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Montalbetti N, Przepiorski AJ, Shi S, Sheng S, Baty CJ, Maggiore JC, Carattino MD, Vanichapol T, Davidson AJ, Hukriede NA, Kleyman TR. Functional characterization of ion channels expressed in kidney organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2022; 323:F479-F491. [PMID: 35979965 PMCID: PMC9529267 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00365.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Kidney organoids derived from human or rodent pluripotent stem cells have glomerular structures and differentiated/polarized nephron segments. Although there is an increasing understanding of the patterns of expression of transcripts and proteins within kidney organoids, there is a paucity of data regarding functional protein expression, in particular on transporters that mediate the vectorial transport of solutes. Using cells derived from kidney organoids, we examined the functional expression of key ion channels that are expressed in distal nephron segments: the large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channel, the renal outer medullary K+ (ROMK, Kir1.1) channel, and the epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC). RNA-sequencing analyses showed that genes encoding the pore-forming subunits of these transporters, and for BKCa channels, key accessory subunits, are expressed in kidney organoids. Expression and localization of selected ion channels was confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblot analysis. Electrophysiological analysis showed that BKCa and ROMK channels are expressed in different cell populations. These two cell populations also expressed other unidentified Ba2+-sensitive K+ channels. BKCa expression was confirmed at a single channel level, based on its high conductance and voltage dependence of activation. We also found a population of cells expressing amiloride-sensitive ENaC currents. In summary, our results show that human kidney organoids functionally produce key distal nephron K+ and Na+ channels.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Our results show that human kidney organoids express key K+ and Na+ channels that are expressed on the apical membranes of cells in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron, including the large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel, renal outer medullary K+ channel, and epithelial Na+ channel.
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Huo Z, Lomora M, Kym U, Palivan C, Holland-Cunz SG, Gros SJ. AQP1 Is Up-Regulated by Hypoxia and Leads to Increased Cell Water Permeability, Motility, and Migration in Neuroblastoma. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:605272. [PMID: 33644043 PMCID: PMC7905035 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.605272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The water channel aquaporin 1 (AQP1) has been implicated in tumor progression and metastasis. It is hypothesized that AQP1 expression can facilitate the transmembrane water transport leading to changes in cell structure that promote migration. Its impact in neuroblastoma has not been addressed so far. The objectives of this study have been to determine whether AQP1 expression in neuroblastoma is dependent on hypoxia, to demonstrate whether AQP1 is functionally relevant for migration, and to further define AQP1-dependent properties of the migrating cells. This was determined by investigating the reaction of neuroblastoma cell lines, particularly SH-SY5Y, Kelly, SH-EP Tet-21/N and SK-N-BE(2)-M17 to hypoxia, quantitating the AQP1-related water permeability by stopped-flow spectroscopy, and studying the migration-related properties of the cells in a modified transwell assay. We find that AQP1 expression in neuroblastoma cells is up-regulated by hypoxic conditions, and that increased AQP1 expression enabled the cells to form a phenotype which is associated with migratory properties and increased cell agility. This suggests that the hypoxic tumor microenvironment is the trigger for some tumor cells to transition to a migratory phenotype. We demonstrate that migrating tumor cell express elevated AQP1 levels and a hypoxic biochemical phenotype. Our experiments strongly suggest that elevated AQP1 might be a key driver in transitioning stable tumor cells to migrating tumor cells in a hypoxic microenvironment.
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- Zihe Huo
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Generation of Human PSC-Derived Kidney Organoids with Patterned Nephron Segments and a De Novo Vascular Network. Cell Stem Cell 2019; 25:373-387.e9. [PMID: 31303547 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Human pluripotent stem cell-derived kidney organoids recapitulate developmental processes and tissue architecture, but intrinsic limitations, such as lack of vasculature and functionality, have greatly hampered their application. Here we establish a versatile protocol for generating vascularized three-dimensional (3D) kidney organoids. We employ dynamic modulation of WNT signaling to control the relative proportion of proximal versus distal nephron segments, producing a correlative level of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) to define a resident vascular network. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies a subset of nephron progenitor cells as a potential source of renal vasculature. These kidney organoids undergo further structural and functional maturation upon implantation. Using this kidney organoid platform, we establish an in vitro model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), the cystic phenotype of which can be effectively prevented by gene correction or drug treatment. Our studies provide new avenues for studying human kidney development, modeling disease pathogenesis, and performing patient-specific drug validation.
