title: Acid sensing in renal epithelial cells.
abstract: The kidney adjusts net acid excretion to match production with exquisite precision, despite little or no change in the plasma bicarbonate concentration. The acid-sensing pathway that signals the kidney to increase acid secretion involves activation of the proto-oncogene c-Src. A new study in this issue shows that proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) is responsible for acid-induced activation of c-Src and is essential for acid sensing in renal epithelial cells. The findings implicate a broader role for Pyk2 in acid-base homeostasis in bone and other tissues beyond the kidney.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, UCSF, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0532, San Francisco, California 94143-0532, USA. glucks1@medicine.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Stephen L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gluck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D000074083:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000737:chemistry; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D000074083:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051418:Focal Adhesion Kinase 2; D019061:src-Family Kinases