Abstract
Ruminants have a unique utilization of phosphate (Pi) based on the so-called endogenous Pi recycling to guarantee adequate Pi supply for ruminal microbial growth and for buffering short-chain fatty acids. Large amounts of Pi enter the gastrointestinal tract by salivary secretion. The high saliva Pi concentrations are generated by active secretion of Pi from blood into primary saliva via basolateral sodium (Na+)-dependent Pi transporter type II. The following subsequent intestinal absorption of Pi is mainly carried out in the jejunum by the apical located secondary active Na+-dependent Pi transporters NaPi IIb (SLC34A2) and PiT1 (SLC20A1). A reduction in dietary Pi intake stimulates the intestinal Pi absorption by increasing the expression of NaPi IIb despite unchanged plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 concentrations, which modulate Pi homeostasis in monogastric species. Reabsorption of glomerular filtrated plasma Pi is mainly mediated by the Pi transporters NaPi IIa (SLC34A1) and NaPi IIc (SLC34A3) in proximal tubule apical cells. The expression of NaPi IIa and the corresponding renal Na+-dependent Pi capacity were modulated by high dietary phosphorus (P) intake in a parathyroid-dependent manner. In response to reduced dietary Pi intake, the expression of NaPi IIa was not adapted indicating that renal Pi reabsorption in ruminants runs at a high level allowing no further increase when P intake is diminished. In bones and in the mammary glands, Na+-dependent Pi transporters are able to contribute to maintaining Pi homeostasis. Overall, the regulation of Pi transporter activity and expression by hormonal modulators confirms substantial differences between ruminant and non-ruminant species.
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Phosphate recycling in ruminants
In contrast to all other mammals, an endogenous phosphate (Pi) circulation has developed in ruminants. This species’ specific trait has to be discussed concerning two major physiological functions of Pi in the forestomach region. Firstly, Pi is an essential component of microbial cell mass and is therefore needed for microbial protein synthesis as a dominating component of microbial growth since Pi is needed for the synthesis of new bacterial nucleic acids and other cell components. Secondly, besides bicarbonate Pi serves as a buffering system for short-chain fatty acids which are produced at high rates as end products of ruminal microbial fermentation. Thus, the endogenous Pi circulation maintains the chemical homeostasis in the rumen and Pi supply to ruminal microorganisms especially in situations of limited dietary phosphorus (P) supply.
In small and large ruminants, the salivary glands are the major site for endogenous Pi secretion into the gastrointestinal tract. This substantially exceeds dietary P intake under normal feeding conditions. The high Pi secretion rates are mediated by both high volume flow rates of saliva in ruminants and the ability of the salivary glands to enrich Pi compared with plasma Pi. The ability to enrich Pi in saliva has also been demonstrated for free-ranging ruminants such as roe deer [14]. Thus, daily secretion rates between 5 and 10 g Pi in sheep and goats and between 30 and 60 g Pi in cows [6] can be achieved. In order to inhibit substantial losses of the overall P pool, Pi has to be effectively absorbed. In studies in sheep which were equipped with duodenal and ileal cannula, it could be demonstrated that this mainly takes place in the small intestines.
Phosphate transport in the ruminant intestine
Although the small intestines had been identified as the major site for Pi absorption in various studies carried out about 50 years ago [19, 41], the first data on the epithelial mechanisms in ruminants were published approximately 30 years ago. In Pi uptake, studies on brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) which had been prepared from the upper small intestine of young sheep, a Pi uptake was described which depended on the pH gradient between the buffer solutions outside and inside the vesicles [53]. By replacing of mannitol or gluconate in the incubation medium by more permeable anions such as SCN− or Cl−, no effects on the Pi transport rate were determined which was interpreted as evidence for an electroneutral Pi transport [54]. Therefore, it was concluded that in contrast to monogastric animals, Pi uptake across the enterocyte apical membrane is mediated by a proton (H+)-driven electroneutral mechanism. The transport capacity of this system increased in response to P depletion [54]. The molecular basis of a potential duodenal H+-dependent Pi transport system has not yet been identified.
