title: Distribution of dopamine- and cAMP-dependent phosphoprotein (DARPP-32) in the developing and mature kidney.
abstract: DARPP-32 is a dopamine- and cAMP-regulated inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (PP-1). Dopamine and DARPP-32 regulate sodium reabsorption in renal tubules by inhibiting the activity of Na+,K(+)-ATPase. We here report the pre- and postnatal distributions of DARPP-32 in the kidney as demonstrated by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. With immunoblotting we examined the abundance of DARPP-32 and the functionally similar but more widespread inhibitor of PP-1, inhibitor-1 (I-1). We compared their relative abundance in the renal cortex, renal medulla and neostriatum from the brain, where DARPP-32 is greatly enriched. DARPP-32 levels in the adult rat were fourfold higher in the neostriatum than in the renal medulla and 13-fold higher than in the renal cortex. I-1 levels were approximately the same in the neostriatum and in the renal medulla and 2.5-fold higher in neostriatum than in the renal cortex. Between postnatal day 10 (PN10) and 40 (PN40) DARPP-32 abundance increased 1.3-fold in the neostriatum, 1.4-fold in the renal cortex and sixfold in the medulla. The abundance of I-1 did not increase in the striatum from PN10 to PN40 but increased 1.5-fold in the renal cortex and threefold in the renal medulla. Thus, during the time of maturation of tubular transport function, the levels of both PP-1 inhibitors increased in the kidney, the largest increase being found in the renal medulla. With immunohistochemistry strong DARPP-32-like-immunoreactivity (DARPP-32-LI) was detected in the ureteral buds from gestational day 18 and up to postnatal day 8 when nephrogenesis was completed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, St. Göran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fryckstedt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aperia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meister
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D051937:Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D051937:Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D004298:Dopamine