title: Cotransport of water by the Na+-K+-2Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC1 in mammalian epithelial cells.
abstract: Water transport by the Na+-K+-2Cl(-) cotransporter (NKCC1) was studied in confluent cultures of pigmented epithelial (PE) cells from the ciliary body of the fetal human eye. Interdependence among water, Na+ and Cl(-) fluxes mediated by NKCC1 was inferred from changes in cell water volume, monitored by intracellular self-quenching of the fluorescent dye calcein. Isosmotic removal of external Cl(-) or Na+ caused a rapid efflux of water from the cells, which was inhibited by bumetanide (10 μm). When returned to the control solution there was a rapid water influx that required the simultaneous presence of external Na+ and Cl(-). The water influx could proceed uphill, against a transmembrane osmotic gradient, suggesting that energy contained in the ion fluxes can be transferred to the water flux. The influx of water induced by changes in external [Cl(-)] saturated in a sigmoidal fashion with a Km of 60 mm, while that induced by changes in external [Na+] followed first order kinetics with a Km of about 40 mm. These parameters are consistent with ion transport mediated by NKCC1. Our findings support a previous investigation, in which we showed water transport by NKCC1 to be a result of a balance between ionic and osmotic gradients. The coupling between salt and water transport in NKCC1 represents a novel aspect of cellular water homeostasis where cells can change their volume independently of the direction of an osmotic gradient across the membrane. This has relevance for both epithelial and symmetrical cells.
authors.affiliation: Nordic Centre for Water Imbalance Related Disorders, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. shamann1@gmail.com
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamann
authors.forename: José J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Herrera-Perez
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zeuthen
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Leefmans
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002034:Bumetanide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009995:Osmosis / Q000502:physiology; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000502:physiology; D012964:Sodium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters / Q000502:physiology*; D064506:Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 2; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C578877:SLC12A2 protein, human; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors; D028021:Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters; D064506:Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 2; D014867:Water; D002034:Bumetanide; D012964:Sodium
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