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Renal tubule solute and water transport is subject to regulation by numerous factors. To characterize direct effects of the recently discovered peptide endothelin (ET) on renal tubule transport, we determined signaling mechanisms for ET effects on vasopressin (AVP)-stimulated water permeability (PF) in rat terminal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) perfused in vitro. ET caused a rapid, dose-dependent, and reversible fall in AVP- but not cyclic AMP-stimulated PF, suggesting that its effect on PF is by inhibition of cyclic AMP accumulation. Indomethacin did not block ET actions, ruling out a role for prostaglandins in its effect. The protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor calphostin, or pretreatment of perfused tubules with pertussis toxin, blocked ET-mediated inhibition of AVP-stimulated PF. ET caused a transient increase in intracellular calcium ([Ca2+]i) in perfused tubules, an effect unchanged in zero calcium bath or by PT pretreatment. ET effects on PF and [Ca2+]i desensitized rapidly. Inhibition of PF was transient and largely abolished by 20 min ET preexposure, and repeat exposure to ET did not alter [Ca2+]i. In contrast, PGE2-mediated inhibition of AVP-stimulated PF and increase of [Ca2+]i were sustained and unaltered by prior exposure of IMCD to ET. Thus desensitization to ET is homologous. We conclude that ET is a potent inhibitor of AVP-stimulated water permeability in rat terminal IMCD. Signaling pathways for its effects involve both an inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding protein and phospholipase-mediated activation of PKC. Since ET is synthesized by IMCD cells, this peptide may be an important autocrine modulator of renal epithelial transport.
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PMID:Endothelin inhibits vasopressin-stimulated water permeability in rat terminal inner medullary collecting duct. 132

We have reported that dopamine (DA) inhibits Na-K-ATPase activity in the cortical collecting duct (CCD) by stimulating the DA1 receptor, and the present study was designed to evaluate the mechanism of this effect. Short-term exposure (15-30 min) of microdissected rat CCD to DA, a DA1 agonist (fenoldopam), vasopressin (AVP), forskolin, or dibutyryl cAMP (dBcAMP), which increase cAMP content by different mechanisms, strongly (approximately 60%) inhibited Na-K-ATPase activity. 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine, an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase, completely blocked Na-K-ATPase inhibition by DA or fenoldopam, and IP20, an inhibitor peptide of cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA), abolished the Na:K pump effect of all the cAMP agonists listed above. To verify whether the mechanism of pump inhibition by agents that increase cell cAMP involves phospholipase A2 (PLA2), we used mepacrine, a PLA2 inhibitor, which also abolished Na-K-ATPase inhibition by DA or fenoldopam, as well as by AVP, forskolin, or dBcAMP. Arachidonic acid (10(-7) - 10(-4) M) inhibited Na-K-ATPase activity in dose-dependent fashion. Corticosterone, which induces lipomodulin, a PLA2 inhibitor protein inactivated by PKA, equally abolished the pump effects of DA, fenoldopam, forskolin, and dBcAMP, suggesting that lipomodulin might act between PKA and PLA2 in cAMP-dependent pump regulation. We conclude that dopamine inhibits Na-K-ATPase activity in the CCD through a DA1 receptor-mediated cAMP-PKA pathway that involves the stimulation of PLA2 and arachidonic acid release, possibly mediated by inactivation of lipomodulin. This pathway is shared by other agonists that increase cell cAMP and thus stimulate PKA activity.
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PMID:Intracellular signaling in the regulation of renal Na-K-ATPase. I. Role of cyclic AMP and phospholipase A2. 134 27

The inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) of the rat consists of two structurally and functionally distinct segments, i.e., the initial and the terminal IMCD. To identify factors that may regulate the transport function in the IMCD segments, we assessed whether catecholamines, carbachol, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), bradykinin, glucagon, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, or epidermal growth factor affects adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production in microdissected tubules in the presence and absence of arginine vasopressin (AVP, 0.1 nM). All experiments were performed in the presence of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, and cAMP was measured by radioimmunoassay. Epinephrine (greater than or equal to 50 nM) and clonidine (greater than or equal to 1 microM) markedly decreased AVP-induced cAMP levels in both IMCD segments. However, phenylephrine did not show an effect. The inhibitory effect of epinephrine was blocked by yohimbine (50 nM) but not by prazosin (50 nM). In isolated perfused terminal IMCDs, epinephrine inhibited AVP-stimulated urea permeability. Isoproterenol (1 microM), in the absence of AVP, caused a significant increase in cAMP level only in the initial IMCD. Propranolol (1 microM) inhibited this isoproterenol effect, but atenolol did not. Dopamine (less than or equal to 1 microM) had no effect on cAMP levels in either IMCD segment. Carbachol, PGE2, and the various peptide hormones had no effect on cAMP levels (+/- AVP) in either IMCD segment. We conclude that an adrenergic beta 2-receptor is present only in the initial IMCD, where its occupation increases cAMP production. We conclude also that an adrenergic alpha 2-receptor is present in both IMCD segments, where its occupation inhibits AVP-induced cAMP production.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Hormone and autacoid regulation of cAMP production in rat IMCD subsegments. 135 41

Urea transport across the terminal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) is mediated by a urea transporter that is stimulated by vasopressin (AVP) or hyperosmolarity. To determine whether hyperosmolarity stimulates urea transport by an adenylyl cyclase-dependent or -independent mechanism, terminal IMCDs were perfused with 10 microM forskolin followed by an increase in osmolality or with increasing osmolality followed by 10 nM AVP. In both protocols, stimulating adenylyl cyclase caused an additive increase in urea permeability (Purea) to that stimulated by hyperosmolarity. Next, we investigated whether hyperosmolarity stimulates the same urea transporter as AVP by studying the inhibitor profile and IMCD subsegment response of hyperosmolarity-stimulated urea transport and comparing it to properties already demonstrated for AVP-stimulated urea transport. In terminal IMCDs, luminal phloretin (250 microM) reversibly inhibited Purea by 63%. Thiourea (100 mM) inhibited Purea by 73% at two different levels of osmolality, 690 and 290 mosmol/kgH2O. The half-maximal inhibitory concentration (K1/2) for thiourea at 690 mosmol/kgH2O was not significantly different from the K1/2 value at 290 mosmol/kgH2O, suggesting that stimulation by hyperosmolarity is related to an increase in the Vmax for the urea transporter. Finally, we found that hyperosmolarity did not stimulate Purea in the initial IMCD. In summary, the data suggests that hyperosmolarity stimulates urea transport by an adenylyl cyclase-independent mechanism. However, the inhibitor profile and the IMCD subsegment response for hyperosmolarity-stimulated and AVP-stimulated Purea are similar, suggesting that both hyperosmolarity and AVP stimulate the same urea transporter.
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PMID:Characteristics of osmolarity-stimulated urea transport in rat IMCD. 162 10

Urinary osmotic concentration capacity during renal ontogeny is subject to changes of medullary cytoarchitecture and of segmental epithelial transport characteristics. Osmotic equilibrium between interstitial and tubular fluid of the terminal nephron segment in response to vasopressin is an absolute essential of maximal urinary osmotic concentration. The regulation of osmotic water permeability (Pf) in this terminal epithelial segment during ontogenetic differentiation has not been documented. The inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD), the terminal 40% of total segmental length, was dissected at two stages of postnatal ontogenetic differentiation from immature (days 7-15) and from mature (days 33-37) rat kidneys and perfused in vitro. Pf (micron/s) was measured (bath hyperosmotic) in the absence and presence of arginine vasopressin (AVP, 230 pM). Basal Pf was 32.3 +/- 4.03 (n = 26) in the immature IMCD (IMCDi) and 111.5 +/- 20.6 (n = 15) in the mature segment (IMCDm). AVP increased Pf in IMCDi from 46.4 +/- 10.5 to 102 +/- 25.7 micron/s, whereas in IMCDm the AVP-dependent change of Pf was from 104.2 +/- 41.2 to 693 +/- 176 micron/s. AVP (2,300 pM) did not further increase Pf in IMCDi. Forskolin (50 microM) changed Pf in IMCDi from 34.9 +/- 6.3 to 104.1 +/- 16 micron/s; the corresponding change in IMCDm was from 150 +/- 32 to 985.8 +/- 133 micron/s. An analogue of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP; 10(-3) M) increased Pf in IMCDi from 35.5 +/- 11.4 to 138.5 +/- 32.6 and in IMCDm from 79.6 +/- 32.3 to 702.2 +/- 283 micron/s.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Regulation of osmotic water permeability during differentiation of inner medullary collecting duct. 203 57

The distal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) is critical in the urinary concentrating process, in part because it is the site of vasopressin (AVP)-regulated permeability to urea. The purpose of these experiments was to develop a cell culture model of the IMCD on permeable structure and to characterize the responsiveness to AVP. Rat IMCD cells were grown to confluence on collagen-coated Millipore filters glued onto plastic rings. To assess the time required to achieve confluence, the transepithelial resistance was measured periodically and was found to be stable after 2 weeks, at a maximal value of 595 +/- 22 omega cm2. In separate monolayers the effect of AVP on inulin and urea permeability was determined. While inulin permeability was unchanged after AVP, urea permeability increased from 6.0 +/- 0.4 to peak values of 16.0 +/- 3.8 (10 nM), 23.1 +/- 3.9 (1 microM) and 28.1 +/- 4.9 (10 microM) x 10(-6) cm s-1 (n = 24). In 10 other monolayers, after the addition of 1 mM 8-Br-cAMP, urea permeability increased from 5.1 +/- 0.3 to 8.1 +/- 1.6 x 10(-6) cm s-1 and, after 8-Br-cAMP + 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, to 12.2 +/- 0.7 x 10(-6) cm s-1. We conclude that rat IMCD cells grown in culture exhibit the characteristics of a 'tight' epithelium. Inulin and urea permeability are not different in the absence of AVP, consistent with high resistance junctional complexes. Furthermore, IMCD cells retain the capacity for AVP-regulated urea permeability, a characteristic feature of this nephron segment in vivo.
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PMID:Vasopressin-enhanced urea transport by rat inner medullary collecting duct cells in culture. 224 45

The present study was undertaken to investigate the cAMP system in isolated vasopressin (AVP)-sensitive segments of the hypercalcemic rat. Hypercalcemia was produced by supplementation of diet with dihydrotachysterol, achieving a mean serum calcium of 12.6 mg%. Maximal urinary concentration was only 1982 +/- 119 mOsm/kg H2O in pair, watered hypercalcemic rats when compared to 2478 +/- 93 mOsm/kg H2O in controls (N = 7) (P less than 0.01). Vasopressin stimulated adenylate cyclase activity at concentrations of vasopressin between 10(-9) and 10(-7) M was indistinguishable in the outer medullary collecting duct (OMCD) and inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) of tubules dissected from hypercalcemic rats or normocalcemic rats. Likewise, in situ cAMP accumulation in response to 10(-7) M AVP was not significantly different in either OMCD or IMCD of hypercalcemic or normocalcemic rats at either isotonic or hypertonic media conditions. In contrast, while 10(-7) M AVP significantly (P less than 0.05) increased cAMP accumulation in the medullary ascending limb (MAL) of normocalcemic rats it failed to do so in the MAL of hypercalcemic rats. This failure to accumulate cAMP appears to be due to impairment in AVP-stimulated adenylate cyclase rather than to enhanced phosphodiesterase activity. A similar decrement in glucagon stimulated adenylate cyclase occurred with 10(-6) M glucagon. The results demonstrate that in chronic hypercalcemia the cAMP system in the OMCT and IMCD of the rat is intact, but the MAL demonstrates abnormal AVP responsiveness due to impaired adenylate cyclase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:The cAMP system in vasopressin-sensitive nephron segments of the vitamin D-treated rat. 303 55

Principal cell epithelium of renal collecting duct from neonatal rabbit kidney was cultured in the presence of aldosterone (1 x 10(-6) M) and arginine vasopressin (AVP; 1 x 10(-6) M) for 10 days to investigate, by immunohistochemical methods using specific monoclonal antibodies, whether the hormones influence the expression and insertion of plasma membrane proteins. The experiments demonstrated that aldosterone alone or aldosterone plus AVP significantly increased the number of epithelial cells reacting at the luminal and lateral plasma membrane with the antibodies CD 2 and 3, specific for renal collecting duct, as we have shown in the kidney. In cultures treated with aldosterone and aldosterone plus AVP, nearly all epithelial cells were labelled by the antibodies, while controls or AVP treatment showed 41% and 24% unreactive cells, respectively. These findings were complemented with electrophysiological experiments, in which epithelia pretreated by aldosterone or aldosterone plus AVP showed significantly hyperpolarized transepithelial voltage (Vte) and higher resistance (Rte) than controls or AVP-treated specimens. The experiments demonstrated that chronic administration of aldosterone or of aldosterone plus AVP to increase Na+-transport was paralleled by the appearance of collecting-duct-specific proteins in the epithelium. Consequently, this result indicates that aldosterone influences the functional maturity of the cultured epithelium.
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PMID:Appearance of specific proteins in the apical plasma membrane of cultured renal collecting duct principal cell epithelium after chronic administration of aldosterone and arginine vasopressin. 321 95

Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that vasopressin stimulates K, Mg, Ca, Cl, and Na reabsorption by the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (TALH) of the rat kidney. Micropuncture of superficial nephrons and clearance experiments were performed to determine whether desensitization of the TALH to vasopressin may be demonstrated in vivo and whether such desensitization is specific for the effects of vasopressin (i.e., homologous) or also alters the response to the other hormones acting on the same pool of adenylate cyclase in this nephron segment. Brattleboro rats, with hereditary hypothalamic diabetes insipidus (DI), were given i.m. injections of 1-desamino-8-D-arginine-vasopressin (des-1-amino-[DArg8]VP (herein designated dDAVP); 2 micrograms/day) for 3 days. The effects of maximal physiological doses of arginine-8-vasopressin ([Arg8]VP (herein designated AVP); 20 pg/min per 100 g of body weight) were studied 2 days after the cessation of treatment, when the animals had returned to DI. The K, Mg, Ca, and, to a lesser extent, Cl and Na concentrations in the fluid leaving the TALH of superficial nephrons were higher in dDAVP-treated than in untreated rats given similar amounts of AVP during the experiments. A 50-60% desensitization of the TALH to AVP was still apparent 2 days after stopping the dDAVP injections. Desensitization is homologous, as judged from normal responses to physiological doses of glucagon and calcitonin, two hormones acting on the same cyclase pool as AVP in the rat TALH. The AVP-dependent increase of urine osmolality, however, indicated that its effects on the permeability to water of the collecting duct were scarcely affected in dDAVP-treated rats. It is concluded that (i) AVP induces homologous desensitization in the rat TALH and (ii) the TALH can be markedly desensitized to AVP when the collecting duct response to this hormone is poorly affected or even fully maintained.
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PMID:Desensitization of rat renal thick ascending limb cells to vasopressin. 335 89

Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) inhibits vasopressin-stimulated water conductivity (AVP-Lp) and inhibits Na+ reabsorption in the rabbit cortical collecting duct (CCD). Inhibition of Na+ reabsorption is mediated by increased intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+]i). Prostacyclin (PGI2) has also been shown to inhibit Na+ reabsorption in the CCD. The present studies were designed to examine the effect of the PGI2 agonist, Iloprost (ILP), on AVP-Lp and [Ca2+ in the isolated perfused rabbit CCD and to determine whether ILP activates different receptors than PGE2. ILP and PGE2 each maximally inhibited AVP-Lp equipotently at 10(-7) M. When CCDs were exposed to PGE2 and ILP simultaneously, or if PGE2 was added in the presence of ILP, inhibition of AVP-Lp was additive. Additivity was not observed if the PGI2 agonist, carbaprostacyclin (c-PGI2), was added with ILP, or if the PGE2 agonist, sulprostone, was added with PGE2, or if ILP was added to CCDs preexposed to PGE2. In fura 2-loaded CCD, ILP and PGE2 added separately increased [Ca2+]i. The response to c-PGI2 could be desensitized by prior exposure to ILP. ILP did not cause desensitization to PGE2, but PGE2 could desensitize the CCD to ILP. We conclude that PGI2 inhibits AVP-Lp by activation of a novel IP3 prostacyclin receptor and increases [Ca2+]i by activation of an IP1 prostacyclin receptor in the rabbit CCD. Functional evidence is presented that PGI2 cannot occupy PGE2 receptors and that PGE2 can occupy but cannot activate PGI2 receptors linked to inhibition of AVP-Lp.
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PMID:Rabbit cortical collecting ducts express a novel prostacyclin receptor. 753 Sep 13


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