than an effect on the affinity for hormone. The response of adenylate cyclase to other hormones, e.g., prostaglandin E2, and activators, e.g., 5' -guanylyl-imidodiphosphate and forskolin, was not affected by the vitamin D status of the animal. PTH had little effect in activating protein kinase in cells from vitamin D-deficient chicks. In cells from vitamin D-sufficient birds, PTH caused a fourfold increase in adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase. Dibutyryl cAMP inhibited Na+-dependent phosphate uptake by cells from 1,25-(OH)2D3-repleted animals, but the cyclic nucleotide had no effect on phosphate uptake in cells from vitamin D-depleted chicks. This finding suggests that the loss of PTH receptor sites known to be concomitant with the secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with vitamin D deficiency is only a partial explanation for the failure of PTH to inhibit phosphate uptake in cells from vitamin D-deficient animals.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adenylyl Cyclases↗

Renal adaptation to phosphate load in the acutely thyroparathyroidectomized rat: rapid alteration in brush border membrane phosphate transport.

The sustained in vivo infusion of phosphate into thyroparathyroidectomized rats resulted, after 1 h, in a marked decrease in net phosphate reabsorption, even though the plasma concentration of phosphate continued to rise. This response to phosphate infusion was expressed at the level of the proximal tubule brush border membrane. Within 40 min of the initiation of the infusion the Na+-dependent phosphate uptake system in isolated membrane vesicles was decreased. Phosphate uptake in the absence of Na+, Na+-dependent D-glucose uptake, and 22Na+ uptake were not affected. These findings demonstrate the locus of this parathyroid hormone-independent adaptation and indicate the rapidity with which the membrane transport system is regulated.

Adaptation, Physiological↗

Effect of parathyroid hormone, cyclic AMP and Ca2+ on the phosphorylation of brush border membranes in rabbit kidney.

Renal cortical slices were incubated with parathyroid hormone or dibutyryl cAMP and the effects on phosphate uptake and phosphorylation of proteins in brush border membranes isolated from the treated slices were determined. Na+ gradient-dependent phosphate uptake was inhibited. Phosphorylation of proteins of Mr=170 K, 135 K, 105 K, 88 K, and 68 K was increased after incubation with the hormone or the cyclic nucleotide. Phosphorylation of membrane proteins was also examined in isolated relatively intact brush border membrane vesicles and in membrane vesicles disrupted with Triton X-100. With intact membrane vesicles, total phosphorylation of the membrane was not significantly altered by cAMP. However, phosphorylation of proteins of Mr=85 K and 48 K increased whereas phosphorylation of proteins of Mr=170 K, 78 K, and 56 K decreased, relative to that found with slices. With detergent-treated membranes, which presumably were made permeable to [gamma-32P]-ATP, a cAMP-induced increase in total phosphorylation was demonstrated. Phosphorylation of proteins of Mr=135 K, 78 K, 65 K, and 56 K was markedly enhanced. These findings suggest that proteins of Mr=135 K, 78 K, 65 K, and 56 K are localized on the cytosolic side of the membrane whereas proteins of Mr=85 K and 48 K are present on the luminal surface of the membrane. Incubation of the isolated brush border membrane vesicles with Ca2+, or Ca2+ plus cAMP, also affected the phosphorylation of membrane proteins. The phosphorylation of proteins of Mr=105 K, 68 K, and 20 K was increased by Ca2+. The Mr=20 K protein may be myosin light chain.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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In vitro effects of vitamin D3 on the phospholipids of isolated renal brush border membranes.

A model system is described in which cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is incorporated into phosphatidylcholine liposomes and then the liposomes are incubated in vitro with isolated renal brush border membrane vesicles. The incubation results in an alteration of the phospholipid composition, the fluidity, and the transport properties of the membrane. The findings provide evidence consistent with the hypothesis that vitamin D3 and metabolites modify membrane structure and function by "liponomic regulation."

Animals↗

Monoclonal antibodies to renal brush border membrane maltase: age-associated antigenic alterations.

