The present study was designed to determine the Na/H exchanger isoforms present in luminal membrane vesicles (LMV) isolated from rat kidney cortical tubule suspensions, as well as the effects of acute phorbol ester (phorbol myristate acetate, PMA) and angiotensin II (ANG II) pretreatment of suspensions on NHE activity and protein kinase C (PKC) isoform abundance. In LMV, both NHE3 and NHE2 proteins were found by Western blot analysis, but only ethylisopropylamiloride-sensitive and almost completely Hoe-694-resistant Na/H exchange activity was observed from (22)Na uptake and thus attributed to NHE3. PMA pretreatment increased Na/H exchange activity and PKC isoforms alpha, delta, and epsilon abundance in LMV, and these effects were prevented by PKC inhibition. Low-dose ANG II (10(-11) M) pretreatment increased Na/H exchange activity and only PKC-zeta abundance in LMV, and these effects were also prevented by PKC inhibition. After high-dose ANG II (10(-7) M), Na/H exchange activity was decreased in LMV. PKC inhibition did not prevent this effect. In conclusion, the stimulating effects of PMA and low-dose ANG II are explained by the translocation of different isoforms of PKC in LMV, whereas the inhibitory effect of high-dose ANG II is not PKC dependent.
The present study was addressed to define the contribution of cytoskeleton elements in the kidney proximal tubule Na+/H+ exchanger 3 (NHE3) activity under basal conditions. We used luminal membrane vesicles (LMV) isolated from suspensions of rat cortical tubules pretreated with either colchicine (Colch) or cytochalasin D (Cyto D). Colch pretreatment of suspensions (200 microM for 60 min) moderately decreased LMV NHE3 activity. Cyto D pretreatment (1 microM for 60 min) elicited an increase in LMV NHE3 transport activity but did not increase Na-glucose cotransport activity. Cyto D pretreatment of suspensions did not change the apparent affinity of NHE3 for internal H+. In contrast, after Cyto D pretreatment of the suspensions, NHE3 protein abundance was increased in LMV and remained unchanged in cortical cell homogenates. The effect of Cyto D on NHE3 was further assessed with cultures of murine cortical cells. The amount of surface biotinylated NHE3 increased on Cyto D treatment, whereas NHE3 protein abundance was unchanged in cell homogenates. In conclusion, under basal conditions NHE3 activity depends on the state of actin organization possibly involved in trafficking processes between luminal membrane and intracellular compartment.
The renal-specific Na-K-2Cl co-transporter, NKCC2, plays a pivotal role in regulating body salt levels and blood pressure. NKCC2 mutations lead to type I Bartter syndrome, a life-threatening kidney disease. Regulation of NKCC2 trafficking behavior serves as a major mechanism in controlling NKCC2 activity across the plasma membrane. However, the identities of the protein partners involved in cell surface targeting of NKCC2 are largely unknown. To gain insight into these processes, we used a yeast two-hybrid system to screen a kidney cDNA library for proteins that interact with the NKCC2 C terminus. One binding partner we identified was SCAMP2 (secretory carrier membrane protein 2). Microscopic confocal imaging and co-immunoprecipitation assays confirmed NKCC2-SCAMP2 interaction in renal cells. SCAMP2 associated also with the structurally related co-transporter NCC, suggesting that the interaction with SCAMP2 is a common feature of sodium-dependent chloride co-transporters. Heterologous expression of SCAMP2 specifically decreased cell surface abundance as well as transport activity of NKCC2 across the plasma membrane. Co-immunolocalization experiments revealed that intracellularly retained NKCC2 co-localizes with SCAMP2 in recycling endosomes. The rate of NKCC2 endocytic retrieval, assessed by the sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate cleavage assay, was not affected by SCAMP2. The surface-biotinylatable fraction of newly inserted NKCC2 in the plasma membrane was reduced by SCAMP2, demonstrating that SCAMP2-induced decrease in surface NKCC2 is due to decreased exocytotic trafficking. Finally, a single amino acid mutation, cysteine 201 to alanine, within the conserved cytoplasmic E peptide of SCAMP2, which is believed to regulate exocytosis, abolished