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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology2018

Targeted deletion of the Ncoa7 gene results in incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis in mice.

Maria Merkulova, Teodor G Păunescu, Anil V Nair, Chia-Yu Wang, Diane E Capen, Peter L Oliver, Sylvie Breton, Dennis Brown

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Article in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria MerkulovaCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Teodor G PăunescuCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Anil V NairCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Chia-Yu WangCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Diane E CapenCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Peter L OliverDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford , Oxford , United Kingdom.
Sylvie BretonCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Dennis BrownCenter for Systems Biology, Program in Membrane Biology and Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
Harvard University · USCenter for Systems Biology · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Regulation of proton pump trafficking in kidneyR37DK042956 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BROWN, DENNIS · 2008 to 2017
$4.0M
A Zeiss LSM800 confocal microscope with AiryscanS10OD021577 · OD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BROWN, DENNIS · 2016 to 2016
$374k
European Research Council 311394Medical Research Council MC_EX_MR/P502005/1NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK042956NIH HHS S10 OD021577
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We recently reported that nuclear receptor coactivator 7 (Ncoa7) is a vacuolar proton pumping ATPase (V-ATPase) interacting protein whose function has not been defined. Ncoa7 is highly expressed in the kidney and partially colocalizes with the V-ATPase in collecting duct intercalated cells (ICs). Here, we hypothesized that targeted deletion of the Ncoa7 gene could affect V-ATPase activity in ICs in vivo. We tested this by analyzing the acid-base status, major electrolytes, and kidney morphology of Ncoa7 knockout (KO) mice. We found that Ncoa7 KO mice, similar to Atp6v1b1 KOs, did not develop severe distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), but they exhibited a persistently high urine pH and developed hypobicarbonatemia after acid loading with ammonium chloride. Conversely, they did not develop significant hyperbicarbonatemia and alkalemia after alkali loading with sodium bicarbonate. We also found that ICs were larger and with more developed apical microvilli in Ncoa7 KO compared with wild-type mice, a phenotype previously associated with metabolic acidosis. At the molecular level, the abundance of several V-ATPase subunits, carbonic anhydrase 2, and the anion exchanger 1 was significantly reduced in medullary ICs of Ncoa7 KO mice, suggesting that Ncoa7 is important for maintaining high levels of these proteins in the kidney. We conclude that Ncoa7 is involved in IC function and urine acidification in mice in vivo, likely through modulating the abundance of V-ATPase and other key acid-base regulators in the renal medulla. Consequently, mutations in the NCOA7 gene may also be involved in dRTA pathogenesis in humans.

Indexed as

Acid-Base EquilibriumGene DeletionAcidosis, Renal TubularAnimalsAnion Exchange Protein 1, ErythrocyteCarbonic Anhydrase IIGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationKidney TubulesMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsPhenotypeUrineVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPasesAnion Exchange Protein 1, ErythrocyteCarbonic Anhydrase IINcoa7 protein, mouseNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsSlc4a1 protein, mouseVacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPasesdRTAintercalated cellsknockout miceNcoa7V-ATPase

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PMID29384414
PMCPMC6087784
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