Penicillin G Induces H+, K+-ATPase via a Nitric Oxide-Dependent Mechanism in the Rat Colonic Crypt

 

Vanessa M. Barattaa    Valentina Norza,b    Maria J. Barahonaa    

Teresa M. Gisingera,b    David Mulligana    John P. Geibela,c

 

aYale University, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New Haven, CT, USA, bParacelsus Medical University, School of Medicine, Salzburg, Austria, cYale University School of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, New Haven, CT, USA

 

 

 

 

Key Words

(3-5) Fluid secretion • H+, K+ ATPase • Nitric oxide pathway • Penicillin G • Colon

 

Abstract

Background/Aims: The colonic H+, K+ ATPase (HKA2) is a heterodimeric membrane protein that exchanges luminal K+ for intracellular H+ and is involved in maintaining potassium homeostasis. Under homeostatic conditions, the colonic HKA2 remains inactive, since most of the potassium is absorbed by the small intestine. In diarrheal states, potassium is secreted and compensatory potassium absorption becomes necessary. This study proposes a novel mechanism whereby the addition of penicillin G sodium salt (penG) to colonic crypts stimulates potassium uptake in the presence of intracellular nitric oxide (NO), under sodium-free (0-Na+) conditions. Methods: Sprague Dawley rat colonic crypts were isolated and pHi changes were monitored through the ammonium prepulse technique. Increased proton extrusion in 0-Na+ conditions reflected heightened H+, K+ ATPase activity. Colonic crypts were exposed to penG, L-arginine (a NO precursor), and N-nitro l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, a NO synthase inhibitor). Results: Isolated administration of penG significantly increased H+, K+ ATPase activity from baseline, p 0.0067. Co-administration of arginine and penG in 0-Na+ conditions further upregulated H+, K+ ATPase activity, p <0.0001. Crypt perfusion with L-NAME and penG demonstrated a significant reduction in H+, K+ ATPase activity, p 0.0058. Conclusion: Overall, acute exposure of colonic crypts to penG activates the H+, K+ ATPase in the presence of NO. This study provides new insights into colonic potassium homeostasis.

 

 

Introduction

 

The H+, K+ ATPase (HKA) is an alpha, beta heterodimeric membrane protein that is subdivided into the gastric HKA1 and the non-gastric, HKA2 [1]. A member of the P-type ATPase family, H+, K+ ATPase exchanges luminal K+ for intracellular H+ ions against a concentration gradient [2]. While the function of gastric HKA1 has been well-characterized, the enzymatic properties of HKA2 are inconclusive [3-5].

 

The colonic HKA2 isoform has variable properties and sensitivities

The HKA2 is encoded by the ATP12A gene and has been detected in colonic tissues across mice, rats, rabbits, and humans [6-10]. As opposed to HKA1, HKA2 has a pharmacological profile that varies depending on the species and environment. Early studies evaluated whether HKA2 was sensitive to omeprazole (a proton pump inhibitor), SCH28080 (a potassium-competitive acid blocker), and ouabain (a Na+, K+ ATPase inhibitor) [10-19]. The results of these studies depended on whether the HKA2 was rat- versus human-derived or expressed in other cell lines. For example, HKA2 in the rat distal colon is insensitive to omeprazole yet partly inhibited by ouabain [11, 12]. Human HKA2 expressed in human embryonic kidney cells and Xenopus oocytes are both SCH28080- and ouabain-sensitive [13-15, 17].

The HKA2 not only has various sensitivity profiles, but also varies with regards to location. Along the rat and human colon, the HKA2 is distributed unevenly with the highest density in the distal colonic segments [10]. While ouabain-sensitive HKA2 cells are in the rat colonic crypts, ouabain-insensitive HKA2 activity exist in surface cells [12, 14, 16, 18-20].

 

HKA2Õs role in potassium absorption under fluid-constricted, low-potassium conditions

The role of HKA2 in potassium homeostasis has been evaluated in multiple studies. The importance of potassium regulation by HKA2 is unveiled in low-potassium conditions where the transporter is absent. HKA2 knockout mice placed on a Na+ or K+ free diet developed profound hypokalemia [21]. In contrast, wild-type mice placed on Na+ or K+ free diets do not experience hypokalemia [22]. Rats with high aldosterone levels had elevated HKA2 activity and potassium absorption. When fed low Na+ diets, rats had increased aldosterone levels and elevated HKA2 mRNA and protein in apical membrane colonocytes [23, 24]. Mice injected with aldosterone over several days had active K+ colonic absorption, suggesting that the gene coding for H+, K+ ATPase may be a target for aldosterone [25]. Of note, aldosterone activates the Na+, K+ ATPase, excreting potassium in exchange for sodium [26]. It is possible that HKA2 activation in fluid-constricted states is a type of rescue mechanism to prevent intestinal potassium loss that occurs through the Na+, K+ ATPase.

