Die Regulation des Sulfat-Anionen-Transporters-1, sat-1, in HepG2- Zellen in Abhängigkeit vom pH-Wert und von Bicarbonat
Regulation of sulfate anion transporter-1 in HepG2 cells depending on PH value and bicarbonate
by Jan Helge Saathoff
Date of Examination:2019-12-02
Date of issue:2019-10-14
Advisor:Prof. Dr. Birgitta-Christina Burckhardt
Referee:Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman Asif
Referee:Prof. Dr. Rainer Mausberg
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Sulfate is an essential component of the human organism and the fourth most abundant anion in the blood. It is involved in numerous metabolic processes like biosynthesis, synthesis of the extracellular matrix and the bone formation. Furthermore it is important for the detoxification of non-soluble waste products and toxins. Upon sulfation in the liver, such waste products are rendered water-soluble and can thus be excreted via the kidney and the bile system. The sulphate-anion exchange transporter sat-1 is responsible for the uptake of sulphate from the bloodstream into hepatocytes and cells of the proximal tubulus. Sat-1 transports sulphate in exchange with oxalate and bicarbonate, and it is the first member of the solute carrier 26 (SLC26A1) gene family. The goal of this study was to analyse the regulation of sat-1 on RNA and protein level in HepG2 cells depending on the pH and the bicarbonate level in the extracellular compartment. To this end quantitative methods like polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blotting were used. Changes of the extracellular pH and bicarbonate level may occur if there is a malfunction in the homeostatic system. A time-dependent decrease of the sat-1 mRNA level was observed in incubated HepG2 cells at pH 6.5, whereas at pH 8.0 its level was increasing. Incubating the HepG2 cells in a bicarbonate-enriched medium led to elevated sat-1 mRNA level. Interestingly, the house-keeping / reference-gene GAPDH also showed a pH dependency. Therefore, HPRT was used in a subsequent experiment. An anti-sat-1 antibody was used to detect sat-1 expression. It was thus also shown on protein level that at pH 6.5 the sat-1 expression was reduced when HepG2 cells were incubated at pH 6.5.
Keywords: sulfate-anion exchanger; sulfate-bicarbonate exchanger; HepG2 cells stably transfected with SLC26A1