Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2192-2195
© 1999 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
Brief Report
Glomerulonephritis and sodium retention: enhancement of Na+/K+-ATPase activity in the collecting duct is shared by rats with puromycin induced nephrotic syndrome and mice with spontaneous lupus-like glomerulonephritis
1 Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine and 2 Department of Pathology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Hervé Favre, Professor of Medicine/Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Geneva, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Abstract
Background. In rats with puromycin aminoglucoside-induced (PAN) nephrotic syndrome, micropuncture studies have localized the site of sodium retention to the collecting duct. We have confirmed this finding by demonstrating a two-fold increase in Na+/K+-ATPase activity specifically limited to the cortical collecting duct in PAN rats. To further define whether this phenomenon was dependent on the chemical induction of the nephrotic syndrome or was a general phenomenon observed in glomerulonephritis, we measured Na+/K+-ATPase activity in nephron segments from mice with spontaneous lupus-like nephritis.
Methods. Hydrolytic activity of Na+/K+-ATPase was measured in three isolated nephron segments: proximal convoluted tubule, thick ascending limb and cortical collecting duct. The Na+/K+-ATPase activities were measured in PAN rats, sham-injected controls, and in (MRLxBXSB) F1 male mice which develop a well established spontaneous lupus-like glomerulonephritis by 4 months of age and their controls. Control mice have the same genetic background, but lack the Yaa mutant gene responsible for autoimmune acceleration and are free of glomerular lesions at 4 months of age.
Results. In (MRLxBXSB) F1 male mice, Na+/K+-ATPase was similar to control mice in the proximal convoluted tubule and the thick ascending limb. In contrast, cortical collecting duct Na+/K+-ATPase activity was two times higher in (MRLxBXSB) F1 mice than controls. These results were identical to those observed in PAN rats compared to their sham-injected controls studied 7 days after an intraperitoneal injection of puromycin or isotonic saline, respectively.
Conclusions. Enhancement of Na+/K+-ATPase activity localized to the cortical collecting duct is a general characteristic of glomerulonephritis independent of its mode of induction, i.e. chemical versus autoimmune. Therefore, the experimental model of PAN is suitable to study the underlying mechanisms leading to Na+/K+-ATPase dysfunction.
Keywords: adenosine triphosphatase; nephron segments; proteinuria
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