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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 290, Issue 4, Pages C952-C963Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00339.2005
Keywords
cilia; hypertension; ion transport; epithelial cells
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK038470, P30 DK074038, DK-71007, P01 DK062345, P01 DK-62345, R01 DK-67343, R01 DK-55007] Funding Source: Medline
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The Tg737(orpk) autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease ( ARPKD) mouse carries a hypomorphic mutation in the Tg737 gene. Because of the absence of its protein product Polaris, the nonmotile primary monocilium central to the luminal membrane of ductal epithelia, such as the cortical collecting duct ( CCD) principal cell ( PC), is malformed. Although the functions of the renal monocilium remain elusive, primary monocilia or flagella on neurons act as sensory organelles. Thus we hypothesized that the PC monocilium functions as a cellular sensor. To test this hypothesis, we assessed the contribution of Polaris and cilium structure and function to renal epithelial ion transport electrophysiology. Properties of Tg737(orpk) mutant CCD PC clones were compared with clones genetically rescued with wild-ype Tg737 cDNA. All cells were grown as polarized cell monolayers with similarly high transepithelial resistance on permeable filter supports. Three- to fourfold elevated transepithelial voltage ( V-te) and short-circuit current ( I-sc) were measured in mutant orpk monolayers vs. rescued controls. Pharmacological and cell biological examination of this enhanced electrical end point in mutant monolayers revealed that epithelial Na+ channels ( ENaCs) were upregulated. Amiloride, ENaC-selective amiloride analogs ( benzamil and phenamil), and protease inhibitors ( aprotinin and leupeptin) attenuated heightened V-te and I-sc. Higher concentrations of additional amiloride analogs ( ethylisopropylamiloride and dimethylamiloride) also revealed inhibition of V-te. Cell culture requirements and manipulations were also consistent with heightened ENaC expression and function. Together, these data suggest that ENaC expression and/or function are upregulated in the luminal membrane of mutant, cilium-deficient orpk CCD PC monolayers vs. cilium-competent controls. When the genetic lesion causes loss or malformation of the monocilium, ENaC-driven Na+ hyperabsorption may explain the rapid emergence of severe hypertension in a majority of patients with ARPKD.
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