Calmodulin-associated post-translational regulation of rat organic cation transporter 2 in the kidney is gender dependent |
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Authors: | S. Wilde E. Schlatter H. Koepsell B. Edemir S. Reuter H. Pavenstädt U. Neugebauer R. Schröter S. Brast G. Ciarimboli |
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Affiliation: | 1. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik D, Experimentelle Nephrologie, Universit?tsklinikum Münster, Domagkstra?e 3a, 48149, Münster, Germany 2. Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Universit?t Würzburg, Koellikerstrasse 6, 97070, Würzburg, Germany
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Abstract: | In this work, regulation of organic cation transporter type 2 from rat (rOCT2) stably transfected in HEK293 cells was investigated by microfluorimetry with 4-(4-(dimethylamino)styryl)-N-methylpyridinium as substrate. The transport mediated by rOCT2 was specifically stimulated by PKA, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, p56lck tyrosine kinase, mitogen-extracellular-signal-regulated-kinase-1/2, calmodulin (CaM), and CaM-kinase-II. The regulatory pattern of rOCT2 differs markedly quantitatively and qualitatively from that of other OCT isoforms. Only CaM-dependent upregulation is conserved throughout the OCT family. For this reason, CaM regulation of rOCT2 was also investigated in isolated S3-segments (known to express only rOCT2) of male and female rat proximal tubules. Inhibition of CaM by calmidazolium significantly decreased rOCT2 activity (−49.0 ± 13.6%, n = 4) in male but not female (9.0 ± 13.0%, n = 4) rats. Real-time PCR and Western blot investigations of CaM expression in rat kidneys showed that male animals have significantly higher CaM expression. This is the first study describing post-translational gender-dependent rOCT2 regulation. Received 26 February 2009; accepted 16 March 2009 |
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Keywords: | KeywordHeading" >. Organic cation transporter physiology regulation kidney gender dependence |
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