title: Vascular smooth muscle Na+-H+ exchanger kinetics and its activation by angiotensin II.
abstract: We have studied the kinetic properties of basal and angiotensin II (ANG II)-stimulated Na+-H+ exchange in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Initial rates of 22Na+ influx were measured in the presence of ouabain (1 mM) and bumetanide (0.1 mM) with and without amiloride after intracellular acidification by preincubation in Na-free media. The kinetics of amiloride (100 microM)-sensitive Na+ influx were studied under the following conditions: 1) constant intracellular pH (pHi; 6.8) and varying external Na+ (Na+o), which gave a Km of 23.6 +/- 2.0 (SD, n = 3) mM and a maximum velocity (Vmax) of 25 nmol.mg protein-1.min-1 (varying the amiloride concentration gave a Ki of 22 microM for inhibition under these conditions); and 2) constant Na+o (100 mM) and varying pHi (from 7.4 to 6.2), which indicated that amiloride-sensitive Na+ influx was stimulated by cell acidification when an outward H+ gradient was imposed. ANG II-stimulated amiloride-sensitive Na+ influx for up to 30 min with a half-maximal activation 10(-8) M. The pHi dependence from cell pH (pHi 7.2-6.2) of amiloride-sensitive Na+ influx stimulated by ANG II was similar to that of the basal values, a finding indicating that ANG II did not change the affinity of Na+-H+ exchange for intracellular H+. However, at pHi 6.8, ANG II increased the Vmax of amiloride-sensitive Na+ influx from 25 to 33 nmol.mg protein-1.min-1 and markedly decreased the Km for Na+o from 23.6 +/- 7.4 to 3.7 (SD, n = 4; P less than 0.005) mM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Vallega
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Canessa
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Berk
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D000584:Amiloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000584:Amiloride; D012964:Sodium