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Renal Na/H exchanger NHE-3 and Na-PO4 cotransporter NaPi-2 protein expression in glucocorticoid excess and deficient states.

1998; American Society of Nephrology; Volume: 9; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1681/asn.v991560

1533-3450

Johannes Loffing, Marius Lötscher, Brigitte Kaissling, Jürg Biber, Heini Murer, Mouin G. Seikaly, Robert J. Alpern, Moshe Levi, Michel Baum, Orson W. Moe,

Ion channel regulation and function

Administration of pharmacologic doses of glucocorticoid in vivo increases renal proximal tubule apical membrane Na/H exchange and decreases Na/PO4 cotransport activity (1). Current data suggest that the NHE-3 and NaPi-2 proteins mediate significant fractions of proximal tubule apical membrane Na/H exchange and Na/PO4 cotransport, respectively. This study examines whether glucocorticoid excess or deficiency affects NHE-3 and NaPi-2 protein abundance and the intrarenal distribution of these transporters. Protein abundance of NHE-3 and NaPi-2 in control rats was compared to rats rendered glucocorticoid-deficient by bilateral adrenalectomy, and to rats receiving pharmacologic doses of dexamethasone using immunoblots and immunohistochemistry. Adrenalectomy had modest effects on NHE-3 protein abundance, but dexamethasone administration to either adrenalectomized or sham-operated rats significantly increased NHE-3 protein abundance in both the proximal tubule and thick ascending limb, but not the thin descending limb. Adrenalectomy increased NaPi-2 protein abundance in the proximal tubule, whereas dexamethasone administration dramatically suppressed NaPi-2 protein on the apical membrane in both adrenalectomized and sham-operated animals. No significant reciprocal increase in subapical NaPi-2 staining was seen in the dexamethasone-treated rats. The present study shows that glucocorticoids regulate proximal tubule apical membrane Na/H exchange and NaPi cotransport by changes in protein abundance of NHE-3 and NaPi-2, respectively.