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The AE4 transporter mediates kidney acid-base sensing

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  • Helga Vitzthum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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  • M Koch, Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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  • L Eckermann, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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  • S L Svendsen
  • P Berg
  • C A Hübner, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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  • C A Wagner, National Center of Competence in Research NCCR Kidney.CH
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  • J Leipziger
  • C Meyer-Schwesinger, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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  • H Ehmke, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

The kidney plays a key role in the correction of systemic acid-base imbalances. Central for this regulation are the intercalated cells in the distal nephron, which secrete acid or base into the urine. How these cells sense acid-base disturbances is a long-standing question. Intercalated cells exclusively express the Na+-dependent Cl-/HCO3- exchanger AE4 (Slc4a9). Here we show that AE4-deficient mice exhibit a major dysregulation of acid-base balance. By combining molecular, imaging, biochemical and integrative approaches, we demonstrate that AE4-deficient mice are unable to sense and appropriately correct metabolic alkalosis and acidosis. Mechanistically, a lack of adaptive base secretion via the Cl-/HCO3- exchanger pendrin (Slc26a4) is the key cellular cause of this derailment. Our findings identify AE4 as an essential part of the renal sensing mechanism for changes in acid-base status.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer3051
TidsskriftNature Communications
Vol/bind14
Nummer1
Sider (fra-til)3051
ISSN2041-1723
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StatusUdgivet - 26 maj 2023

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