Distal renal tubular acidosis in mice lacking the AE1 (band3) Cl-/HCO3- exchanger (slc4a1).

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Keywords

Acidosis-Renal-Tubular, Animals, Anion-Exchange-Protein-1-Erythrocyte, Antiporters, Female, Gene-Expression-Profiling, Hydrogen-Ion-Concentration, Kidney, Male, Mice-Inbred-C57BL, Mice-Knockout, Nephrocalcinosis

First Page

1408

Last Page

1418

JAX Source

J Am Soc Neprhol 2007 May; 18(5):1408-18.

Abstract

Mutations in the human gene that encodes the AE1 Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger (SLC4A1) cause autosomal recessive and dominant forms of distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). A mouse model that lacks AE1/slc4a1 (slc4a1-/-) exhibited dRTA characterized by spontaneous hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with low net acid excretion and, inappropriately, alkaline urine without bicarbonaturia. Basolateral Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange activity in acid-secretory intercalated cells of isolated superfused slc4a1-/- medullary collecting duct was reduced, but alternate bicarbonate transport pathways were upregulated. Homozygous mice had nephrocalcinosis associated with hypercalciuria, hyperphosphaturia, and hypocitraturia. A severe urinary concentration defect in slc4a1-/- mice was accompanied by dysregulated expression and localization of the aquaporin-2 water channel. Mice that were heterozygous for the AE1-deficient allele had no apparent defect. Thus, the slc4a1-/- mouse is the first genetic model of complete dRTA and demonstrates that the AE1/slc4a1 Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger is required for maintenance of normal acid-base homeostasis by distal renal regeneration of bicarbonate in the mouse as well as in humans.

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