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. 1991 Oct;88(4):1135–1140. doi: 10.1172/JCI115413

A pH modifier site regulates activity of the Na+:HCO3- cotransporter in basolateral membranes of kidney proximal tubules.

M Soleimani 1, G A Lesoine 1, J A Bergman 1, T D McKinney 1
PMCID: PMC295568  PMID: 1918368

Abstract

HCO3- exit across the basolateral membrane of the kidney proximal tubule cell is mediated via an electrogenic Na+:HCO3- cotransporter. In these experiments, we have studied the effect of internal pH on the activity of the Na+:HCO3- cotransport system in basolateral membrane vesicles isolated from rabbit renal cortex. Equilibrium thermodynamics predicts that in the presence of constant intravesicular concentration of Na+, an increasing concentration of HCO3- will be associated with an increasing driving force for Na+:HCO3- cotransport across the vesicles. Our experimental approach was to preequilibrate the membrane vesicles with 1 mM 22Na+ at pHi 6.8-8.0 and known concentrations of HCO3-. The vesicles were diluted 1:100 into Na(+)-free solution at pH 7.4 and the net flux of 22Na+ was assayed over 5 s. The results demonstrate that the net flux of Na+ was significantly higher at pHi 7.2 than pHi 8.0 despite much higher [HCO3-] at pHi 8.0. This suggests that an internal pH-sensitive site regulates the activity of the Na+:HCO3- cotransporter. This modifier site inhibits the cotransporter at alkaline pH despite significant base concentration and is maximally functional around physiologic pH. The combination of modifier sites on the luminal Na+/H+ exchanger and the basolateral Na+:HCO3- cotransporter should help maintain intracellular pH in a narrow range with changes in extracellular pH.

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