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Vimentin affects localization and activity of sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 in membrane rafts

Isabelle Runembert1, Guillaume Queffeulou1, Pierre Federici2, François Vrtovsnik1, Emma Colucci-Guyon3, Charles Babinet3, Pascale Briand2, Germain Trugnan4, Gérard Friedlander1 and Fabiola Terzi1,*

1 INSERM U426 and Department Physiology, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, IFR 02, Université Paris 7, Paris, France
2 INSERM U380, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France
3 URA 1960 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
4 INSERM U538, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, Paris, France



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Fig. 1. Sodium-glucose cotransport activity of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from vimentin-null mice (Vim-/-; closed circles) and from wild-type littermates (Vim+/+; open circles). The uptake of methyl-{alpha}-D-glucopyranoside (MGP) was evaluated in the presence of [14C]-MGP (0.5 µCi/ml) and appropriate concentrations of MGP. Na-dependent glucose uptake (insert) was calculated as the difference between MGP uptakes measured in the presence of sodium or glucamine. Eadie-Hofstee plot shows the Vmax and the Km of the MGP transport system of the two cell types. Data are means±s.e.m. of four separate cultures, experiments were performed in triplicate. Statistical analysis: ANOVA, Vim-/- vs Vim+/+ cells, P<0.005.

 


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Fig. 2. SGLT1 and SGLT2 mRNA and SGLT1 protein expression of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from vimentin-null mice (Vim-/-) and from wild-type littermates (Vim+/+). (A) Northern blot analysis. Total RNA was extracted from Vim+/+ and Vim-/- cultured cells and from whole kidney (K) of Vim+/+ mice using RNAzol kit. cDNA probes, labeled by a random priming method, were: the rat SGLT1, the rat SGLT2 and the mouse GAPDH. Blots are representative samples from six animals and six separate cultures. (B) Western blot analysis of brush border membranes (BBM). BBM were prepared by MgCl2 precipitation and differential centrifugation procedures. Proteins were immunoblotted with a rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody and a rabbit polyclonal anti-5'-nucleotidase antibody. Blots are representative samples from five separate cultures. (C) Western blot analysis of biotinylated proteins extracted from BBM. For specific cell surface biotinylation experiments, cells were incubated twice consecutively with NHS-ss-biotin, BBM were prepared and the biotinylated antigens were recovered with streptavidin agarose beads. Then, proteins were immunoblotted with a rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody. Blots are representative samples from two separate cultures. Statistical analysis: no difference was observed between Vim+/+ and Vim-/- cells for any of the parameters.

 


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Fig. 3. SGLT1 protein expression in detergent-resistant membranes (DRM) of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from wild-type animals. (A) Cell membranes from wild-type cells were solubilized in Triton X-100, DRM were purified on a sucrose flotation gradient and an aliquot of each 1 ml gradient fraction (lanes 1-8=5-30% sucrose; lanes 9-12=40% sucrose) was analyzed by western blotting. A rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody and a rabbit polyclonal anti-caveolin antibody were used. (B) SGLT1 protein localization in a Vim+/+ cell after 4% formaldehyde and ice-cold methanol fixation (left panel) or antibody crosslinking (right panel). A rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody was used, followed by a secondary FITC-conjugated antibody. (C) SGLT1 (left panel) and 5'-nucleotidase (5'-Nu, middle panel) crosslinking in Vim+/+ cells. An overlay of SGLT1 and 5'-nucleotidase images is shown in the right panel. A rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody and a mouse monoclonal anti-5'-nucleotidase antibody were used, followed by the specific secondary FITC- and TRITC-conjugated antibodies. Finally, cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde and ice-cold methanol.

 


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Fig. 4. Effect of vimentin gene inactivation on SGLT1 expression in detergent-resistant membranes (DRM) of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from vimentin-null mice (Vim-/-; hatched bars) and from wild-type littermates (Vim+/+; open bars). Cells were solubilized in Triton X-100, DRM were purified on a sucrose flotation gradient and fractions 4-7 were pooled and immunoblotted with a rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody, a rabbit polyclonal anti-5'-nucleotidase antibody and a rabbit polyclonal anti-caveolin antibody. Blots are representative samples from three separate cultures. Data are means±s.e.m. ANOVA: Vim-/- vs Vim+/+ cells, **P<0.005.

