title: The cleaved cytoplasmic tail of polycystin-1 regulates Src-dependent STAT3 activation.
abstract: Polycystin-1 (PC1) mutations result in proliferative renal cyst growth and progression to renal failure in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The transcription factor STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3) was shown to be activated in cyst-lining cells in ADPKD and PKD mouse models and may drive renal cyst growth, but the mechanisms leading to persistent STAT3 activation are unknown. A proteolytic fragment of PC1 corresponding to the cytoplasmic tail, PC1-p30, is overexpressed in ADPKD. Here, we show that PC1-p30 interacts with the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Src, resulting in Src-dependent activation of STAT3 by tyrosine phosphorylation. The PC1-p30-mediated activation of Src/STAT3 was independent of JAK family kinases and insensitive to the STAT3 inhibitor suppressor of cytokine signaling 3. Signaling by the EGF receptor (EGFR) or cAMP amplified the activation of Src/STAT3 by PC1-p30. Expression of PC1-p30 changed the cellular response to cAMP signaling. In the absence of PC1-p30, cAMP dampened EGFR- or IL-6-dependent activation of STAT3; in the presence of PC1-p30, cAMP amplified Src-dependent activation of STAT3. In the polycystic kidney (PCK) rat model, activation of STAT3 in renal cystic cells depended on vasopressin receptor 2 (V2R) signaling, which increased cAMP levels. Genetic inhibition of vasopressin expression or treatment with a pharmacologic V2R inhibitor strongly suppressed STAT3 activation and reduced renal cyst growth. These results suggest that PC1, via its cleaved cytoplasmic tail, integrates signaling inputs from EGFR and cAMP, resulting in Src-dependent activation of STAT3 and a proliferative response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California;
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Nephrology and Genomic Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
authors.forename: Xuewen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors.forename: Xiaofang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany;
authors.forename: Markus M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rinschen
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California;
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doerr
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors.forename: Wells B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: LaRiviere
authors.affiliation: Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Systems Biology of Aging Cologne (Sybacol), Cologne, Germany; and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schermer
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Nephrology and Genomic Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
authors.forename: York P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota;
authors.forename: Vicente E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; weimbs@lifesci.ucsb.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weimbs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050396:TRPP Cation Channels / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D050396:TRPP Cation Channels