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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 280, Issue 13, Pages 12781-12789Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M414118200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [T32-HL7571] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK67749, DK50594] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES06096] Funding Source: Medline
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The NHE4 Na+/H+ exchanger is abundantly expressed on the basolateral membrane of gastric parietal cells. To test the hypothesis that it is required for normal acid secretion, NHE4-null mutant (NHE4(-/-)) mice were prepared by targeted disruption of the NHE4 (Slc9a4) gene. NHE4(-/-) mice survived and appeared outwardly normal. Analysis of stomach contents revealed that NHE4(-/-) mice were hypochlorhydric. The reduction in acid secretion was similar in 18-day-old, 9-week-old, and 6-month-old mice, indicating that the hypochlorhydria phenotype did not progress over time, as was observed in mice lacking the NHE2 Na+/H+ exchanger. Histological abnormalities were observed in the gastric mucosa of 9-week-old NHE4(-/-) mice, including sharply reduced numbers of parietal cells, a loss of mature chief cells, increased numbers of mucous and undifferentiated cells, and an increase in the number of necrotic and apoptotic cells. NHE4(-/-) parietal cells exhibited limited development of canalicular membranes and a virtual absence of tubulovesicles, and some of the microvilli had centrally bundled actin. We conclude that NHE4, which may normally be coupled with the AE2 Cl-/HCO3- exchanger, is important for normal levels of gastric acid secretion, gastric epithelial cell differentiation, and development of secretory canalicular and tubulovesicular membranes.
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