ANG II controls Na+-K+( NH 4 + )-2Cl−cotransport via 20-HETE and PKC in medullary thick ascending limb

Abstract

Cell pH was monitored in medullary thick ascending limbs to determine effects of ANG II on Na+-K+([Formula: see text])-2Cl−cotransport. ANG II at 10−16to 10−12 M inhibited 30–50% ( P < 0.005), but higher ANG II concentrations were stimulatory compared with the 10−12 M ANG II level cotransport activity; eventually, 10−6 M ANG II stimulated 34% cotransport activity ( P < 0.003). Inhibition by 10−12M ANG II was abolished by phospholipase C (PLC), diacylglycerol lipase, or cytochrome P-450-dependent monooxygenase blockade; 10−12 M ANG II had no effect additive to inhibition by 20-hydroxyeicosatetranoic acid (20-HETE). Stimulation by 10−6 M ANG II was abolished by PLC and protein kinase C (PKC) blockade and was partially suppressed when the rise in cytosolic Ca2+ was prevented. All ANG II effects were abolished by DUP-753 (losartan) but not by PD-123319. Thus ≤10−12 M ANG II inhibits via 20-HETE, whereas ≥5 × 10−11 M ANG II stimulates via PKC Na+-K+([Formula: see text])-2Cl−cotransport; all ANG II effects involve AT1 receptors and PLC activation.