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NHE3 is the Na+/H+ exchanger located on the intestinal and renal brush border membrane, where it functions in transepithelial Na+ absorption. The brush border Na+ absorptive process is acutely inhibited by activation of
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
, but the molecular mechanism of this inhibitory effect is poorly understood. We have identified two regulatory proteins, E3KARP and
NHERF
, that interact with NHE3 to enable cAMP to inhibit NHE3. The two regulatory proteins are structurally related, sharing approximately 50% identity in amino acid sequences. It has been previously shown that when NHE3 is transfected into PS120 fibroblasts or Caco-2 cells, cAMP failed to inhibit NHE3 activity. Northern blot analysis showed that both PS120 and Caco-2 cells lacked the expression of both E3KARP and
NHERF
. In contrast, other cell lines in which cAMP inhibits NHE3, including OK, CHO, and LLC-PK1 cells, expressed
NHERF
-related regulatory proteins. To determine their functions in cAMP-dependent inhibition of NHE3, E3KARP and
NHERF
were transfected into PS120/NHE3 fibroblasts. Transfection in PS120/NHE3 fibroblasts with either
NHERF
or E3KARP reconstituted cAMP-induced inhibition of NHE3, resulting in 25-30% inhibition in these cells.
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PMID:cAMP-mediated inhibition of the epithelial brush border Na+/H+ exchanger, NHE3, requires an associated regulatory protein. 909 37
The cortical cytoskeleton of eucaryotic cells provides structural support to the plasma membrane and also contributes to dynamic processes such as endocytosis, exocytosis, and transmembrane signaling pathways. The ERM (ezrin-radixin-moesin) family of proteins, of which ezrin is the best studied member, play structural and regulatory roles in the assembly and stabilization of specialized plasma membrane domains. Ezrin and related molecules are concentrated in surface projections such as microvilli and membrane ruffles where they link the microfilaments to the membrane. The present knowledge about ezrin is discussed from an historical perspective. Both biochemical and cell biological studies have revealed that ezrin can exist in a dormant conformation that requires activation to expose otherwise masked association sites. Current results indicate that activated ezrin monomers or head-to-tail oligomers associate directly with F-actin through a domain in its C terminus, and with the membrane through its N-terminal domain. The association of ezrin with transmembrane proteins can be direct, as in the case of CD44, or indirect through
EBP50
. Other binding partners, including the regulatory subunit of
protein kinase A
and rho-GDI, suggest that ezrin is an integral component of these signaling pathways. Although the membrane-cytoskeletal linking function is clear, further studies are necessary to reveal how the activation of ezrin and its association with different binding partners is regulated.
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PMID:Ezrin: a protein requiring conformational activation to link microfilaments to the plasma membrane in the assembly of cell surface structures. 936 71
Cyclic AMP is a major second messenger that inhibits the brush border Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3. We have previously shown that either of two related regulatory proteins, E3KARP or
NHERF
, is necessary for the cAMP-dependent inhibition of NHE3. In the present study, we characterized the interaction between NHE3 and E3KARP using in vitro binding assays. We found that NHE3 directly binds to E3KARP and that the entirety of the second PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain plus the carboxyl-terminal domain of E3KARP are required to bind NHE3. E3KARP binds an internal region within the NHE3 C-terminal cytoplasmic tail, defining a new mode of PDZ domain interaction. Analyses of cellular distribution of NHE3 and E3KARP expressed in PS120 fibroblasts show that NHE3 and E3KARP are co-localized on the plasma membrane, but not in a distinct juxtanuclear compartment in which NHE3 is predominantly expressed. The distributions of NHE3 and E3KARP were not affected by treatment with 8-bromo-cAMP. As shown earlier for the human homolog of
NHERF
, we also found that the cytoskeletal protein ezrin binds to the carboxyl-terminal domain of E3KARP. These results are consistent with the possibility that E3KARP and
NHERF
may function as scaffold proteins that bind to both NHE3 and ezrin. Since ezrin is a protein kinase A anchoring protein, we suggest that the scaffolding function of E3KARP binding to both ezrin and NHE3 localizes
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
in the vicinity of the cytoplasmic domain of NHE3, which is phosphorylated by elevated cAMP.
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PMID:NHE3 kinase A regulatory protein E3KARP binds the epithelial brush border Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3 and the cytoskeletal protein ezrin. 974 60
NHE3 is the apically located Na+/H+ exchanger in the gut and in the renal proximal tubule. Acute inhibition of this transporter by cAMP requires the presence of either of two NHE3-associated proteins,
NHERF
or E3KARP. It has been suggested that these proteins either directly regulate NHE3 activity after being phosphorylated by
protein kinase A
(
PKA
) or that they may serve as adapters that localize
PKA
near NHE3. We studied the role of
NHERF
and E3KARP in opossum kidney cells, which endogenously express NHE3,
NHERF
, and ezrin and display cAMP-dependent inhibition of NHE3. In vivo phosphorylation studies showed that
NHERF
is a phosphoprotein under basal conditions, but does not change its phosphorylation state after 8-bromo-cAMP treatment, and that E3KARP is not phosphorylated at all. Co-immunoprecipitation showed that
NHERF
and E3KARP bind both NHE3 and ezrin. Using cAMP analogs it was demonstrated that NHE3 activity, measured as sodium-dependent recovery of the intracellular pH after intracellular acidification, is inhibited by
PKA
type II. Because others have shown that ezrin binds
PKA
type II and that NHE3 is phosphorylated by
PKA
we suggest that
NHERF
and E3KARP are adapters that link NHE3 to ezrin, thereby localizing
PKA
near NHE3 to allow NHE3 phosphorylation.
