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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 270: F411-F418, 1996;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 3 411-F418, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in epithelial cells of the porcine cortical thick ascending limb

L. J. Dai, G. Ritchie, B. Bapty, L. Raymond and G. A. Quamme
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Hospital, Canada.

Intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) plays an important role in the signal transduction processes within cortical thick ascending limb (CTAL) cells. Control of [Ca2+]i was investigated in isolated CTAL cells with microfluorescent techniques. CTAL cells pretreated with ouabain to elevate intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) had basal [Ca2+]i of 86 +/- 2 nM. Removal of extracellular Na (Nao+) or voltage depolarization with KCl (in the presence of Nao+) resulted in a rapid and reversible maximal elevation of [Ca2+]i (1,023 +/- 72 nM, n = 28), which was dependent on the presence of external Ca2+ (Cao2+). The rise in [Ca2+]i was inhibited with La3+, Mg2+, amiloride, and bepridil. The increments of [Ca2+]i with either removal of Nao+ or voltage depolarization were dependent on pretreatment with ouabain and increases in [Na+]i. The presence of a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger was, confirmed with hybridization techniques, and the isoform was identified by sequencing the alternative splicing site within the intracellular loop. A gene transcript that encodes a portion of the intracellular loop of the renal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger was amplified from cortical tissue and single CTAL cells by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, using primers flanking the alternative splicing site. Southern hybridization and DNA sequencing demonstrated the isoform contained exons B and D, which is characteristic of one isoform (NACA3) of the renal Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. The results provide both functional and molecular evidence for a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in thick ascending limb cells of the porcine kidney.


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