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an under-recognized morbidity of neonates; the incidence remains unclear due to the absence of a unified definition of AKI in this population and because previous studies have varied greatly in screening for AKI with serum creatinine and urine output assessments. Premature infants may be born with less than half of the nephrons compared with term neonates, predisposing them to chronic kidney disease (CKD) early on in life and as they age. AKI can also lead to CKD, and premature infants with AKI may be at very high risk for long-term kidney problems. AKI in neonates is often multifactorial and may result from prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal insults as well as any combination thereof. This review focuses on the causes of AKI, the importance of early detection, the management of AKI in neonates, and long-term sequela of AKI in neonates.
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- Arwa Nada
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA,Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, ElShatby, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, and Section of Neonatology, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA,Corresponding author. Address: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1600 7th Ave S, Lowder 516, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. Tel.: +1 205-638-9781; fax: +1 205-975-7051. (D. Askenazi)
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Loreto C, Lo Castro E, Musumeci G, Loreto F, Rapisarda G, Rezzani R, Castorina S, Leonardi R, Rusu MC. Aquaporin 1 expression in human temporomandibular disc. Acta Histochem 2012; 114:744-8. [PMID: 22269467 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2012.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Revised: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Aquaporins (AQPs) are a family of hydrophobic membrane channel proteins. The expression of several AQP isoforms has been investigated in different human tissues, including the orofacial region. However, information on the role and localization of AQP1 in joints is limited, and no data are available on aquaporins in the normal temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc. Sixteen human TMJ discs without degenerative changes were taken from fresh cadavers to investigate the presence and distribution of AQP1 by immunohistochemistry. The aim of the study was to gain additional insights into the biomolecular composition of aquaporins and their role in homeostasis of the TMJ. Porcine TMJ discs were also studied by Western blotting for comparison. Scattered AQP1 immunoexpression was detected in human disc cells, documenting its constitutive expression, but differences amongst the three disc regions were not significant. AQP1 expression was demonstrated in porcine TMJ disc by Western blotting. Our findings suggest that AQP1 is normally expressed in the TMJ disc and confirm a role for it in the maintenance of TMJ homeostasis. Further studies are needed to elucidate expression patterns of aquaporins in diseased TMJ discs.
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- Carla Loreto
- Anatomy Section, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
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Merigo F, Mucignat-Caretta C, Cristofoletti M, Zancanaro C. Epithelial membrane transporters expression in the developing to adult mouse vomeronasal organ and olfactory mucosa. Dev Neurobiol 2012; 71:854-69. [PMID: 21721139 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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To contribute clarifying mechanisms operating in nose chemosensory epithelia and their developmental patterns, we analyzed the expression of different epithelial membrane transporters as well as the Clara cell secretory protein, CC26 in the olfactory, vomeronasal organ (VNO), and respiratory epithelia of embryonic (E13-E19) and postnatal (P1-P60) mice by means of immunohistochemistry and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Results showed that CC26, cAMP-activated chloride channel (CFTR), and the water channel protein aquaporin 2, 3, 4, and 5 (AQP2, AQP3, AQP4, and AQP5) are expressed in developing to adult chemosensory epithelia with differential timing; moreover, their pattern of expression is not identical in VNO and olfactory epithelia as well as the corresponding associated glands; co-localization experiments using olfactory marker protein showed that CFTR, CC26, and AQP4 are not expressed in olfactory neurones. CFTR is expressed in sustentacular cells of the VNO and olfactory epithelium as well as blood vessels of the underlying mucosa, and VNO (but not Bowman's) glands; a similar pattern (excluding blood vessels) is present for AQP2; AQP4 is found in the two chemosensory epithelia and in Bowman's glands. AQP3 is expressed in the olfactory epithelium and the associated Bowman's glands, but not in the VNO chemosensory epithelium and glands. AQP5 is expressed in the olfactory epithelium and both Bowman's and VNO glands. These results indicate that water/ions handling as well as antioxidant mechanisms operating at the surface and/or inside the nose chemosensory epithelia start developing in utero and are maintained up to sexual maturity.
