Abstract
The current studies were designed to isolate a cDNA encoding the control mouse renal sodium phosphate (Na+/P(i)) transporter and to determine mRNA levels encoding this transporter in control and (Hyp) mice. A 2.4 kb cDNA was isolated from a control mouse kidney cDNA library using a PCR-amplified 850 base pair (bp) fragment of rat cDNA. The cDNA encoding the mouse renal Na+/P(i) transporter shows sequence similarity to the rat and human Na+/P(i) transporters. The predicted protein exhibits 98% and 91% amino acid sequence identity with the rat and human proteins, respectively. A cRNA was synthesized from the cDNA and showed an expression of sodium-dependent phosphate transport in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Northern blot analysis of renal poly(A)+ RNA from (Hyp) and control mice showed a threefold decrease in mRNA level in the (Hyp) mice compared with control mice. In situ hybridization analysis localizes the Na+/P(i) transporter message to the renal proximal tubule, with message levels distinctly lower in the ...

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