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PMID:The role of NHERF and E3KARP in the cAMP-mediated inhibition of NHE3. 979 17
The sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor (
NHERF
) was first identified as an essential cofactor for cyclic AMP-mediated inhibition of the epithelial isoform of rabbit kidney sodium-hydrogen exchanger (NHE3). More recent work shows that
NHERF
constitutes a family of PSD-95/DIg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain-containing adapter proteins, only some of which associate with the NHE3 antiporter. Other targets of the
NHERF
proteins include members of the ezrin-radixin-moesin family of cytoskeletal proteins. In the current model for NHE3 regulation,
NHERF
links NHE3 to the
protein kinase A
-anchoring protein, ezrin, and thereby facilitates its phosphorylation and inhibition by
protein kinase A
. Recent studies have also established the interaction of
NHERF
and its homologs with the beta2-adrenergic receptor and the platelet-derived growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase that facilitates signal transduction by these receptors. Association with
NHERF
may also regulate the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and the sodium-bicarbonate transporter. With the rapid increase in the intracellular targets identified for
NHERF
, the emerging data point to a broad role for these PDZ-containing proteins in the organization of signaling complexes and control of cell physiology.
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PMID:Assembly of signaling complexes by the sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor family of PDZ-containing proteins. 1054 Dec 24
Although it is generally recognized that cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) contains a PSD-95/Disc-large/ZO-1 (PDZ)-binding motif at its COOH terminus, the identity of the PDZ domain protein(s) that interact with CFTR is uncertain, and the functional impact of this interaction is not fully understood. By using human airway epithelial cells, we show that CFTR associates with Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) type 3 kinase A regulatory protein (E3KARP), an
EBP50
/NHE regulatory factor (NHERF)-related PDZ domain protein. The PDZ binding motif located at the COOH terminus of CFTR interacts preferentially with the second PDZ domain of E3KARP, with nanomolar affinity. In contrast to
EBP50
/NHERF, E3KARP is predominantly localized (>95%) in the membrane fractions of Calu-3 and T84 cells, where CFTR is located. Moreover, confocal immunofluorescence microscopy of polarized Calu-3 monolayers shows that E3KARP and CFTR are co-localized at the apical membrane domain. We also found that ezrin associates with E3KARP in vivo. Co-expression of CFTR with E3KARP and ezrin in Xenopus oocytes potentiated cAMP-stimulated CFTR Cl(-) currents. These results support the concept that E3KARP functions as a scaffold protein that links CFTR to ezrin. Since ezrin has been shown previously to function as a protein kinase A anchoring protein, we suggest that one function served by the interaction of E3KARP with both ezrin and CFTR is to localize
protein kinase A
in the vicinity of the R-domain of CFTR. Since ezrin is also an actin-binding protein, the formation of a CFTR.E3KARP.ezrin complex may be important also in stabilizing CFTR at the apical membrane domain of airway cells.
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PMID:E3KARP mediates the association of ezrin and protein kinase A with the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in airway cells. 1089 22
Ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM)-binding phosphoprotein 50 (
EBP50
) and NHE3 Kinase A regulatory protein (E3KARP) are membrane-cytoskeleton linking proteins that utilize 2 PSD-95/DIg/ZO-1 (PDZ) domains and an ERM binding site to coordinate cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-regulated ion transport in a number of distinct epithelia. ERM family members serve to anchor
EBP50
and E3KARP to the actin cytoskeleton and sequester
protein kinase A
(
PKA
) to these protein complexes. In hepatocytes and cholangiocytes, the epithelial cells of the bile secretory unit, cAMP-activated
PKA
stimulates secretion and bile formation, but the molecular mechanisms, including the potential contribution of
EBP50
and E3KARP, remain undetermined. The present studies evaluated the comparative expression and localization of
EBP50
and E3KARP in rat hepatocytes and cholangiocytes. Complementary DNAs encoding rat
EBP50
and E3KARP were identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in both epithelial cell types and subsequently sequenced. Northern and Western analysis showed the presence of
EBP50
messenger RNA and protein in both hepatocytes and cholangiocytes. Confocal immunofluorescence revealed
EBP50
was concentrated at the apical domain of both cell types. E3KARP was also expressed in cholangiocytes but had a distinct cytoplasmic/nuclear distribution. In dominant-negative transfection studies, patch clamp analysis of Mz-ChA1 cholangiocarcinoma cells showed that expression of the PDZ1 domain of
EBP50
selectively decreased the endogenous cAMP-mediated Cl secretory response. The apical expression of
EBP50
, presence of specific ERM proteins, and functional effects of PDZ1 expression on cholangiocyte secretion suggest
EBP50
is positioned to contribute to the organization and regulation of bile secretory proteins in both hepatocytes and cholangiocytes.