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- Flavia Merigo
- Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 8, Verona I-37134, Italy
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Ronzaud C, Loffing J, Gretz N, Schütz G, Berger S. Inducible renal principal cell-specific mineralocorticoid receptor gene inactivation in mice. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300:F756-60. [PMID: 21383102 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00728.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To investigate the role of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) in renal ENaC-mediated sodium reabsorption, we have previously used the Cre-loxP system to generate mice with principal-cell specific MR ablation (MR(AQP2Cre) mice). To restrict Cre expression to principal cells, we have used the regulatory elements of the mouse aquaporin-2 (AQP2) gene to drive Cre expression. Since AQP2 is already expressed during renal development, MR ablation took place long before the analysis performed at the adult stage. To investigate whether the early onset of MR ablation affected the adult renal sodium handling, we developed a transgene expressing the CreER(T2) fusion protein under control of the regulatory elements of the AQP2 gene (AQP2CreER(T2)). Immunofluorescence revealed MR loss in the collecting duct (CD) and late connecting tubule after induction of MR ablation by tamoxifen in MR(AQP2CreERT2) mice that equals the MR loss in MR(AQP2Cre) mice. Surprisingly, tamoxifen-independent MR loss is observed in CDs of noninduced mutants without affecting circulating aldosterone levels. Under a low-salt diet, the induced ablation of MR at the adult stage recapitulates the renal sodium wasting observed in mice with constitutive early-onset MR ablation. The AQP2CreER(T2) transgene is a new tool for investigating in vivo the function of genes downstream of MR in renal ENaC-mediated sodium reabsorption by inducible somatic gene inactivation.
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- Caroline Ronzaud
- Division Molecular Biology of the Cell I, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Larsen HS, Ruus AK, Galtung HK. Aquaporin expression patterns in the developing mouse salivary gland. Eur J Oral Sci 2009; 117:655-62. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2009.00695.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Bobulescu IA, Moe OW. Luminal Na(+)/H (+) exchange in the proximal tubule. Pflugers Arch 2009; 458:5-21. [PMID: 18853182 PMCID: PMC2878283 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0595-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 09/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The proximal tubule is critical for whole-organism volume and acid-base homeostasis by reabsorbing filtered water, NaCl, bicarbonate, and citrate, as well as by excreting acid in the form of hydrogen and ammonium ions and producing new bicarbonate in the process. Filtered organic solutes such as amino acids, oligopeptides, and proteins are also retrieved by the proximal tubule. Luminal membrane Na(+)/H(+) exchangers either directly mediate or indirectly contribute to each of these processes. Na(+)/H(+) exchangers are a family of secondary active transporters with diverse tissue and subcellular distributions. Two isoforms, NHE3 and NHE8, are expressed at the luminal membrane of the proximal tubule. NHE3 is the prevalent isoform in adults, is the most extensively studied, and is tightly regulated by a large number of agonists and physiological conditions acting via partially defined molecular mechanisms. Comparatively little is known about NHE8, which is highly expressed at the lumen of the neonatal proximal tubule and is mostly intracellular in adults. This article discusses the physiology of proximal Na(+)/H(+) exchange, the multiple mechanisms of NHE3 regulation, and the reciprocal relationship between NHE3 and NHE8 at the lumen of the proximal tubule.
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- I. Alexandru Bobulescu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA
- Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA,
- Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA
- Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390-8856, USA
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Su HW, Wang SW, Ghishan FK, Kiela PR, Tang MJ. Cell confluency-induced Stat3 activation regulates NHE3 expression by recruiting Sp1 and Sp3 to the proximal NHE3 promoter region during epithelial dome formation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2008; 296:C13-24. [PMID: 19064501 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00263.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (Stat3) during cell confluency is related to its regulatory roles in cell growth arrest- or survival-related physiological or developmental processes. We previously demonstrated that this signaling event triggers epithelial dome formation by transcriptional augmentation of sodium hydrogen exchanger-3 (NHE3) expression. However, the detailed molecular mechanism remained unclear. By using serial deletions, site-directed mutagenesis, and EMSA analysis, we now demonstrate Stat3 binding to an atypical Stat3-response element in the rat proximal NHE3 promoter, located adjacent to a cluster of Sp cis-elements (SpA/B/C), within -77/-36 nt of the gene. SpB (-58/-55 nt) site was more effective than SpA (-72/-69 nt) site for cooperative binding of Sp1/Sp3. Increasing cell density had no effect on Sp1/Sp3 expression but resulted in their increased binding to the SpA/B/C probe along with Stat3 and concurrently with enhanced nuclear pTyr705-Stat3 level. Immunoprecipitation performed with the nuclear extracts demonstrated physical interaction of Stat3 and Sp1/Sp3 triggered by cell confluency. Stat3 inhibition by overexpression of dominant-negative Stat3-D mutant in MDCK cells or by small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown in Caco-2 cells resulted in inhibition of the cell density-induced NHE3 expression, Sp1/Sp3 binding, and NHE3 promoter activity and in decreased dome formation. Thus, during confluency, ligand-independent Stat3 activation leads to its interaction with Sp1/Sp3, their recruitment to the SpA/B/C cluster in a Stat3 DNA-binding domain-dependent fashion, increased transcription, and expression of NHE3, to coordinate cell density-mediated epithelial dome formation.
