title: The peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1 determines parathyroid hormone mRNA levels and stability in rat models of secondary hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: Secondary hyperparathyroidism is a major complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In experimental models of secondary hyperparathyroidism induced by hypocalcemia or CKD, parathyroid hormone (PTH) mRNA levels increase due to increased PTH mRNA stability. K-homology splicing regulator protein (KSRP) decreases the stability of PTH mRNA upon binding a cis-acting element in the PTH mRNA 3' UTR region. As the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase (PPIase) Pin1 has recently been shown to regulate the turnover of multiple cytokine mRNAs, we investigated the role of Pin1 in regulating PTH mRNA stability in rat parathyroids and transfected cells. The data generated were consistent with Pin1 being a PTH mRNA destabilizing protein. Initial analysis indicated that Pin1 activity was decreased in parathyroid protein extracts from both hypocalcemic and CKD rats and that pharmacologic inhibition of Pin1 increased PTH mRNA levels posttranscriptionally in rat parathyroid and in transfected cells. Pin1 mediated its effects via interaction with KSRP, which led to KSRP dephosphorylation and activation. In the rat parathyroid, Pin1 inhibition decreased KSRP-PTH mRNA interactions, increasing PTH mRNA levels. Furthermore, Pin1-/- mice displayed increased serum PTH and PTH mRNA levels, suggesting that Pin1 determines basal PTH expression in vivo. These results demonstrate that Pin1 is a key mediator of PTH mRNA stability and indicate a role for Pin1 in the pathogenesis of secondary hyperparathyroidism in individuals with CKD.
authors.affiliation: Minerva Center for Calcium and Bone Metabolism, Nephrology Services, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nechama
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Irit
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mor Yosef-Levi
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: Tally
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naveh-Many
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020871:RNA Stability; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D003603:Cytotoxins; C507913:Khsrp protein, mouse; D009285:Naphthoquinones; C414604:PDZD2 protein, rat; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D015534:Trans-Activators; C005134:juglone