As a whole, net potassium absorption occurs in the small intestine, with only 9-10 milliequivalents of potassium being delivered to the distal colon per day [27, 28]. However, in pathological cases of fluid loss, colonic handling of potassium can become clinically significant depending on the type of diarrhea [28]. Diarrhea caused by ingestion of polyethylene glycol Ð an osmotically active agent unaltered by gut flora Ð leads to only small increases in fecal potassium losses [29]. However, other diarrheal types like secretory diarrhea lead to fecal potassium wasting in a diarrheal weight-dependent fashion [29]. Studies using Ussing chambers may be limited in evaluating potassium fluxes, since they are confined to the surface epithelium and may flush the potassium away before the transporter can absorb it [27]. With studies on colonic crypts, it is possible to isolate the most densely populated region of the HKA2 and to quantify the activity in isolation under sodium-free conditions.

 

PenG and NOÕs role in colonocyte fluid modulation

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea is thought to occur when alterations to the host microbiome lead to fluid and electrolyte losses. Previously, we perfused explanted rat intestines with a cocktail of antibiotics and found that there was increased fluid secretion over time [30]. Here, we evaluated whether antibiotics had a microbial independent effect on fluid and electrolyte status at the level of the host transporters. We measured transporter activity using the previously established ammonium prepulse technique [31, 32]. Under sodium free conditions, intracellular pH (pHi) changes reflected the H+, K+ ATPase activity, since the other sodium-dependent hydrogen transporters were inactive.

After establishing that antibiotics affect transporter activity, we turned to nitric oxide (NO) as a putative mechanism. The NO pathway plays a significant role in intestinal fluid secretion and absorption [33-35]. NO is endogenously synthesized by nitric oxide synthase from the precursors arginine, oxygen, and NADPH [36]. Previously, it has been shown that constitutive NO inhibits NHE3 exchange in enterocytes [37]. Addition of N-nitro l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a NO synthase inhibitor, relieved this NO-induced inhibition (Fig. 1a, b; [37]). Based on this finding, we postulated that NO and its precursors may affect the other H+ transporter, H+, K+ ATPase, in the setting of acute antibiotic exposure.

 

Fig. 1. 1a.) Sample rat colonic crypt with selected regions of interest (ROI) to monitor intracellular pH. 1b.) Pseudocolor image of colonic crypts with filter to visualize local pH values based on fluorescence intensities. Lower right corner is a tracing of multiple cells during and following an NH4Cl prepulse. The red values are the more basic pH values, and the green values are the more acidic.

 

 

Materials and Methods

 

Isolation of colonic tissue

Colonic tissue was obtained from male Sprague-Dawley rats (average weight 250 grams), which were housed in a light-cycled environment with climate and humidity control. All rat handling and experiments were done with adherence to the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Yale University. Rats were fasted overnight with access to water and were euthanized with an overdose of inhaled isoflurane anesthesia prior to surgery. A midline laparotomy was performed and colon between the anorectal junction and splenic flexure was excised. The distal half of the excised descending colon was flushed and longitudinally cut into segments and placed in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), a calcium-chelation solution, to separate crypts from the basement membrane, as previously described [31, 38]. After incubation, the tissue was centrifuged for 1 minute at 1000 rpm and the pellet was diluted with cold HEPES-buffered Ringer solution (HBRS, Table 1). The solution was re-centrifuged for an additional minute at 1000 rpm and the subsequent pellet was diluted in additional HBRS.

 

Table 1. Composition of solutions1. 1All solutions used in the experiments were titrated to an osmolarity of 300 +/- 3 mosm and made at 37°C, except for cold and room-temperature HBRS which were at 4°C and 21°C, respectively. 2HBRS: HEPES-buffered Ringer solution; NMDG: N-Methyl-D-Glucamine

 

Fluorescent Dye Loading

The crypts were transferred to a coverslip coated with Cell-Tak adhesive and placed in a thermostatic perfusion chamber at 37¡C. The crypt cells were then incubated with HBRS containing 10 µM of a pH sensitive dye, 2Õ,7Õ-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein, acetoxymethyl ester (BCECF-AM, Santa Cruz Biotechnology) over 10 minutes. After, the crypts were bathed with fresh HBRS for 5 minutes to remove residual dye prior to imaging.

 

Imaging

Following incubation, the dye-loaded crypts in the perfusion chamber were placed on an inverted microscope (Olympus IX70), which was connected to a digital imaging system. The tubing system was arranged so that crypts were superperfused with the solution of interest without interruption, at a constant rate. Within an isolated crypt, five to twelve single regions of interest (ROIs) per colonic crypt and one background ROI were marked on the transferred image (Fig. 1). The midportion columnar cells of the crypts were chosen, excluding the surface epithelial and basal progenitor cells. Throughout the experiment, the crypts were stimulated at wavelengths specific to BCECF-AM, 490 +/- 10 nm and 440 +/- 10 nm, while the emission was measured at 535 +/- 10 nm every 10 seconds. The ratio of dual excitation/single emission was calculated and converted to a pH value, using the high K+/nigericin calibration technique, previously described [31, 32].

 

Ammonium prepulse technique

The colonic crypt cells were sequentially perfused with five solutions: 20mM NH4Cl solution for alkalization, a sodium-free HBRS for rapid acidification, an 8mM Na+ HBRS for Na+-dependent pH recovery, and a High-K+ solution for pH calibration (Table 1). The ammonium prepulse technique was performed in control crypts (n = 7) and in experimental conditions where a drug or combination of drugs was dissolved in each perfusate solution over the course of the experiment: arginine (n = 9 crypts), penicillin G (n=9 crypts), penG + Arginine (n = 17 crypts), pen G + L-NAME (n=7 crypts). In total, aggregate data was collected from 17 Sprague Dawley rats and crypt pHi measurements came from separate rats in each experimental group. To isolate the effects of penG on HKA2, the colonic crypts were incubated with penG and exposed to a sodium-free environment to temporarily inhibit Na+-dependent H+ transporters [38, 39]. The pHi recovery during the sodium-free phase reflects the actions of the non-Na+ colonic hydrogen transporters, i.e. the H+, K+ ATPase.

 

Data Acquisition and Analysis

Statistical analysis of data was carried out with GraphPad Prism 8.0 software. To confirm that our data was normally distributed, we performed a Shapiro Wilke test. For comparison of the different mean pH­i recovery rates (ΔpHi/min), a TukeyÕs multiple comparisons test was performed as part of an ANOVA. The slope rates were all taken at the same starting pHi to eliminate potential changes in intracellular buffering power. The statistical significance is set at a p-value of < 0.05. The results are depicted as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

 

Drugs

The following drugs were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich Co. and added to solutions in the concentrations listed: 5mM Penicillin G (C16H17N2NaO4S, CAS Number 69-57-8) and 30μM of L-NAME (C7H15N5O4 á HCl, CAS Number: 51298-62-5). Arginine (C6H14N4O2) was purchased from MP biomedicals (CAS Number 74-79-3) and prepared at 10mM. All drugs were dissolved in HBRS.

 

 

Results

 

Assessment of rat colonic, H+, K+ ATPase activity

The degree of H+, K+ ATPase activity was demonstrated in colonic crypts by inducing an acid load and monitoring pHi recovery. After loading with BCECF-AM dye, crypts were exposed to an ammonium prepulse followed by a sodium-free HBRS, which acidified the cells. The pHi recovery that occurred in this phase represented activity by a sodium-independent H+ transporter, i.e. H+, K+ ATPase. With addition of Na+ HBRS, the NHE transporters were re-activated and additional proton extrusion occurred. Fig. 2a, b demonstrates the pHi profiles of individual colonic crypts with and without 5 mM penG. Visually, you can see a significantly steeper slope in the pHi profile of a crypt perfused with 5 mM penG.

 

Fig. 2. Sample pHi profiles of individual colonic crypts, using the ammonium chloride prepulse technique. Original tracing of pHi changes of a single colonic crypt during a particular experiment. The mean pHi recovery rate of the crypt during the 0-Na+ phase is quantified and represented by the dashed line. Sample tracings of pHi changes of a single colonic crypt is shown under all five conditions: control (1a); arginine (1b); penicillin (1c); penicillin + arginine (1d); penicillin + L-NAME (1e). The sequence of solutions under each condition is as follows: i.) Standard HEPES ii.) NH4Cl, iii.) 0-Na+ iv.) 8 mM Na+ v.) High-K+.

