Gluck Stephen L
Division of Nephrology, UCSF, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0532, San Francisco, California 94143-0532, USA.
J Clin Invest. 2004 Dec;114(12):1696-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI23864.
The kidney adjusts net acid excretion to match production with exquisite precision, despite little or no change in the plasma bicarbonate concentration. The acid-sensing pathway that signals the kidney to increase acid secretion involves activation of the proto-oncogene c-Src. A new study in this issue shows that proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) is responsible for acid-induced activation of c-Src and is essential for acid sensing in renal epithelial cells. The findings implicate a broader role for Pyk2 in acid-base homeostasis in bone and other tissues beyond the kidney.
尽管血浆碳酸氢盐浓度几乎没有变化,肾脏仍能精确地调节净酸排泄,使其与酸生成相匹配。向肾脏发出增加酸分泌信号的酸感应途径涉及原癌基因c-Src的激活。本期的一项新研究表明,富含脯氨酸的酪氨酸激酶2(Pyk2)负责酸诱导的c-Src激活,并且对肾上皮细胞的酸感应至关重要。这些发现表明,Pyk2在肾脏以外的骨骼和其他组织的酸碱平衡中具有更广泛的作用。