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Renal chloride-bicarbonate exchangers. 1995

M J Godinich, and M L Jennings

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA.

This review discusses the molecular identities and functional properties of sodium-independent Cl(-)-HCO3- exchangers in the kidney. The main sites of renal Cl(-)-HCO3- exchange are in the intercalated cells of the collecting duct. The function of Cl(-)-HCO3- exchange is to provide a pathway for base efflux to balance the ATP-driven H+ efflux in cells that carry out transcellular net transport of H+. In the alpha-intercalated cell, which secretes H+ into the lumen, there is now excellent evidence that the basolateral Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger is an N-terminal truncated form of the erythrocyte anion exchanger 1 (band 3) protein. In the beta-intercalated cell, which secretes HCO3-, it is well established that there is a Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger in the apical membrane. Functional, immunocytochemical, and biochemical evidence indicate that the apical Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger is not a product of the anion exchanger 1 gene. The identity of this protein remains uncertain.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009399	Nephrons	The functional units of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and the attached tubule.	Nephron
D002712	Chlorides	Inorganic compounds derived from hydrochloric acid that contain the Cl- ion.	Chloride,Chloride Ion Level,Ion Level, Chloride,Level, Chloride Ion
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001639	Bicarbonates	Inorganic salts that contain the -HCO3 radical. They are an important factor in determining the pH of the blood and the concentration of bicarbonate ions is regulated by the kidney. Levels in the blood are an index of the alkali reserve or buffering capacity.	Bicarbonate,Bicarbonate Ions,Hydrogen Carbonates,Bicarbonate Ion,Carbonic Acid Ions,Hydrogen Carbonate,Carbonate, Hydrogen,Carbonates, Hydrogen,Ion, Bicarbonate,Ions, Bicarbonate,Ions, Carbonic Acid
D017920	Antiporters	Membrane transporters that co-transport two or more dissimilar molecules in the opposite direction across a membrane. Usually the transport of one ion or molecule is against its electrochemical gradient and is "powered" by the movement of another ion or molecule with its electrochemical gradient.	Anion Exchange Proteins,Antiporter,Cation Exchange Proteins,Anion Exchangers (Proteins),Cation Exchangers (Proteins),Exchange Proteins, Anion,Exchange Proteins, Cation