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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 251: F851-F857, 1986;
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AJP - Renal Physiology, Vol 251, Issue 5 851-F857, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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In vitro stimulation of Na-K-ATPase in rat thick ascending limb by dexamethasone

A. Doucet, A. Hus-Citharel and F. Morel

Dexamethasone has been reported to stimulate Na-K-ATPase activity in the medullary thick ascending limb of adrenalectomized animals within a few hours. The present study was aimed at characterizing the mechanism of this action by investigating the stimulatory effect of the hormone in vitro. Dexamethasone (10(-8) M) added in vitro to segments of the medullary thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, which were microdissected from adrenalectomized rats, restored in a dose-dependent manner the depressed Na-K-ATPase activity within one h of incubation. This stimulation of Na-K-ATPase was inhibited by cycloheximide and actinomycin D. Dexamethasone also stimulated the component of oxidative metabolism coupled to sodium transport. These results, which confirm previous in vivo observations, demonstrate that dexamethasone-induced stimulation of Na-K-ATPase is a direct tubular action of the hormone mediated by protein synthesis. They suggest that this short-term effect of dexamethasone corresponds to the stimulation of sodium reabsorption by the dilution segment.


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