 

Baseline pHi recovery rates in 0-Na+ control colonic crypts

Control crypts do not show a baseline constitutive H+, K+ ATPase activity. The mean rate of pHi recovery in control colonic crypts perfused under sodium-free conditions was -0.00081 ± 0.0002 ÆpHi/min (Fig. 2).

 

PenG increases pHi recovery rates in 0-Na+ colonic crypts, indicating H+, K+ ATPase activation

When 5mM of penG was added to all solutions perfusing the colonic crypts, there was a positive, sodium-independent pHi recovery during the 0-Na+ phase. The mean 0-Na+ rate of pHi recovery in colonic crypts perfused with penG alone was significantly higher than in control experiments (Table 2, Fig. 2).

 

Table 2. Mean ∆pHi/min in 0-Na+ in various experimental groups. *The ordering of the experimental groups are based on how they appear in the text. **P values were attained through ANOVA and adjusted with Tukey's Multiple Comparisons Test

 

Arginine minimally increases pHi recovery rates in 0-Na+ colonic crypts

When 10mM of arginine was added to all solutions perfusing the colonic crypts, there was a positive sodium-independent pHi recovery during the 0-Na+ phase (Fig. 2). The mean 0-Na+ rate of pHi recovery in colonic crypts perfused with arginine alone was higher than in control experiments, but not to a statistically significant extent (Table 2, Fig. 2). Also, the pHi recovery in isolated penG perfusates was higher than isolated arginine perfusion alone, and it just approached significance (Table 2).

 

Co-perfusion of arginine and penG maximizes pHi recovery rates

The addition of 10mM arginine and 5mM penG to all solutions led to the greatest significant increase in pHi recovery during the 0-Na+ phase (Fig. 2). When compared with controls, this difference was statistically significant (Table 2, Fig. 2). When compared with isolated arginine perfusion, the co-perfusion of arginine + penG also led to statistically significant increase in pHi (Table 2). However, there was no statistically significant difference in pHi between crypts perfused with penG alone versus co-perfusion of arginine + penG (Table 2).

 

L-NAME, a NOS inhibitor, decreases pHi recovery rates in crypts exposed to penG +/- arginine

Addition of 5mM penG and 30μM L-NAME to the crypt perfusate resulted in a blunted pHi recovery rate of 0.002411 ± 0.000330 ÆpHi/min, which was significantly lower than pHi recovery rates in co-perfused crypts (p 0.0058, Table 2). There was no statistically significant difference in mean pHi recovery rates between colonic crypts with penG + L-NAME versus control, arginine alone, or penG alone (p 0.5311, p 0.9457, p 0.3024, Table 2).

 

 

Discussion

 

The colonic H+, K+ ATPase is a member of the P-type of ATPases, though its role in in K+ homeostasis is underappreciated [11, 21, 25]. Under the current paradigm, potassium is largely absorbed in the small intestine and secreted in the colon in varying amounts to titrate the final fecal potassium concentration. The potassium handling by colonocytes involves potassium efflux through the apical ENaC and BK channels [27]. On the basolateral side, the Na+, K+ ATPase and Na+-K+-2Cl- channel further contribute to potassium shifts. In fluid-constricted states, elevated aldosterone leads to increased HKA2 expression. This hormone results in potassium wasting in order to spare NaCl, and simultaneously upregulates H+, K+ ATPase, perhaps as a mechanism of potassium salvage.

This study evaluated whether antibiotics have a non-genomic, non-microbial effect on fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. PenG was selected, due to the fluid modulating effect it was found to have in perfusion analysis on rat colonic segments [30]. Arginine was perfused in isolation and in addition to penG to unveil a potential pathway involving NO. Previously, it was established that NO inhibits NHE3 activity in intestinal villi, though the effect on the colon has not yet been studied.

An established ammonium prepulse technique was implemented to measure the pHi changes in colonic crypt under sodium-free conditions. The mean change in pHi was a surrogate measure of the degree of activity of the H+, K+ ATPase, since Na/H exchange was inactivated in the absence of sodium.

