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  • Title: NHE2 is the main apical NHE in mouse colonic crypts but an alternative Na+-dependent acid extrusion mechanism is upregulated in NHE2-null mice.
    Author: Guan Y, Dong J, Tackett L, Meyer JW, Shull GE, Montrose MH.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol; 2006 Oct; 291(4):G689-99. PubMed ID: 16690903.
    Abstract:
    The mechanism of apical Na(+)-dependent H(+) extrusion in colonic crypts is controversial. With the use of confocal microscopy of the living mouse distal colon loaded with BCECF or SNARF-5F (fluorescent pH sensors), measurements of intracellular pH (pH(i)) in epithelial cells at either the crypt base or colonic surface were reported. After cellular acidification, the addition of luminal Na(+) stimulated similar rates of pH(i) recovery in cells at the base of distal colonic crypts of wild-type or Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoform 2 (NHE2)-null mice. In wild-type crypts, 20 microM HOE694 (NHE2 inhibitor) blocked 68-75% of the pH(i) recovery rate, whereas NHE2-null crypts were insensitive to HOE694, the NHE3-specific inhibitor S-1611 (20 microM), or the bicarbonate transport inhibitor 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS; 1 mM). A general NHE inhibitor, 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride (EIPA; 20 microM), inhibited pH(i) recovery in NHE2-null mice (46%) but less strongly than in wild-type mice (74%), suggesting both EIPA-sensitive and -insensitive compensatory mechanisms. Transepithelial Na(+) leakage followed by activation of basolateral NHE1 could confound the outcomes; however, the rates of Na(+)-dependent pH(i) recovery were independent of transepithelial leakiness to lucifer yellow and were unchanged in NHE1-null mice. NHE2 was immunolocalized on apical membranes of wild-type crypts but not NHE2-null tissue. NHE3 immunoreactivity was near the colonic surface but not at the crypt base in NHE2-null mice. Colonic surface cells from wild-type mice demonstrated S1611- and HOE694-sensitive pH(i) recovery in response to luminal sodium, confirming a functional role for both NHE3 and NHE2 at this site. We conclude that constitutive absence of NHE2 results in a compensatory increase in a Na(+)-dependent, EIPA-sensitive acid extruder distinct from NHE1, NHE3, or SITS-sensitive transporters.
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