title: Pyk2 activation is integral to acid stimulation of sodium/hydrogen exchanger 3.
abstract: The present study examines the role of Pyk2 in acid regulation of sodium/hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3) activity in OKP cells, a kidney proximal tubule epithelial cell line. Incubation of OKP cells in acid media caused a transient increase in Pyk2 phosphorylation that peaked at 30 seconds and increased Pyk2/c-Src binding at 90 seconds. Pyk2 isolated by immunoprecipitation and studied in a cell-free system was activated and phosphorylated at acidic pH. Acid activation of Pyk2 (a) was specific for Pyk2 in that acid did not activate focal adhesion kinase, (b) required calcium, and (c) was associated with increased affinity for ATP. Transfection of OKP cells with dominant-negative pyk2(K457A) or small interfering pyk2 duplex RNA blocked acid activation of NHE3, while neither had an effect on glucocorticoid activation of NHE3. In addition, pyk2(K457A) blocked acid activation of c-Src kinase, which is also required for acid regulation of NHE3. The present results demonstrate that Pyk2 is directly activated by acidic pH and that Pyk2 activation is required for acid activation of c-Src kinase and NHE3. Given that partially purified Pyk2 can be activated by acid in a cell-free system, Pyk2 may serve as the pH sensor that initiates the acid-regulated signaling cascade involved in NHE3 regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-8856, USA.
authors.forename: Shaoying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Preisig
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Alpern
mesh_terms: D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000143:Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002474:Cell-Free System; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000166:cytology; D009154:Mutation; D009893:Opossums; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D000074083:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C000613385:SLC9A3 protein, human; C000613387:Slc9a3 protein, rat; D000074083:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; D012313:RNA; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C496052:Ptk2 protein, rat; C410332:ASAP2 protein, human; D020727:ADP-Ribosylation Factors