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COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY

Na⁺-D-glucose cotransporter in the kidney of Squalus acanthias: molecular identification and intrarenal distribution

¹Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Physiologie, Abteilung Epithelphysiologie, Dortmund, Germany; and ²Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine

Submitted 11 May 2005 ; accepted in final form 16 November 2005

Using primers against conserved regions of mammalian Na⁺-D-glucose cotransporters (SGLT), a cDNA was cloned from the kidney of spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias). On the basis of comparison of amino acid sequence, membrane topology, and putative glycosylation and phosphorylation sites, the cDNA could be shown to belong to the family of sglt genes. Indeed, Na⁺-dependent D-glucose uptake could be demonstrated after expression of the gene in Xenopus laevis oocytes. In a dendrogram, the SGLT from shark kidney has a high homology to the mammalian SGLT2. Computer analysis revealed that the elasmobranch protein is most similar to the mammalian proteins in the transmembrane regions and contains already all the amino acids identified to be functionally important, suggesting early conservation during evolution. Extramembraneous loops show larger variations. This holds especially for loop 13, which has been implied as a phlorizin-binding domain. Antibodies were generated and the intrarenal distribution of the SGLT was studied in cryosections. In parallel, the nephron segments were identified by lectins. Positive immunoreactions were found in the proximal tubule in the early parts PIa and PIb and the late segment PIIb. The large PIIa segment of the proximal tubule showed no reaction. In contrast to the mammalian kidney also the late distal tubule, the collecting tubule, and the collecting duct showed immunoreactivity. The molecular information confirms previous vesicle studies in which a low affinity SGLT with a low stoichiometry has been observed and supports the notion of a similarity of the shark kidney SGLT to the mammalian SGLT2. Despite its presence in the late parts of the nephron, the absence of SGLT in the major part of the proximal tubule, the relatively low affinity, and in particular the low stoichiometry might explain the lack of a T_m for D-glucose in the shark kidney.

sodium-glucose cotransporter; intrarenal localization; cloning; fish; shark; elasmobranch

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