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1996:
Good D W
PGE2 reverses AVP inhibition of HCO3- absorption in rat MTAL by activation of protein kinase C.
The American journal of physiology 1996;
270(
6 Pt 2):.
In the medullary thick ascending limb (MTAL) of the rat, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) reverses inhibition of HCO3- absorption (JHCO3) by arginine vasopressin (AVP) by inhibiting AVP-stimulated adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) production. To determine whether this regulation by PGE2 involves protein kinase C (PKC), MTAL segments were perfused in vitro with physiological solutions containing 25 mM HCO3- (pH 7.4). With 10(-10) MAVP in the bath, addition of 10(-6) M PGE2 to the bath increased JHCO3 from 7.8 +/- 0.4 to 13.0 +/- 1.1 pmol.min-1.mm-1 (P < 0.01). This effect was blocked completely by pretreatment with the PKC inhibitors staurosporine or chelerythrine chloride (10(-7) M in the bath). With both AVP and PGE2 in the bath, addition of staurosporine or chelerythrine to the bath decreased JHCO3 from 12.2 +/- 1.1 to 7.3 +/- 0.6 pmol.min-1.mm-1 (P < 0.005). Neither staurosporine nor chelerythrine affected JHCO3 under basal conditions or in the presence of AVP alone. With AVP in the bath, addition of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, 10(-6) M) to the bath increased JHCO3 from 5.0 +/- 0.5 to 9.1 +/- 1.0 pmol.min-1.mm-1 (P < 0.01). Similar to PGE2, PMA had no effect on JHCO3 in the absence of AVP or in the presence of 10(-6) M bath forskolin. The effect of PMA to stimulate JHCO3 in the presence of AVP was abolished by pretreatment with pertussis toxin (2 x 10(-11) M). We conclude that 1) PGE2 reverses AVP inhibition of HCO3- absorption by activation of PKC, 2) PKC likely increases JHCO3 by inhibiting AVP-stimulated cAMP production via a Gi-dependent mechanism, and 3) PKC activity has no influence on basal HCO3- absorption rate.
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