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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 275: F119-F125, 1998;
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Vol. 275, Issue 1, F119-F125, July 1998

Ligand-dependent regulation of NPR-A gene expression in inner medullary collecting duct cells

Li Cao, Song Cang Chen, Tong Cheng, Michael H. Humphreys, and David G. Gardner

Metabolic Research Unit and Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, California 94143

Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) interacts with high-affinity, guanylyl cyclase-linked receptors in the inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD), where it exerts important regulatory control over sodium handling. We sought to determine whether receptor activity in these cells would be modulated (downregulated) by prolonged exposure to ligand. A number of natriuretic peptides (ANP, brain natriuretic peptide, and urodilatin) were found to decrease ligand-dependent natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPR-A) activity in IMCD cells. This inhibition was in direct proportion to their capacity to increase basal cGMP levels in this cell population. The reduction in receptor activity was accompanied by a dose- and time-dependent reduction in NPR-A mRNA levels in these cells. The decrease in transcript levels arose, in part, from a reduction in NPR-A gene transcription. ANP reduced NPR-A gene promoter activity in a transiently transfected IMCD cell population. 8-Bromo-cGMP was also effective in inhibiting NPR-A mRNA levels and NPR-A promoter activity, suggesting that the second messenger (i.e., cGMP) rather than ANP, itself, is responsible for downregulation of NPR-A gene expression.

receptors; natriuretic peptide; renal epithelial cells


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