title: Differential expression of heat shock protein 27 and 70 in renal papillary collecting duct and interstitial cells - implications for urea resistance.
abstract: The adaptation of renal medullary cells to their hyperosmotic environment involves the accumulation of compatible organic osmolytes and the enhanced synthesis of heat shock proteins (HSP) 27 and 70. While the mechanisms leading to osmolyte accumulation are similar in papillary collecting duct (PCD) and papillary interstitial (PI) cells, the present data demonstrate that HSP27 and HSP70 are expressed differentially in these cells both in vivo and in vitro. HSP70 is abundant in PCD, but not expressed in PI cells in the papilla in situ, while HSP27 is expressed in both PCD and PI cells. These observations could be reproduced by non-permeant solutes in cultured cells. Osmotic stress strongly induced HSP70 in MDCK cells (as a model for PCD cells), but not in PI cells, while HSP27 was constitutively expressed in MDCK cells and was up-regulated in PI cells. Since prior hypertonic stress (NaCl addition) protects MDCK against subsequent exposure to high urea concentrations, this effect was also assessed in PI cells. In both cell lines, hypertonic pretreatment prior to urea exposure (400 mm) strongly attenuated caspase-3 activation. Inhibition of HSP27 expression by antisense transfection diminished the protective effect of hypertonic preconditioning in PI cells, while attenuation of HSP70 expression in MDCK cells diminished the protective effect of hypertonic preconditioning in these cells. These observations indicate that PCD and PI cells employ cell-specific mechanisms for protection against high urea concentrations as present in the renal papilla during antidiuresis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Munich, Pettenkoferstrasse 12, 80336 Munich, Germany. wolfgang.neuhofer@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neuhofer
authors.forename: Maria-Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Fraek
authors.forename: Nengtai
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: Franz-X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004285:Dogs; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014508:Urea / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D055551:HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C486114:Hspb1 protein, rat; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D014508:Urea
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