SCAMP2-mediated down-regulation of the co-transporter. Taken together, these data are consistent with a model whereby SCAMP2 regulates NKCC2 transit through recycling endosomes and limits the cell surface targeting of the co-transporter by interfering with its exocytotic trafficking. The renal-specific Na-K-2Cl co-transporter, NKCC2, plays a pivotal role in regulating body salt levels and blood pressure. NKCC2 mutations lead to type I Bartter syndrome, a life-threatening kidney disease. Regulation of NKCC2 trafficking behavior serves as a major mechanism in controlling NKCC2 activity across the plasma membrane. However, the identities of the protein partners involved in cell surface targeting of NKCC2 are largely unknown. To gain insight into these processes, we used a yeast two-hybrid system to screen a kidney cDNA library for proteins that interact with the NKCC2 C terminus. One binding partner we identified was SCAMP2 (secretory carrier membrane protein 2). Microscopic confocal imaging and co-immunoprecipitation assays confirmed NKCC2-SCAMP2 interaction in renal cells. SCAMP2 associated also with the structurally related co-transporter NCC, suggesting that the interaction with SCAMP2 is a common feature of sodium-dependent chloride co-transporters. Heterologous expression of SCAMP2 specifically decreased cell surface abundance as well as transport activity of NKCC2 across the plasma membrane. Co-immunolocalization experiments revealed that intracellularly retained NKCC2 co-localizes with SCAMP2 in recycling endosomes. The rate of NKCC2 endocytic retrieval, assessed by the sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate cleavage assay, was not affected by SCAMP2. The surface-biotinylatable fraction of newly inserted NKCC2 in the plasma membrane was reduced by SCAMP2, demonstrating that SCAMP2-induced decrease in surface NKCC2 is due to decreased exocytotic trafficking. Finally, a single amino acid mutation, cysteine 201 to alanine, within the conserved cytoplasmic E peptide of SCAMP2, which is believed to regulate exocytosis, abolished SCAMP2-mediated down-regulation of the co-transporter. Taken together, these data are consistent with a model whereby SCAMP2 regulates NKCC2 transit through recycling endosomes and limits the cell surface targeting of the co-transporter by interfering with its exocytotic trafficking. IntroductionNKCC2 is an Na-K-2Cl co-transporter protein expressed exclusively in the mammalian kidney, where it provides the major route for sodium/chloride transport across the apical plasma membrane of the thick ascending limb (1Russell J.M. Physiol. Rev. 2000; 80: 211-276Crossref PubMed Scopus (728) Google Scholar). NKCC2 is therefore a pivotal protein in renal function, and exquisitely tight regulation of the apical co-transporter activity is paramount for maintaining extracellular fluid volume and acid-base homeostasis (2Gamba G. 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Cell. 2008; 19: 4341-4351Crossref PubMed Scopus (66) Google Scholar, 11Zaarour N. Demaretz S. Defontaine N. Mordasini D. Laghmani K. J. Biol. Chem. 2009; 284: 21752-21764Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (37) Google Scholar, 12Hannemann A. Christie J.K. Flatman P.W. J. Biol. Chem. 2009; 284: 35348-35358Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (14) Google Scholar), our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying membrane trafficking of NKCC2 proteins in mammalian cells, in particular its regulation by protein-protein interactions, remain poor. Identifying and functionally characterizing a key and/or global protein interaction(s) and pathway(s) involved in the regulation of NKCC2 trafficking is important to understand its different physiological functions and dysfunctions.NKCC2 belongs to the cation-chloride co-transporter (CCC) 3The abbreviations used are: CCC, cation-chloride co-transporter; TAL, thick ascending limb; MTAL, medullary TAL; CTAL, cortical TAL; EGFP, enhanced GFP; OKP, opossum kidney; aa, amino acid(s); NCC, NaCl co-transporter; HEK, human embryonic kidney; NHS, N-hydroxysuccinimide; NHE, Na+-H+ exchanger; MesNA, sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate; TGN, trans-Golgi network. family, which comprises two principal branches of membrane proteins (1Russell