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  • Title: Chronic K depletion stimulates rat renal brush-border membrane Na-citrate cotransporter.
    Author: Levi M, McDonald LA, Preisig PA, Alpern RJ.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1991 Nov; 261(5 Pt 2):F767-73. PubMed ID: 1683169.
    Abstract:
    Chronic K depletion (KD) causes hypocitraturia. In the present studies, the effect of KD, induced by a low-K diet for 14 days (serum [K] 4.1 +- 0.1, control vs. 2.2 +/- 0.1 meq/l, KD, P less than 0.01), on renal cortical brush-border membrane (BBM) Na-citrate cotransporter activity was examined. KD significantly decreased fractional citrate excretion (3.90 +/- 0.68 vs. 0.53 +/- 0.10%, P less than 0.01). This was paralleled by a significant increase in the initial linear rate of BBM Na-dependent citrate transport (81 +/- 4 vs. 141 +/- 6 pmol citrate.5 s-1.mg protein-1, P less than 0.01). Kinetic studies varying extravesicular citrate concentration demonstrated that KD increased the maximal activity (Vmax) (152 +/- 17 vs. 296 +/- 14 pmol citrate.5 s-1.mg protein-1, P less than 0.01) with no difference in citrate affinity (118 +/- 23, control vs. 135 +/- 22 microM citrate, KD). Similarly, when extravesicular Na concentration was varied, KD increased the Vmax (132 +/- 9 vs. 206 +/- 6 pmol citrate.5 s-1.mg protein-1, P less than 0.01) with no difference in Na affinity (29 +/- 3, control vs. 28 +/- 1 mM Na, KD). The effect of KD on Na-citrate cotransport was specific in that KD did not alter Na-glucose (84 +/- 12, control vs. 89 +/- 5 pmol glucose.5 s-1.mg protein-1, KD) or Na-proline (87 +/- 3, control vs. 84 +/- 5 pmol proline.5 s-1.mg protein-1, KD) cotransport. In conclusion, KD increases the Vmax of the proximal tubule apical membrane Na-citrate cotransporter.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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