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Ouabain Binds with High Affinity to the Na,K-ATPase in Human Polycystic Kidney Cells and Induces Extracellular Signal–Regulated Kinase Activation and Cell Proliferation

Anh-Nguyet T. Nguyen^*, Darren P. Wallace^*,, and Gustavo Blanco^*,

Departments of ^* Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Medicine and Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas

Address correspondence to: Dr. Gustavo Blanco, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160. Phone: 913-588-7405; Fax: 913-588-7430; E-mail: gblanco{at}kumc.edu

Received for publication January 27, 2006. Accepted for publication October 6, 2006.

In autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), cyst formation and enlargement require proliferation of mural renal epithelial cells and the transepithelial secretion of fluid into the cyst cavity. Na,K-ATPase is essential for solute and water transport in ADPKD cells, and ouabain blocks fluid secretion in these cells. By binding to the Na,K-ATPase, ouabain also induces proliferation in some cell types. Surprisingly, it was found that nanomolar concentrations of ouabain, similar to those circulating in blood, induced ADPKD cell proliferation but had no statistically significant effect on normal human kidney (NHK) cells. Ouabain, acting from the basolateral side of the cells, also caused an increase in the level of phosphorylated extracellular signal–regulated kinases (ERK). Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor U0126 blocked ouabain-induced ERK activation and cell proliferation, suggesting that ouabain effect is mediated through the MEK-ERK pathway. In contrast to NHK cells, the dose-response curve for ouabain inhibition of Na,K-ATPase activity indicated that approximately 20% of the enzyme in ADPKD cells exhibits a higher affinity for ouabain. The increased ouabain affinity of ADPKD cells was not due to differences in Na,K-ATPase isoform expression because these cells, like NHK cells, possess only the 1 and 1 subunits. The variants of the Na,K-ATPase also are expressed in the cells but are elevated in ADPKD cells. Currently, the basis for the differences in ouabain sensitivity of NHK and ADPKD cells is unknown. It is concluded that ouabain stimulates proliferation in ADPKD cells by binding to the Na,K-ATPase with high affinity and via activation of the MEK-ERK pathway.

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