Under physiological conditions, there is minimal constitutive activity of the H+, K+ ATPase. This result was expected given that the majority of potassium absorption occurs in the small intestine, under physiological conditions. We found that the H+, K+ ATPase activity increased progressively when colonic crypts were incubated with arginine alone, penG alone, and arginine and penG, respectively (Fig. 3). This studyÕs findings suggest that there is a significant NO-dependent, penG-sensitive activation of the H+, K+ ATPase, as shown in the schematic (Fig. 4a).

When the NO pathway is inhibited with L-NAME, a non-specific NO synthase inhibitor, there is a significant decline in H+, K+ ATPase activity (Fig. 4b). The addition of L-NAME to the penG perfusate does not completely abolish H+, K+ ATPase activity. This could suggest that there is still a component of H+, K+ ATPase activity that is not dependent on the NO pathway. Alternatively, residual HKA2 activity could be due to incomplete blockade of the NO. In the future, various nitric oxide probes can be used to evaluate whether a specific nitric oxide synthase isoform is responsible for HKA2 activation.

Previously, it has been postulated that antibiotics modify the microbiome, leading to downstream effects such as diarrhea [40, 41]. This study demonstrates for the first time that antibiotics directly exert effects at the level of the host colonic transporter. This may have important implications regarding how to mitigate diarrheal fluid loss. On the one hand, antibiotics are associated with diarrhea due to changes in the host microbiome. With these results, however, antibiotics may simultaneously trigger a compensatory host response to spare electrolytes, manifested through the activation of colonic transporters.

To further evaluate the mechanism by which penG upregulates the H+, K+ ATPase, this study turned to NO as a putative mediator. NO is formed from L-arginine by NO synthases [42] localized throughout the myenteric and submucosal neurons of the alimentary tract [43]. It facilitates water and electrolyte handling, depending on whether the condition is physiological or pathophysiological. Interestingly, NO has been found to have simultaneous pro-absorptive and pro-secretory effects that may vary between species and under different conditions within species [44]. Here, we determined that the addition of NO precursors stimulated rat colonic H+, K+ ATPase under acute penG exposure. Penicillin activates NO production or prevents destruction of NO, which results in elevated levels. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase can then release nitric oxide into the colonic lumen, which can thereby be converted into other more stable nitrogen compounds. From the present data it can be assumed, that penicillin directly interacts with the α- and/or β-subunits of the H+, K+ ATPase, since the effect occurs immediately after the antibiotic administration and a transcriptional upregulation of the protein is unlikely to occur within the given time frame. Alternatively, a stimulated translocation and incorporation of preformed H+, K+-ATPase containing vesicles to the cell membrane might occur as known for the gastric H+, K+-ATPase bearing tubulovesicles in the stomach.

This finding supports the body of literature highlighting NOÕs absorptive capacity, because H+, K+ ATPase activation can lead to passive water absorption. Of interest, it is only when the colonic crypts are co-perfused with penG and arginine that there is an appreciable increase in H+, K+ ATPase activity. When arginine was perfused in the colonic crypts alone, there was a mild, statistically insignificant increase in the H+, K+ ATPase activity. Overall, further studies are needed to determine how penicillin mobilizes colonocyte nitric oxide.

Potential confounders should be kept in mind when reviewing this study. A cell is a dynamic entity with both ion fluxes that are dependent upon a variety of transporters and channels. In the present study, we investigated the influence of penicillin family members on the ability of colonic crypt cells to recover their intracellular pH (pHi) after cellular acid load under Na+-free conditions, i.e. when the contribution of Na+-dependent H+-extruding mechanisms, especially Na+/H+-exchangers (NHEs), is annihilated. However, under physiologic conditions, it is possible that basolateral transporters may also impact activity of apical ion handling. Nitric oxide can also affect activity of cellular transporters beyond H+, K+ ATPase. Nitric oxide inhibits Na+,K+-ATPase in the thick ascending limb of the kidney as well as in intestinal epithelial cells [45]. Na/K/Cl cotransporter activity was also found to be inhibited by NO [46]. To better simulate physiological conditions, the role of antibiotics on colonic transporters can be evaluated in-vivo or through perfusion of explanated rat intestine placed on an ex-vivo intestinal perfusion device, as described previously [47, 48]. This latter technique would allow us to determine the effect of penicillin on the native colonic microbiome, which was removed during crypt isolation methods.

Overall, we found a NO-sensitive, penG-dependent activation of the colonic H+, K+ ATPase. The full capacity of this transporter was only found when the Na/H exchanger was inactivated and when the cells were co-perfused with an antibiotic and a small molecule mediator. Hypokalemic patients may benefit from colonic enema treatments containing penicillin and arginine supplementation as a means to activate the colonic HKA2. Our findings may shed new light on how to reduce fecal potassium loss found in various intestinal diseases.

