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- Title
Klotho is highly expressed in the chief sites of regulated potassium secretion, and it is stimulated by potassium intake.
- Authors
Jung, Hyun Jun; Pham, Truyen D.; Su, Xiao-Tong; Grigore, Teodora Veronica; Hoenderop, Joost G.; Olauson, Hannes; Wall, Susan M.; Ellison, David H.; Welling, Paul A.; Al-Qusairi, Lama
- Abstract
Klotho regulates many pathways in the aging process, but it remains unclear how it is physiologically regulated. Because Klotho is synthesized, cleaved, and released from the kidney; activates the chief urinary K+ secretion channel (ROMK) and stimulates urinary K+ secretion, we explored if Klotho protein is regulated by dietary K+ and the potassium-regulatory hormone, Aldosterone. Klotho protein along the nephron was evaluated in humans and in wild-type (WT) mice; and in mice lacking components of Aldosterone signaling, including the Aldosterone-Synthase KO (AS-KO) and the Mineralocorticoid-Receptor KO (MR-KO) mice. We found the specific cells of the distal nephron in humans and mice that are chief sites of regulated K+ secretion have the highest Klotho protein expression along the nephron. WT mice fed K+-rich diets increased Klotho expression in these cells. AS-KO mice exhibit normal Klotho under basal conditions but could not upregulate Klotho in response to high-K+ intake in the K+-secreting cells. Similarly, MR-KO mice exhibit decreased Klotho protein expression. Together, i) Klotho is highly expressed in the key sites of regulated K+ secretion in humans and mice, ii) In mice, K+-rich diets increase Klotho expression specifically in the potassium secretory cells of the distal nephron, iii) Aldosterone signaling is required for Klotho response to high K+ intake.
- Subjects
POTASSIUM channels; SECRETION; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN expression; KIDNEY tubules
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-024-61481-w