title: Arginine vasopressin enhances pHi regulation in the presence of HCO3- by stimulating three acid-base transport systems.
abstract: Growth factors raise intracellular pH (pHi) by stimulating Na+/H+ exchange in the absence of HCO3-. In mutant cells that lack the Na+/H+ exchange activity, this alkalinization does not occur, and the cells do not proliferate without artificial elevation of pHi. It has therefore been widely suggested that an early pHi increase is a necessary signal for mitogenesis. In the presence of HCO3- however, growth factors fail to raise pHi in A431 cells, renal mesangial cells and 3T3 fibroblasts. In mesangial cells, arginine vasopressin (AVP) raises pHi in the absence of HCO3-, but lowers it when HCO3- is present; growth is stimulated under both conditions. We report here that, in the presence of HCO3-, AVP stimulates two potent HCO3- transporters, as well as the Na+/H+ exchanger. These are the Na+-dependent and Na+-independent Cl-/HCO3- exchangers. Our results indicate that AVP causes acidification in the presence of HCO3- because, at the resting pHi, it stimulates Na+-independent Cl-/HCO3- exchange (which lowers pHi) more than it stimulates the sum of Na+/H+ exchange and Na+-dependent Cl-/HCO3- exchange (both of which raise pHi). The stimulation of three acid-base transporters by the growth factor AVP greatly enhances the ability of the cell to regulate pHi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ganz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boyarsky
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Sterzel
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Boron
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000584:Amiloride / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000641:Ammonia / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid; C039465:5-dimethylamiloride; D000641:Ammonia; D000584:Amiloride; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid