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Coordinate control of prostaglandin E₂ synthesis and uptake by hyperosmolarity in renal medullary interstitial cells

Departments of ¹Medicine and of ²Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

Submitted 29 November 2004 ; accepted in final form 15 September 2005

During water deprivation, prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂), formed by renal medullary interstitial cells (RMICs), feedback inhibits the actions of antidiuretic hormone. Interstitial PGE₂ concentrations represent the net of both PGE₂ synthesis by cyclooxygenase (COX) and PGE₂ uptake by carriers such as PGT. We used cultured RMICs to examine the effects of hyperosmolarity on both PG synthesis and PG uptake in the same RMIC. RMICs expressed endogenous PGT as assessed by mRNA and immunoblotting. RMICs rapidly took up [³H]PGE₂ to a level 5- to 10-fold above background and with a characteristic time-dependent "overshoot." Inhibitory constants (K_i) for various PGs and PGT inhibitors were similar between RMICs and the cloned rat PGT. Increasing extracellular hyperosmolarity to the range of 335–485 mosM increased the net release of PGE₂ by RMICs, an effect that was concentration dependent, maximal by 24 h, reversible, and associated with increased expression of COX-2. Over the same time period, there was decreased cell-surface activity of PGT due to internalization of the transporter. With continued exposure to hyperosmolarity over 7–10 days, PGE₂ release remained elevated, COX-2 returned to baseline, and PGT-mediated uptake became markedly reduced. Our findings suggest that hyperosmolarity induces coordinated changes in COX-2-mediated PGE₂ synthesis and PGT-mediated PGE₂ uptake in RMICs.

hypertonicity; prostaglandin transporter; cyclooxygenase-2

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