 

Fig. 3. ∆pHi amongst groups during the 0-Na+ phase of the ammonium prepulse technique. The highest ∆pHi is seen in colonocytes perfused with penG + arginine, followed by penG alone. A higher ∆pHi represents a greater degree of activation of the H+, K+ ATPase. The number of rats per group are as follows: Control, n=7; Pen G, n=9; Arginine, n=9; PenG + Arginine, n = 16; PenG + L-NAME, n = 7.

Fig. 4. Schematic of NO-dependent, penicillin G activation of the H+, K+ ATPase in colonic crypts. 4a.) Maximum activation of the H+, K+ ATPase occurs when colonic crypts are co-perfused with both arginine and penG. 4b.) When L-NAME is added to the perfusate, nitric oxide synthesis is inhibited. penG still activates the H+, K+ ATPase, reflecting a NO-independent, penG-sensitive activation of the transporter.

 

 

Abbreviations

 

Arg (Arginine); HBRS (HEPES-buffered Ringers solution); HKA2 (H+, K+ ATPase isoform 2 or colonic isoform); L-NAME (N-nitro l-arginine methyl ester); NMDG (N-Methyl-D-Glucamine); NO (nitric oxide); penG (penicillin G); pHi (intracellular pH).

 

 

Acknowledgements

 

The study was supported by the Department of Surgery Ohse Grant, Yale University School of Medicine.

 

Author Contributions

VB was involved in data analysis, writing and editing of the manuscript. VN was involved in conducting the experiments, experimental design and data analysis. MB and TG were involved in writing and editing of the manuscript. DM was involved in manuscript writing, and editing. JG was involved in all aspects of the experimental design, data analysis, manuscript writing, and editing.

 

Statement of Ethics

All Subjects (or their parents or guardians) have given their written informed consent. The study protocol has been approved by the research instituteÕs committee on human research. Animal experiments conform to internationally accepted standards and have been approved by the appropriate institutional review body.

 

 

Disclosure Statement

 

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare and no funding sources.

 

 

References

 

1 Hall K, Perez G, Sachs G, Rabon E: Identification of H+/K(+)-ATPase alpha,beta-heterodimers. Biochim Biophys Acta 1991;1077:173-179.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4838(91)90055-5

 

2 Axelsen KB, Palmgren MG: Evolution of substrate specificities in the P-type ATPase superfamily. J Mol Evol 1998;46:84-101.
https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00006286

 

3 Smolka A, Helander HF, Sachs G: Monoclonal antibodies against gastric H+ + K+ ATPase. Am J Physiol 1983;245:G589-596.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.1983.245.4.G589

 

4 Geibel JP: Secretion and absorption by colonic crypts. Annu Rev Physiol 2005;67:471-490.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.physiol.67.031103.153530

 

5 Fellenius E, Berglindh T, Sachs G, Olbe L, Elander B, Sjostrand SE, et al.: Substituted benzimidazoles inhibit gastric acid secretion by blocking (H+ + K+)ATPase. Nature 1981;290:159-161.
https://doi.org/10.1038/290159a0

 

6 Gumz ML, Lynch IJ, Greenlee MM, Cain BD, Wingo CS: The renal H+-K+-ATPases: physiology, regulation, and structure. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2010;298:F12-21.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.90723.2008

 

7 Gumz ML, Rabinowitz L, Wingo CS: An Integrated View of Potassium Homeostasis. N Engl J Med 2015;373:60-72.
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1313341

 

8 Maeda M, Oshiman K, Tamura S, Futai M: Human gastric (H+ + K+)-ATPase gene. Similarity to (Na+ + K+)-ATPase genes in exon/intron organization but difference in control region. J Biol Chem 1990;265:9027-9032.

 

9 Wingo CS: Active proton secretion and potassium absorption in the rabbit outer medullary collecting duct. Functional evidence for proton-potassium-activated adenosine triphosphatase. J Clin Invest 1989;84:361-365.
https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI114165

 

10 Crowson MS, Shull GE: Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding the putative distal colon H+,K(+)-ATPase. Similarity of deduced amino acid sequence to gastric H+,K(+)-ATPase and Na+,K(+)-ATPase and mRNA expression in distal colon, kidney, and uterus. J Biol Chem 1992;267:13740-13748.

