Oxalate transport via the sulfate/HCO3 exchanger in rabbit renal basolateral membrane vesicles
1Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
Abstract:
We evaluated the mechanism of oxalate transport in basolateral membrane vesicles isolated from the rabbit renal cortex. An outward HCO3- gradient induced the transient uphill accumulation of oxalate and sulfate, indicating the presence of oxalate/HCO3- exchange and sulfate/HCO3- exchange. For oxalate, sulfate, or 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, the K1/2 value for oxalate/HCO3- exchange was nearly identical to that for sulfate/HCO3- exchange, suggesting that both exchange processes occur via the same transport system. This was further supported by the finding of sulfate/oxalate exchange. Thiosulfate/sulfate exchange and thiosulfate/oxalate exchange were also demonstrated, but a variety of other tested anions including Cl-, p-aminohippurate, and lactate did not exchange for sulfate or oxalate. Na+ did not affect sulfate or oxalate transport, indicating that neither anion undergoes Na+ co-transport or Na+-dependent anion exchange in these membrane vesicles. Finally, we found that the stoichiometry of exchange is 1 sulfate or oxalate per 2 HCO3-, or a thermodynamically equivalent process. We conclude that oxalate, but not other organic or inorganic anions of physiologic importance, can share the sulfate/HCO3- exchanger in renal basolateral membrane vesicles. In series with luminal membrane oxalate/Cl- (formate) exchange, exchange of oxalate for HCO3- or sulfate across the basolateral membrane provides a possible transcellular route for oxalate transport in the proximal tubule.
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