title: Thiazolidinedione-induced fluid retention is independent of collecting duct alphaENaC activity.
abstract: Thiazolidinediones are agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) that can induce fluid retention and weight gain through unclear mechanisms. To test a proposed role for the epithelial sodium channel ENaC in thiazolidinedione-induced fluid retention, we used mice with conditionally inactivated alphaENaC in the collecting duct (Scnn1a(loxloxCre) mice). In control mice, rosiglitazone did not alter plasma aldosterone levels or protein expression of ENaC subunits in the kidney, but did increase body weight, plasma volume, and the fluid content of abdominal fat pads, and decreased hematocrit. Scnn1a(loxloxCre) mice provided functional evidence for blunted Na+ uptake in the collecting duct, but still exhibited rosiglitazone-induced fluid retention. Moreover, treatment with rosiglitazone or pioglitazone did not significantly alter the open probability or number of ENaC channels per patch in isolated, split-open cortical collecting ducts of wild-type mice. Finally, patch-clamp studies in primary mouse inner medullary collecting duct cells did not detect ENaC activity but did detect a nonselective cation channel upregulated by pioglitazone. These data argue against a primary and critical role of ENaC in thiazolidinedione-induced fluid retention.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive (9151), San Diego, California 92161, USA. vvallon@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vallon
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hummler
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rieg
authors.forename: Oleh
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pochynyuk
authors.forename: Vladislav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bugaj
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schroth
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dechenes
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rossier
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunard
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stockand
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053503:Epithelial Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D000077205:Pioglitazone; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D053503:Epithelial Sodium Channels; C507047:Scnn1a protein, mouse; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; C089946:2,4-thiazolidinedione; D000077205:Pioglitazone