AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 5 828-G838, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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L-glutamine and L-asparagine stimulate Na+ -H+ exchange in porcine jejunal enterocytes

J. M. Rhoads, W. Chen, P. Chu, H. M. Berschneider, R. A. Argenzio and A. M. Paradiso
Department of Pediatrics, North Carolina State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599.

L-Glutamine (Gln) is a major respiratory fuel and substrate for nucleic acid synthesis in mammalian intestinal cells. The structurally related amino acid, L-asparagine (Asn), stimulates the proliferative enzyme ornithine decarboxylase in colonocytes, an effect that is blocked by the Na+-H+ exchange inhibitor amiloride. In an epithelial cell line derived from newborn piglet jejunum (IPEC-J2 cells), we determined intracellular pH (pHi) by computer-assisted microfluorimetry in single cells loaded with pH-sensitive dye 2',7'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)5-(6)- carboxyfluorescein. Resting pHi in N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2- ethanesulfonic acid-buffered NaCl Ringer was 7.06 +/- 0.02. Removal of external Na+ caused reversible acidification; recovery of pHi from NH+4-induced acid load was Na+ dependent, amiloride inhibitable, and Cl-independent. Asn and Gln had no measurable effect on resting pHi, but pretreatment with Asn or Gln induced a consistent twofold increase in pHi recovery from an acid challenge that was not seen with L-proline, D-glutamine, or L-phenylalanine. Inhibition of Gln metabolism by aminooxyacetate abolished the stimulatory effect of Gln on the exchanger. The tumor promotor phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) stimulated recovery rate from acid load and also increased resting pHi. The effects of PMA and Gln on Na+-H+ exchange from acid load were additive. Stimulation of Na+-H+ exchange by PMA, but not by Gln, was inhibited by protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor 1-(5-isoquinolinylsulfonyl)-2-methylpeperazine. We conclude that Gln metabolism stimulates Na+-H+ exchange of acid-loaded porcine enterocytes by a mechanism not requiring activation of PKC.

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