Endocrinology, Vol 116, 1060-1065, Copyright © 1985 by Endocrine Society

ARTICLES

Impaired parathyroid hormone receptor-adenylate cyclase system in the postobstructed canine kidney

TJ Stokes, KJ Martin and S Klahr

The present studies examine the initial events in the action of PTH, namely receptor binding and adenylate cyclase activation in the postobstructed canine kidney. Both kidneys were removed from five mongrel dogs 2 h after relief of unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO) of 42 h duration. Basolateral membranes (BLM) were prepared from both the UUO and contralateral (control) kidneys. Maximal activation of adenylate cyclase by PTH was 35% lower (P less than 0.01) in BLM from UUO than control kidneys (3869 +/- 200 vs. 5978 +/- 425 pmol cAMP/mg protein X 30 min). The concentration of PTH required for half-maximal activation of the enzyme was unchanged. Addition of 1 mM GTP failed to correct the decreased enzyme activity in response to PTH of BLM from kidneys with UUO. NaF activation, a measure of interaction of the nucleotide regulatory component (G/F) with the catalytic unit of the adenylate cyclase was similar in BLM from UUO and control kidneys. Similarly, activation of the catalytic unit of the enzyme by Mn2+ was not different. Specific binding of [125I]Nle8, Nle8, Tyr34-bovine PTH NH2 was markedly reduced (P less than 0.01) in BLM from UUO vs. control (6.37 +/- 1.20 vs. 2.43 +/- 0.09 fmole bound/microgram protein). There was no change in hormone affinity for the binding site. These data indicate that there is decreased activation of adenylate cyclase by PTH as a consequence of apparent loss of receptors for the hormone in the BLMs of renal tubular cells of postobstructed kidneys. These abnormalities may play a role in the abnormal regulation of phosphorus excretion after ureteral obstruction.