Abstract
Analogues of amiloride are widely used as pharmacological probes for inhibition of sodium-hydrogen counter-transport. In Jurkat cells, a leukemic T lymphocyte cell line, analogues of amiloride are also potent inhibitors of Na-K-Cl cotransport. The effects of these agents are not additive with those of beta-adrenoceptor agonists (which inhibit Na-K-Cl cotransport presumably by stimulation of adenylyl cyclase). Further, analogues of amiloride potently stimulate cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity. The present studies indicate that beta-adrenoceptor agonists and analogues of amiloride both act to inhibit Na-K-Cl cotransport and both stimulate cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity. Furthermore, these studies demonstrate a novel mechanism by which amiloride analogues may mediate effects separately from inhibition of sodium-hydrogen exchange.
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