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. 1993 Oct;92(4):1889–1895. doi: 10.1172/JCI116781

Regulation of Na,K-adenosine triphosphatase gene expression by sodium ions in cultured neonatal rat cardiocytes.

K Yamamoto 1, U Ikeda 1, Y Seino 1, Y Tsuruya 1, A Oguchi 1, K Okada 1, S Ishikawa 1, T Saito 1, K Kawakami 1, Y Hara 1, et al.
PMCID: PMC288354  PMID: 8408640

Abstract

Na,K-ATPase (Na,K-pump) plays an important role in the regulation of intracellular ion composition. The purpose of this study is to determine whether Na+ regulates the levels of mRNA coding for Na,K-ATPase alpha and beta subunits in cultured neonatal rat cardiocytes. We measured intracellular Na+ levels ([Na+]i) in cardiocytes using a Na(+)-sensitive fluorescence dye (SBFI). 1 mM ouabain caused a significant increase in [Na+]i in cardiocytes; from 12.8 +/- 0.3 to 28.8 +/- 1.8 mM. Exposure of cardiocytes to 1 mM ouabain resulted in a three- to fourfold increase in alpha 1, alpha 2, and alpha 3 mRNA accumulation, and an approximate two-fold increase in beta 1 mRNA accumulation. A maximum elevation was reached at 60 min in both cases. The ouabain-induced alpha 1 mRNA accumulation was still observed in the Ca(2+)-free culture medium. Exposure of cardiocytes to 10 microM monensin in the absence of extracellular Ca2+ also resulted in a threefold increase in alpha 1 mRNA accumulation. The increased alpha 1 mRNA expression by 1 mM ouabain was associated with a fourfold increase in alpha 1 subunit protein accumulation. Transfection experiments with chimeric plasmids containing 5'-flanking sequences of alpha 1, alpha 2, and alpha 3 isoform genes and a luciferase reporter gene revealed that 1 mM ouabain caused a twofold increase in luciferase activity in each alpha system. These results suggest that Na+ directly regulates Na,K-ATPase gene expression in cardiocytes. The transfection study further supports the premise that Na(+)-responsive elements are located within the 5'-flanking sequences of each alpha isoform gene.

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