title: Inhibitory regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator anion-transporting activities by Shank2.
abstract: Accumulating evidence suggests that protein-protein interactions play an important role in transepithelial ion transport. In the present study, we report on the biochemical and functional association between cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and a PDZ domain-containing protein Shank2. Exploratory reverse transcription-PCR screening revealed mRNAs for several members of PDZ domain-containing proteins in epithelial cells. Shank2, one of these scaffolding proteins, showed a strong interaction with CFTR by yeast two-hybrid assays. Shank2-CFTR interaction was verified by co-immunoprecipitation experiments in mammalian cells. Notably, this interaction was abolished by mutations in the PDZ domain of Shank2. Protein phosphorylation, HCO(3)(-) transport and Cl(-) current by CFTR were measured in NIH 3T3 cells with heterologous expression of Shank2. Of interest, expression of Shank2 suppressed cAMP-induced phosphorylation and activation of CFTR. Importantly, loss of Shank2 by stable transfection of antisense-hShank2 plasmid strongly increased CFTR currents in colonic T84 cells, in which CFTR and Shank2 were natively expressed. Our results indicate that Shank2 negatively regulates CFTR and that this may play a significant role in maintaining epithelial homeostasis under normal and diseased conditions such as those presented by secretory diarrhea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Brain Korea 21 Project fo Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752.
authors.forename: Joo Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: WonSun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Wan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Namkung
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyewon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Eunjoon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Min Goo
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000838:Anions; D019921:Biotinylation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002713:Chlorine / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000737:chemistry; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014162:Transfection; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D000838:Anions; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C485686:Shank2 protein, rat; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator; D002713:Chlorine; D000242:Cyclic AMP