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Repolarization of Na+-K+ pumps during establishment of epithelial monolayers

R. G. Contreras, G. Avila, C. Gutierrez, J. J. Bolivar, L. Gonzalez-Mariscal, A. Darzon, G. Beaty, E. Rodriguez-Boulan and M. Cereijido
Center of Research and Advanced Studies, Mexico City D.F., Mexico.

Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells plated at confluence and incubated for 20 h in low (5 microM) Ca2+ have no tight junctions (TJs), and their Na+-K+-ATPase is randomly distributed over the surface. On transfer to normal Ca2+ levels (1.8 mM) ("Ca2+ switch"), TJs and transepithelial resistance develop quickly, trapping a considerable fraction (35%) of the surface Na+-K+-ATPase on the apical (incorrect) side. This misplaced enzyme is subsequently removed from this region or inactivated, demonstrating that polarization proceeds despite TJs. Simultaneously, the amount of Na+-K+-ATPase on the basolateral side increases in a higher proportion (125%), than could be accounted for by relocation of the misplaced apical enzyme. This incorporation is prevented by cycloheximide, ammonium chloride, primaquine, or chloroquine, suggesting that Na+-K+-ATPase originates in an intracellular pool and that its surface insertion requires synthesis of new enzyme or of a protein factor, since it is carried to the surface membrane through a mechanism of exocytosis. In summary, asymmetric distribution of ion pumps depends 1) on polarized insertion of Na+-K+-ATPase as well as 2) on removal or inactivation of misplaced enzyme.

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