Journal
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY
Volume 246, Issue 12, Pages 915-926Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-013-9593-0
Keywords
Gas channel; Rhesus protein; Biotinylation; Surface pH; Collecting duct
Funding
- Office of Naval Research [N00014-09-1-0246, N00014-11-10889]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [08/128663]
- NIH [DK81567]
- Kidney Research UK
- Blood and Transplant RD
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Mammalian glycosylated rhesus (Rh) proteins include the erythroid RhAG and the nonerythroid RhBG and RhCG. RhBG and RhCG are expressed in multiple tissues, including hepatocytes and the collecting duct (CD) of the kidney. Here, we expressed human RhAG, RhBG and RhCG in Xenopus oocytes (vs. H2O-injected control oocytes) and used microelectrodes to monitor the maximum transient change in surface pH (Delta pH(S)) caused by exposing the same oocyte to 5 % CO2/33 mM HCO3 (-) (an increase) or 0.5 mM NH3/NH4 (+) (a decrease). Subtracting the respective values for day-matched, H2O-injected control oocytes yielded channel-specific values (*). and were each significantly > 0 for all channels, indicating that RhBG and RhCG-like RhAG-can carry CO2 and NH3. We also investigated the role of a conserved aspartate residue, which was reported to inhibit NH3 transport. However, surface biotinylation experiments indicate the mutants RhBG(D178N) and RhCG(D177N) have at most a very low abundance in the oocyte plasma membrane. We demonstrate for the first time that RhBG and RhCG-like RhAG-have significant CO2 permeability, and we confirm that RhAG, RhBG and RhCG all have significant NH3 permeability. However, as evidenced by values, we could not distinguish among the CO2/NH3 permeability ratios for RhAG, RhBG and RhCG. Finally, we propose a mechanism whereby RhBG and RhCG contribute to acid secretion in the CD by enhancing the transport of not only NH3 but also CO2 across the membranes of CD cells.
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