This concept, however, could not be confirmed by direct Pi flux measurements across intact epithelial tissues from different intestinal segments in sheep and young goats [47]. In these studies, unidirectional Pi flux rates were measured in Ussing chambers in the absence of an electrochemical gradient, and in both species, high Pi net flux rates could be determined in the mid-jejunum. This clearly indicated the existence of active transport mechanism. In young goats, the highest Pi absorption along the intestinal axis was measured in the ileum [12]; this was also demonstrated in adult sheep [47]. An explanation for this could be a pH of 8.0 in the ileum which could cause a shift in the equilibrium of constant Pi to a more divalent Pi (HPO2−4), which is favorably transported by the electrogenic Na+-dependent Pi transporter NaPi IIb (SLC34A2). For further characterization of active Pi transport, it could be demonstrated that around 60% of active Pi transport in the mid-jejunum could be inhibited when either the mucosal sodium (Na+) concentration was reduced from 148.2 to 1.8 mmol/l, ouabain was adjusted to a concentration in the serosal compartment of 0.1 mmol/l for complete inhibition of basolateral Na+/K+-ATPase [5] or arsenate was added to the mucosal buffer solution at a concentration of 5 mmol/l. Arsenate has been established as a competitive inhibitor of renal and intestinal Na+-coupled Pi cotransport into BBMV vesicles of monogastric species [1, 10, 21, 42, 52].
Despite the fact that Na+-dependency of a substantial proportion of active Pi transport could clearly be demonstrated in these experiments, it could not be concluded that this transport was identical to the secondary active Na+/Pi cotransport as suggested for the sheep ileum [43, 44]. The manipulations on mucosal or serosal Na+ might have also affected the apical Na+/H+ antiporter. Thus, Na+-driven H+ extrusion could have been limited by these manipulations, therefore inhibiting Pi uptake by an H+/Pi cotransporter.
In order to further clarify how Na+ and H+ are involved in Pi transport Pi uptake, studies into BBMV from goat jejunum were carried out under different conditions with regard to the extravesicular Na+ and H+ concentrations [45]. The Na+-dependent Pi uptake as a function of extravesicular Pi concentration was saturable, following a simple Michaelis-Menten kinetic and resulted in a Vmax of 0.423 ± 0.080 nmol mg−1protein·15 s−1 and a Km of 0.029 ± 0.007 mmol/l. These kinetic data are in accordance with respective data obtained from monogastric species. At an extravesicular Na+ concentration of 100 mmol/l, a decrease in extravesicular pH from 7.4 to 5.4 led to a significant increase in Pi uptake by about 60%. This effect could not be observed when extravesicular Na+ was completely replaced by K+. The results do not agree with flux data obtained for ileal tissues. This could be due to the fact that by using intact epithelial tissues for flux measurements still include the microclimate which cannot be assumed for BBMV. These data suggested that a major proportion of jejunal Pi uptake in goat jejunum is Na+-dependent and can be stimulated by H+.
This assumption could be confirmed after the murine type II Na+/Pi cotransporter had been identified [20]. In a first approach, it could be demonstrated by applying Northern blot analysis of mRNA of mouse and goat jejunum that the hybridization signal of goat intestinal mRNA was located in the same range as the mouse-specific NaPiIIb band. At protein level, a strong Na+/Pi cotransporter type IIb specific immunoreaction was shown when antibodies raised against N terminal-specific oligopeptide of mouse Na+/Pi cotransporter type IIb were used [23]. This could be confirmed by further comparative studies in goat duodenum and jejunum. Northern blot analysis of duodenal and jejunal poly(A) + RNA was performed, and hybridization with a goat-specific NaPi IIb probe revealed strong bands in the jejunum but not in the duodenum. The lack of NaPi IIb expression in goat duodenum was confirmed by Western blot analysis when NaPi IIb protein could only be detected in the jejunum with a mouse-specific NaPi IIb antibody. Immunohistochemically, the NaPi IIb protein localization could be shown in goat jejunum but not in goat duodenum. In addition, the relative amounts of NaPi IIb protein in BBMV of goat jejunum as a function of Vmax of jejunal Na+-dependent Pi transport could be described by a positive correlation indicating that a higher capacity of NaPi IIb transport was correlated with an increased abundance of NaPi IIb protein which also underlined that the major extent of Na+/Pi transport was mediated by NaPi IIb [24]. The expression of another electrogenic Na+-dependent Pi transporter named PiT1 (SLC20A1) was shown in caprine intestinal epithelia [12].