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- Hsiao-Wen Su
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 Univ. Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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Tomita T, Kido T, Kurotani R, Iemura SI, Sterneck E, Natsume T, Vinson C, Kimura S. CAATT/enhancer-binding proteins alpha and delta interact with NKX2-1 to synergistically activate mouse secretoglobin 3A2 gene expression. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:25617-25627. [PMID: 18632661 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805140200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Secretoglobin (SCGB) 3A2 is a small molecular weight secreted protein predominantly expressed in lung airways. We previously demonstrated that the expression of SCGB3A2 is regulated by homeodomain transcription factor NKX2-1. Here we show that CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins, C/EBPalpha and C/EBPdelta, regulate mouse Scgb3a2 gene transcription in vivo and in vitro by binding to specific sites located in the Scgb3a2 promoter and the activity is synergistically enhanced through cooperative interaction with NKX2-1. Six C/EBP binding sites lie within 500 bp of the Scgb3a2 gene promoter, of which two sites, located at -44 to -54 bp and -192 to -201 bp, appear to be critical for the synergistic activation of Scgb3a2 gene transcription with NKX2-1. All three transcription factors, C/EBPalpha, C/EBPdelta, and NKX2-1, are expressed in the epithelial cells of airways, particularly the bronchus, where high expression of SCGB3A2 is found. The expression of these transcription factors markedly increases toward the end of gestation, which coincides with the marked increase of SCGB3A2, suggesting the importance of C/EBPalpha and C/EBPdelta, and their synergistic interaction with NKX2-1 in mouse Scgb3a2 gene transcription and lung development.
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- Takeshi Tomita
- Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yokohama City University, Yokohama 236-0006, Japan
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- National Institutes of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Biological Information Research Center, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, NCI, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201
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- National Institutes of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Biological Information Research Center, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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Regulation of NKCC2 by a chloride-sensing mechanism involving the WNK3 and SPAK kinases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:8458-63. [PMID: 18550832 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802966105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The Na(+):K(+):2Cl(-) cotransporter (NKCC2) is the target of loop diuretics and is mutated in Bartter's syndrome, a heterogeneous autosomal recessive disease that impairs salt reabsorption in the kidney's thick ascending limb (TAL). Despite the importance of this cation/chloride cotransporter (CCC), the mechanisms that underlie its regulation are largely unknown. Here, we show that intracellular chloride depletion in Xenopus laevis oocytes, achieved by either coexpression of the K-Cl cotransporter KCC2 or low-chloride hypotonic stress, activates NKCC2 by promoting the phosphorylation of three highly conserved threonines (96, 101, and 111) in the amino terminus. Elimination of these residues renders NKCC2 unresponsive to reductions of [Cl(-)](i). The chloride-sensitive activation of NKCC2 requires the interaction of two serine-threonine kinases, WNK3 (related to WNK1 and WNK4, genes mutated in a Mendelian form of hypertension) and SPAK (a Ste20-type kinase known to interact with and phosphorylate other CCCs). WNK3 is positioned upstream of SPAK and appears to be the chloride-sensitive kinase. Elimination of WNK3's unique SPAK-binding motif prevents its activation of NKCC2, as does the mutation of threonines 96, 101, and 111. A catalytically inactive WNK3 mutant also completely prevents NKCC2 activation by intracellular chloride depletion. Together these data reveal a chloride-sensing mechanism that regulates NKCC2 and provide insight into how increases in the level of intracellular chloride in TAL cells, as seen in certain pathological states, could drastically impair renal salt reabsorption.
