Basolateral membrane Cl−-, Na+-, and K+-coupled base transport mechanisms in rat MTALH
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S Bourgeois, S Massé, M Paillard, P Houillier
American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology, 2002•journals.physiology.orgMechanisms involved in basolateral HCO 3− transport were examined in the in vitro
microperfused rat medullary thick ascending limb of Henle (MTALH) by microfluorometric
monitoring of cell pH. Removing peritubular Cl− induced a cellular alkalinization that was
inhibited in the presence of peritubular 4, 4′-diisothiocyanostilbene-2, 2′-disulfonic acid
(DIDS) and blunted in the absence of external CO2/HCO 3−. The alkalinization elicited by
removing peritubular Cl− persisted in the bilateral absence of Na+, together with a voltage …
microperfused rat medullary thick ascending limb of Henle (MTALH) by microfluorometric
monitoring of cell pH. Removing peritubular Cl− induced a cellular alkalinization that was
inhibited in the presence of peritubular 4, 4′-diisothiocyanostilbene-2, 2′-disulfonic acid
(DIDS) and blunted in the absence of external CO2/HCO 3−. The alkalinization elicited by
removing peritubular Cl− persisted in the bilateral absence of Na+, together with a voltage …
Mechanisms involved in basolateral HCO transport were examined in the in vitro microperfused rat medullary thick ascending limb of Henle (MTALH) by microfluorometric monitoring of cell pH. Removing peritubular Cl− induced a cellular alkalinization that was inhibited in the presence of peritubular 4,4′-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS) and blunted in the absence of external CO2/HCO. The alkalinization elicited by removing peritubular Cl−persisted in the bilateral absence of Na+, together with a voltage clamp. When studied in Cl−-free solutions, lowering peritubular pH induced a base efflux that was inhibited by peritubular DIDS or by the absence of external CO2/HCO. Removing peritubular Na+ elicited a cellular acidification that was accounted for by stimulation of a DIDS- and ethylisopropylamiloride (EIPA)-insensitive Na+-HCO cotransport and inhibition of a basolateral Na+/H+exchange. Increasing bath K+ induced an intracellular alkalinization that was inhibited in the absence of external CO2/HCO. At 2 mM, peritubular Ba2+, which inhibits the K+-Cl−cotransport, did not induce any change in transepithelial voltage but elicited a cellular alkalinization and inhibited K+-induced cellular alkalinization, consistent with the presence of a basolateral, electroneutral Ba2+-sensitive K+-Cl− cotransport that may operate as a K+-HCO cotransport. This cotransport was inhibited in the peritubular presence of furosemide, [(dihydroindenyl)oxy]alkanoic acid, 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoate, or DIDS. At least three distinct basolateral HCO transport mechanisms are functional under physiological conditions: electroneutral Cl−/HCO exchange, DIDS- and EIPA-insensitive Na+-HCO cotransport, and Ba2+-sensitive electroneutral K+-Cl−(HCO) cotransport.
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