Epidermal growth factor inhibits Na-Picotransport in weaned and suckling rats
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology
- Vol. 276 (1), F72-F78
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.1999.276.1.f72
Abstract
In the present study, we determined the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF; 10 μg/100 g body wt) on sodium gradient-dependent phosphate transport (Na-Picotransport) regulation in suckling (12-day-old) and weaned (24-day-old) rats. Weaned rats had higher proximal tubular brush border membrane vesicle (BBMV) Na-Picotransport activity (232 ± 16 in weaned vs. 130 ± 9 pmol ⋅ 10 s−1⋅ mg protein−1in suckling rats, P < 0.05). Chronic treatment with EGF induced inhibition of BBMV Na-Picotransport in both suckling (130 ± 9 vs. 104 ± 7 pmol ⋅ 10 s−1⋅ mg protein−1, P < 0.05) and weaned rats (232 ± 16 vs. 145 ± 9 pmol ⋅ 10 s−1⋅ mg protein−1, P < 0.005). The inhibitory effect was selective for Na-Picotransport as there was no inhibition of Na-glucose cotransport. Weaned rats had a higher abundance of BBMV NaPi-2 protein than suckling rats (increase of 54%, P < 0.001) and a twofold increase in NaPi-2 mRNA. The EGF-induced inhibition of Na-Pitransport was paralleled by decreases in NaPi-2 protein abundance in both weaned (decrease of 26%, P < 0.01) and suckling (decrease of 27%, P < 0.01) animals. In contrast, there were no changes in NaPi-2 mRNA abundance. We conclude that proximal tubule BBMV Na-Picotransport activity, NaPi-2 protein abundance, and NaPi-2 mRNA abundance are higher in weaned than in suckling rats. EGF inhibits Na-Picotransport activity in BBMV isolated from suckling and weaned rats, and this inhibition is mediated via a decrease in NaPi-2 protein abundance, in the absence of a change in NaPi-2 mRNA.Keywords
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