AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 264, Issue 4 623-F628, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Transforming growth factor-beta inhibits phosphate transport in renal epithelial cells

F. Law, R. Rizzoli and J. P. Bonjour
Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

The effect(s) of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) on Pi transport was investigated in confluent opossum kidney (OK) epithelial cells. TGF-beta induced a time- and concentration-dependent decrease in the initial rate of sodium-dependent Pi, but not alanine, transport. This selective inhibitory effect on Pi transport was largely reversible and was not associated with a rise in adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate production. The reduction in Pi uptake was also independent of changes in extracellular calcium concentrations and prostaglandin synthesis. TGF-beta-mediated Pi transport inhibition appeared to involve neither pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein(s) nor augmented protein kinase C activity. However, the probable role of a serine/threonine protein kinase in signal transduction was supported by the considerable attenuation of TGF-beta effect by H-7. Furthermore, the TGF-beta-induced Pi transport reduction was blunted by cycloheximide and abolished by actinomycin D. In conclusion, TGF-beta selectively inhibits the activity of the sodium-dependent Pi transport system present in the apical membrane of renal epithelial cells. This action appears to be exerted via an unprecedented inhibitory pathway that might involve a serine/threonine protein kinase and alterations in the transcriptional and translational processes.

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