title: Expression and regulation of the renal Na/phosphate cotransporter NaPi-IIa in a mouse model deficient for the PDZ protein PDZK1.
abstract: Inorganic phosphate (P(i)) is reabsorbed in the renal proximal tubule mainly via the type-IIa sodium-phosphate cotransporter (NaPi-IIa). This protein is regulated tightly by different factors, among them dietary P(i) intake and parathyroid hormone (PTH). A number of PDZ-domain-containing proteins have been shown to interact with NaPi-IIa in vitro, such as Na(+)/H(+) exchanger-3 regulatory factor-1 (NHERF1) and PDZK1. PDZK1 is highly abundant in kidney and co-localizes with NaPi-IIa in the brush border membrane of proximal tubules. Recently, a knock-out mouse model for PDZK1 (Pdzk1(-/-)) has been generated, allowing the role of PDZK1 in the expression and regulation of the NaPi-IIa cotransporter to be examined in in vivo and in ex vivo preparations. The localization of NaPi-IIa and other proteins interacting with PDZK1 in vitro [Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE3), chloride-formate exchanger (CFEX)/putative anion transporter-1 (PAT1), NHERF1] was not altered in Pdzk1(-/-) mice. The abundance of NaPi-IIa adapted to acute and chronic changes in dietary P(i) intake, but steady-state levels of NaPi-IIa were reduced in Pdzk1(-/-) under a P(i) rich diet. This was paralleled by a higher urinary fractional P(i) excretion. The abundance of the anion exchanger CFEX/PAT1 (SLC26A6) was also reduced. In contrast, NHERF1 abundance increased in the brush border membrane of Pdzk1(-/-) mice fed a high-P(i) diet. Acute regulation of NaPi-IIa by PTH in vivo and by PTH and activators of protein kinases A, C and G (PKA, PKC and PKG) in vitro (kidney slice preparation) was not altered in Pdzk1(-/-) mice. In conclusion, loss of PDZK1 did not result in major changes in proximal tubule function or NaPi-IIa regulation. However, under a P(i)-rich diet, loss of PDZK1 reduced NaPi-IIa abundance indicating that PDZK1 may play a role in the trafficking or stability of NaPi-IIa under these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.forename: Desa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bacic
authors.forename: Gerti
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stange
authors.forename: Nati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hernando
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaissling
authors.forename: Rinku
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kocher
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biber
authors.forename: Carsten A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Heini
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008871:Microvilli / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050613:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIa; D027981:Symporters / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C493555:Slc34a1 protein, mouse; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050613:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIa; D027981:Symporters; C093376:sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor; D011494:Protein Kinases