title: EGF modulation of Na+/H+ antiport in rat hepatocytes: different sensitivity in adult and fetal cells.
abstract: The modulation by epidermal growth factor (EGF) of the Na+/H+ antiport in fetal and adult rat hepatocytes was studied in nominally HCO3- free solution. EGF (10 nM) activated the antiport in adult rat hepatocytes by 0.22 +/- 0.03 (mean +/- SD;n=10) pH units over basal value, measured with the fluorescent pH-sensitive intracellular probe, 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)- carboxyfluorescein (BCECF). The effect of EGF was inhibited by amiloride analogue 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA), by ouabain, inhibitor of the Na+ pump, and by erbstatin analogue, an inhibitor of the tyrosine kinase activity of the EGF receptor. The effect of EGF on Na+/H+ antiport in adult rat hepatocytes appeared to be mediated by both protein kinase C (PKC) and G protein system. No effect of EGF and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, an activator of PKC, on the Na+/H+ antiport was observed in fetal hepatocytes of 20 and 22 days. A different sensitivity of the antiport to high concentrations of amiloride and EIPA suggests that altered amount of the Na+/H+ antiport units or different isoforms could be expressed in fetal compared with adult cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Incerpi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spagnuolo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Terenzi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leoni
mesh_terms: D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000584:Amiloride / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005333:Fetus; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006873:Hydroquinones; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D010042:Ouabain; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D000584:Amiloride; C043829:2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D017878:4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid; C039614:ethylisopropylamiloride; C048212:erbstatin