J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 23, 11150-11154, 08, 1988

pH sensitivity of H+/organic cation antiport system in rat renal brush- border membranes

H Maegawa, M Kato, K Inui and R Hori
Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.

We examined the pH sensitivity of the H+/organic cation antiport system in brush-border membranes isolated from rat renal cortex. The uptake of tetraethylammonium, a typical organic cation, in the absence of an H+ gradient had a marked pH dependence with an optimum pH of 7.0, while the uptake of p-aminohippurate, an organic anion, and D-glucose was almost consistent in the pH range of 6.0-8.0. The decreased tetraethylammonium uptake by brush-border membrane vesicles, suspended in an acidic pH buffer or an alkaline pH buffer, was completely recovered by subsequent treatment of the vesicles with a pH 7.0 buffer. The pH sensitivity of tetraethylammonium uptake was not changed in the presence of either carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, a protonophore, or valinomycin (voltage-clamped condition). Kinetic parameters of tetraethylammonium uptake were changed in a pH-dependent manner, although Eadie-Hofstee plots of tetraethylammonium uptake were linear in the pH range of 6.0-8.0, indicating the existence of one mode of transport system at various pH values. At an acidic pH, the Km was increased without any change in Vmax value, compared with the values at pH 7.0. On the other hand, at an alkaline pH, the Vmax was decreased without a change in Km value. These results suggest that the H+/organic cation antiport system in renal brush-border membranes is very sensitive to pH (optimum pH of 7.0), in contrast to organic anion and D- glucose transport systems, and that pH is an important factor to regulate the activity of the H+/organic cation antiport system, as well as H+ gradient (a driving force).
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