title: MARCKS regulation of mucin secretion by airway epithelium in vitro: interaction with chaperones.
abstract: We have reported previously that myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS) is a key regulatory molecule controlling mucin secretion by airway epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo. The results of those studies supported a mechanism whereby MARCKS, upon phosphorylation by protein kinase C (PKC), translocates from plasma membrane to cytoplasm, where its binding to membranes of intracellular mucin granules is a key component of the secretory pathway. It remains unknown how MARCKS is targeted to and/or preferentially attaches to mucin granule membranes. We hypothesized that the chaperone cysteine string protein (CSP) may play an important role in this process. CSP was shown to associate with membranes of intracellular mucin granules in well-differentiated normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells in vitro, as determined by ultrastructural immunohistochemistry and Western blotting of isolated granule membranes. CSP in these cells complexed with MARCKS, as shown by co-immunoprecipitation. Given reported associations between CSP and a second chaperone, heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), a role for HSP70 in the MARCKS-dependent secretory mechanism also was investigated. HSP70 appeared to form a trimeric complex with MARCKS and CSP associated with mucin granule membranes within airway epithelial cells. Transfection of the HBE1 human bronchial epithelial cell line with siRNAs targeting sequences of MARCKS, CSP, or HSP70 resulted, in each case, in significant knockdown of expression of these proteins and subsequent attenuation of mucin secretion. The results provide the first evidence that CSP and HSP70, and their interactions with MARCKS, are involved in mucin secretion.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
authors.forename: Joungjoa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Shijing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Anne L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Crews
authors.forename: Ko-Wei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kenneth B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C000619710:MARCKS protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009077:Mucins; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C088460:cysteine string protein; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate