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| Author(s): |
Lucilia Maria Abreu Lessa Leite Lima
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2009-09-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Gerhard Malnic;
Manassés Claudino Fonteles;
Ricardo Fernandez Perez;
Antonio Carlos Seguro;
Maria Oliveira de Souza
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| Advisor: | Gerhard Malnic |
| Abstract | |
Uroguanylin (UGN) is a peptide usually synthesized in the intestine that modulates sodium balance through actions on the kidney. We investigate the effects and signaling mechanisms involved in the UGN action on hydrogen secretion in rat renal tubules and in LLC-PK1 and MDCK-C11 cells. In the in vivo studies we used the stationary microperfusion method, measuring hydrogen secretion in proximal and distal tubules by a H+ sensitive microelectrode. In the in vitro studies, we used fluorescence microscopy to measure the activity of NHE3 and H+-ATPase, using BCECF as pH sensitive dye. Our data indicate that UGN inhibits the hydrogen secretion in proximal tubules and in LLC-PK1 cells by a mechanism dependent on the inhibition of NHE3, involving the activation of PKG and PKA. Our study also suggests that UGN inhibits hydrogen secretion in distal tubules and MDCK-C11 cells., and the inhibition of H+-ATPase by a mechanism dependent on PKG is involved in this distal effect of UGN. (AU) | |