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VASCULAR BIOLOGY
Departments of 1Medicine and 2Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine; and 3Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Submitted 24 August 2004 ; accepted in final form 6 December 2004
The PDZ domain adaptor protein Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF)-2 is expressed in renal medullary descending vasa recta (DVR), although its function has not been defined. Transient receptor potential channels (TRPC) TRPC4 and TRPC5, nonselective cation channels that transport Ca2+, were recently demonstrated to complex with the NHERF proteins. We investigated whether TRPC4 and/or TRPC5 are associated with NHERF-2 in DVR. RT-PCR revealed mRNA for TRPC4 and NHERF-2, but not for TRPC5 or NHERF-1, in microdissected DVR. Immunohistochemical studies demonstrated expression of TRPC4 and NHERF-2 proteins in both the endothelial cells and pericytes. These proteins colocalized in some cells of the DVR. TRPC4 coimmunoprecipitated with NHERF-2 from renal medullary lysates, and NHERF-2 coimmunoprecipitated with TRPC4. TRPC5 was not detected in DVR with the use of immunohistochemistry or in NHERF-2 immunoprecipitates. We conclude that DVR pericytes and endothelia coexpress TRPC4 and NHERF-2 mRNA and protein and that these proteins colocalize and coimmunoprecipitate, indicating a possible physical association. These findings suggest that TRPC4 and NHERF-2 may play a role in interactions related to Ca2+ signaling.
PDZ proteins; calcium channels; medulla; pericytes; endothelium; microcirculation
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