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Maturation of the Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter (NHE3) in the proximal tubule of the hypothyroid adrenalectomized rat

Department of ¹Pediatrics and ²Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-9063

Submitted 8 January 2004 ; accepted in final form 22 April 2004

In previous studies examining the role of glucocorticoids and thyroid hormone on the maturation of the Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter (NHE3), we found attenuation in the maturational increase in proximal tubule apical Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter activity but no change in NHE3 mRNA abundance in either glucocorticoid-deficient or hypothyroid rats. In addition, prevention of the maturational increase in either hormone failed to totally prevent the maturational increase in Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter activity. We hypothesized that one hormone played a compensatory role when the other was deficient. The present study examined whether combined deficiency of thyroid and glucocorticoid hormones would completely prevent the maturation of the Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter. Adrenalectomy was performed in 9-day-old hypothyroid Sprague-Dawley rats, a time before the normal postnatal maturational increase in these hormones occurs. Nine- and 30-day-old adrenalectomized (ADX), hypothyroid rats had comparable NHE3 mRNA abundance, which was 5- to 10-fold less than 30-day-old ADX, hypothyroid rats that received corticosterone-thyroxine replacement and 30-day-old sham control rats (P < 0.05). Brush-border membrane NHE3 protein abundance was comparable in 9- and 30-day-old ADX, hypothyroid groups and 20-fold lower than both the 30-day replacement and 30-day sham groups (P < 0.05). Similarly, the replacement and sham groups had higher sodium-dependent proton secretion than 9- and 30-day-old ADX, hypothyroid groups (P < 0.05). We conclude that combined deficiency of both hormones totally prevents the maturational increase in NHE3 mRNA and protein abundance and Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter activity.

NHE3; adrenalectomy; renal development; microperfusion; cell pH

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