In order to clarify the role of the goat duodenum for Pi transport, transepithelial Pi flux rates were measured in Ussing chambers in the presence or absence of mucosal Na+ at pH 7.4 or 5.4, respectively. At a mucosal pH of 7.4 and in the presence of Na+, small net flux rates (17.1 ± 3.3 nmol cm−2 h−1) were measured which were in the same range as previously determined by Schroder et al. [47]. Reducing the mucosal pH to 5.4 resulted in a significant increase in net flux above 200 nmol cm−2 h−1 with Na+ and around 50 nmol cm−2 h−1 without Na+ in the mucosal buffer. The Km values were about tenfold higher (0.4 mmol/l) compared with the Km values of the jejunal NaPi IIb transporter. From these studies, it was concluded that at least two different mechanisms are involved in goat intestinal Pi absorption. In the duodenum, it is mediated by an H+-dependent and Na+-sensitive system which is not upregulated in response to dietary Pi depletion. In the jejunum, Pi transport is mediated by a Na+-dependent and H+-sensitive mechanism which is mainly represented by NaPi IIb and regulated by P intake [24].
The lack of mRNA and protein expression of NaPi IIb in the duodenum and their presence in the jejunum has also been found in lactating and dried-off goats. Interestingly, both, the jejunal mRNA and protein expression of NaPi IIb were significantly downregulated in lactating goats in comparison with dried-off goats [60]. The expression of NaPi IIb mRNA was also studied in Holstein cows, and it could be shown that expression of NaPi IIb was highest in the distal jejunum and in the ileum and virtually absent in the duodenum and in the proximal jejunum [17].
The morphological and functional ontogenesis of the forestomach system during the first months of life has to be regarded as the major developmental process in young ruminants. With regard to the specific functions of Pi for microbial processes in the rumen, it was therefore of interest to measure the expression of intestinal NaPi IIb as a function of time during early development. These experiments were carried out in goats’ tissues obtained during the first week of life, within week 4–5, 8–11 and up until the fifth month. The kinetic parameters were measured by uptake studies into BBMV, and relative expression of NaPi IIb was recorded by molecular methods [25]. From these studies, it could be concluded from the different Km values that in the first week of life, covalent modifications of NaPi IIb and/or PiT1 might have been present in the jejunum which affected binding properties because the Km value in this group was significantly higher than in all other groups.
From many studies on monogastric species, it has been shown that the active intestinal Pi absorption is upregulated in response to either dietary P or calcium (Ca) depletion and that this effect is mediated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) [18, 28, 40]. However, data from monogastric species is not consistent because in mice deficient for the vitamin D receptor (VDR) or the 1alpha hydroxylase and fed a low Pi diet, the expressions of intestinal NaPi IIb and renal NaPi IIa were regulated like in wild type animals although 1,25-(OH)2D3-VDR axis was not involved [8]. A P depletion in sheep and goats neither affected plasma 1,25-(OH)2D3 concentrations [7, 45] nor the metabolic clearance rate or the production rate of 1,25-(OH)2D3 [30]. In order to detect whether in ruminants the regulation of the vitamin D hormone systems is mediated by the VDR level of enterocytes rather than by the hormone production rate, studies on the kinetic parameters of the VDR were performed in lactating and in young male goats. For lactating goats, increased binding affinities of the VDR could be demonstrated [46] which, however, could not be confirmed for young goats [48]. Despite the lack of response from the vitamin D hormone system, jejunal Pi net flux rates in young goats were significantly increased in response to P depletion. Minor increases were also shown for duodenal Pi net flux rates [47]; this, however, could not be confirmed by Huber et al. [24]. In contrast to data from chicks and rabbits [11, 42] and from rats [9], no effects of P depletion on Vmax of the Na+/Pi cotransport system could be detected for young goats by measuring Pi uptake into BBMV [45].
Based on efficient rumino-hepatic circulation of urea, ruminants cope easily with a reduction in dietary protein to lower the excretion of nitrogen (N) into the environment. However, changes in mineral homeostasis like reduced blood Ca concentrations and decreased serum 1,25-(OH)2D3 levels were detected in young goats kept on a reduced protein diet [12, 35, 38]. The decrease in 1,25-(OH)2D3 did not modulate the expression of NaPi IIb in the small intestine of goats [12] whereas in monogastric species, the expression of intestinal NaPi IIb is regulated in a 1,25-(OH)2D3-dependent manner [34].
