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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptors and Na-K ATPase Activity by Hydrocortisone in Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells
Contributor:
Ballou, Byron;
Avner, Ellis D.
imprint:
Tissue Culture Association, Inc., 1988
Published in:In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology
Language:
English
ISSN:
0883-8364
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>The effect of hydrocortisone (HC) in modulating glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and sodiumpotassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na-K ATPase) activity was studied in primary cultures of immunoisolated murine proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTEC). Utilizing monoclonal antibody against stage-specific embryonic antigen-1, a homogeneous population of PTEC was obtained in high yield. The cells were cultured to confluence and further treated for 48 h in serum-free growth medium containing no HC (control); 50 nM HC; or 50 nM HC plus 20 nM of the antiglucocorticoid, RU 38486. PTEC treated with 50 nM HC had 56% of GR binding and 160% Na-K ATPase activity as compared to controls (P < 0.01). GR binding was abolished by incubation in RU 38486 whereas Na-K ATPase fell below control values (P < 0.05). Brief incubations of HC-treated PTEC with 0.5 mM ouabain resulted in a fall in GR binding without a change in Na-K ATPase activity. These data indicate that in PTEC, HC regulates GR binding and they suggest that stimulation of Na-K ATPase activity is a direct biological response to this receptor-hormone interaction. Thus, primary cultures of immunoaffinity-isolated PTEC offer a good model system for investigating the molecular basis underlying the regulation of GR binding and postreceptor events influenced by glucocorticoids.</p>