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Increased abundance of Na+-K+-ATPase mRNAs in response to low external K+

T. A. Pressley, F. Ismail-Beigi, G. G. Gick and I. S. Edelman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032.

Exposure of ARL 15 cells, an established line from adult rat liver, to external K+ concentrations less than 1 mM for 24 h increases Na+-K+ pump abundance (Na+-K+-ATPase) (J. Gen. Physiol. 87:591-606, 1986). We found that treatment of confluent monolayers of ARL 15 cells with low-K+ medium (0.65 mM) caused a 100% increase in total RNA content per plate after 24 h, as well as a 25% increase in DNA and protein content per plate. Concomitant with this growth effect, low-K+ exposure for 6 h elicited 60% increases in mRNA alpha and mRNA beta, the mRNAs that encode the constituent subunits of the Na+-K+-ATPase, in a polyadenylated RNA fraction. At 24 h, however, the abundance of mRNA alpha increased by 290%, whereas mRNA beta increased by only 70%. Moreover, in both control and low-K+-treated cells, mRNA alpha was 30-fold or more greater in abundance than mRNA beta. This discrepancy in abundance was also present in rat liver, but not in cultured MDCK cells. The differences in abundance of mRNA alpha and mRNA beta suggest that the liver may have an unusual subunit composition or biosynthetic mechanism. Nevertheless, the increases in the abundance of mRNA alpha and mRNA beta are sufficient to account for the observed 70-100% increase in Na+-K+-ATPase activity in response to low external K+.

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