J.M. Physiol. Rev. 2000; 80: 211-276Crossref PubMed Scopus (728) Google Scholar). One branch includes the Na+-dependent chloride co-transporters composed of the Na+-K+-2Cl− co-transporters (NKCC1 and NKCC2) and the Na+-Cl− co-transporter (NCC). The second branch includes the Na+-independent K+-Cl− co-transporters. Members within this family are very homologous to one another, possessing 12 transmembrane-spanning domains, an N terminus of variable length, and a long cytoplasmic C terminus (2Gamba G. Physiol. Rev. 2005; 85: 423-493Crossref PubMed Scopus (615) Google Scholar). Given that the C-terminal domain of NKCC2 is the predominant cytoplasmic region, it is likely to be a major factor in the trafficking of the NKCC2 protein. In support of this notion, we recently demonstrated that a highly conserved motif at the COOH terminus dictates endoplasmic reticulum exit and cell surface expression of NKCC2 (11Zaarour N. Demaretz S. Defontaine N. Mordasini D. Laghmani K. J. Biol. Chem. 2009; 284: 21752-21764Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (37) Google Scholar). 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SCAMP2 belongs to a family of evolutionarily conserved tetraspanning integral membrane proteins (22Hubbard C. Singleton D. Rauch M. Jayasinghe S. Cafiso D. Castle D. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2000; 11: 2933-2947Crossref PubMed Scopus (42) Google Scholar). To date, five isoforms of SCAMP (SCAMP1 to -5) have been identified in mammals and have been shown to be predominantly associated with recycling rather than degradation pathways (23Castle A. Castle D. J. Cell Sci. 2005; 118: 3769-3780Crossref PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar, 24Han C. Chen T. Yang M. Li N. Liu H. Cao X. J. Immunol. 2009; 182: 2986-2996Crossref PubMed Scopus (34) Google Scholar, 25Liao H. Zhang J. Shestopal S. Szabo G. Castle A. Castle D. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 2008; 294: C797-C809Crossref PubMed Scopus (20) Google Scholar, 26Fernández-Chacón R. Achiriloaie M. Janz R. Albanesi J.P. Südhof T.C. J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275: 12752-12756Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (75) Google Scholar). Indeed, SCAMPs are found mainly in the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and recycling endosomes and have been shown to play a role in endocytosis (26Fernández-Chacón R. Achiriloaie M. Janz R. Albanesi J.P. Südhof T.C. J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275: 12752-12756Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (75) Google Scholar) and exocytosis (27Guo Z. Liu L. Cafiso D. Castle D. J. Biol. Chem. 2002; 277: 35357-35363Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar, 28Liao H. Ellena J. Liu L. Szabo G. Cafiso D. Castle D. Biochemistry. 2007; 46: 10909-10920Crossref PubMed Scopus (32) Google Scholar). Here, we show that SCAMP2 regulates the cell surface targeting of NKCC2 by controlling its exocytosis, revealing therefore a novel regulatory mechanism governing the trafficking of the co-transporter to the apical membrane.DISCUSSIONIn this study, we have identified SCAMP2 as a novel interacting partner of NKCC2 through yeast two-hybrid screening of a human kidney cDNA library. Our results indicate that SCAMP2 interaction with NKCC2 is specific and depends on the first 108 aa of the co-transporter C terminus. SCAMP2 binds also to the structurally related co-transporter NCC (2Gamba G. Physiol. Rev. 2005; 85: 423-493Crossref PubMed Scopus (615) Google Scholar), suggesting that the interaction with SCAMP2 is a common feature of Na+-dependent Cl− co-transporters. Functional studies demonstrated that co-expression of SCAMP2 specifically decreases NKCC2 transport activity by promoting its intracellular retention and therefore reducing its abundance at the cell surface. SCAMP2-induced decrease in surface NKCC2 is due to decreased exocytic insertion.SCAMP2 is a member of the evolutionarily conserved tetraspanning integral membrane proteins, which function as a carrier to the cell surface in post-Golgi recycling pathways (23Castle A. Castle D. J. Cell Sci. 2005; 118: 3769-3780Crossref PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar, 57Fernández-Chacón R. Südhof T.C. J. 