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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 283: F1389-F1402, 2002. First published July 30, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00066.2002
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Vol. 283, Issue 6, F1389-F1402, December 2002

Cd-MT causes endocytosis of brush-border transporters in rat renal proximal tubules

Ivan Sabolic1, Marija Ljubojevic1, Carol M. Herak-Kramberger1, and Dennis Brown2

1 Unit of Molecular Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia; and 2 Program in Membrane Biology and Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129

Nephrotoxicity in humans and experimental animals due to chronic exposure to cadmium (Cd) is manifested by defects in the reabsorptive and secretory functions of proximal tubules (PT). The main symptoms of Cd nephrotoxicity, including polyuria, phosphaturia, aminoaciduria, glucosuria, and proteinuria, suggest that various brush-border membrane (BBM) transporters are the main targets of Cd. Specific transporters may be either directly inhibited by Cd or lost from the BBM after Cd treatment, or both. We have recently proposed that Cd may impair the vesicle-dependent recycling of BBM transporters by inhibiting vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) activity and endocytosis in PT cells (Herak-Kramberger CM, Sabolic I, and Brown D. Kidney Int 53: 1713-1726, 1998). The mechanism underlying the Cd effect was further explored in an in vivo model of experimental Cd nephrotoxicity induced by Cd-metallothionein (Cd-MT; 0.4 mg Cd/kg body mass; a single dose sc) in rats. The time-dependent redistribution of various BBM transporters was examined in this model by fluorescence and gold-labeling immunocytochemistry on tissue sections and by immunoblotting of isolated renal cortical BBM. In PT cells of Cd-MT-treated rats, we observed 1) shortening and loss of microvilli; 2) time-dependent loss of megalin, V-ATPase, aquaporin-1 (AQP1), and type 3 Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE3) from the BBM; 3) redistribution of these transporters into vesicles that were randomly scattered throughout the cell cytoplasm; and 4) redistribution of NHE3, but not megalin, into the basolateral plasma membrane. The internalization of BBM transporters was accompanied by fragmentation and loss of microtubules and by an increased abundance of alpha -tubulin monomers in PT cells. Transporter redistribution was detectable as early as 1 h after Cd-MT treatment and increased in magnitude over the next 12 h. We conclude that the early mechanism of Cd toxicity in PT cells may include a colchicine-like depolymerization of microtubules and impaired vesicle-dependent recycling of various BBM proteins. These processes may lead to a time-dependent loss of cell membrane components, resulting in reabsorptive and secretory defects that occur in Cd-induced nephrotoxicity.

cytoskeleton; heavy metals; immunocytochemistry; kidney; microtubules; nephrotoxicity


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