title: Ontogeny of K+ transport in rat distal colon.
abstract: Infants need to retain more K+ than adults to avoid growth retardation. Since the K+ requirements are different in infants (I) and in adults (A), the mechanisms regulating K+ homeostasis should also be different. The colon plays an important role for the regulation of K+ homeostasis. Colonic K+ transport is bidirectional. In this study we have examined the development of colonic K+ transport with special reference to the contribution of different K(+)-transporting pathways. The net colonic K+ uptake, as determined by in vivo perfusion studies and by 86Rb uptake, was significantly higher in I than in A rats. In both I and A colon, approximately 80% of total 86Rb uptake was dependent on vanadate-sensitive P-type adenosinetriphosphatases (ATPases), but the contribution of these different ATPases changes during development. The activity of colonic Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase, measured as ouabain-sensitive Na(+)-dependent ATP hydrolysis and as 86Rb uptake, was lower in I than in A rats. In contrast, the activity of K(+)-ATPases located in apical membrane and measured as ouabain insensitive and SCH-28080 sensitive, as ouabain-sensitive Na(+)-independent ATP hydrolysis, and as 86Rb uptake was significantly higher in I than in A rats. The ratio between apically located K(+)-ATPases and basolateral Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activities was almost 3.2-fold higher in I than in A colon. We identified with Northern blot the expression of the colonic H(+)-K(+)-ATPase and the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunits. The alpha-mRNA expression of both ATPases was significantly higher in I than in A rats. The pH and K+ sensitivity of the ouabain-insensitive, SCH-28080-sensitive K(+)-ATPase was the same in I and A colons. In conclusion, the relative activity of apical K+ absorbing ATPases is higher in the I than in the A colon, which should aid infants in retaining K+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman and Child Health, St. Göran's Children's Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Aizman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Celsi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grahnquist
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Finkel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aperia
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D003106:Colon / Q000378:metabolism*; D017506:H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012413:Rubidium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C022761:potassium transporting ATPase; D017506:H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D012413:Rubidium; D011188:Potassium