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Because SCAMP2 and NKCC2 also co-localized with internalized transferrin, our data are consistent with the view that NKCC2 interacts with SCAMP2 in recycling endosomes. They are in agreement with a previous study showing that the internalized transferrin-containing vesicles are fused with a pre-existing internal pool of SCAMP-positive membranes and then accumulate in the SCAMP-rich perinuclear region corresponding to the recycling endosomal compartment (23Castle A. Castle D. J. Cell Sci. 2005; 118: 3769-3780Crossref PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar). Also, a recent study by Diering and co-workers (59Diering G.H. Church J. Numata M. J. Biol. Chem. 2009; 284: 13892-13903Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (24) Google Scholar) reported considerable co-localization of SCAMP2 with Rab11 in recycling endosomes. Likewise, Müller and co-workers (60Müller H.K. Wiborg O. Haase J. J. Biol. 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Ecelbarger C.A. Knepper M.A. Am. J. Physiol. 1998; 275: F885-F893Crossref PubMed Google Scholar). In the present study, using immunocytochemistry, we showed a similar subcellular localization of NKCC2 proteins in cultured renal cells. When expressed alone, NKCC2 was detected at the cell surface and in intracellular compartments. In contrast, in cells co-expressing SCAMP2, we observed enhanced intracellular accumulation of NKCC2 and a consequent reduction in the expression of the co-transporter at the cell surface. Indeed, upon SCAMP2 co-expression, a significant fraction of NKCC2 disappeared from the cell membrane and clustered in an intracellular location, where it exhibited excellent co-localization with SCAMP2. These data suggested that SCAMP2 binding alters NKCC2 trafficking to the cell surface. To corroborate this observation, we used surface biotinylation and showed that the co-transporter expression at the cell surface was reduced in a dose-dependent fashion by SCAMP2 in HEK and OKP cells. To investigate whether a general disruption of vesicular trafficking in our cultured renal cells may underlie the SCAMP2 effect, we studied the effect of SCAMP2 on ClC-5, because this kidney chloride transporter is also expressed at the plasma membrane and in recycling endosomes (50Thakker R.V. Kidney Int. 2000; 57: 787-793Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (86) Google Scholar, 51Mohammad-Panah R. Harrison R. Dhani S. Ackerley C. Huan L.J. Wang Y. Bear C.E. J. Biol. Chem. 2003; 278: 29267-29277Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (85) Google Scholar, 52Hryciw D.H. Ekberg J. Pollock C.A. Poronnik P. Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 2006; 38: 1036-1042Crossref PubMed Scopus (40) Google Scholar, 53Hryciw D.H. Ekberg J. Lee A. Lensink I.L. Kumar S. Guggino W.B. Cook D.I. 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Church J. Numata M. J. Biol. Chem. 2009; 284: 13892-13903Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (24) Google Scholar). Taken together, these findings suggest strongly that SCAMP2 specifically regulates NKCC2 transit through recycling endosomes to inhibit its cell surface targeting.SCAMP2-induced down-regulation of NKCC2 membrane abundance could arise from a decrease in NKCC2 exocytosis to the plasma membrane and/or to an increase of NKCC2 endocytosis. To measure NKCC2 endocytic internalization, we prelabeled NKCC2 with sulfo-NHS-SS-biotin and then measured the ability of SCAMP2 to cause NKCC2 to shift to a location where the disulfide bond would be protected from MesNa. The results showed that 36 and 58% of surface NKCC2 is internalized over 15 and 30 min, respectively, and that SCAMP2 co-expression had no effect on the process. Hence, these studies suggest that the SCAMP2 effect on the amount of NKCC2 at the cell surface is not due to increased endocytotic internalization. To measure exocytic insertion of NKCC2, we preblocked surface proteins and then measured the ability to label new surface NKCC2 with biotin in the presence or absence of SCAMP2. The results showed that SCAMP2 induced a decrease in the exocytic insertion of NKCC2 into the plasma membrane. Studies by other investigators have shown that the function of SCAMP2 in regulated exocytosis involves the E peptide, a highly conserved segment lying at the cytosolic surface of the molecule and linking the second and the third transmembrane domains (22Hubbard C. Singleton D. Rauch M. Jayasinghe S. Cafiso D. Castle D. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2000; 11: 2933-2947Crossref PubMed Scopus (42) Google Scholar). In particular, two residues within the E peptide, Cys201 and Trp202, were found to play a crucial role in this process (27Guo Z. Liu L. Cafiso D. Castle D. J. Biol. Chem. 2002; 277: 35357-35363Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar, 56Liu L. Guo Z. Tieu Q. Castle A. Castle D. 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Nevertheless, regardless of the mechanisms involved in such interactions, our data clearly indicate that SCAMP2 decreases exocytotic trafficking of NKCC2, thereby down-regulating the co-transporter abundance in the plasma membrane, an effect for which the SCAMP2 cysteine 201 residue is required.Our findings implicate a role for SCAMP2 in the regulation of NKCC2 trafficking. However, very few if any proteins work in isolation. Appropriately, one may reasonably postulate that SCAMP2 works in concert with other NKCC2-binding proteins to create a synergetic effect on the co-transporter expression. In support of this idea, functional expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes showed that the C-terminal truncated isoform of NKCC2 reduced the co-transporter activity by preventing its arrival to the plasma membrane (68Meade P. Hoover R.S. Plata C. Vázquez N. Bobadilla N.A. Gamba G. Hebert S.C. Am. J. Physiol. Renal. Physiol. 2003; 284: F1145-F1154Crossref PubMed Scopus (59) Google Scholar). Furthermore, we previously obtained evidence that aldolase binding to the proximal region of NKCC2 C terminus reduces NKCC2 surface expression (29Benziane B. Demaretz S. Defontaine N. Zaarour N. Cheval L. Bourgeois S. Klein C. Froissart M. Blanchard A. Paillard M. Gamba G. Houillier P. Laghmani K. J. Biol. Chem. 2007; 282: 33817-33830Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (29) Google Scholar). Additionally, the detection of NKCC2 proteins in Rab11-positive compartments, described here for the first time, may open new and important possibilities for studying the endocytic recycling and/or biosynthetic exocytotic membrane traffic of the co-transporter. Rab11, a small GTPase, is known to facilitate the recycling of membrane proteins from recycling endosomes to the plasma membrane (47Jones M.C. Caswell P.T. Norman J.C. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 2006; 18: 549-557Crossref PubMed Scopus (233) Google Scholar). 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Consequently, these findings may open up new avenues in studying the regulation of the spatial distribution of kidney transporters in general and in particular of NKCC2 and NCC, proteins necessary for normal blood pressure homeostasis. IntroductionNKCC2 is an Na-K-2Cl co-transporter protein expressed exclusively in the mammalian kidney, where it provides the major route for sodium/chloride transport across the apical plasma membrane of the thick ascending limb (1Russell J.M. Physiol. Rev. 2000; 80: 211-276Crossref PubMed Scopus (728) Google Scholar). NKCC2 is therefore a pivotal protein in renal function, and exquisitely tight regulation of the apical co-transporter activity is paramount for maintaining extracellular fluid volume and acid-base homeostasis (2Gamba G. Physiol. Rev. 2005; 85: 423-493Crossref PubMed Scopus (615) Google Scholar). It is the target of loop-diuretics extensively used in the treatment of edematous states and hypertension (3Gamba G. 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Identifying and functionally characterizing a key and/or global protein interaction(s) and pathway(s) involved in the regulation of NKCC2 trafficking is important to understand its different physiological functions and dysfunctions.NKCC2 belongs to the cation-chloride co-transporter (CCC) 3The abbreviations used are: CCC, cation-chloride co-transporter; TAL, thick ascending limb; MTAL, medullary TAL; CTAL, cortical TAL; EGFP, enhanced GFP; OKP, opossum kidney; aa, amino acid(s); NCC, NaCl co-transporter; HEK, human embryonic kidney; NHS, N-hydroxysuccinimide; NHE, Na+-H+ exchanger; MesNA, sodium 