title: Na-K-2Cl cotransporter gene expression and function during enterocyte differentiation. Modulation of Cl- secretory capacity by butyrate.
abstract: The basolateral Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC1) is a key component of the intestinal crypt cell secretory apparatus. Its fate during the transition to absorptive enterocyte and the potential impact of its altered expression on secretory output have not been addressed. In this report, NKCC1 mRNA was found to be expressed in rat jejunal crypt but not villus cells. Butyrate treatment of intestinal epithelial HT29 cells induced a differentiation pattern that recapitulated the rat intestinal crypt-villus axis, with NKCC1 mRNA levels decreasing in a time- and dose-dependent fashion in parallel with upregulation of apical brush-border markers. Butyrate but not acetate or proprionate decreased basal and cAMP-stimulated bumetanide-sensitive K+ (86Rb) uptake in both HT29 cells and the Cl--secreting T84 line. Butyrate markedly decreased transepithelial Cl- secretion in confluent T84 monolayers without effect on cAMP-regulated apical Cl- efflux. We conclude that NKCC1 regulation during enterocyte differentiation occurs at the level of gene expression, and that selective downregulation of NKCC1 gene expression and function by butyrate leads to a profound decrease in transepithelial Cl- secretion. These data emphasize the importance of NKCC1 in determining epithelial secretory capacity and suggest the possibility of modulation of the enterocytic transport phenotype as therapy for diarrheal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. jmatthew@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hrnjez
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hodin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002034:Bumetanide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D020148:Butyric Acid; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002712:Chlorides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008871:Microvilli / Q000502:physiology; D011188:Potassium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; C505032:CFTR protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002712:Chlorides; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters; D002034:Bumetanide; D020148:Butyric Acid; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011188:Potassium