Phosphate transport in the ruminant parotid gland
The parotid glands of ruminants are able to secrete large amounts of Pi from blood into saliva. The acinar cells of sheep parotid glands secrete 5 to 10 l per day of iso-osmotic saliva which contains 10 to 40 mmol/l Pi. These high concentrations of Pi in the saliva require a high flux through the acinar cells. In ovine acinar cells, it was shown that this flux was mediated by an Na+-dependent uptake of Pi and that it was inhibited by phosphonoformate in parotid basolateral membrane vesicles [62]. Therefore, it was concluded that this Na+-dependent Pi transport was mediated by an Na+-dependent Pi transporter type IIb located on the basolateral membrane of acinar cells [25, 27]. The activity of this transport system was not regulated by a dietary P or Ca depletion in parotid glands [27, 62] whereas the intestinal absorption of Pi was stimulated by such a dietary intervention [54]. The mechanism of apical Pi extrusion into the primary saliva is unknown to date.
Phosphate transport in the ruminant kidney
In the kidneys, most of the filtered Pi is reabsorbed across the proximal tubule cells. This process is mediated predominantly by the apically located Na+-dependent Pi transport proteins named NaPi IIa (SLC34A1) and NaPi IIc (SLC34A3) in both ruminant and non-ruminant species [2, 25, 55, 59]. About 90% of amino acid sequence, homology exists between ruminant (goat, sheep, or bovine) and rat renal NaPi IIa [23, 49, 64]. However, the bovine NaPi IIa and NaPi IIc sequences from native ruminant renal tissue has only a 59 and 56% sequence identity, respectively, with the cloned Na+-dependent Pi transporter of bovine renal epithelial cell line NBL-1 while the homology with NaPi IIb was 97% [64].
Under normophosphatemic conditions in ruminants, the excretion of Pi is very low based on efficient tubular Pi reabsorption rates to prevent this urinary Pi loss [63]. However, the functional and modulatory background for this event has not been identified so far because the kinetic and stoichiometric parameters of renal cortex Na+-dependent Pi transport are comparable to the type IIa Na+/Pi cotransport in monogastric species [49].
In monogastric species, NaPi IIa is mainly regulated by fluctuating P levels in the extracellular fluid [3]. A low Pi diet increased the expression of NaPi IIa in the kidney of rats [33] whereas in goats and sheep neither a P nor a Ca depletion caused significant effects on renal Pi transport capacities [49] or on NaPi IIa expression [27], thus assuming that the P supply was still adequate in ruminants. On feeding a high P diet to young ruminants, a decrease in renal Pi reabsorption capacity based on internalized NaPi IIa protein occurred [27, 36]. Strong correlations between NaPi IIa mRNA and plasma Pi as well as plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels indicated that elevated Pi and PTH concentrations were able to modulate the renal Pi excretion by reducing Pi reabsorption [36]. This phenomenon is different to monogastric animals where the NaPi IIa expression was decreased only at protein level [32].
In young goats, a modulation of mineral homeostasis caused by a reduction in dietary protein under isoenergetic conditions was shown [38]. During a dietary protein reduction, a significant increase in NaPi IIa protein expression and a concomitant decrease in PTH receptor protein expression were observed in young goats, whereas serum 1,25-(OH)2D3 concentrations were diminished and PTH levels were unaffected [15, 58, 59]. Reason for this stimulated NaPi IIa expression could be a decrease in Pi concentrations in the ultrafiltrate caused by a drop in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) to conserve urea. A reduction in the GFR by 60% was detected in goats fed a low-protein diet [13, 61]. Such a chronic tubular Pi depletion could cause an increase in NaPi IIa protein expression by unknown Pi sensing mechanism(s) in the proximal tubules, whereas the corresponding RNA was not affected like in monogastric species [4, 29]. Interestingly, a stimulation of NaPi IIa expression could be achieved by a dietary protein reduction and thereby presumably a reduction in Pi in the ultrafiltrate. A direct dietary Pi depletion without manipulation of GFR did not show the same effects in the ruminant kidney [49].
Overall, the role of the kidneys in the modulation of P homeostasis in ruminants is not clarified completely because in preruminant animals, the kidneys are the main excretory pathway for an excess of Pi like in monogastric species. However, during the development of the ruminant, a transition occurred, and an excess of Pi is not excreted by the kidneys anymore but is secreted in the saliva and transferred to the rumen where it is taken care of by microorganisms. Therefore, the PTH-mediated regulation of renal Pi excretion is less important in adult ruminants than in young ruminants and monogastric species.
