Jie Zhang1, Jin Wei2, Shan Jiang2, Lan Xu3, Lei Wang2, Feng Cheng4, Jacentha Buggs5, Hermann Koepsell6, Volker Vallon7, Ruisheng Liu2. 1. Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine, jzhang10@health.usf.edu. 2. Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, College of Medicine. 3. Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, and. 4. Department of Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. 5. Advanced Organ Disease & Transplantation Institute, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida. 6. Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and. 7. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Glomerular hyperfiltration is common in early diabetes and is considered a risk factor for later diabetic nephropathy. We propose that sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) senses increases in luminal glucose at the macula densa, enhancing generation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase 1 (NOS1)-dependent nitric oxide (NO) in the macula densa and blunting the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) response, thereby promoting the rise in GFR. METHODS: We used microperfusion, micropuncture, and renal clearance of FITC-inulin to examine the effects of tubular glucose on NO generation at the macula densa, TGF, and GFR in wild-type and macula densa-specific NOS1 knockout mice. RESULTS: Acute intravenous injection of glucose induced hyperglycemia and glucosuria with increased GFR in mice. We found that tubular glucose blunts the TGF response in vivo and in vitro and stimulates NO generation at the macula densa. We also showed that SGLT1 is expressed at the macula densa; in the presence of tubular glucose, SGLT1 inhibits TGF and NO generation, but this action is blocked when the SGLT1 inhibitor KGA-2727 is present. In addition, we demonstrated that glucose increases NOS1 expression and NOS1 phosphorylation at Ser1417 in mouse renal cortex and cultured human kidney tissue. In macula densa-specific NOS1 knockout mice, glucose had no effect on NO generation, TGF, and GFR. CONCLUSIONS: We identified a novel mechanism of acute hyperglycemia-induced hyperfiltration wherein increases in luminal glucose at the macula densa upregulate the expression and activity of NOS1 via SGLT1, blunting the TGF response and promoting glomerular hyperfiltration.
BACKGROUND: Glomerular hyperfiltration is common in early diabetes and is considered a risk factor for later diabetic nephropathy. We propose that sodium-glucose cotransporter 1 (SGLT1) senses increases in luminal glucose at the macula densa, enhancing generation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase 1 (NOS1)-dependent nitric oxide (NO) in the macula densa and blunting the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) response, thereby promoting the rise in GFR. METHODS: We used microperfusion, micropuncture, and renal clearance of FITC-inulin to examine the effects of tubular glucose on NO generation at the macula densa, TGF, and GFR in wild-type and macula densa-specific NOS1 knockout mice. RESULTS: Acute intravenous injection of glucose induced hyperglycemia and glucosuria with increased GFR in mice. We found that tubular glucose blunts the TGF response in vivo and in vitro and stimulates NO generation at the macula densa. We also showed that SGLT1 is expressed at the macula densa; in the presence of tubular glucose, SGLT1 inhibits TGF and NO generation, but this action is blocked when the SGLT1 inhibitor KGA-2727 is present. In addition, we demonstrated that glucose increases NOS1 expression and NOS1 phosphorylation at Ser1417 in mouse renal cortex and cultured human kidney tissue. In macula densa-specific NOS1 knockout mice, glucose had no effect on NO generation, TGF, and GFR. CONCLUSIONS: We identified a novel mechanism of acute hyperglycemia-induced hyperfiltration wherein increases in luminal glucose at the macula densa upregulate the expression and activity of NOS1 via SGLT1, blunting the TGF response and promoting glomerular hyperfiltration.
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