Effect of acid/base balance on H-ATPase 31 kD subunit mRNA levels in collecting duct cells.
Effect of acid/base balance on H-ATPase 31 kD subunit mRNA levels in collecting duct cells.
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酸/碱平衡对集合管细胞中 H-ATPase 31 kD 亚基 mRNA 水平的影响。
DOI:
10.1038/ki.1995.431
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
Náray-Fejes-Tóth,A
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作者:
Fejes-Tóth,G;Náray-Fejes-Tóth,A
Effect of acid/base balance on H-ATPase 31 kD subunit mRNA levels in collecting duct cells. The cortical collecting duct (CCD) adapts to disturbances of acid/base balance by adjusting the direction and magnitude of its HCO3transport. The molecular events involved in this adaptation are incompletely understood, but it seems that adaptation is accompanied by changes in the activity and intracellular distribution of the vacuolar H-ATPase. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of metabolic acidosis and alkali load on the expression of the mRNA encoding the 31 kD subunit of the vacuolar H-ATPase in rabbit CCD cells. Pairs of rabbits received either a NH4Cl load or a NaHCO3load for 16 hours, resulting in a urinary pH of 5.53 ± 0.38 and 8.42 ± 0.10, respectively. CCD cells were isolated by immunodissection and mRNA levels of the H-ATPase 31 kD subunit and of β-actin were determined from the same cDNA samples by quantitative RT-PCR. H-ATPase mRNA levels were significantly higher in CCD cells from acidotic than alkali-loaded rabbits (2.51 ± 1.3 vs. 0.65 ± 0.2; P < 0.05). Similar differences in the H-ATPase 31 kD subunit mRNA levels were observed by Northern blotting. β-actin mRNA levels were comparable in CCD cells of the two groups. The distribution of the H-ATPase 31 kD subunit mRNA was determined among the three cell types of the CCD, that is in α- and β-intercalated cells (α-ICC and β-ICC) and principal cells (PC) isolated by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. The level of expression was comparable in α-ICCs and β-ICCs, whereas PCs contained very low levels of H-ATPase mRNA. In both α-ICC and β-ICC the levels of the 31 kD H-ATPase mRNA were significantly higher in acidotic than in alkaliloaded rabbits. These results indicate that in the rabbit CCD changes in acid/base balance not only regulate the subcellular distribution of the vacuolar H-ATPase but also alter its expression, at least at the mRNA level.