PMID- 22076132 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120315 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 11 DP - 2011 TI - Transport activity of the sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1 is enhanced by different isoforms of carbonic anhydrase. PG - e27167 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0027167 [doi] LID - e27167 AB - Transport metabolons have been discussed between carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) and several membrane transporters. We have now studied different CA isoforms, expressed in Xenopus oocytes alone and together with the electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter 1 (NBCe1), to determine their catalytic activity and their ability to enhance NBCe1 transport activity. pH measurements in intact oocytes indicated similar activity of CAI, CAII and CAIII, while in vitro CAIII had no measurable activity and CAI only 30% of the activity of CAII. All three CA isoforms increased transport activity of NBCe1, as measured by the transport current and the rate of intracellular sodium rise in oocytes. Two CAII mutants, altered in their intramolecular proton pathway, CAII-H64A and CAII-Y7F, showed significant catalytic activity and also enhanced NBCe1 transport activity. The effect of CAI, CAII, and CAII mutants on NBCe1 activity could be reversed by blocking CA activity with ethoxyzolamide (EZA, 10 microM), while the effect of the less EZA-sensitive CAIII was not reversed. Our results indicate that different CA isoforms and mutants, even if they show little enzymatic activity in vitro, may display significant catalytic activity in intact cells, and that the ability of CA to enhance NBCe1 transport appears to depend primarily on its catalytic activity. FAU - Schueler, Christina AU - Schueler C AD - Abteilung fur Allgemeine Zoologie, FB Biologie, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany. christina.schueler@biologie.uni-kl.de FAU - Becker, Holger M AU - Becker HM FAU - McKenna, Robert AU - McKenna R FAU - Deitmer, Joachim W AU - Deitmer JW LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111104 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (SLC4A4 protein, human) RN - 0 (Sodium-Bicarbonate Symporters) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase I) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase II) RN - EC 4.2.1.- (Carbonic Anhydrase III) RN - Z52H4811WX (Ethoxzolamide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport MH - Blotting, Western MH - Carbonic Anhydrase I/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Carbonic Anhydrase II/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Carbonic Anhydrase III/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Electrophysiology MH - Ethoxzolamide/*pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Oocytes/cytology/metabolism MH - Plasmids MH - Sodium-Bicarbonate Symporters/genetics/*metabolism MH - Xenopus laevis/metabolism PMC - PMC3208603 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2011/11/15 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/16 06:00 PMCR- 2011/11/04 CRDT- 2011/11/15 06:00 PHST- 2011/05/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/10/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/11/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-11-08330 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0027167 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27167. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027167. Epub 2011 Nov 4.