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. 2000 Jul;79(1):215–230. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76285-0

Proton-sensitive transitions of renal type II Na(+)-coupled phosphate cotransporter kinetics.

I C Forster 1, J Biber 1, H Murer 1
PMCID: PMC1300927  PMID: 10866949

Abstract

In the kidney proximal tubule, acidification of the glomerular filtrate leads to an inhibition of inorganic phosphate (P(i)) reabsorption by type II Na(+)-coupled cotransporters (NaPi-II). As external pH also alters the divalent/monovalent P(i) ratio, it has been difficult to separate putative proton interactions with the cotransporter from direct titration of divalent P(i), the preferred species transported. To distinguish between these possibilities and identify pH-sensitive transitions in the cotransport cycle, the pH-dependent kinetics of two NaPi-II isoforms, expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, were investigated electrophysiologically. At -50 mV, both isoforms showed >70% suppression of electrogenic response for an external pH change from 8.0 to 6.2, not attributable to titration of divalent P(i). This was accompanied by a progressive removal of steady-state voltage dependence. The NaPi-II-related uncoupled slippage current was unaffected by a pH change from 7.4 to 6.2, with no shift in the reversal potential, which suggested that protons do not function as substrate. The voltage-dependence of pre-steady-state relaxations was shifted to depolarizing potentials in 100 mM and 0 mM Na(ext)(+) and two kinetic components were resolved, the slower of which was pH-dependent. The changes in kinetics are predicted by a model in which protons interact with the empty carrier and final Na(+) binding step.

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