title: Glucocorticoid activation of Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoform 3 revisited. The roles of SGK1 and NHERF2.
abstract: The stimulative effect of glucocorticoids on intestinal salt and water absorption has been known for more than two decades. However, molecular mechanisms underlying this activation remain elusive. Previous studies showed that methylprednisolone specifically increased Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoform (NHE) 3 mRNA in ileum and kidney without affecting NHE1 mRNA levels. These results suggest that glucocorticoids activate NHE3 activity by induction of NHE3 transcripts. We recently found in PS120 and opossum kidney cells that chronic incubation with dexamethasone activated NHE3 independent of gene induction, indicating that the transcriptional activation may not be the only determining factor in the NHE3 activation. Furthermore, dexamethasone activated NHE3 activity only in the presence of a NHE3 regulatory protein, NHERF2, which was previously shown to confer cAMP-dependent inhibition of NHE3. This activation of NHE3 could not be duplicated by NHERF1. We identified serum- and glucocorticoid-induced protein kinase, SGK1, as the protein interacting with PDZ domains of NHERF2 to regulate NHE3 activity. The expression of SGK1 enhanced NHE3 transport in PS120 fibroblasts. In addition, the "kinase-dead" SGK1 blocked activation of NHE3 by dexamethasone in opossum kidney cells. These data demonstrated that glucocorticoid activation of NHE3 requires the activation of SGK1 and the presence of NHERF2 acting as a scaffold protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. ccyun@emory.edu
authors.forename: C Chris
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Yueping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D003907:Dexamethasone; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006859:Hydrogen; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012964:Sodium; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D000099184:Serum-Glucocorticoid Regulated Kinases; C093376:sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor