K-depletion modifies the properties of sch 28080-sensitive k-atpase in rat collecting duct. B, Buffin-Meyer, M. Younes-Ibrahim, C. Barlet-Bas, L. Cheval, S. Marsy, and A. Doucet. Laboratoire de Biologie Int[umlaut]agr[umlaut]ae des Cellules R[umlaut]anales, Service de Biologie Cellulaire, CEA Saclay, Unit[umlaut]a 1859 associ[umlaut]ae au CNRS
APStracts 3:0187F, 1996.
Two distinct SCH 28080-sensitive K-ATPases were previously described in the rat nephron : a ouabain-resistant K-ATPase (type I) present in collecting ducts (CD) and a ouabain-sensitive form (type II) located in proximal tubules (PT) and thick ascending limbs (TAL). In K -depleted rats, K-ATPase activity is increased in CD whereas it is reduced in PT and TAL. Because expression of colonic H,K-ATPase is restricted to the CD of K-depleted rats, we hypothesized that K -ATPase from the CD of K-depleted rats might be different from types I and II. And indeed, type III K-ATPase displays higher sensitivities to ouabain and to SCH 28080 than type II, a lower sensitivity to SCH 28080 than type I, and, conversely to types I and II, it can be stimulated by Na+. Pharmacological differences between types II and III K-ATPases were confirmed by 3H-ouabain binding experiments. Thus, the rat kidney expresses three K-ATPases that differ by their pharmacological and kinetical properties, their distribution profile along the nephron and their behaviour during potassium depletion.

Received 24 April 1996; accepted in final form 3 October 1996.
APS Manuscript Number F124-6.
Article publication pending Am. J. Physiol. (Renal Fluid Electrolyte
Physiology).
ISSN 1080-4757 Copyright 1996 The American Physiological Society.
Published in APStracts on 5 November 1996