Author:
Charlton J. A.,Baylis P. H.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulates Na+K+ ATPase and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity in the rat medullary thick ascending limb. The effect of difluoromethyl ornithine (DFMO), a specific inhibitor of ODC activity, on AVP-stimulated Na+K+ATPase activity was evaluated using a cytochemical bioassay. Peaks in Na+K+ATPase activity in cultured rat renal segments which occurred after tissue had been exposed to 1 fmol AVP/l were completely inhibited by the addition of 20 mmol DFMO/l to the culture medium containing AVP. The addition of 20 mmol DFMO/l to the culture medium containing AVP in the concentration range 0·001–10 fmol/l inhibited completely the stimulation of Na+K+ATPase activity by AVP. The response of Na+K+ATPase to increasing doses of ATP (10–40 g polypeptide/l) was not influenced by the addition of 20 mmol DFMO/l to the culture medium containing AVP, suggesting that the prevention of AVP-stimulated Na+K+ATPase activity by DFMO was not due to a direct effect on the enzyme.
Journal of Endocrinology (1989) 121, 435–439
Subject
Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Cited by
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