BACKGROUND & AIMS: The gastric epithelium protects itself against luminal acid by secreting HCO3--rich fluid into the mucous layer and by HCO3--dependent intracellular pH regulation, but the basolateral HCO3- uptake mechanisms are incompletely characterized. This study examined the expression and functional significance of the Na+/HCO3- cotransporters NBC1 and NBC2 in rabbit gastric epithelial cells. METHODS: Rabbit NBC1 and NBC2 complementary DNA fragments were cloned and sequenced, and cellular expression levels were assessed by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction. Na+/HCO3- cotransport activity was measured fluorometrically in cultured rabbit parietal and mucous cells. RESULTS: NBC1 expression was 4.5-fold lower in the stomach than kidney cortex and 5.5-fold higher in mucous than parietal cells. NBC2 expression in the stomach was much lower than in the eye, approximately 4-fold lower than NBC1 expression in the stomach, and 2.5-fold higher in mucous than parietal cells. The Na+- and HCO3--dependent, dimethylamiloride-insensitive (which at 500 micromol/L completely inhibits all Na+/H+ exchanger isoforms) base influx rates were 4.6 +/- 0.02 and 16.2 +/- 0.04 mmol/L/min in acidified parietal and mucous cells, respectively, and were not significantly different in the absence of Cl-. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that NBC1 and NBC2 are expressed in rabbit stomach, with high levels in mucous cells where Na+/HCO3- cotransport is the major base-importing mechanism in the presence of CO2/HCO3-.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The gastric epithelium protects itself against luminal acid by secreting HCO3--rich fluid into the mucous layer and by HCO3--dependent intracellular pH regulation, but the basolateral HCO3- uptake mechanisms are incompletely characterized. This study examined the expression and functional significance of the Na+/HCO3- cotransporters NBC1 and NBC2 in rabbit gastric epithelial cells. METHODS:Rabbit NBC1 and NBC2 complementary DNA fragments were cloned and sequenced, and cellular expression levels were assessed by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction. Na+/HCO3- cotransport activity was measured fluorometrically in cultured rabbit parietal and mucous cells. RESULTS: NBC1 expression was 4.5-fold lower in the stomach than kidney cortex and 5.5-fold higher in mucous than parietal cells. NBC2 expression in the stomach was much lower than in the eye, approximately 4-fold lower than NBC1 expression in the stomach, and 2.5-fold higher in mucous than parietal cells. The Na+- and HCO3--dependent, dimethylamiloride-insensitive (which at 500 micromol/L completely inhibits all Na+/H+ exchanger isoforms) base influx rates were 4.6 +/- 0.02 and 16.2 +/- 0.04 mmol/L/min in acidified parietal and mucous cells, respectively, and were not significantly different in the absence of Cl-. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that NBC1 and NBC2 are expressed in rabbit stomach, with high levels in mucous cells where Na+/HCO3- cotransport is the major base-importing mechanism in the presence of CO2/HCO3-.
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