Author:
Brown Sean G.,Gallacher Michael,Olver Richard E.,Wilson Stuart M.
Abstract
Analysis of membrane currents recorded from hormone-deprived H441 cells showed that the membrane potential ( Vm) in single cells (approximately −80 mV) was unaffected by lowering [Na+]o or [Cl−]o, indicating that cellular Na+ and Cl− conductances ( GNa and GCl, respectively) are negligible. Although insulin (20 nM, ∼24 h) and dexamethasone (0.2 μM, ∼24 h) both depolarized Vm by ∼20 mV, the response to insulin reflected a rise in GCl mediated via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) whereas dexamethasone acted by inducing a serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1)-dependent rise in GNa. Although insulin stimulation/PI3K-P110α expression did not directly increase GNa, these maneuvers augmented the dexamethasone-induced conductance. The glucocorticoid/SGK1-induced GNa in single cells discriminated poorly between Na+ and K+ ( PNa/ PK ∼0.6), was insensitive to amiloride (1 mM), but was partially blocked by LaCl3 (La3+; 1 mM, ∼80%), pimozide (0.1 mM, ∼40%), and dichlorobenzamil (15 μM, ∼15%). Cells growing as small groups, on the other hand, expressed an amiloride-sensitive (10 μM), selective GNa that displayed the same pattern of hormonal regulation as the nonselective conductance in single cells. These data therefore 1) confirm that H441 cells can express selective or nonselective GNa ( 14 , 48 ), 2) show that these conductances are both induced by glucocorticoids/SGK1 and subject to PI3K-dependent regulation, and 3) establish that cell-cell contact is vitally important to the development of Na+ selectivity and amiloride sensitivity.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Cell Biology,Physiology (medical),Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Physiology
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16 articles.
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