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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 260: C1-C8, 1991;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 260, Issue 1 C1-C8, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Relationship between vasopressin-sensitive water transport and plasma membrane fluidity in kidney collecting tubule

K. Fushimi and A. S. Verkman
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0532.

The role of plasma membrane fluidity in the regulation of kidney tubule water permeability has been uncertain. We have used new methods to image the fluorescence anisotropy of fluidity-sensitive fluorophores (Fushimi, Dix, and Verkman. Biophys. J. 57: 241-254, 1990) to quantitate membrane fluidity in cells of the vasopressin-sensitive cortical collecting tubule (CCT) and water-impermeable cortical thick ascending limb (CTAL). Isolated tubule segments from rabbit kidney were perfused in vitro, and apical or basolateral plasma membranes were stained with trimethylammonium diphenylhexatriene (TMA-DPH). TMA-DPH anisotropy (r) was imaged quantitatively by an epifluorescence microscope equipped with rotatable polarizers; TMA-DPH nanosecond lifetime (tau) was measured by flash-lamp excitation and gated photomultiplier detection. In CCT, apical membrane r (0.254 +/- 0.003) was similar to basolateral r (0.252 +/- 0.005). Serosal vasopressin at a dose that increased water permeability greater than 10-fold (250 microU/ml) did not affect apical membrane r (delta r = 0.002 +/- 0.003; 7 tubules). A 0.002 change in r was less than that produced by a 2 degrees C temperature variation. In CTAL, apical membrane r was 0.249 +/- 0.002, similar to r from basolateral membrane of proximal tubule (0.24), but much less than that of proximal tubule apical membrane (0.29). These results establish methodology to quantitate fluidity in intact kidney tubule segments and provide the first measurements of plasma membrane fluidity in CTAL and CCT. Our results suggest that regulation of bulk membrane fluidity in CCT apical membrane is not a component of the hydrosmotic action of vasopressin and that low apical membrane fluidity is not responsible for the low water and NH3 permeabilities in CTAL.


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