2-mercaptoethane sulfonate; TGN, trans-Golgi network. family, which comprises two principal branches of membrane proteins (1Russell J.M. Physiol. Rev. 2000; 80: 211-276Crossref PubMed Scopus (728) Google Scholar). One branch includes the Na+-dependent chloride co-transporters composed of the Na+-K+-2Cl− co-transporters (NKCC1 and NKCC2) and the Na+-Cl− co-transporter (NCC). The second branch includes the Na+-independent K+-Cl− co-transporters. Members within this family are very homologous to one another, possessing 12 transmembrane-spanning domains, an N terminus of variable length, and a long cytoplasmic C terminus (2Gamba G. Physiol. Rev. 2005; 85: 423-493Crossref PubMed Scopus (615) Google Scholar). Given that the C-terminal domain of NKCC2 is the predominant cytoplasmic region, it is likely to be a major factor in the trafficking of the NKCC2 protein. In support of this notion, we recently demonstrated that a highly conserved motif at the COOH terminus dictates endoplasmic reticulum exit and cell surface expression of NKCC2 (11Zaarour N. Demaretz S. Defontaine N. Mordasini D. Laghmani K. J. Biol. Chem. 2009; 284: 21752-21764Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (37) Google Scholar). 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SCAMP2 belongs to a family of evolutionarily conserved tetraspanning integral membrane proteins (22Hubbard C. Singleton D. Rauch M. Jayasinghe S. Cafiso D. Castle D. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2000; 11: 2933-2947Crossref PubMed Scopus (42) Google Scholar). To date, five isoforms of SCAMP (SCAMP1 to -5) have been identified in mammals and have been shown to be predominantly associated with recycling rather than degradation pathways (23Castle A. Castle D. J. Cell Sci. 2005; 118: 3769-3780Crossref PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar, 24Han C. Chen T. Yang M. Li N. Liu H. Cao X. J. Immunol. 2009; 182: 2986-2996Crossref PubMed Scopus (34) Google Scholar, 25Liao H. Zhang J. Shestopal S. Szabo G. Castle A. Castle D. Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol. 2008; 294: C797-C809Crossref PubMed Scopus (20) Google Scholar, 26Fernández-Chacón R. Achiriloaie M. Janz R. Albanesi J.P. Südhof T.C. J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275: 12752-12756Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (75) Google Scholar). 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The synthesis and evaluation as H 3 -receptor histamine antagonists is described of novel isoteric analogues of thioperamide. The compounds are designed to have fewer NH groups in order to assist brain penetration. However none of the compounds is sufficiently active as an antagonist in vitro. The 2-pyridyl analogue II has K i = 13 μmol 1 -1 .
The present study examined the effect of phorbol esters, Ca2+, and angiotensin II (ANG II) on protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in the rat proximal tubule. The immunoblot analysis of PKC isoforms of particulate and cytosolic fractions of proximal tubules revealed immunoreactive proteins when antibodies against PKC-alpha, -delta, -epsilon, and -zeta, but not -beta and -gamma were used. Phorbol dibutyrate (PDBU) induced the translocation of PKC-alpha, -delta, and -epsilon, whereas an inactive phorbol ester had no effect. PDBU and ionomycin increased particulate PKC specific activity from 0.67 +/- 0.09 to 1.56 +/- 0.18 and 0.96 +/- 0.04 pmol.microgram protein-1.2 min-1, respectively. ANG II (10(-7) M) induced a time-dependent increase in particulate PKC-alpha immunoreactivity observed after 2 min and maintained for 12 min. Particulate PKC-epsilon immunoreactivity increased after 4 min. Meanwhile, PKC-delta and -zeta were not modified by ANG II. Accordingly, ANG II elicited a rise in the specific activity of the particulate PKC, which increased to 0.89 +/- 0.09 pmol.micrograms protein-1.2 min-1 after 2 min. This was inhibited by a preincubation in the presence of 10(-5) M losartan, specific inhibitor of angiotensin subtype 1 receptors. These data indicate that PKC-alpha and -epsilon are potential candidates to regulate the activity of Na+/H+ and Na(+)-HCO3- transporters because they are translocated with a time course fitting with that of the reported effect of ANG II on those transporters.
