MDM2 E3 ubiquitin ligase mediates UT-A1 urea transporter ubiquitination and degradation.
UT-A1 is the primary urea transporter in the apical plasma membrane responsible for urea reabsorption in the inner medullary collecting duct. Although the physiological function of UT-A1 has been well established, the molecular mechanisms that regulate its activity are less well understood. Analysis of the UT-A1 amino acid sequence revealed a potential MDM2 E3 ubiquitin ligase-binding motif in the large intracellular loop of UT-A1, suggesting that UT-A1 urea transporter protein may be regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Here, we report that UT-A1 is ubiquitinated and degraded by the proteasome but not the lysosome proteolytic pathway. Inhibition of proteasome activity causes UT-A1 cell surface accumulation and concomitantly increases urea transport activity. UT-A1 interacts directly with MDM2; the binding site is located in the NH2-terminal p53-binding region of MDM2. MDM2 mediates UT-A1 ubiquitination both in vivo and in vitro. Overexpression of MDM2 promotes UT-A1 degradation. The mechanism is likely to be physiologically important as UT-A1 ubiquitination was identified in kidney inner medullary tissue. The ubiquitin-proteasome degradation pathway provides an important novel mechanism for UT-A1 regulation.
Chen
Guangping
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Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, WMRB Rm. 338, 1639 Pierce Dr., NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. gchen3@emory.edu
Huang
Haidong
H
Fröhlich
Otto
O
Yang
Yuan
Y
Klein
Janet D
JD
Price
S Russ
SR
Sands
Jeff M
JM
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D003513:Cycloheximide; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007093:Imidazoles; D007976:Leupeptins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010879:Piperazines; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D046988:Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; D061988:Proteasome Inhibitors; D051736:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D014508:Urea; D000096982:Urea Transporters; C482205:nutlin 3; C072553:benzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leucine aldehyde
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