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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 267: F537-F545, 1994;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 267, Issue 4 537-F545, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Maturation of proximal tubule Na+/H+ antiporter activity in sheep during transition from fetus to newborn

E. N. Guillery, L. P. Karniski, M. S. Mathews and J. E. Robillard
Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

We have studied maturational changes in the kinetics of the proximal tubule Na+/H+ antiporter. Microvillus membrane vesicles were prepared from renal cortex of fetal and newborn lambs. Amiloride-sensitive uptake of 22Na+ by these vesicles was measured and Woolf-Augustinsson-Hofstee plots were used to determine the Michaelis constant (Km) and rate of maximal uptake (Vmax). Initial studies of fetal lambs at 130-132 days gestation (n = 5; term is 145 days) and 3- to 4-day-old lambs (n = 5) revealed no maturational change in Km (7.27 +/- 1.25 for fetuses and 9.01 +/- 1.03 mM for lambs); however, there was a 242% increase in Vmax (from 1.28 +/- 0.33 in the fetuses to 4.37 +/- 0.85 nmol.s-1.mg protein-1 in the lambs, P = 0.005). Further definition of the developmental change in Na+/H+ antiporter Vmax was obtained when 144-day-gestation fetuses (n = 5) were compared with 24-h-old sibling lambs (n = 5) that had been delivered by cesarean section at 144 days gestation. Again, no significant difference was seen in Na+/H+ antiporter Km (14.9 +/- 6.5 for fetuses and 12.5 +/- 3.4 mM for lambs); however, a significant increase in Na+/H+ antiporter Vmax occurred (from 1.41 +/- 0.51 in the fetuses to 3.32 +/- 0.37 nmol.s-1.mg protein-1 in the lambs, P < 0.01). This study shows that there is a maturational increase in renal cortical Na+/H+ antiporter Vmax during the transition from fetal to newborn life. This increase parallels the increase in renal tubular Na+ reabsorption that occurs at this time.


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