DEXAMETHASONE MODULATES RAT RENAL BRUSH-BORDER MEMBRANE PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER MESSENGER-RNA AND PROTEIN ABUNDANCE AND GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID COMPOSITION
DEXAMETHASONE MODULATES RAT RENAL BRUSH-BORDER MEMBRANE PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER MESSENGER-RNA AND PROTEIN ABUNDANCE AND GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID COMPOSITION
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DOI:
10.1172/jci118022
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发表时间:
1995-07-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
WILSON, P
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作者:
LEVI, M;SHAYMAN, JA;WILSON, P
Glucocorticoids are important regulators of renal phosphate transport. This study investigates the role of alterations in renal brush border membrane (BBM) sodium gradient-dependent phosphate transport (Na-Pi cotransporter) mRNA and protein abundance in the dexamethasone induced inhibition of Na-Pi cotransport in the rat. Dexamethasone administration for 4 d caused a 1.5-fold increase in the V-max of Na-Pi cotransport (1785+/-119 vs, 2759+/-375 pmol/5 s per mg BBM protein in control, P < 0.01), which was paralleled by a 2.5-fold decrease in the abundance of Na-Pi mRNA and Na-Pi protein. There was also a 1.7-fold increase in BBM glucosylceramide content (528+/-63 vs. 312+/-41 ng/mg BBM protein in control, P < 0.02). To determine whether the alteration in glucosylceramide content per se played a functional role in the decrease in Na-Pi cotransport, control rats were treated with the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitor, D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoyl-amino-3-morpholino-1 propanol (PDMP). The resultant 1.5-fold decrease in BBM glucosylceramide content (199+/-19 vs, 312+/-41 ng/mg BBM protein in control, P < 0.02) was associated with a 1.4-fold increase in Na-Pi cotransport activity (1422+/-73 vs. 1048+/-85 pmol/5 s per mg BBM protein in control, P < 0.01), and a 1.5-fold increase in BBM Na-Pi protein abundance. Thus, dexamethasone-induced inhibition of Na-Pi cotransport is associated with a decrease in BBM Na-Pi cotransporter abundance, and an increase in glucosylceramide. Since primary alteration in BBM glucosylceramide content per se directly and selectively modulates BBM Na-Pi cotransport activity and Na-Pi protein abundance, we propose that the increase in BEM glucosylceramide content plays an important role in mediating the inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on Na-Pi cotransport activity.