AMMONIUM TRANSPORT IN MEDULLARY THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF RABBIT KIDNEY - INVOLVEMENT OF THE NA(+)-COTRANSPORTER,K(+)-COTRANSPORTER,CL(-)-COTRANSPORTER
AMMONIUM TRANSPORT IN MEDULLARY THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF RABBIT KIDNEY - INVOLVEMENT OF THE NA(+)-COTRANSPORTER,K(+)-COTRANSPORTER,CL(-)-COTRANSPORTER
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01869723
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发表时间:
1986-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
SCHOLERMANN, B
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作者:
KINNE, R;KINNESAFFRAN, E;SCHOLERMANN, B
In order to investigate the question whether ammonium reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of Henle''s loop (TALH) proceeds via the Na+,K+,Cl--cotransporter, plasma membrane vesicles were prepared from TALH cells isolated from rabbit kidney outer medulla and the effect of .**GRAPHIC**. on their transport properties was investigated. It was found that, in the presence of a 78-mmol/liter NaCl gradient, 5 mmol/liter .**GRAPHIC**. inhibited bumetanide-sensitive rubidium flux by 86%; a similar decrease was observed for 5 mmol/liter, K+. Inhibition of bumetanide-sensitive rubidium uptake by .**GRAPHIC**. was competitive and an apparent Ki of 1.9 mmol/liter was found. Bumetanide-sensitive sodium uptake measured in the presence of a 83 mmol/liter KCl gradient was not inhibited by 5 mmol/liter .**GRAPHIC**. A 100-mmol/liter NH4Cl gradient was, however, capable of stimulating bumetanide-sensitive sodium utpake to the same extent as a KCl gradient. These data suggest that .**GRAPHIC**. is accepted by the K+ site of the Na+,K+,Cl--cotransport system and that the transporter can function in a .**GRAPHIC**. mode. Since the affinity of the transporter for .**GRAPHIC**. lies in the concentration range found in the TALH lumen in vivo, it is concluded that .**GRAPHIC**. cotransport can contribute to the .**GRAPHIC**. reabsorption in this tubular segment.