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Kurotani R, Tomita T, Yang Q, Carlson BA, Chen C, Kimura S. Role of secretoglobin 3A2 in lung development. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 178:389-98. [PMID: 18535256 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200707-1104oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Secretoglobin 3A2 (SCGB3A2) was originally identified as a downstream target in lung for the homeodomain transcription factor NKX2-1, whose null mutation resulted in severely hypoplastic lungs. A very low level of SCGB3A2 is expressed in lungs at Embryonic Day (E) 11.5 during mouse development, which markedly increases by E16.5, the time when lung undergoes dramatic morphologic changes, suggesting that SCGB3A2 may be involved in lung development in addition to a known role in lung inflammation. OBJECTIVES To determine whether SCGB3A2 plays a role in lung development. METHODS To assess a potential role for SCGB3A2 during early lung development, wild-type and Nkx2-1-null fetal lungs of early developmental stages were subjected to ex vivo organ culture in the presence of SCGB3A2. Nkx2-1-null fetuses were exposed to SCGB3A2 during early organogenesis period through intravenous administration of this protein to Nkx2-1-heterozygous pregnant females carrying these null fetuses. Cultured lungs and fetal lungs were subjected to histologic and immunohistochemical analyses. To assess a role for SCGB3A2 in late lung development, SCGB3A2 was administered to pregnant wild-type females during mid- to late organogenesis stages, and the preterm pups and/or their lungs were evaluated for extent of maturity using breathing motion, gross morphology and histology of lungs, expression of gestational stage-specific genes, and phospholipid profiles. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS SCGB3A2 significantly promoted both early and late stages of lung development. CONCLUSIONS SCGB3A2 is a novel growth factor in lung.
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- Reiko Kurotani
- Laboratory of Metabolism, Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Marcorelles P, Montier T, Gillet D, Lagarde N, Ferec C. Evolution of CFTR protein distribution in lung tissue from normal and CF human fetuses. Pediatr Pulmonol 2007; 42:1032-40. [PMID: 17902144 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In order to determine whether or not CFTR protein distribution differs between the airways of fetuses with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) from the airways of normal fetuses we studied the distribution pattern of the CFTR protein in lung. Cases of normal and CF human fetuses as well as cases of normal neonates were examinated. Our aim was to establish whether CFTR expression during pregnancy could be correlated with the maturation of the airways, and to compare normal and CF samples. We hypothesized that any difference between normal and CF fetal lung in CFTR protein expression could be related to a functional change appearing in early development even if no morphological differences could be detected at the light microscopic level. The distribution of CFTR protein progressively increased from 10 weeks of gestation (WG) to mid-gestation, but thereafter decreased until term. The CFTR protein was first detected in the cytoplasm of undifferentiated epithelial cells. Before mid-gestation, the immunostaining was strongly positive in bronchi, in sub-mucosal glands, and in lung parenchyma. Then, it became localized to the apical zone of the epithelial cells. This pattern correlated with differentiation during the second half of gestation. The main difference observed between normal and CF fetuses was a 3-week delay in detectability of the CFTR protein expression in the latter until 15 weeks of gestation. These results support the hypothesis of an early functional change. Abnormal fetal lung CFTR protein regulation could give rise to a predisposition to the post-natal inflammatory changes of the airways that characterize CF disease.
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- Pascale Marcorelles
- Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, 2, Avenue Foch, 29609 Brest Cedex, France.
