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Effects of Low-Potassium Diet on N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive ATPase in the Distal Nephron Segments |
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Kidney and Blood Pressure Research,
Volume 13,
Issue 3,
1990,
Page 129-136
Lal C. Garg,
Neelam Narang,
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The present study was undertaken to investigate whether or not potassium deficiency influences N-ethylmaleimide (NEM)-sensitive ATPase in the distal nephron segments of the rat. One group of animals was fed a low-K diet, whereas the normal K-group was given the same diet after supplementation with KCl. The nephron segments examined were: the medullary and cortical thick ascending limbs, the distal convoluted tubule, and the cortical, outer and inner medullary collecting ducts. NEM-sensitive ATPase activity in microdissected segments was measured by a fluorometric microassay. The plasma K+ concentration in the low-K group was 3.1 ± 0.3 mEq/l compared with 4.2 ± 0.1 mEq/1 in the normal-K group. NEM-sensitive ATPase activity in the outer medullary collecting duct of low-K diet animals was significantly greater than in normal-K animals. There was no significant difference in NEM-sensitive ATPase activity between the two groups of animals in the other nephron segments examined. It is suggested that NEM-sensitive H-ATPase activity in the outer medullary collecting duct is modulated by the potassium status of the anima
ISSN:1420-4096
DOI:10.1159/000173359
出版商:S. Karger AG
年代:1990
数据来源: Karger
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Morphological and Biochemical Changes of LLC-PK1Cells during Adaptation to Glucose-Free Culture Conditions |
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Kidney and Blood Pressure Research,
Volume 13,
Issue 3,
1990,
Page 137-153
Gerhard Gstraunthaler,
Elisabeth Gersdorf,
Walter M. Fischer,
Michael Joannidis,
Walter Pfaller,
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The established renal epithelial cell line LLC-PK1 retained in tissue culture several differentiated properties of renal proximal tubular cells. By adapting LLC-PK1 cells to glucose-free culture conditions, we recently succeeded in isolating a gluconeogenic strain of LLC-PK1 cells capable of growing in the absence of hexoses. In contrast to the parental wild type, the isolated strain expressed fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity and was, therefore, designated LLC-PK1-FBPase+. Besides the differences in glucose metabolism, the isolated gluconeogenic substrain differs form the parental wild type with respect to morphological appearance and the expression of apical membrane marker enzymes. LLC-PK1-FBPase+ cells display a drastic accumulation of autophagic vacuoles, disappearance of apical membrane alkaline phosphatase activity, and increased γ-glutamyltranspeptidase activity. In order to find out whether or not a low alkaline phosphatase activity in combination with the enhanced formation of autophagic vacuoles is related to a change in apical membrane surface, we utilized a combined light and electron microscopic morphometric procedure to determine the absolute amount of organelle volumes and membrane surface areas. This stereologic approach shows that LLC-PK1-FBPase+ cells display a tenfold increase in the volume of autophagic vacuoles and the lysosomal compartment. Analysis of lysosomal enzyme activities, however, revealed no changes as compared to wild-type cells. The apical membrane surface of gluconeogenic cells was found to be increased by 80%. Karyotype analysis revealed that LLC-PK1 wild-type cells were diploid, whereas FBPase+ cells exhibited polyploidy with a high percentage of tetraploid nuclei. Culturing LLC-PK1-FBPase+ cells in the presence of 5 mM glucose does not abolish the morphological and biochemical changes described, indicating the stability of the FBPase+ strain
ISSN:1420-4096
DOI:10.1159/000173360
出版商:S. Karger AG
年代:1990
数据来源: Karger
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Evidence for Separate Carriers for Purine Nucleosides and for Pyrimidine Nucleosides in the Renal Brush Border Membrane |
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Kidney and Blood Pressure Research,
Volume 13,
Issue 3,
1990,
Page 154-161
Michel Le Hir,
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The aim of the present study was to test if the transport of all nucleosides in rat renal brush border membranes occurs via a common carrier or if specific carriers exist for various groups of nucleosides. We measured the inward transport of radiolabeled nucleosides into brush border vesicles. The effect of unlabeled nucleosides present inside of the vesicles (trans-stimulation) or outside of the vesicles (cis-inhibition) was studied. Uphill influx of a nucleoside into the vesicles could be driven by the efflux of another nucleoside (trans-stimulation) if they were both purines or both pyrimidines but not if one nucleoside was a purine and the other one a pyrimidine. Thus, there exist a carrier that transports various purine nucleosides, and a carrier that transports various pyrimidine nucleosides, but the tested purine nucleosides and the tested pyrimidine nucleosides do not appear to be transported by the same carrier. Uridine and thymidine were similarly potent for the inhibition of cytidine transport whereas uridine was much more potent than thymidine for the inhibition of adenosine transport. This suggests that cytidine and adenosine can use different carriers. Preincubation of the vesicles with N-ethylmaleimide resulted in a marked decrease of the rate of transport of purine nucleosides but it had little effect on the transport of pyrimidine nucleosides. These data are best explained by the presence in the renal brush border membrane of two carriers, one for purine nucleosides, the other one for pyrimidine nucleosides. However the discrimination between purine nucleosides and pyrimidine nucleosides by the two putative carriers may not be absolute, as indicated by the finding that adenosine inhibited the transport of pyrimidine nucleosides and reciprocally.
ISSN:1420-4096
DOI:10.1159/000173361
出版商:S. Karger AG
年代:1990
数据来源: Karger
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Interaction of Cell Volume and Cell Function |
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Kidney and Blood Pressure Research,
Volume 13,
Issue 3,
1990,
Page 162-179
D. Häussinger,
F. Lang,
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ISSN:1420-4096
DOI:10.1159/000173362
出版商:S. Karger AG
年代:1990
数据来源: Karger
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Author Index Vol. 13, No. 3, 1990 |
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Kidney and Blood Pressure Research,
Volume 13,
Issue 3,
1990,
Page 180-180
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ISSN:1420-4096
DOI:10.1159/000173363
出版商:S. Karger AG
年代:1990
数据来源: Karger
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