AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 271, Issue 2 253-F260, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Na-K-ATPase isoform (alpha 3, alpha 2, alpha 1) abundance in rat kidney estimated by competitive RT-PCR and ouabain binding

K. Lucking, J. M. Nielsen, P. A. Pedersen and P. L. Jorgensen
Biomembrane Research Centre, August Krogh Institute, Copenhagen University, Denmark.

For understanding the regulation of sodium reabsorption, it is important to know whether the alpha 2- or alpha 3-isoform of Na-K-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na-K-ATPase) is expressed in mammalian kidney in addition to the predominant alpha 1 beta 1-isozyme. Here we applied competitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for estimation of mRNA in parenchymal zones of rat kidney for comparison to high-affinity [3H]ouabain binding. The alpha 3-isoform mRNA was demonstrated to form 0.04-0.05% of the amount of alpha 1-isoform mRNA in the cortex, medulla, and papilla of rat kidney. The alpha 2-mRNA was demonstrated in all three zones and constituted 0.03% of the amount of alpha 1-mRNA in cortex. The abundance of the alpha 1 truncated mRNA was 0.1-0.8% of that of the alpha 1-mRNA. The upper limit for expression of Na-K-ATPase isozyme with high ouabain affinity (dissociation constant, 69-141 nM) was 0.096-0.14% of the concentration of alpha 1 beta 1-Na-K-ATPase. Thus a small but well-defined pool of alpha 2- and alpha 3-isoforms constitutes < or = 0.1% of the amount of alpha 1-isoform at both the mRNA and protein level in rat kidney.

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