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Boyd C, Náray-Fejes-Tóth A. Steroid-mediated regulation of the epithelial sodium channel subunits in mammary epithelial cells. Endocrinology 2007; 148:3958-67. [PMID: 17510235 DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-1741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is a key mediator of sodium transport in epithelia; however, little is known about ENaC expression in mammary epithelia. Using real-time PCR, we demonstrated the expression of the ENaC subunit mRNAs in mouse and human mammary cell lines and in vivo mouse mammary tissue. We determined the effects of glucocorticoids, progesterone, and prolactin on ENaC expression in four mammary cell lines. Dexamethasone induced all detectable ENaC subunits in noncancerous cell lines, HC11 and MCF10A. Interestingly, in cancerous cell lines (T-47D and MCF-7), both beta- and gamma- but not alphaENaC mRNAs were induced by dexamethasone. Progesterone induced ENaC mRNA only in T-47D cells, and prolactin had no effects. gammaENaC was rapidly induced by steroids, whereas induction of alpha- and betaENaC was slower; moreover, the induction of the beta-subunit required de novo protein synthesis. Dexamethasone treatment did not affect ENaC mRNA stability. Western blot analysis revealed immunoreactive bands corresponding to different forms of alpha-, beta-, and gammaENaC; dexamethasone significantly increased the intensity of alphaENaC (85 kDa) and betaENaC (90 kDa). We also showed an in vivo reduction in alphaENaC levels in the mammary tissue of lactating mice as compared with controls, whereas beta- and gammaENaC mRNA levels were significantly increased. Furthermore, dexamethasone in vivo significantly increased alpha-, beta-, and gammaENaC mRNA expression. Our data indicate that both mouse and human mammary cells express all ENaC subunits, and they are regulated by steroid hormones in a temporal and cell-specific manner both in culture and in vivo.
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- Cary Boyd
- Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Borwell Building 744W, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
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Su HW, Yeh HH, Wang SW, Shen MR, Chen TL, Kiela PR, Ghishan FK, Tang MJ. Cell confluence-induced activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (Stat3) triggers epithelial dome formation via augmentation of sodium hydrogen exchanger-3 (NHE3) expression. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:9883-9894. [PMID: 17276988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606754200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cell confluence induces the activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (Stat3) in various cancer and epithelial cells, yet the biological implications and the associated regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. Because confluent polarized epithelia demonstrate dome formation and sodium influx that mimic the onset of differentiation, we sought to elucidate the role of Stat3 in association with the regulation of selective epithelial transporters in this biological phenomenon. This study established the correlation between Stat3 activation and cell confluence-induced dome formation in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK) by following Stat3 activation events in dome-forming cells. Epifluorescent and confocal microscopy provided evidence showing specific localization of phosphorylated Stat3 Tyr(705) in the nuclei of dome-forming cells at initial stages. The relationship was further elucidated by the establishment of tetracycline-inducible expression of constitutive Stat3 mutant (Stat3-C) in MDCK cells or expression of dominant negative Stat3 (Stat3-D) stable cell lines (MDCK and NMuMG). Dome formation was promoted by the expression of Stat3-C but inhibited by Stat3-D. Two trans-epithelial transporters, NHE3 and ENaC alpha-subunit, were found to be increased during cell confluence. Interestingly, NHE3 expression could be specifically up-regulated by Stat3-C but inhibited by Stat3-D through promoter regulation, whereas NHE1 and ENaC alpha-subunit were not affected by Stat3 expression. Application of NHE3 shRNA, NHE3 inhibitors (EIPA and S3226) suppressed confluence-induced dome formation in MDCK or NMuMG cells. These results demonstrate a cell confluence-induced Stat3 signaling pathway in epithelial cells in triggering dome formation through NHE3 augmentation.
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- Hsiao-Wen Su
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724; Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724; Department of Pharmacology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Department of Physiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, Steele Children's Research Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, Steele Children's Research Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724; Department of Physiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724; Center for Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
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Zelenina M, Li Y, Glorieux I, Arnaud C, Cristini C, Decramer S, Aperia A, Casper C. Urinary aquaporin-2 excretion during early human development. Pediatr Nephrol 2006; 21:947-52. [PMID: 16773405 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0143-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Revised: 02/17/2006] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This study was undertaken to assess one of the determinants of kidney concentrating capacity, aquaporin-2 (AQP2), in order to understand the physiopathology of water balance in newborn babies. Urinary AQP2 excretion has been shown to be proportional to AQP2 level in the apical plasma membrane of the kidney collecting ducts and has been suggested as a marker of vasopressin (AVP) action. Urinary AQP2 excretion in the early postnatal period and at 3 weeks of age was measured in 123 neonates admitted during a 6-month period to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Children's Hospital of Toulouse, France. Clinical and biochemical data were collected for each child. During the first days after birth, higher urinary AQP2 was observed in boys than in girls (P=0.01) and positively correlated with urinary sodium/potassium (Na/K) ratio (r=0.33, P=0.01). When the babies had reached 3 weeks of age, urinary AQP2 was proportional to the gestational age at birth (r=0.33, P=0.0068) and daily weight gain (r=0.36, P=0.003). It did not correlate with urinary osmolality, which was overall very low in all babies. Urinary AQP2 was decreased in conditions of impaired renal function (r=-0.42, P=0.0005) and acidosis (P=0.03). Prenatal corticosteroid treatment had no significant impact on urinary AQP2 level. Our data show that urinary AQP2 correlates with the overall maturity of tubular function in human neonates. In babies at this early age, urinary AQP2 cannot serve as a direct marker of the renal action of AVP but reflects AQP2 expression level associated with different physiopathological conditions.
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- Marina Zelenina
- Nordic Centre of Excellence for Research in Water Imbalance Related Disorders (WIRED), Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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The mammalian metanephric kidney develops following a general principle of organogenesis of epithelial organs, i.e., along the tree-like structure of an arborizing ductal system (the ureteric bud and cortical collecting duct). In parallel, the proximal portions of the uriniferous tubule develop by mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition of the neighbouring mesenchyme. On one hand, vectorial transport systems in nephrogenesis should be functional at the onset of glomerular filtration in any of the newly formed nephron generations to prevent loss of salt, water and metabolites. On the other hand, developing nephron epithelia must serve the needs of organ-formation such as cell proliferation and fluid-secretion for morphogenic purposes. This review intends to summarize current data and concepts on the development of renal epithelial functions with an emphasis on ion channels. Current model systems are introduced, such as ureteric bud cell monolayer culture, in vitro nephron culture, HEK293 cell culture, and the dissection of tubular cells for direct analysis. The current data on the developmental expression and functions of ENaC Na(+) channels, the CFTR, ClC-2 Cl(ndash;) channels, L-type Ca(2+) channels, P2 purinoceptors, and the Kir6.1/SUR2, ROMK (Kir1.1), and Kv K(+) channels are presented.
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- Gerald S Braun
- Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Bonnici B, Wagner CA. Postnatal expression of transport proteins involved in acid-base transport in mouse kidney. Pflugers Arch 2004; 448:16-28. [PMID: 14758480 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1227-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2003] [Revised: 11/24/2003] [Accepted: 12/01/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The kidney plays a major role in maintaining and controlling systemic acid-base homeostasis by reabsorbing bicarbonate and secreting protons and acid-equivalents, respectively. During postnatal kidney development and adaptation to changing diets, plasma bicarbonate levels are increasing, the capacity for urinary acidification maturates, and the final morphology and distribution of intercalated cells is achieved. In adult kidney, at least two types of intercalated cells (IC) are found along the collecting duct characterised either by the expression of AE1 (type A IC) or pendrin (non-type A IC) where non-type A IC are found only in the convoluted distal tubule, connecting tubule and cortical collecting duct. Here we investigated in mouse kidney the relative mRNA abundance, protein expression levels and distribution of several proteins involved in renal acid-base transport, namely, the Na(+)/HCO(3)(-) cotransporter NBC1 (SLC4A4), the Na(+)/H(+)-exchanger NHE3 (SLC9A3), two subunits of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase [ATP6V0A4 (a4), ATP6V1B1 (B1)], the Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchangers AE1 (SLC4A1) and pendrin (SLC26A4). Relative mRNA abundance of all transport proteins was lowest at day 3 after birth and increased thereafter in parallel with protein levels. The numbers of type A and non-type A IC in the cortical collecting duct (CCD) increased from day 3 to days 18 and 24, whereas the number of IC in the CCD with apical staining for the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase subunits a4 and B1 decreased from day 3 to days 18 and 24, respectively. In addition, cells with characteristics of non-type A IC (pendrin expression, basolateral expression of vacuolar H(+)-ATPase subunits) were found in the inner and outer medulla 3 days after birth but were absent from the medulla of 24-day-old mice. Taken together, these results demonstrate massive changes in mRNA and protein expression levels of several acid-base transporters during postnatal kidney maturation and also show changes in intercalated cell phenotype in the medulla during these processes.
