title: Glucocorticoids modulate renal glucocorticoid receptors and Na-K ATPase activity.
abstract: Primary cultures of mouse renal tubular epithelial cells were used to study the effect of hydrocortisone on the regulation of glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and on sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na-K ATPase) activity. A GR assay was developed and performed directly on cell monolayers maintained in serum-free medium to which hydrocortisone at 5 nM, 50 nM, and 5 X 10(-4) M was added. Compared with control cells grown in medium without hydrocortisone, GR levels per cell decreased by 50% after 48 hours of growth in medium containing 5 nM hydrocortisone concentrations (50 nM or 5 X 10(-4) M), GR levels decreased to less than or equal to 28% of control values. In all hydrocortisone treatment groups there was an inverse relation between GR concentrations and Na-K ATPase activity. Binding of cell GR by the addition of the antiglucocorticoid RU 38486 in hydrocortisone-supplemented medium eliminated the glucocorticoid-induced stimulation of Na-K ATPase activity. These results demonstrate a time- and dose-dependent effect of glucocorticoids on GR binding activity and a direct relation between this receptor-hormone interaction and Na-K ATPase activity in intact renal tubular epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Sothi
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Avner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004963:Estrenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D015735:Mifepristone; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004963:Estrenes; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D015735:Mifepristone; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D006854:Hydrocortisone