Phosphate transport in the ruminant mammary gland
Similarly as for Ca ruminant, milk also contains high concentrations of P which can be allocated to different chemical fractions. According to studies, in normal goat milk, approximately 30% of the total P concentration around 20 mmol/l were present as inorganic soluble P, and the remainder were either non-covalently bound to protein or covalently bound to casein [39]. Thus, for Pi, a concentrating ability of plasma Pi between 4 and 5 mmol/l can be assumed for the mammary gland, suggesting similarity to the parotid gland. The expression of NaPi IIb in the apical membrane of mice mammary gland has been demonstrated for the first time by Miyoshi et al. [31]. In their study, however, NaPi IIb could only be detected when the alveolar epithelium had developed its full secretory function. It could not be shown in virgin or early pregnancy mice. They have suggested the physiological function of NaPi IIb as a potential marker of secretory functions in the mammary gland. In order to characterize the potential role of NaPi IIb in the mammary gland of ruminants, experiments were performed in lactating goats [26]. In these experiments, NaPi IIb protein could be detected in fractions of the apical membrane which could also be confirmed by immunohistochemistry. For functional characterization, apical membrane vesicles from alveolar epithelial cells were prepared from fresh goat milk in accordance with the approach introduced by Shennan [50]. These membranes were then subjected to Na+-dependent Pi uptake as a function of time, Pi concentration in the extravesicular buffer, and in the absence or presence of phosphonoformic acid (PFA). PFA competitively inhibited Na+/Pi transport [22]. In NaPi IIb-transfected PS120 cells and in Xenopus laevis oocytes, 5 mmol/l PFA inhibited nearly the entire Pi uptake [65]. These approaches showed the overshoot profile as a function of time, Vmax of 0.9 nmol mg−1protein·10s−1 and a Km of 0.2 mmol/l, indicating a system with higher transport capacity and lower affinity in comparison with jejunal NaPi IIb. PFA led to a significant decrease in Pi uptake. Although these data clearly indicate the presence of NaPi IIb in apical membranes of goat alveolar epithelial cells, with regard to the transmembrane Na+ gradient in alveolar epithelial cells, it is quite unlikely that the substantial secretion of inorganic P is mediated by this mechanism. Thus, there might be a further basolateral mechanism for Pi secretion. Therefore, it can be assumed that the modulation of apical NaPi IIb in mammary glands is necessary to guarantee adequate intracellular Pi supply for the cells during different stages of lactation [37] Reason for this is because mammary blood flow is diminished during involution [16], and the activity of the basolateral-located Na+-dependent Pi transporter is reduced by milk stasis [51]. However, this is not yet fully understood and further studies are needed.
Phosphate transport in the ruminant bone
The majority of Pi is present in the skeleton primarily complexed with Ca in the form of hydroxyapatite crystals. In bovine articular chondrocytes, two Pi transport mechanisms, a Na+-dependent and a Na+-independent one, were characterized [56, 57]. The Na+-dependent component had a Km value for Pi of 0.17 mmol/l whereas the Na+-independent part was not fully saturable, indicating both carrier-mediated Pi uptake and diffusive pathway in chondrocytes [57]. Both, the Na+-dependent Pi transport mechanism and the Na+-independent one were blocked by phosphonoacetate and arsenate, even though parts of the Na+-independent component were resistant. On a molecular basis, the mRNA expression of PiT1 and PiT2 (SLC20A2) could be shown in bovine articular chondrocytes [57].
Conclusion and outlook
In ruminants, a number of specific features in Pi homeostasis have been documented in recent years. Firstly, the endogenous Pi cycle ensures a high availability of Pi in the forestomach region for microbial and buffer features. Secondly, intestinal Pi absorption is mediated by at least two different mechanisms: an H+-dependent and Na+-sensitive Pi transport in the duodenum which is not modulated by dietary P intake whereas the NaPi IIb and PiT1 could only be detected in jejunal and ileal tissues. This system is H+-sensitive and is significantly upregulated in response to dietary P depletion without any changes in the vitamin D hormone system. Thirdly, the role of the kidneys for regulating Pi homeostasis is by far less important as compared with monogastric species which is due to the fact that under physiological Pi conditions, the reabsorption of Pi already runs at a very high level in the kidneys. Therefore, additional adaptation processes cannot occur (Table 1).
Further experimental studies should focus on a more detailed characterization of duodenal Pi transport and on those mechanisms which are involved to mediate adaptational jejunal Pi transport. In addition, the potential interaction between Pi homeostasis and other nutrient systems need further clarification.
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The research was partly supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 280, Br 780/4-2, Br 780/11-1, Br 780/11-2, Mu 3585/1-1).
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Muscher-Banse, A.S., Breves, G. Mechanisms and regulation of epithelial phosphate transport in ruminants: approaches in comparative physiology. Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol 471, 185–191 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-018-2181-5
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