| First Author | Stehberger PA | Year | 2007 |
| Journal | J Am Soc Nephrol | Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 5 | Pages | 1408-18 |
| PubMed ID | 17409310 | Mgi Jnum | J:148154 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3843596 | Doi | 10.1681/ASN.2006101072 |
| Citation | Stehberger PA, et al. (2007) Distal renal tubular acidosis in mice lacking the AE1 (band3) Cl-/HCO3- exchanger (slc4a1). J Am Soc Nephrol 18(5):1408-18 |
| abstractText | Mutations in the human gene that encodes the AE1 Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger (SLC4A1) cause autosomal recessive and dominant forms of distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). A mouse model that lacks AE1/slc4a1 (slc4a1-/-) exhibited dRTA characterized by spontaneous hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with low net acid excretion and, inappropriately, alkaline urine without bicarbonaturia. Basolateral Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchange activity in acid-secretory intercalated cells of isolated superfused slc4a1-/- medullary collecting duct was reduced, but alternate bicarbonate transport pathways were upregulated. Homozygous mice had nephrocalcinosis associated with hypercalciuria, hyperphosphaturia, and hypocitraturia. A severe urinary concentration defect in slc4a1-/- mice was accompanied by dysregulated expression and localization of the aquaporin-2 water channel. Mice that were heterozygous for the AE1-deficient allele had no apparent defect. Thus, the slc4a1-/- mouse is the first genetic model of complete dRTA and demonstrates that the AE1/slc4a1 Cl(-)/HCO(3)(-) exchanger is required for maintenance of normal acid-base homeostasis by distal renal regeneration of bicarbonate in the mouse as well as in humans. |