 


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Fig. 5. Effect of cholesterol-affecting drugs on cholesterol content and sodium-glucose cotransport activity of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from vimentin-null mice (Vim-/-; hatched bars) and from wild-type littermates (Vim+/+; open bars). Cells were treated or not with methyl-ß-cyclodextrin (MCD, 10 mM at 37°C for 2 hours) or cholesterol-methyl-ß-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes (MCD-chol, 0.03% cholesterol at 37°C for 2 hours), then (A) total plasma membrane cholesterol content and (B) Na-dependent [14C]-methyl-{alpha}-D-glucopyranoside (MGP) uptake (1 mM, 10 minutes) were measured as described. Data are means±s.e.m. of four separate cultures; experiments were performed in triplicate. ANOVA: Vim-/- vs Vim+/+ cells, *P<0.05; treated vs untreated cells: §P<0.05, §§P<0.01, §§§P<0.005.

 


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Fig. 6. Effect of methyl-ß-cyclodextrin (MCD) on SGLT1 expression in detergent-resistant membranes (DRM) and brush border membranes (BBM) of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from wild-type mice. Cells were treated or not with MCD (10 mM at 37°C for 2 hours), then DRM (A) and BBM (B) were prepared and analyzed by western blotting using a rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody, a rabbit polyclonal anti-5'-nucleotidase antibody and a rabbit polyclonal anti-caveolin antibody. Blots are representative samples from three separate cultures. Data are means±s.e.m. ANOVA: treated vs untreated cells: §§P<0.01.

 


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Fig. 7. Vimentin protein expression in detergent-resistant membranes (DRM) of proximal tubular cells in primary culture from wild-type animals. Cell membranes were solubilized in Triton X-100, then DRM were purified on a sucrose flotation gradient. (A) An aliquot of each 1 ml gradient fraction (lanes 1-8=5-30% sucrose; lanes 9-12=40% sucrose) was collected and analyzed by western blotting using a mouse monoclonal anti-vimentin antibody. (B) Fractions 4-7 of DRM were pooled, washed, resuspended in TNE buffer containing 1% Triton X-100 and a second sucrose gradient was performed as described above, followed by western blot analysis. A mouse monoclonal antivimentin antibody and a rabbit polyclonal anti-caveolin antibody were used. (C) The pooled 4-7 DRM fractions were immunoprecipitated with a rabbit polyclonal anti-caveolin antibody (lines 1 and 2) or non-immune rabbit serum (line 3). The immunoprecipitates were analyzed by western blotting using either a rabbit polyclonal anti-caveolin antibody (left and right) or a mouse monoclonal anti-vimentin antibody (middle). (D) Effect of methyl-ß-cyclodextrin (MCD) on DRM vimentin expression. Cells were treated or not with MCD (10 mM at 37°C for 2 hours), then DRM were prepared as described above, followed by western blotting using a mouse monoclonal anti-vimentin antibody. All blots are representative samples from three separate cultures.

 


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Fig. 8. Vimentin protein localization in proximal tubular cells in primary culture from wild-type animals. (A-C) Cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde and ice-cold methanol, then incubated with a rabbit polyclonal anti-vimentin antibody (A) and a mouse monoclonal anti-5'-nucleotidase antibody (B), followed by the specific secondary TRITC-and FITC-conjugated antibodies. The overlay is shown in panel C. (D-F) Cells were fixed in 4% formaldehyde and ice-cold methanol, then incubated with a mouse monoclonal antivimentin anti-vimentin antibody (D) and a rabbit polyclonal anti-SGLT1 antibody (E), followed by the specific secondary TRITC- and FITC-conjugated antibodies. The overlay is shown in F.

 





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