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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 273: F254-F263, 1997;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 2 254-F263, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Posttranscriptional upregulation of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity in newborn guinea pig renal cortex

E. N. Guillery, D. J. Huss, A. A. McDonough and L. C. Klein
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792, USA.

We measured Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase) activity and subunit abundance in renal cortical homogenates and basolateral membranes (BLM) from fetal, newborn, and adult guinea pigs. Pump specific activity increased four- to fivefold in cortical homogenates and BLM during the transition from fetus to newborn. Immunoblots of BLM showed that alpha- and beta-subunit abundance increased four- to seven- and fourfold, respectively, during the transition from fetus to newborn. Immunoblots of cortical homogenates revealed similar developmental patterns, with newborns having 3.5-fold (alpha) and 2.3-fold (beta) greater subunit abundances than fetuses. Therefore, the bulk of the postnatal increase in BLM-Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase abundance resulted from increased pump production or decreased pump degradation, rather than from redistribution of pumps from intracellular pools. Despite the developmental increase in alpha- and beta-subunit protein levels, newborn guinea pig kidneys had only 1.4- to 2.1-fold greater alpha 1-subunit mRNA abundance and only a 1.5-fold greater beta 1-subunit mRNA abundance than fetal kidneys. These results demonstrate large increases in renal cortical Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase specific activity and protein abundance immediately after birth. These increases, which appear to result largely from posttranscriptional upregulation, may play an important role in mediating the rapid postnatal increase in tubular NaCl reabsorption.


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