title: Transport of a fluorescent cAMP analog in teleost proximal tubules.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) renal proximal tubules express a luminal membrane transporter that is functionally and immunologically analogous to the mammalian multidrug resistance-associated protein isoform 2 (Mrp2, ABCC2). Here we used confocal microscopy to investigate in killifish tubules the transport of a fluorescent cAMP analog (fluo-cAMP), a putative substrate for Mrp2 and Mrp4 (ABCC4). Steady-state luminal accumulation of fluo-cAMP was concentrative, specific, and metabolism-dependent, but not reduced by high K+ medium or ouabain. Transport was not affected by p-aminohippurate (organic anion transporter inhibitor) or p-glycoprotein inhibitor (PSC833), but cell-to-lumen transport was reduced in a concentration-dependent manner by Mrp inhibitor MK571, leukotriene C4 (LTC4), azidothymidine (AZT), cAMP, and adefovir; the latter two compounds are Mrp4 substrates. Although MK571 and LTC4 reduced transport of the Mrp2 substrate fluorescein-methotrexate (FL-MTX), neither cAMP, adefovir, nor AZT affected FL-MTX transport. Fluo-cAMP transport was not reduced when tubules were exposed to endothelin-1, Na nitroprusside (an nitric oxide generator) or phorbol ester (PKC activator), all of which signal substantial reductions in cell-to-lumen FL-MTX transport. Fluo-cAMP transport was reduced by forskolin, and this reduction was blocked by the PKA inhibitor H-89. Finally, in membrane vesicles from Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells containing human MRP4, ATP-dependent and specific uptake of fluo-cAMP could be demonstrated. Thus, based on inhibitor specificity and regulatory signaling, cell-to-lumen transport of fluo-cAMP in killifish renal tubules is mediated by a transporter distinct from Mrp2, presumably a teleost form of Mrp4.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, INF 366, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Valeska
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Reichel
authors.forename: Rosalinde
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Masereeuw
authors.forename: Jeroen J M W
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van den Heuvel
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fricker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000502:physiology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D023781:Fundulidae / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D000089762:Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D000089762:Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2; D027425:ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C Proteins; C000715087:ABCC2 protein, human; C073492:ABCC4 protein, human