Activation of NAD(P)H oxidase by outward movements of H+ ions in renal medullary thick ascending limb of Henle.
The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the production of superoxide (O(2)-* by NAD(P)H oxidase is coupled to tubular metabolic activity through ionic activation mediated by H(+) movement across cell membrane. Using dual fluorescent microscopic imaging analysis, intracellular O(2)-* levels and pH (pH(i)) in renal medullary thick ascending limb of Henle (TALH) cells were simultaneously measured. It was found that intracellular O(2)-* levels in these cells were increased in parallel to the elevation of pH(i) by outflow of H(+) induced via NH(4)Cl loading followed by rapid removal. This increase in intracellular O(2)-* levels was substantially blocked by an inhibitor of Na(+)/H(+) exchanger, methylisobutyl-amiloride (MIA; 100 microM), a chemical SOD mimetic, Tiron (1 mM) or an inhibitor of NAD(P)H oxidase, diphenylene iodonium (DPI; 100 microM). In additional groups of TALHs, a proton ionophore, carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (10 microM) was used to produce H(+) conductance, leading to H(+) flux across cell membrane depending on extracellular pH. The efflux of H(+) increased both pH(i) and intracellular O(2)-* levels, but the influx of H(+) did not increase intracellular O(2)-* levels. The H(+) efflux-induced increase in intracellular O(2)-* levels was completely blocked by DPI and another NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor, apocynin (100 microM). In in invo experiments, renal medullary infusion of MIA (100 microM) was found to significantly decrease the concentrations of H(2)O(2) in the renal medullary interstitium. These results suggest that it is the outward movements of H(+) ions that activates NAD(P)H oxidase to produce O(2)-* in TALH cells. This H(+) outflow-associated activation of NAD(P)H oxidase importantly contributes to tissue levels of reactive oxygen species in the renal medulla.
Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. nli@vcu.edu
Ningjun
N
Li
Guo
G
Zhang
Fu-Xian
FX
Yi
Ai-Ping
AP
Zou
Pin-Lan
PL
Li
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000502:physiology; D008138:Loop of Henle / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011522:Protons; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000737:chemistry*; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000502:physiology*
D011522:Protons; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers