GSBS Student Publications
Title
Species differences in Cl- affinity and in electrogenicity of SLC26A6-mediated oxalate/Cl- exchange correlate with the distinct human and mouse susceptibilities to nephrolithiasis
UMMS Affiliation
Molecular and Vascular Medicine Unit and Renal Division; Program in Neuroscience
Date
1-5-2008
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Animals; Antiporters; Chlorides; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hyperoxaluria; Membrane Potentials; Membrane Transport Proteins; Mice; Nephrolithiasis; Oocytes; Oxalates; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Species Specificity; Transfection; Xenopus laevis
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
The mouse is refractory to lithogenic agents active in rats and humans, and so has been traditionally considered a poor experimental model for nephrolithiasis. However, recent studies have identified slc26a6 as an oxalate nephrolithiasis gene in the mouse. Here we extend our earlier demonstration of different anion selectivities of the orthologous mouse and human SLC26A6 polypeptides to investigate the correlation between species-specific differences in SLC26A6 oxalate/anion exchange properties as expressed in Xenopus oocytes and in reported nephrolithiasis susceptibility. We find that human SLC26A6 mediates minimal rates of Cl(-) exchange for Cl(-), sulphate or formate, but rates of oxalate/Cl(-) exchange roughly equivalent to those of mouse slc2a6. Both transporters exhibit highly cooperative dependence of oxalate efflux rate on extracellular [Cl(-)], but whereas the K(1/2) for extracellular [Cl(-)] is only 8 mM for mouse slc26a6, that for human SLC26A6 is 62 mM. This latter value approximates the reported mean luminal [Cl(-)] of postprandial human jejunal chyme, and reflects contributions from both transmembrane and C-terminal cytoplasmic domains of human SLC26A6. Human SLC26A6 variant V185M exhibits altered [Cl(-)] dependence and reduced rates of oxalate/Cl(-) exchange. Whereas mouse slc26a6 mediates bidirectional electrogenic oxalate/Cl(-) exchange, human SLC26A6-mediated oxalate transport appears to be electroneutral. We hypothesize that the low extracellular Cl(-) affinity and apparent electroneutrality of oxalate efflux characterizing human SLC26A6 may partially explain the high human susceptibility to nephrolithiasis relative to that of mouse. SLC26A6 sequence variant(s) are candidate risk modifiers for nephrolithiasis.
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Citation: J Physiol. 2008 Mar 1;586(5):1291-306. Epub 2008 Jan 3. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI of Published Version
10.1113/jphysiol.2007.143222
Related Resources
Journal Title
The Journal of physiology
PubMed ID
18174209
Repository Citation
Clark, Jeffrey S.; Vandorpe, David H.; Chernova, Marina N.; Heneghan, John F.; Stewart, Andrew K.; and Alper, Seth L., "Species differences in Cl- affinity and in electrogenicity of SLC26A6-mediated oxalate/Cl- exchange correlate with the distinct human and mouse susceptibilities to nephrolithiasis" (2008). GSBS Student Publications. 1426.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1426