 

11 Sweiry JH, Binder HJ: Active potassium absorption in rat distal colon. J Physiol 1990;423:155-170.
https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018016

 

12 Del Castillo JR, Rajendran VM, Binder HJ: Apical membrane localization of ouabain-sensitive K(+)-activated ATPase activities in rat distal colon. Am J Physiol 1991;261:G1005-1011.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.1991.261.6.G1005

 

13 Crambert G: H-K-ATPase type 2: relevance for renal physiology and beyond. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2014;306:F693-700.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.00605.2013

 

14 Lee J, Rajendran VM, Mann AS, Kashgarian M, Binder HJ: Functional expression and segmental localization of rat colonic K-adenosine triphosphatase. J Clin Invest 1995;96:2002-2008.
https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI118247

 

15 Cougnon M, Planelles G, Crowson MS, Shull GE, Rossier BC, Jaisser F: The rat distal colon P-ATPase alpha subunit encodes a ouabain-sensitive H+, K+-ATPase. J Biol Chem 1996;271:7277-7280.
https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.271.13.7277

 

16 Ikuma M, Binder HJ, Geibel J: Role of apical H-K exchange and basolateral K channel in the regulation of intracellular pH in rat distal colon crypt cells. J Membr Biol 1998;166:205-212.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s002329900462

 

17 Codina J, Kone BC, Delmas-Mata JT, DuBose TD, Jr.: Functional expression of the colonic H+,K+-ATPase alpha-subunit. Pharmacologic properties and assembly with X+,K+-ATPase beta-subunits. J Biol Chem 1996;271:29759-29763.
https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.271.47.29759

 

18 Rajendran VM, Singh SK, Geibel J, Binder HJ: Differential localization of colonic H(+)-K(+)-ATPase isoforms in surface and crypt cells. Am J Physiol 1998;274:G424-429.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.2.G424

 

19 Pandiyan V, Rajendran VM, Binder HJ: Mucosal ouabain and Na+ inhibit active Rb+(K+) absorption in normal and sodium-depleted rat distal colon. Gastroenterology 1992;102:1846-1853.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-5085(92)90304-H

 

20 Ikuma M, Geibel J, Binder HJ, Rajendran VM: Characterization of Cl-HCO3 exchange in basolateral membrane of rat distal colon. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2003;285:C912-921.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00396.2002

 

21 Meneton P, Schultheis PJ, Greeb J, Nieman ML, Liu LH, Clarke LL, et al.: Increased sensitivity to K+ deprivation in colonic H,K-ATPase-deficient mice. J Clin Invest 1998;101:536-542.
https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI1720

 

22 Spicer Z, Clarke LL, Gawenis LR, Shull GE: Colonic H(+)-K(+)-ATPase in K(+) conservation and electrogenic Na(+) absorption during Na(+) restriction. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001;281:G1369-1377.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.2001.281.6.G1369

 

23 Foster ES, Hayslett JP, Binder HJ: Mechanism of active potassium absorption and secretion in the rat colon. Am J Physiol 1984;246:G611-617.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.1984.246.5.G611

 

24 Sangan P, Rajendran VM, Mann AS, Kashgarian M, Binder HJ: Regulation of colonic H-K-ATPase in large intestine and kidney by dietary Na depletion and dietary K depletion. Am J Physiol 1997;272:C685-696.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1997.272.2.C685

 

25 Turnamian SG, Binder HJ: Regulation of active sodium and potassium transport in the distal colon of the rat. Role of the aldosterone and glucocorticoid receptors. J Clin Invest 1989;84:1924-1929.
https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI114380

 

26 Sorensen MV, Matos JE, Praetorius HA, Leipziger J: Colonic potassium handling. Pflugers Arch 2010;459:645-656.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-009-0781-9

 

27 Rajendran VM, Sandle GI: Colonic Potassium Absorption and Secretion in Health and Disease. Compr Physiol 2018;8:1513-1536.
https://doi.org/10.1002/cphy.c170030

 

28 Agarwal R, Afzalpurkar R, Fordtran JS: Pathophysiology of potassium absorption and secretion by the human intestine. Gastroenterology 1994;107:548-571.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-5085(94)90184-8

 

29 van Dinter TG, Jr., Fuerst FC, Richardson CT, Ana CA, Polter DE, Fordtran JS, et al.: Stimulated active potassium secretion in a patient with colonic pseudo-obstruction: a new mechanism of secretory diarrhea. Gastroenterology 2005;129:1268-1273.
https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2005.07.029

