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XB-ART-42285
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010 Oct 01;2994:F890-7. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00323.2010.
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Effects of dietary K on cell-surface expression of renal ion channels and transporters.

Frindt G , Palmer LG .


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Changes in apical surface expression of ion channels and transporters in the superficial rat renal cortex were assessed using biotinylation and immunoblotting during alterations in dietary K intake. A high-K diet increased, and a low-K diet decreased, both the overall and surface abundance of the β- and γ-subunits of the epithelial Na channel (ENaC). In the case of γ-ENaC, the effect was specific for the 65-kDa cleaved form of the protein. The overall amount of α-ENAC was also increased with increasing K intake. The total expression of the secretory K(+) channels (ROMK) increased with a high-K diet and decreased with a low-K diet. The surface expression of ROMK increased with high K intake but was not significantly altered by a low-K diet. In contrast, the amounts of total and surface protein representing the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC) decreased with increasing K intake. We conclude that modulation of K(+) secretion in response to changes in dietary K intake involves changes in apical K(+) permeability through regulation of K(+) channels and in driving force subsequent to alterations in both Na delivery to the distal nephron and Na(+) uptake across the apical membrane of the K(+) secretory cells.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: kcnj1 slc12a3

References [+] :
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