title: Immunohistochemical demonstration of Cl- pump in type A intercalated cells of rat kidney.
abstract: In order to demonstrate the localization of an ethacrynic acid-sensitive Cl- pump in the rat kidney, immunohistochemical analysis was performed using an anti-Cl- pump antibody raised against rat brain Cl- pump protein with confocal laser scanning microscopy. The antibodies against Na+,K+-ATPase, aquaporin 2 and a type B intercalated cell marker, 43-kDa protein, were also used for comparison. Anti-Cl- pump antibody recognized a 51-kDa renal protein of the same size as that in the brain on Western blots. Cl- -pump-like immunoreactivity was observed on the basolateral membranes of 42+/-3% of cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells and of 38+/-1% of outer medullar collecting duct (OMCD) cells. Such immunoreactivity in CCD was sometimes co-localized with Na+,K+-ATPase, but in OMCD, the Cl- pump-like immunoreactivity co-existed with neither Na+,K+-ATPase, aquaporin 2 nor the type B intercalated cell marker 43-kDa protein. Thus, the Cl- pump was demonstrated to be localized on the basolateral membranes of type A intercalated cells of cortical and medullary collecting ducts in the rat kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higashida
authors.forename: X T
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orikasa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Inagaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051399:Aquaporin 2; D051403:Aquaporin 6; D020346:Aquaporins / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C496025:Aqp2 protein, rat; D051399:Aquaporin 2; D051403:Aquaporin 6; D020346:Aquaporins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002712:Chlorides; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase