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Eleanor Lederer

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Parathyroid hormone regulation of NA+,K+-ATPase requires the PDZ 1 domain of sodium hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor-1 in opossum kidney cells.

It was demonstrated that expression of murine sodium hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF-1) lacking the ezrin-binding domain blocks parathyroid hormone (PTH) regulation of Na+,K+-ATPase in opossum kidney (OK) cells. The hypothesis that the NHERF-1 PDZ domains contribute to PTH regulation of Na+,K+-ATPase was tested by comparison of PTH regulation of Na+,K+-ATPase in wild-type OK (OK-WT) cells, NHERF-deficient OKH cells, OK-WT transfected with siRNA for NHERF (NHERF siRNA OK-WT), and OKH cells that were stably transfected with full-length NHERF-1 or constructs with mutated PDZ domains. OKH cells and NHERF siRNA OK-WT showed decreased expression of NHERF-1 but equivalent expression of ezrin and Na+,K+-ATPase alpha1 subunit when compared with OK-WT cells. PTH decreased Na+,K+-ATPase activity and stimulated phosphorylation of the Na+,K+-ATPase alpha1 in OK-WT cells but not in NHERF-deficient cells. Rubidium (86Rb) uptake was equivalent in OK-WT, OKH, and OKH cells that were transfected with all but the double PDZ domain mutants. PTH decreased 86Rb uptake significantly in OK-WT but not in OKH cells. PTH also significantly inhibited 86Rb uptake in OKH cells that were transfected with full-length NHERF-1 or NHERF-1 with mutated PDZ 2 but not in OKH cells that were transfected with mutated PDZ 1. Transfection with NHERF expressing both mutated PDZ domains resulted in diminished basal 86Rb uptake that was not inhibited further by PTH. PTH stimulated protein kinase Calpha activity and alpha1 subunit phosphorylation in OK-WT but not in NHERF-deficient cells. Transfection of OKH cells with NHERF constructs that contained an intact PDZ1 domain restored PTH-stimulated protein kinase Calpha activity and alpha1 subunit phosphorylation. These results demonstrate that NHERF-1 is necessary for PTH-mediated inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase activity and that the inhibition is mediated through the PDZ1, not PDZ2, domain.

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Acute and chronic changes in cholesterol modulate Na-Pi cotransport activity in OK cells.

We previously showed an inverse correlation between membrane cholesterol content and Na-P(i) cotransport activity during the aging process and adaptation to alterations in dietary P(i) in the rat (Levi M, Jameson DM, and van der Meer BW. Am J Physiol Renal Fluid Electrolyte Physiol 256: F85-F94, 1989). The purpose of the present study was to determine whether alterations in cholesterol content per se modulate Na-P(i) cotransport activity and apical membrane Na-P(i) protein expression in opossum kidney (OK) cells. Acute cholesterol depletion achieved with beta-methyl cyclodextrin (beta-MCD) resulted in a significant increase in Na-P(i) cotransport activity accompanied by a moderate increase in apical membrane Na-P(i) protein abundance and no alteration of total cellular Na-P(i) protein abundance. Conversely, acute cholesterol enrichment achieved with beta-MCD/cholesterol resulted in a significant decrease in Na-P(i) cotransport activity with a moderate decrease in apical membrane Na-Pi protein abundance and no change of the total cellular Na-P(i) protein abundance. In contrast, chronic cholesterol depletion, achieved by growing cells in lipoprotein-deficient serum (LPDS), resulted in parallel and significant increases in Na-P(i) cotransport activity and apical membrane and total cellular Na-P(i) protein abundance. Cholesterol depletion also resulted in a significant increase in membrane lipid fluidity and alterations in lipid microdomains as determined by laurdan fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging. Chronic cholesterol enrichment, achieved by growing cells in LPDS followed by loading with low-density lipoprotein, resulted in parallel and significant decreases in Na-P(i) cotransport activity and apical membrane and total cellular Na-P(i) protein abundance. Our results indicate that in OK cells acute and chronic alterations in cholesterol content per se modulate Na-P(i) cotransport activity by diverse mechanisms that also include significant interactions of Na-P(i) protein with lipid microdomains.

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Pulmonary embolism due to catheter fracture from a tunneled dialysis catheter.

The patient presented to the emergency room with hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain. A chest x-ray revealed a broken dialysis catheter tip lodged in the pulmonary artery. The fractured catheter tip was removed via the femoral vein using a loop snare. As has been described for central lines and venous ports, a fractured catheter tip from a hemodialysis catheter may also lead to pulmonary embolism.

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PDZ-domain interactions and apical expression of type IIa Na/P(i) cotransporters.

Type IIa Na/P(i) cotransporters are expressed in renal proximal brush border and are the major determinants of inorganic phosphate (P(i)) reabsorption. Their carboxyl-terminal tail contains information for apical expression, and interacts by means of its three terminal amino acids with several PSD95/DglA/ZO-1-like domain (PDZ)-containing proteins. Two of these proteins, NaPi-Cap1 and Na/H exchanger-regulatory factor 1 (NHERF1), colocalize with the cotransporter in the proximal brush border. We used opossum kidney cells to test the hypothesis of a potential role of PDZ-interactions on the apical expression of the cotransporter. We found that opossum kidney cells contain NaPi-Cap1 and NHERF1 mRNAs. For NHERF1, an apical location of the protein could be documented; this location probably reflects interaction with the cytoskeleton by means of the MERM-binding domain. Overexpression of PDZ domains involved in interaction with the cotransporter (PDZ-1/NHERF1 and PDZ-3/NaPi-Cap1) had a dominant-negative effect, disturbing the apical expression of the cotransporter without affecting the actin cytoskeleton or the basolateral expression of Na/K-ATPase. These data suggest an involvement of PDZ-interactions on the apical expression of type IIa cotransporters.

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PTH and DA regulate Na-K ATPase through divergent pathways.

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and dopamine (DA) inhibit Na-K ATPase activity and sodium-phosphate cotransport in proximal tubular cells. We previously showed that PTH and DA inhibit phosphate transport in opossum kidney (OK) cells through different signaling pathways. Therefore, we hypothesized that PTH and DA also inhibit Na-K ATPase through divergent pathways. We measured PTH and DA inhibition of Na-K ATPase activity in the presence of inhibitors of signaling pathways. PTH and DA inhibited Na-K ATPase in a biphasic manner, the early inhibition through protein kinase C (PKC)- and phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2))-dependent pathways and the late inhibition through protein kinase A- and PLA(2)-dependent pathways. Inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation blocked early and late inhibition of Na-K ATPase by PTH but not by DA. Pertussis toxin blocked early and late inhibition by DA but not by PTH. Treatment with DA, but not PTH, resulted in an early downregulation of basolateral membrane expression of the alpha-subunit, whereas total cellular expression remained constant for both agonists. We conclude that PTH and DA regulate Na-K ATPase by different mechanisms through activation of divergent pathways.

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