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Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol 5, 62-67, Copyright © 1994 by American Society of Nephrology

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In vivo osmoregulation of Na/myo-inositol cotransporter mRNA in rat kidney medulla

A Yamauchi, T Nakanishi, Y Takamitsu, M Sugita, E Imai, T Noguchi, Y Fujiwara, T Kamada and N Ueda
First Department of Medicine, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan.

myo-Inositol, a major compatible osmolyte in renal medulla, is accumulated in kidney-derived epithelial cells cultured in hypertonic media via Na/myoinositol cotransporter (SMIT). The altered medium osmolality of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells leads to changes in the transcription of the SMIT gene and mRNA abundance. To investigate whether SMIT is regulated by tonicity in vivo, renal medullary myoinositol and SMIT mRNA was measured in rats in hydrated and dehydrated states. Rats were divided into two groups: (1) hydrated rats, free access to 3% sucrose water; (2) dehydrated rats, 3 days of water deprivation. Urine sodium, potassium, urea, and osmolality in dehydrated rats were significantly higher than in hydrated rats. Renal medullary sodium, urea, and myo-inositol in dehydrated rats were significantly higher than in hydrated rats. Northern analysis revealed that there was a message hybridized to SMIT cDNA in the cortex and outer and inner medulla of the kidney. Compared with hydrated rats, SMIT mRNA in dehydrated rats was 2.6-fold higher in the outer medulla and 2.5-fold higher in the inner medulla. These results indicate that there is osmoregulatory SMIT in the outer and inner medulla of the kidney and that myo-inositol accumulation in this region is probably due to the increased expression of the SMIT gene.


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