title: Cloning of a rabbit renal Na-Pi cotransporter, which is regulated by dietary phosphate.
abstract: Previously, we isolated a cDNA (NaPi-1) related to a rabbit renal proximal tubular Na-Pi cotransporter (A. Werner, M.L. Moore, N. Mantei, J. Biber, G. Semenza, and H. Murer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:9608-9612, 1991.). In this study, we isolated an additional (rabbit renal) cDNA (NaPi-6), which induces Na-dependent Pi uptake in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Substrate specificity and kinetic properties corresponded to those known for rabbit renal brush-border membrane (BBM) Na-Pi cotransport. NaPi-6 was cloned by homology using NaPi-2 cDNA, a rat renal BBM Na-Pi cotransporter (S. Magagnin, A. Werner, D. Markovich, V. Sorribas, G. Stange, J. Biber, and H. Murer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 5979-5983, 1993). NaPi-6 encodes a protein of 642 amino acids, exhibiting at least eight transmembrane domains. NaPi-6 mRNA and protein in kidneys of rabbits fed a low-Pi diet (LPD; 0.11% Pi) for 1 wk were increased by 1.5- and 4-fold, respectively, compared with those of rabbits fed a high-Pi diet (HPD; 1.20% Pi). This effect was correlated with an increase in Na-Pi cotransport of BBM vesicles isolated from animals adapted to LPD (2.5-fold with respect to HPD). In contrast, NaPi-1 mRNA and protein were not altered in response to LPD. Thus rabbit proximal tubular BBMs contain two different Na-Pi cotransport systems: NaPi-1 (type I) and NaPi-6 (type II). Only the type II transport system seems to be under regulatory control in response to low-Pi dietary intake.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Verri
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Markovich
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perego
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Norbis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stange
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sorribas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biber
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004032:Diet; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050609:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type I; D050610:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type II; D027981:Symporters; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010710:Phosphates; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050609:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type I; D050610:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type II; D027981:Symporters