Monoclonal antibodies to maltase (alpha-D-glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.20) from young adult and aged rats were prepared by the hybridoma technique. Four cell lines producing antibodies of the IgG1 subclass to maltase were established. Two, designated 1F12E1 and 8B1G6, produced monoclonal antibodies specific for the catalytically active form of the enzyme found predominantly in enzyme preparations from young animals. The other two clones designated 7G10H3 and 2E1C10 produced monoclonal antibodies that reacted exclusively with an enzymatically inactive form of maltase found mostly in enzyme preparations from aged rats. The increased prevalence of an inactive form of the enzyme in the old rat accounts for the decreased maltase-specific activity previously reported in the senescent rat. The active and inactive maltase species were separated by immunoaffinity chromatography by using the monoclonal antibodies as ligands. The separated forms of the enzyme were not distinguished by NaDodSO4/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, peptide mapping of the CNBr-cleaved proteins, and the NH2-terminal residues of these peptides. This study demonstrates the presence of an altered, antigenically distinct enzyme in senescent animals. Critical issues on the mechanism of the aging process may be addressed by application of these findings.

Aging↗

Phosphate uptake by renal membrane vesicles of rabbits adapted to high and low phosphorus diets.

Renal adaptation to changes in phosphate intake was studied by comparing phosphate uptake by proximal tubule brush border membrane vesicles from rabbits on a relatively high or low phosphorus diet. The low phosphorus diet increased Na+ gradient-dependent phosphate uptake. Uptake in the absence of Na+ and in the presence of Na+, but no gradient, was not significantly affected. The phosphorus diet did not alter Na+ gradient-dependent D-glucose and L-proline uptake. The low phosphorus diet increased Vmax; affinity for phosphate was not appreciably changed. At all concentrations of extravesicular Na+, phosphate uptake was higher in membrane vesicles from animals fed the low phosphorus diet; the kinetics of the phosphate uptake system, with respect to Na+, was also altered by the change in dietary phosphate. These findings suggest that adaptation involves an alteration in the rate of translocation of the Na+-phosphate carrier when energized by a Na+ gradient driving force rather than a change in the number of Na+-phosphate carrier sites. With membrane vesicles from rabbits fed a low phosphorus diet, phosphate uptake increased several-fold when the pH of the uptake medium was raised, whereas with membrane vesicles from animals fed a high phosphorus diet the enhancement of uptake with alkalinization was relatively small. Irrespective of the diet, divalent phosphate was the probable preferred species for transport. Dietary adaptation was associated, however, with an alteration in the pH dependency of the transport system per se. These findings provide evidence that the adaptation of the kidney phosphate transport system to dietary phosphate load involves an intrinsic change in the Na+-phosphate carrier.

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Alteration of kidney brush border membrane maltase in aging rats.

The specific activities of membrane-bound maltase (alpha-d-glucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.20) in renal cortex homogenates and isolated brush border membranes of senescent rats decreased about 30% compared to the specific activities of the enzyme from young adult animals. The decline was gradual and concomitant with the aging process. When the enzymes from rats of 25 and 6 months of age were solubilized and purified to homogeneity the same decrement with age was found, 32.5 and 46.1 units/mg of protein, respectively. This finding suggests that the decrease in maltase activity with age results from an alteration in the enzyme per se, rather than from a change in the enzyme's membrane environment, which was reflected secondarily as a loss in activity. Recoveries of enzyme activity and protein and fold-purification were similar for young and old maltase, indicating that the age-related difference in specific activities of the pure enzymes was not due to the selective purification of an altered species of enzyme. The age-associated difference in activity was not attributable to the presence of proteolytic activity in the homogenate nor to the presence of an activator in the young or an inhibitor in the old kidney. The pure enzymes from young adult and aged animals did not differ in molecular weight, electrophoretic mobility, amino acid composition and Km value. Circular dichroism spectra revealed that both the young and old enzymes contained beta-structure. However, the old enzyme had more helical structure than did the young enzyme, suggesting a conformational alteration with age.

Aging↗

Na+-dependent transport of glycine in renal brush border membrane vesicles. Evidence for a single specific transport system.

The uptake of glycine in rabbit renal brush border membrane vesicles was shown to consist of glycine transport into an intravesicular space. An Na+ electrochemical gradient (extravesicular greater than intravesicular) stimulated the initial rate of glycine uptake and effected a transient accumulation of intravesicular glycine above the steady-state value. This stimulation could not be induced by the imposition of a K+, Li+ or choline+ gradient and was enhanced as extravesicular Na+ was increased from 10 mM to 100 mM. Dissipation of the Na+ gradient by the ionophore gramicidin D resulted in diminished Na+-stimulated glycine uptake. Na+-stimulated uptake of glycine was electrogenic. Substrate-velocity analysis of Na+-dependent glycine uptake over the range of amino acid concentrations from 25 microM to 10 mM demonstrated a single saturable transport system with apparent Km = 996 microM and Vmax = 348 pmol glycine/mg protein per min. Inhibition observed when the Na+-dependent uptake of 25 microM glycine was inhibited by 5 mM extravesicular test amino acid segregated dibasic amino acids, which did not inhibit glycine uptake, from all other amino acid groups. The amino acids D-alanine, D-glutamic acid, and D-proline inhibited similarly to their L counterparts. Accelerative exchange of extravesicular [3H]glycine was demonstrated when brush border vesicles were preloaded with glycine, but not when they were preloaded with L-alanine, L-glutamic acid, or with L-proline. It is concluded that a single transport system exists at the level of the rabbit renal brush border membrane that functions to reabsorb glycine independently from other groups of amino acids.

Amino Acids↗

In vitro stimulation of phosphate uptake in isolated chick renal cells by 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol.

Renal cells isolated from vitamin D-deficient chicks had an increased Na+-dependent phosphate uptake when preincubated with 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol [1,25-(OH)2D3]. Phosphate uptake in the absence of Na+ and methyl alpha-glucoside uptake dependent on Na+ were not affected. Phosphate uptake was stimulated 15% by 0.010 pM 1,25-(OH)2D3. Maximal enhancement of 30% was obtained with 100 pM. The uptake when fully stimulated by preincubation in vitro approximated the uptake of cells isolated from chicks that were previously repleted with 1,25-(OH)2D3 in vivo. Cells from repleted chicks were not stimulated additionally when preincubated with 1,25-(OH)2D3 in vitro. The increase in phosphate uptake could be measured after a 1-hr preincubation period; full response required at least 2 hr. Phosphate uptake induced by 1,25-(OH)2D3 was blocked by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. Enhancement of phosphate uptake was relatively specific for the 1,25-(OH)2D3 analog of vitamin D3. The potency order was 1,25-(OH)2D3 greater than 25-(OH)D3 = 1-(OH)D3 greater than 24,25-(OH)2D3 greater than D3. Kinetically, 1,25-(OH)2D3 increased the Vmax of the phosphate uptake system; the affinity for phosphate was unaffected. 3H-Labeled 1,25-(OH)2D3 was taken up by the isolated renal cells. It was estimated that the stimulation of phosphate uptake might be initiated by very few molecules of 1,25-(OH)2D3 per cell. It is proposed that 1,25-(OH)2D3 contributes importantly to the mechanisms by which phosphate transport is regulated in the kidney.

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Glucocorticoids increase the Na+-H+ exchange and decrease the Na+ gradient-dependent phosphate-uptake systems in renal brush border membrane vesicles.

The glucocorticoid dexamethasone, but not the mineralocorticoid aldosterone, increased amiloride-sensitive Na+-H+ exchange activity in rat proximal tubule brush border vesicles. Na+ uptake, independent of amiloride, was not affected. The glucocorticoid decreased the Na+ gradient-dependent phosphate uptake. Uptake in the absence of a Na+ gradient was not inhibited. Dexamethasone did not affect the Na+ gradient-dependent D-glucose uptake. These findings are consistent with the effects of glucocorticoids in stimulating acid secretion and causing phosphaturia in man and animals and may identify the locus of action and suggest the mechanisms by which the hormones act.

Aldosterone↗

Effects of 1,25-(OH)2D3 administered in vivo on phosphate uptake by isolated chick renal cells.

Renal cells from Vitamin D-deficient and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3]-repleted chicks were isolated by a collagenase-hyaluronidase procedure. Exclusion of trypan blue and respiratory measurements indicate that the cells were functionally intact and metabolically active. The uptakes of phosphate and alpha-methylglucoside were stimulated markedly by Na+ in the extracellular medium. Phosphate uptake in the presence of Na+ was saturable with respect to phosphate concentration; half-maximal activity was obtained with approximately 0.2 mM. Three hours after 1,25-(OH)2D3 was injected into vitamin D-deficient chicks the Na+-dependent phosphate uptake by the isolated cells had increased about 40%, i.e., 2.00 compared with 1.44 nmol.min-1.mg protein-1. Phosphate uptake in the presence of K+ in the extracellular medium and alpha-methylglucoside uptake in the presence or absence of Na+ were unchanged. In a secondary response found 17 h after 1,25-(OH)2D3 injection, Na+-dependent phosphate uptake decreased. Serum concentrations of phosphorus and calcium were not measurably changed in the 3-h repleted bird, but both levels were increased 17 h after treatment. Administration of phosphate into vitamin D-deficient chicks, so that the serum concentration of phosphorus was raised to that of the 17-h 1,25-(OH)2D3 repleted animal, effected a comparable decrease in phosphate uptake. Serum calcium levels were not altered by this treatment. The actions of parathyroid hormone in stimulating adenylate cyclase and in inhibiting phosphate uptake were notably blunted in the vitamin D-deficient chick. Sensitivity to parathyroid hormone was not restored until several days after 1,25-(OH)2D3 repletion. These findings suggest that the initial response to 1,25-(OH)2D3, to increase renal phosphate uptake, and the secondary response, to decrease phosphate uptake, were by parathyroid hormone-independent processes. The results also indicate that the isolated renal cell represents an excellent model for studying the mechanism by which 1,25-(OH)2D3 regulates phosphate transport in the kidney.

Adenylyl Cyclases↗

Potential-dependent D-glucose uptake by renal brush border membrane vesicles in the absence of sodium.

The uptake of D-glucose by renal brush border membrane vesicles was studied in the absence of Na+. Uptake of the sugar was membrane potential dependent (inside negative), inhibited by phlorizin, sugar and stereospecific, accelerated by exchange diffusion, saturable, and temperature dependent. The binding of phlorizin in the absence of Na+ was also increased by a membrane potential (inside negative). Thus, the properties of this membrane potential-dependent, Na+-independent sugar transport system resembled those described for the Na+-D-glucose cotransport system. In the absence of Na+ but in the presence of a valinomycin-induced K+ diffusion potential the apparent Km for D-glucose was 43 mM. This contrasted with an apparent Km of 1.8 mM for the Na+ chemical gradient system. Therefore, the Na+-independent uptake system represented a low-affinity transport mechanism. It is suggested that the same carrier mediated the Na+-independent and Na+-dependent transport systems. A hypothetical model for the membrane potential-dependent stimulation of D-glucose uptake in the absence of Na+ is proposed.

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Alpha1-adrenergic stimulation of phosphatidylinositol-phosphatidic acid turnover in rat parotid cells.

The regulation of phosphatidylinositol turnover by alpha-adrenergic agonists in rat parotid acinar cell aggregates was examined with respect to kinetics and agonist-antagonist interactions. Phosphatidylinositol turnover was followed by the changes in the specific activities of [32P]phosphatidic acid and [32P]phosphatidylinositol. The specific activity of phosphatidic acid increased rapidly (within 1 min) after addition of epinephrine (10(-5) M), reached a maximal level within 12-16 min, and then decreased. Incorporation of 32P into phosphatidylinositol exhibited a lag phase of about 5 min and then increased continuously for an additional 40 min. The absolute amounts of phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol did not change. The concentrations of epinephrine needed to stimulate 32P incorporation into phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol, measured at 15 and 30 min, respectively, were similar; Ka values of 2.05 +/- 0.46 X 10(-6) M for phosphatidic acid and 2.98 +/- 0.30 X 10(-6) M for phosphatidylinositol were found. The effects of agonists on 32P labeling of phosphatidylinositol, in order of potency, were epinephrine greater than or equal to norepinephrine greater than phenylephrine much greater than normetanephrine. When various adrenergic antagonists were evaluated for their ability to inhibit 10(-5) M epinephrine-stimulated 32P incorporation into both phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylinositol, the order of antagonist potency was prazosin greater than or equal to phenoxybenzamine greater than phentolamine greater than or equal to yohimbine greater than much greater than propranolol. These findings indicate that phosphatidylinositol-phosphatidic acid turnover in the rat parotid gland is mediated by the alpha 1-adrenergic receptor system.

Adrenergic alpha-Agonists↗

L-glutamate transport in renal plasma membrane vesicles.

This review describes the uptake of L-glutamate by well-characterized preparations of renal brush border (liminal) and baso-lateral membrane vesicles derived from the plasma membrane of the polar proximal tubular cell. L-glutamate is taken up against its concentration gradient, from both sides, by co-transport systems in which the movement of the amino acid into the cell is coupled to the influx of Na+ and efflux of K+ down their respective electrochemical gradients. The presence of these ion gradient-energized systems, specific for L-glutamate, may account for the exceedingly high intracellular concentration of their metabolically important amino acid in the renal tubule.

Amino Acids↗