 

30 Bertacco A, Dehner CA, Caturegli G, D'Amico F, Morotti R, Rodriguez MI, et al.: Modulation of Intestinal Microbiome Prevents Intestinal Ischemic Injury. Front Physiol 2017;8:1064.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.01064

 

31 Boron WF, De Weer P: Active proton transport stimulated by CO2/HCO3-, blocked by cyanide. Nature 1976;259:240-241.
https://doi.org/10.1038/259240a0

 

32 Waisbren SJ, Geibel J, Boron WF, Modlin IM: Luminal perfusion of isolated gastric glands. Am J Physiol 1994;266:C1013-1027.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1994.266.4.C1013

 

33 Gill RK, Saksena S, Syed IA, Tyagi S, Alrefai WA, Malakooti J, et al.: Regulation of NHE3 by nitric oxide in Caco-2 cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2002;283:G747-756.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00294.2001

 

34 Grimble GK: Adverse gastrointestinal effects of arginine and related amino acids. J Nutr 2007;137:1693s-1701s.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/137.6.1693S

 

35 Singh SK, Binder HJ, Geibel JP, Boron WF: An apical permeability barrier to NH3/NH4+ in isolated, perfused colonic crypts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995;92:11573-11577.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.92.25.11573

 

36 Griffith OW, Stuehr DJ: Nitric oxide synthases: properties and catalytic mechanism. Annu Rev Physiol 1995;57:707-736.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ph.57.030195.003423

 

37 Coon S, Shao G, Wisel S, Vulaupalli R, Sundaram U: Mechanism of regulation of rabbit intestinal villus cell brush border membrane Na/H exchange by nitric oxide. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007;292:G475-481.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00263.2005

 

38 Winter DC, Schneider MF, O'Sullivan GC, Harvey BJ, Geibel JP: Rapid effects of aldosterone on sodium-hydrogen exchange in isolated colonic crypts. J Membr Biol 1999;170:17-26.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s002329900534

 

39 Busque SM, Kerstetter JE, Geibel JP, Insogna K: L-type amino acids stimulate gastric acid secretion by activation of the calcium-sensing receptor in parietal cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2005;289:G664-669.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00096.2005

 

40 McFarland LV: Epidemiology, risk factors and treatments for antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Dig Dis 1998;16:292-307.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000016879

 

41 Bartlett JG: Clinical practice. Antibiotic-associated diarrhea. N Engl J Med 2002;346:334-339.
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp011603

 

42 Kostadinova AI, Middelburg J, Ciulla M, Garssen J, Hennink WE, Knippels LMJ, et al.: PLGA nanoparticles loaded with beta-lactoglobulin-derived peptides modulate mucosal immunity and may facilitate cow's milk allergy prevention. Eur J Pharmacol 2018;818:211-220.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.10.051

 

43 Mourad FH, Turvill JL, Farthing MJ: Role of nitric oxide in intestinal water and electrolyte transport. Gut 1999;44:143-147.
https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.44.2.143

 

44 Tepperman BL, Brown JF, Whittle BJ: Nitric oxide synthase induction and intestinal epithelial cell viability in rats. Am J Physiol 1993;265:G214-218.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.1993.265.2.G214

 

45 Suzuki Y, Lu Q, Xu DZ, Szab— C, Hask— G, Deitch EA: Na+,K+-ATPase activity is inhibited in cultured intestinal epithelial cells by endotoxin or nitric oxide. Int J Mol Med 2005;15:871-877.
https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.15.5.871

 

46 Ortiz PA, Hong NJ, Garvin JL: NO decreases thick ascending limb chloride absorption by reducing Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter activity. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2001;281:F819-825.
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajprenal.0075.2001

 

47 Barahona MJ, Maina RM, Lysyy T, Finotti M, Caturegli G, Baratta V, et al.: Activation of the Calcium Sensing Receptor Decreases Secretagogue-Induced Fluid Secretion in the Rat Small Intestine. Front Physiol 2019;10:439.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00439

 

48 Munoz-Abraham AS, Judeeba S, Alkukhun A, Alfadda T, Patron-Lozano R, Rodriguez-Davalos MI, et al.: A new method to measure intestinal secretion using fluorescein isothiocyanate-inulin in small bowel of rats. J Surg Res 2015;197:225-230.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2015.02.049