title: Ca2+-dependent inhibition of NHE3 requires PKC alpha which binds to E3KARP to decrease surface NHE3 containing plasma membrane complexes.
abstract: The intestinal brush border (BB) Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 3 (NHE3) is acutely inhibited by elevation in the concentration of free intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) by the cholinergic agonist carbachol and Ca2+ ionophores in a protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent manner. We previously showed that elevating [Ca2+]i with ionomycin rapidly inhibited NHE3 activity and decreased the amount of NHE3 on the plasma membrane in a manner that depended on the presence of the PDZ domain-containing protein E3KARP (NHE3 kinase A regulatory protein, also called NHERF2). The current studies were performed in PS120 fibroblasts (NHE-null cell line) stably transfected with NHE3 and E3KARP to probe the mechanism of PKC involvement in Ca2+ regulation of NHE3. Pretreatment with the general PKC inhibitor, GF109203X prevented ionomycin inhibition of NHE3 without altering basal NHE3 activity. Similarly, the Ca2+-mediated inhibition of NHE3 activity was blocked after pretreatment with the conventional PKC inhibitor Gö-6976 and a specific PKCalpha pseudosubstrate-derived inhibitor peptide. [Ca2+]i elevation caused translocation of PKCalpha from cytosol to membrane. PKCalpha bound to the PDZ1 domain of GST-E3KARP in vitro in a Ca2+-dependent manner. PKCalpha and E3KARP coimmunoprecipitated from cell lysates; this occurred to a lesser extent at basal [Ca2+]i and was increased with ionomycin exposure. Biotinylation studies demonstrated that [Ca2+]i elevation induced oligomerization of NHE3 in total lysates and decreased the amount of plasma membrane NHE3. Treatment with PKC inhibitors did not affect the oligomerization of NHE3 but did prevent the decrease in surface amount of NHE3. These results suggest that PKCalpha is not necessary for the Ca2+-dependent formation of the NHE3 plasma membrane complex, although it is necessary for decreasing the membrane amounts of NHE3, probably by stimulating NHE3 endocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, 925 Ross Research Bldg., 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205-2195, USA.
authors.forename: Whaseon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lee-Kwon
authors.forename: Jae Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Boyoung
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Darlene A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dartt
authors.forename: Driss
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zoukhri
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donowitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D000074083:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000074083:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; C093376:sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha; D002118:Calcium