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- Brenda Bonnici
- Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Holmes KW, Hales R, Chu S, Maxwell MJ, Mogayzel PJ, Zeitlin PL. Modulation of Sp1 and Sp3 in lung epithelial cells regulates ClC-2 chloride channel expression. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2003; 29:499-505. [PMID: 12714379 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0030oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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ClC-2 is a pH- and voltage-activated chloride channel, which is highly expressed in fetal airways and downregulated at birth. The ClC-2 promoter contains consensus binding sites within the first 237 bp, which bind transcription factors Sp1 and Sp3(1). This study directly links Sp1 and Sp3 with ClC-2 protein expression by demonstrating: (i) induction of ClC-2 protein by transient overexpression of each transcription factor in adult rat Type II cells, which have low levels of ClC-2; and (ii) reduction of ClC-2 expression by incubation with a competitive inhibitor of Sp1 and Sp3 in fetal rat Type II cells, which have high levels of endogenous ClC-2. Endogenous fetal lung Sp1 is differentially expressed as two major species of 105 kD and 95 kD. Although low-level expression of Sp1 in adult cells is almost exclusively the 105-kD species, overexpression of Sp1 results in increased expression of the 95-kD band. These experiments suggest that the mechanism for postnatal reduction of ClC-2 expression in lung epithelia is based on decreased interaction of Sp1 and Sp3 with the ClC-2 promoter.
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- Kathryn W Holmes
- Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N Wolfe St. Park 316, Baltimore, MD 21287-2533, USA
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Devuyst O, Guggino WB. Chloride channels in the kidney: lessons learned from knockout animals. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2002; 283:F1176-91. [PMID: 12426234 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00184.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cl- channels are involved in a range of functions, including regulation of cell volume and/or intracellular pH, acidification of intracellular vesicles, and vectorial transport of NaCl across many epithelia. Numerous Cl- channels have been identified in the kidney, based on single-channel properties such as conductance, anion selectivity, gating, and response to inhibitors. The molecular counterpart of many of these Cl- channels is still not known. This review will focus on gene-targeted mouse models disrupting two structural classes of Cl- channels that are relevant for the kidney: the CLC family of voltage-gated Cl- channels and the CFTR. Disruption of several members of the CLC family in the mouse provided useful models for various inherited diseases of the kidney, including Dent's disease and diabetes insipidus. Mice with disrupted CFTR are valuable models for cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common autosomal recessive, lethal disease in Caucasians. Although CFTR is expressed in various nephron segments, there is no overt renal phenotype in CF. Analysis of CF mice has been useful to identify the role and potential interactions of CFTR in the kidney. Furthermore, observations made in CF mice are potentially relevant to all other models of Cl- channel knockouts because they emphasize the importance of alternative Cl- pathways in such models.
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- Olivier Devuyst
- Division of Nephrology, Université Catholique de Louvain Medical School, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Nakamura K, Stokes JB, McCray PB. Endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoid regulation of ENaC mRNA expression in developing kidney and lung. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2002; 283:C762-72. [PMID: 12176733 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00029.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lung liquid absorption at birth is crucial for the successful onset of respiration. Na absorption by the renal collecting duct plays an important role in renal fluid and electrolyte homeostasis during the early postnatal period. The epithelial Na channel (ENaC) plays a central role in mediating these functions, and its subunit expression is developmentally regulated in a temporal and tissue specific pattern. Several lines of evidence suggest that the prenatal increase in circulating glucocorticoids may play an important role in increasing ENaC expression during maturation. We tested the role of the prenatal surge using corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) knockout (KO) mice. Relative ENaC expression in lungs of KO mice increased at the same rate as in wild-type (WT) mice, but absolute expression was only 20-30% of WT. In contrast, relative and absolute expression of all three subunits in kidneys was not different between KO and WT mice. Dexamethasone (Dex) increased alpha-ENaC mRNA in fetal lung and kidney explants within 24 h but had different effects on beta- or gamma-ENaC. Dex increased beta- and gamma-ENaC in lung, but only after >48 h of exposure, and had no effect on kidney. The results suggest that the kidney metabolizes endogenous glucocorticoids, but the lung does not. Furthermore, the marked difference between lung and kidney responsiveness to glucocorticoids in beta- and gamma-ENaC expression suggests that factors other than steroids may be important in regulating functional ENaC expression during development.
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- Kenzo Nakamura
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City 52242, USA
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