title: K restriction inhibits protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B) and suppression of PP2B decreases ROMK channel activity in the CCD.
abstract: We used Western blot analysis to examine the effect of dietary K intake on the expression of serine/threonine protein phosphatase in the kidney. K restriction significantly decreased the expression of catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase (PP)2B but increased the expression of PP2B regulatory subunit in both rat and mouse kidney. However, K depletion did not affect the expression of PP1 and PP2A. Treatment of M-1 cells, mouse cortical collecting duct (CCD) cells, or 293T cells with glucose oxidase (GO), which generates superoxide anions through glucose metabolism, mimicked the effect of K restriction on PP2B expression and significantly decreased expression of PP2B catalytic subunits. However, GO treatment increased expression of regulatory subunit of PP2B and had no effect on expression of PP1, PP2A, and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1D. Moreover, deletion of gp91-containing NADPH oxidase abolished the effect of K depletion on PP2B. Thus superoxide anions or related products may mediate the inhibitory effect of K restriction on the expression of PP2B catalytic subunit. We also used patch-clamp technique to study the effect of inhibiting PP2B on renal outer medullary K (ROMK) channels in the CCD. Application of cyclosporin A or FK506, inhibitors of PP2B, significantly decreased ROMK channels, and the effect of PP2B inhibitors was abolished by blocking p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and ERK. Furthermore, Western blot demonstrated that inhibition of PP2B with cyclosporin A or small interfering RNA increased the phosphorylation of ERK and p38 MAPK. We conclude that K restriction suppresses the expression of PP2B catalytic subunits and that inhibition of PP2B decreases ROMK channel activity through stimulation of MAPK in the CCD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dao-Hong
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zhi-Jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Baofeng
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wen-Hui
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019703:Calcineurin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002460:Cell Line; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D000074662:NADPH Oxidase 2; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010766:Phosphorylation; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000378:metabolism*; D017419:Potassium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C510693:Kcnj1 protein, mouse; C510692:Kcnj1 protein, rat; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D017419:Potassium, Dietary; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D013481:Superoxides; D016572:Cyclosporine; D005949:Glucose Oxidase; C488842:Cybb protein, mouse; D000074662:NADPH Oxidase 2; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019703:Calcineurin; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D016559:Tacrolimus