Yukiko Yasuoka1,2, Yuichi Sato3, Jillian M Healy4, Hiroshi Nonoguchi5, Katsumasa Kawahara6,7. 1. Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan. 2. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan. 3. Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan. 4. ALESS Program, Komaba Organizational for Educational Excellence, College of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan. 5. Division of Internal Medicine, Kitasato University Medical Center, 6-100 Arai, Kitamoto, 364-8501, Japan. 6. Department of Physiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan. kawahara@kitasato-u.ac.jp. 7. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan. kawahara@kitasato-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The localization and role of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) along the nephron including the collecting ducts is still open to debate. METHODS: Using the quantitative, highly sensitive in situ hybridization technique and a double-staining immunohistochemistry technique, we investigated the axial distribution and expression of CaSR along the nephron in mice (C57B/6J) treated for 6 days with acid or alkali diets. RESULTS: Under control condition, CaSR was specifically localized in the cortical and medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (CTAL and MTAL), macula densa (MD), distal convoluted tubule (DCT), and CCD (TALs, MD > DCT, CCD). Along the CCD, CaSR was co-localized with an anion exchanger type 4 (AE4), a marker of the basolateral membrane of type-B intercalated cell (IC-B) in mice. On the contrary, CaSR was not detected either in principal cells (PC) or in type-A intercalated cell (IC-A). CaSR expression levels in IC-B significantly (P < 0.005) decreased when mice were fed NH4Cl (acid) diets and increased when animals were given NaHCO3 (alkali) diets. As expected, cell heights of IC-A and IC-B significantly (P < 0.005) increased in the above experimental conditions. Surprisingly, single infusion (ip) of neomycin, an agonist of CaSR, significantly (P < 0.005) increased urinary Ca excretion without further increasing the hourly urine volume and significantly (P < 0.05) decreased urine pH. CONCLUSION: CaSR, cloned from rat kidney, was localized in the basolateral membrane of IC-B and was more expressed during alkali-loading. Its alkali-sensitive expression may promote urinary alkali secretion for body acid-base balance.
BACKGROUND: The localization and role of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) along the nephron including the collecting ducts is still open to debate. METHODS: Using the quantitative, highly sensitive in situ hybridization technique and a double-staining immunohistochemistry technique, we investigated the axial distribution and expression of CaSR along the nephron in mice (C57B/6J) treated for 6 days with acid or alkali diets. RESULTS: Under control condition, CaSR was specifically localized in the cortical and medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop (CTAL and MTAL), macula densa (MD), distal convoluted tubule (DCT), and CCD (TALs, MD > DCT, CCD). Along the CCD, CaSR was co-localized with an anion exchanger type 4 (AE4), a marker of the basolateral membrane of type-B intercalated cell (IC-B) in mice. On the contrary, CaSR was not detected either in principal cells (PC) or in type-A intercalated cell (IC-A). CaSR expression levels in IC-B significantly (P < 0.005) decreased when mice were fed NH4Cl (acid) diets and increased when animals were given NaHCO3 (alkali) diets. As expected, cell heights of IC-A and IC-B significantly (P < 0.005) increased in the above experimental conditions. Surprisingly, single infusion (ip) of neomycin, an agonist of CaSR, significantly (P < 0.005) increased urinary Ca excretion without further increasing the hourly urine volume and significantly (P < 0.05) decreased urine pH. CONCLUSION:CaSR, cloned from rat kidney, was localized in the basolateral membrane of IC-B and was more expressed during alkali-loading. Its alkali-sensitive expression may promote urinary alkali secretion for body acid-base balance.
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