title: Inhibition of human renal epithelial Na+/Pi cotransport by phosphonoformic acid.
abstract: Phosphonoformic acid was a potent competitive inhibitor of Na+/Pi cotransport by brush border membrane vesicles isolated from human renal cortex (Ki 31 microM). The Na+/Pi cotransport system in rat renal brush border membrane vesicles was much less sensitive to inhibition (Ki 210 microM). Na+/Pi cotransport by cultured cells derived from human renal cortex also was inhibited by phosphonoformic acid. Both in isolated membranes and cells the inhibition was dose-dependent, competitive, and specific for Pi. The effectiveness of phosphonoformic acid on Na+/Pi cotransport in human kidney suggests that its administration may be a useful maneuver to increase renal Pi excretion.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D017245:Foscarnet; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008871:Microvilli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010710:Phosphates; D017245:Foscarnet; D012964:Sodium; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid