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Na+ Sensitivity of ROMK1 K+ Channel: Role of the Na+/H+ Antiporter

Na+ Sensitivity of ROMK1 K+ Channel: Role of the Na+/H+ Antiporter To examine the extracellular Na+ sensitivity of a renal inwardly rectifying K+ channel, we performed electrophysiological experiments on Xenopus oocytes or a human kidney cell line, HEK293, in which we had expressed the cloned renal K+ channel, ROMK1 (Kir1.1). When extracellular Na+ was removed, the whole-cell ROMK1 currents were markedly suppressed in both the oocytes and HEK293 cells. Single-channel ROMK1 activities recorded in the cell-attached patch on the oocyte were not affected by removal of Na+ from the pipette solution. However, macro-patch ROMK1 currents recorded on the oocyte were significantly suppressed by Na+ removal from the bath solution. A blocker of Na+/H+ antiporters, amiloride, largely inhibited the Na+ removal-induced suppression of whole-cell ROMK1 currents in the oocytes. The pH-insensitive K80M mutant of ROMK1 was much less sensitive to Na+ removal. Na+ removal was found to induce a significant decrease in intracellular pH in the oocytes using H+-selective microelectrodes. Coexpression of ROMK1 with NHE3, which is a Na+/H+ antiporter isoform of the kidney apical membrane, conferred increased sensitivity of ROMK1 channels to extracellular Na+ in both the oocytes and HEK293 cells. Thus, it is concluded that the ROMK1 channel is regulated indirectly by extracellular Na+, and that the interaction between NHE transporter and ROMK1 channel appears to be involved in the mechanism of Na+ sensitivity of ROMK1 channel via regulating intracellular pH. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Membrane Biology Springer Journals

Na+ Sensitivity of ROMK1 K+ Channel: Role of the Na+/H+ Antiporter

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © Inc. by 1999 Springer-Verlag New York
Subject
Life Sciences; Biochemistry, general; Human Physiology
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0022-2631
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1432-1424
DOI
10.1007/s002329900584
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Abstract

To examine the extracellular Na+ sensitivity of a renal inwardly rectifying K+ channel, we performed electrophysiological experiments on Xenopus oocytes or a human kidney cell line, HEK293, in which we had expressed the cloned renal K+ channel, ROMK1 (Kir1.1). When extracellular Na+ was removed, the whole-cell ROMK1 currents were markedly suppressed in both the oocytes and HEK293 cells. Single-channel ROMK1 activities recorded in the cell-attached patch on the oocyte were not affected by removal of Na+ from the pipette solution. However, macro-patch ROMK1 currents recorded on the oocyte were significantly suppressed by Na+ removal from the bath solution. A blocker of Na+/H+ antiporters, amiloride, largely inhibited the Na+ removal-induced suppression of whole-cell ROMK1 currents in the oocytes. The pH-insensitive K80M mutant of ROMK1 was much less sensitive to Na+ removal. Na+ removal was found to induce a significant decrease in intracellular pH in the oocytes using H+-selective microelectrodes. Coexpression of ROMK1 with NHE3, which is a Na+/H+ antiporter isoform of the kidney apical membrane, conferred increased sensitivity of ROMK1 channels to extracellular Na+ in both the oocytes and HEK293 cells. Thus, it is concluded that the ROMK1 channel is regulated indirectly by extracellular Na+, and that the interaction between NHE transporter and ROMK1 channel appears to be involved in the mechanism of Na+ sensitivity of ROMK1 channel via regulating intracellular pH.

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The Journal of Membrane Biology – Springer Journals

Published: Nov 1, 1999

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