title: Regulation of rat Na+/Pi cotransporter-1 gene expression: the roles of glucose and insulin.
abstract: Cytosolic inorganic phosphate (P(i)) is important for glucose metabolism. It plays a role in homeostatic regulation of glucose by insulin and glucagon. Recently, we isolated two cDNA clones for rat Na+/P(i) cotransporter-1 (rNaPi-1) and demonstrated that they are expressed primarily in the rat liver and kidney. We now report that the expression of rNaPi-1 in these tissues is regulated by fasting and streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Using rat hepatocytes in primary culture, we also demonstrate that glucose and insulin upregulate rNaPi-1 expression, whereas glucagon and elevated intracellular adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate levels downregulate its expression. Because 2-deoxyglucose exhibits no effect on rNaPi-1 gene expression, we suggest that some metabolite accumulated during glucose metabolism may be responsible for the effects of glucose and insulin on rNaPi-1 gene expression. Our data also reveal that other known Na+/P(i) cotransporter genes, NaPi-2 and Ram-1 (a receptor for amphotropic murine retrovirus), are not regulated by insulin and glucose. It is therefore proposed that various subtypes of Na+/P(i) cotransporters are differentially regulated and that each subtype may be involved in a specific cellular function, rNaPi-1 may be responsible for Pi uptake by liver and kidney for glucose metabolism, whereas NaPi-2 may play a key role in P(i) reabsorption in the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699-0008, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onwochei
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ruch
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005215:Fasting / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050611:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III; D027981:Symporters
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007328:Insulin; C493566:Slc20a2 protein, rat; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050611:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III; D027981:Symporters; D005947:Glucose