M. Carmosino et al., The cultured human gastric cells HGT-1 express the principal transporters involved in acid secretion, PFLUG ARCH, 440(6), 2000, pp. 871-880
I-IGT-I is a human cell line sharing a number of physiological features wit
h gastric parietal cells. HGT-1 cell monolayers were able to secrete H+ whe
n stimulated with histamine (calculated external pH variation, Delta pH(e)
0.46+/-0.05) as assessed using the impermeant, pH-sensitive: fluorescence d
ye 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulphonic acid, trisodium salt (HPTS). Treatmen
t with 100 muM omeprazole inhibited the histamine-induced apical acidificat
ion by about 60%. Intracellular pH (pH(i)) measurements using the fluoresce
nt pH-sensitive dye 2',7'-bis-carboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF)
demonstrated the expression of a functional, omeprazole-sensitive H+/K+-pum
p. A monoclonal antibody directed against the alpha subunit of the H+/K+-AT
Pase immunoprecipitated a 95-kDa protein From HGT-1 cells and human stomach
which corresponds to the expected molecular size of the native protein. HG
T-1 cells were also positive for the anion exchanger AE2 that is expressed
in gastric parietal cells. In addition, we identified a histamine- and pH(i
)-sensitive Na+/H+ exchanger in HCT-I cells, which might correspond to the
functional expression of the NHE4 isoform that has been detected in gastric
epithelial cells as well as in primary cultured parietal cells. HGT-1 cell
s therefore display the principal features of parietal cells and might repr
esent an interesting cell culture model for studying the regulatory mechani
sms involved in acid secretion.