title: Interaction with grp58 increases activity of the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter.
abstract: The thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCC) is expressed by distal convoluted tubule cells of the mammalian kidney. We used yeast two-hybrid screening to identify that glucose-regulated protein 58 (grp58), a protein induced by glucose deprivation, binds to the COOH terminus of the NCC. Immunoprecipitation of rat kidney cortex homogenates using a guinea pig anti-NCC antibody confirmed that grp58 associates with the NCC in vivo. Northern blots indicated that grp58 is highly expressed in rat kidney cortex. Immunofluorescence showed that grp58 protein abundance in kidney is highest in epithelial cells of the distal nephron, where it colocalizes with NCC near the apical membrane. To determine whether this interaction has a functional significance, NCC and grp58 cRNA were coexpressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. In oocytes overexpressing grp58, sodium uptake was increased compared with control. Because oocytes express endogenous grp58, antisense experiments were performed to evaluate whether endogenous grp58 affected NCC activity in oocytes. Sodium uptake was lower in oocytes injected with both antisense grp58 cRNA and sense NCC compared with sense NCC oocytes. Western blot analysis did not show any effect of grp58 expression on processing of the NCC. These data indicate a novel, functionally important interaction between grp58 and the NCC in rat kidney cortex.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Clinical Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wyse
authors.forename: Nawb
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ellison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007535:Isomerases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007686:Kidney Tubules, Distal / Q000378:metabolism*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D049992:Sodium Chloride Symporters; D064486:Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 3; D027981:Symporters; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011955:Receptors, Drug; C578876:Slc12a3 protein, rat; D049992:Sodium Chloride Symporters; D064486:Solute Carrier Family 12, Member 3; D027981:Symporters; C064415:thiazide receptor; D007535:Isomerases; C513196:PDIA3 protein, rat; D019704:Protein Disulfide-Isomerases