title: Angiotensin II inhibits the electrogenic Na+/HCO3- cotransport of cat cardiac myocytes.
abstract: The Na(+)/HCO(3)(-) cotransporter (NBC) plays an important role in intracellular pH (pH(i)) regulation in the heart. In the myocardium co-exist the electrogenic (eNBC) and electroneutral (nNBC) isoforms of NBC. We have recently reported that angiotensin II (Ang II) stimulated total NBC activity during the recovery from intracellular acidosis through a reactive oxygen species (ROS) and ERK-dependent pathway. In the present work we focus our attention on eNBC. In order to study the activity of the eNBC in isolation, we induced a membrane potential depolarization by increasing extracellular K(+) [K(+)](o) from 4.5 to 45 mM (K(+) pulse). This experimental protocol enhanced eNBC driving force leading to intracellular alkalization (0.19 ± 0.008, n=6; data expressed as an increase of pH(i) units after 14 min of applying the K(+) pulse). This alkalization was completely abrogated by the NBC blocker S0859 (-0.004 ± 0.016*, n=5; * indicates p<0.05 vs control) but not by the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger blocker HOE642 (0.185 ± 0.04, n=4), indicating that we are exclusively measuring eNBC. The K(+) pulse induced alkalization was canceled by 100 nM Ang II (-0.008 ± 0.018*; n=5). This inhibitory effect was prevented when the myocytes were incubated with losartan (AT(1) receptor blocker, 0.18 ± 0.02; n=4) or SB202190 (p38 MAP kinase inhibitor, 0.25 ± 0.06; n=5). Neither chelerythrine (PKC inhibitor, -0.06 ± 0.04*; n=4), nor U0126 (ERK inhibitor, -0.07 ± 0.04*; n=4) nor MPG (ROS scavenger, -0.02 ± 0.05*; n=8) affected the Ang II-induced inhibition of eNBC. The inhibitory action of Ang II on eNBC was corroborated with perforated patch-clamp experiments, since no impact of the current produced by eNBC on action potential repolarization was observed in the presence of Ang II. In conclusion, we propose that Ang II, binding to AT(1) receptors, exerts an inhibitory effect on eNBC activity in a p38 kinase-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Verónica C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: De Giusti
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orlowski
authors.forename: Ernesto A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Aiello
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D027982:Sodium-Bicarbonate Symporters / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D027982:Sodium-Bicarbonate Symporters; D000804:Angiotensin II; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D011188:Potassium