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MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS, ION CHANNELS, AND PUMPS

Na⁺-dependent HCO₃^– uptake into the rat choroid plexus epithelium is partially DIDS sensitive

¹Institute for Physiology and Biophysics, ²Institute of Anatomy, and ³The Water and Salt Research Center, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; and ⁴Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Submitted 29 June 2005 ; accepted in final form 9 August 2005

Several studies suggest the involvement of Na⁺ and HCO₃^– transport in the formation of cerebrospinal fluid. Two Na⁺-dependent HCO₃^– transporters were recently localized to the epithelial cells of the rat choroid plexus (NBCn1 and NCBE), and the mRNA for a third protein was also detected (NBCe2) (Praetorius J, Nejsum LN, and Nielsen S. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 286: C601–C610, 2004). Our goal was to immunolocalize the NBCe2 to the choroid plexus by immunohistochemistry and immunogold electronmicroscopy and to functionally characterize the bicarbonate transport in the isolated rat choroid plexus by measurements of intracellular pH (pH_i) using a dual-excitation wavelength pH-sensitive dye (BCECF). Both antisera derived from COOH-terminal and NH₂-terminal NBCe2 peptides localized NBCe2 to the brush-border membrane domain of choroid plexus epithelial cells. Steady-state pH_i in choroidal cells increased from 7.03 ± 0.02 to 7.38 ± 0.02 (n = 41) after addition of CO₂/HCO₃^– into the bath solution. This increase was Na⁺ dependent and inhibited by the Cl^– and HCO₃^– transport inhibitor DIDS (200 µM). This suggests the presence of Na⁺-dependent, partially DIDS-sensitive HCO₃^– uptake. The pH_i recovery after acid loading revealed an initial Na⁺ and HCO₃^–-dependent net base flux of 0.828 ± 0.116 mM/s (n = 8). The initial flux in the presence of CO₂/HCO₃^– was unaffected by DIDS. Our data support the existence of both DIDS-sensitive and -insensitive Na⁺- and HCO₃^–-dependent base loader uptake into the rat choroid plexus epithelial cells. This is consistent with the localization of the three base transporters NBCn1, Na⁺-driven Cl^– bicarbonate exchanger, and NBCe2 in this tissue.

bicarbonate metabolism; BCECF; cerebrospinal fluid; acid/base transport; ammonium prepulse

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