Crystal A West1, Jill W Verlander2, Susan M Wall3, Chris Baylis1,2. 1. Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 2. Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Abstract
NEW FINDINGS: What is the central question of this study? Pregnancy requires a robust plasma volume expansion driven by renal sodium retention. In the late-pregnant kidney, the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel is increased, whereas the sodium-chloride cotransporter is decreased. Pendrin has been shown to support sodium reabsorption in the distal nephron and compensate for loss of the sodium-chloride cotransporter. We investigated the expression and abundance of pendrin in the pregnant kidney. What is the main finding and its importance? Pendrin protein, apical localization and thiazide sensitivity are increased in pregnancy. This implicates a possible role for pendrin in supporting the renal sodium chloride reabsorption and plasma volume expansion of pregnancy. Pregnancy is characterized by cumulative plasma volume expansion as a result of renal sodium retention, driven by activation of aldosterone. We previously reported that the abundance and activity of the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel is increased, whereas the sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) is decreased in the kidney of the late-pregnant rat. The chloride-bicarbonate exchanger pendrin is also aldosterone responsive and has been shown to support activity of the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel and compensate for the loss of NCC. Additionally, pendrin coupled to the sodium-dependent chloride-bicarbonate exchanger (NDCBE) mediates thiazide-sensitive sodium reabsorption in the cortical collecting duct. In this study, we investigated pendrin and NDCBE transcript expression, pendrin protein abundance, pendrin cellular localization and thiazide sensitivity in virgin, mid-pregnant and late-pregnant rats to test the hypothesis that increased pendrin activity might occur in pregnancy. By RT-PCR, NDCBE and pendrin mRNA expression was unchanged from virgins, whereas pendrin protein abundance determined by Western blotting was increased in both mid- and late-pregnant rats. The apical localization of pendrin was also increased in late-pregnant rats compared with virgins by immunohistochemistry. Pregnant rats displayed an increased natriuretic response to hydrochlorothiazide compared with virgins. Given that NCC expression is decreased in late pregnancy, an increased thiazide sensitivity may be due to inhibition of upregulated pendrin-NDCBE-coupled sodium reabsorption. Thus, increased pendrin in pregnant rats may compensate for the decreased NCC and aid in the renal sodium chloride reabsorption of pregnancy.
NEW FINDINGS: What is the central question of this study? Pregnancy requires a robust plasma volume expansion driven by renal sodium retention. In the late-pregnant kidney, the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel is increased, whereas the sodium-chloride cotransporter is decreased. Pendrin has been shown to support sodium reabsorption in the distal nephron and compensate for loss of the sodium-chloride cotransporter. We investigated the expression and abundance of pendrin in the pregnant kidney. What is the main finding and its importance? Pendrin protein, apical localization and thiazide sensitivity are increased in pregnancy. This implicates a possible role for pendrin in supporting the renal sodium chloride reabsorption and plasma volume expansion of pregnancy. Pregnancy is characterized by cumulative plasma volume expansion as a result of renal sodium retention, driven by activation of aldosterone. We previously reported that the abundance and activity of the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel is increased, whereas the sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) is decreased in the kidney of the late-pregnant rat. The chloride-bicarbonate exchanger pendrin is also aldosterone responsive and has been shown to support activity of the aldosterone-responsive epithelial Na(+) channel and compensate for the loss of NCC. Additionally, pendrin coupled to the sodium-dependent chloride-bicarbonate exchanger (NDCBE) mediates thiazide-sensitive sodium reabsorption in the cortical collecting duct. In this study, we investigated pendrin and NDCBE transcript expression, pendrin protein abundance, pendrin cellular localization and thiazide sensitivity in virgin, mid-pregnant and late-pregnant rats to test the hypothesis that increased pendrin activity might occur in pregnancy. By RT-PCR, NDCBE and pendrin mRNA expression was unchanged from virgins, whereas pendrin protein abundance determined by Western blotting was increased in both mid- and late-pregnant rats. The apical localization of pendrin was also increased in late-pregnant rats compared with virgins by immunohistochemistry. Pregnant rats displayed an increased natriuretic response to hydrochlorothiazide compared with virgins. Given that NCC expression is decreased in late pregnancy, an increased thiazide sensitivity may be due to inhibition of upregulated pendrin-NDCBE-coupled sodium reabsorption. Thus, increased pendrin in pregnant rats may compensate for the decreased NCC and aid in the renal sodium chloride reabsorption of pregnancy.
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