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Title: A photoactivatable probe for the Na+/H+ exchanger cross-links a 66-kDa renal brush border membrane protein

Journal Article · · Journal of Biological Chemistry; (USA)
OSTI ID:7118073
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  1. Washington Univ. School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (USA)

Earlier studies on LLC-PK1 cells have demonstrated two pharmacologically distinct Na+/H+ exchangers in renal epithelia. In addition, the cDNA clone for the human Na+/H+ antiporter which is growth factor activatable has been isolated and expressed. We report here the synthesis of an amiloride analogue that can be photoactivated and labeled with 125I. This analogue covalently cross-links a 66-kDa protein of bovine renal brush border membranes. A rabbit polyclonal antibody that was directed against a 20-amino acid peptide of the cytoplasmic domain of its human Na+/H+ antiporter also gives a positive Western against 66-kDa protein of bovine brush border membranes. Thus, the photoactive probe may be helpful in the isolation and purification of the brush border Na+/H+ exchanger.

OSTI ID:
7118073
Journal Information:
Journal of Biological Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 265:10; ISSN 0021-9258
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English