title: Estrogen directly and specifically downregulates NaPi-IIa through the activation of both estrogen receptor isoforms (ERα and ERβ) in rat kidney proximal tubule.
abstract: We have previously demonstrated that estrogen (E2) downregulates phosphate transporter NaPi-IIa and causes phosphaturia and hypophosphatemia in ovariectomized rats. In the present study, we examined whether E2 directly targets NaPi-IIa in the proximal tubule (PT) and studied the respective roles of estrogen receptor isoforms (ERα and ERβ) in the downregulation of NaPi-IIa using both in vivo and an in vitro expression systems. We found that estrogen specifically downregulates NaPi-IIa but not NaPi-IIc or Pit2 in the kidney cortex. Proximal tubules incubated in a "shake" suspension with E2 for 24 h exhibited a dose-dependent decrease in NaPi-IIa protein abundance. Results from OVX rats treated with specific agonists for either ERα [4,4',4″;-(4-propyl-[1H]-pyrazole-1,3,5-triyl) trisphenol, PPT] or ERβ [4,4',4″-(4-propyl-[1H]-pyrazole-1,3,5-triyl) trisphenol, DPN] or both (PPT + DPN), indicated that only the latter caused a sharp downregulation of NaPi-IIa, along with significant phosphaturia and hypophosphatemia. Lastly, heterologous expression studies demonstrated that estrogen downregulated NaPi-IIa only in U20S cells expressing both ERα and ERβ, but not in cells expressing either receptor alone. In conclusion, these studies demonstrate that rat PT cells express both ERα and ERβ and that E2 induces phosphaturia by directly and specifically targeting NaPi-IIa in the PT cells. This effect is mediated via a mechanism involving coactivation of both ERα and ERβ, which likely form a functional heterodimer complex in the rat kidney proximal tubule.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio;
authors.forename: Dara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burris
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio;
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio;
authors.forename: Sulaiman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheriff
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio;
authors.forename: Rashma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faroqui
authors.affiliation: Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado; and.
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hawse
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Amlalh@uc.edu.
authors.forename: Hassane
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amlal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002712:Chlorides / Q000652:urine; D004435:Eating; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D004967:Estrogens / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000378:metabolism*; D028061:Phosphate Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011897:Random Allocation; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D050613:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D004967:Estrogens; D028061:Phosphate Transport Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; C493556:Slc34a1 protein, rat; D050613:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIa
keywords: hypophosphatemia.; inorganic phosphate; postmenopause; proximal tubule; sex steroids