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PMID:Ezrin-radixin-moesin-binding phosphoprotein 50 is expressed at the apical membrane of rat liver epithelia. 1112 33
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a
cAMP-dependent protein kinase
- and ATP-regulated chloride channel, the activity of which determines the rate of electrolyte and fluid transport in a variety of epithelial tissues. Here we describe a mechanism that regulates CFTR channel activity, which is mediated by PDZ domains, a family of conserved protein-interaction modules. The Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor (
NHERF
) binds to the cytoplasmic tail of CFTR through either of its two PDZ (PDZ1 and PDZ2) domains. A recombinant fragment of
NHERF
(PDZ1-2) containing the two PDZ domains increases the open probability (P(o)) of single CFTR channels in excised membrane patches from a lung submucosal gland cell line. Both PDZ domains are required for this functional effect, because peptides containing mutations in either domain are unable to increase channel P(o). The concentration dependence of the regulation by the bivalent PDZ1-2 domain is biphasic, i.e., activating at lower concentrations and inhibiting at higher concentrations. Furthermore, either PDZ domain alone or together is without effect on P(o), but either domain can competitively inhibit the PDZ1-2-mediated stimulation of CFTR. Our results support a molecular model in which bivalent
NHERF
PDZ domains regulate channel gating by crosslinking the C-terminal tails in a single dimeric CFTR channel, and the magnitude of this regulation is coupled to the stoichiometry of these interactions.
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PMID:Regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator single-channel gating by bivalent PDZ-domain-mediated interaction. 1115 44
Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor (
NHERF
), an essential protein cofactor in cAMP-mediated inhibition of Na(+)/H(+) exchange transporter 3 (NHE3), facilitates the formation of a signal complex of proteins that includes NHE3,
NHERF
, and ezrin. This model for NHE3 regulation was developed in fibroblasts and its applicability to epithelial cells remains to be established. Opossum kidney (OK) cells were transfected with either empty vector (control), full-length mouse (m)
NHERF
(1-355), or a truncated mNHERF(1-325) that lacked ezrin binding and had been demonstrated in fibroblasts to bind NHE3 but not mediate its cAMP-associated inhibition. 8-Bromoadenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (8-BrcAMP) at 10(-4) M inhibited Na(+)/H(+) exchange activity in control and OK cells expressing wild-type mNHERF(1-355) by >60% but by <10% in cells expressing mNHERF(1-325). NHE3 coimmunoprecipitated with mNHERF(1-325), but cAMP phosphorylation of NHE3 was impaired in cells expressing mNHERF(1-325). The inhibitory effect of hyperosmolality on NHE3 activity and the uptake of 3-O-methyl-D-glucose was the same in all three cell lines. Cell surface expression of NHE3 was not changed by cAMP in any of the cells lines. These data indicate that disruption of the
NHERF
-ezrin signal complex attenuates the inhibitory effect of cAMP on NHE3 activity in OK cells and provides evidence supporting the proposed model of
protein kinase A
regulation of NHE3 in epithelial cells.
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PMID:Ezrin binding domain-deficient NHERF attenuates cAMP-mediated inhibition of Na(+)/H(+) exchange in OK cells. 1145 30
Biochemical and cellular experiments in fibroblasts have established the requirement for a member of the PDZ motif Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor family of proteins (
NHERF
and NHERF2) in cAMP-mediated phosphorylation and inhibition of NHE3 activity.
NHERF
interacts with the actin cytoskeleton through the scaffolding protein ezrin to target a multiprotein signal complex to the plasma membrane. Recent experiments have focused on elements of this model. First, using specific antibodies,
NHERF
was identified in the renal proximal tubule, where it colocalized with ezrin and NHE3. NHERF2 was seen in glomeruli, the renal vasculature, and collecting duct cells, where it colocalized with ROMK. This distinct nephron localization suggests different physiologic roles for
NHERF
and NHERF2. Second, the signal-complex model of
protein kinase A
regulation of NHE3 developed in fibroblasts has been extended to epithelial cells by the development of a dominant-negative opossum kidney cell line expressing an ezrin binding domain-deficient truncation of
NHERF
. Preliminary studies indicate that these cells have normal basal Na+/H+ exchanger activity but a blunted inhibitory response to cAMP. Third, biochemical, biophysical, and cell experiments have indicated that
NHERF
binds to itself in a head-to-head configuration, raising the possibility that dimerization may alter the availability of active
NHERF
. The potential role of the
NHERF
proteins in the kidney has been expanded by recent studies indicating their involvement in the membrane targeting, trafficking, sorting, and regulation of a range of other transporters, receptors, and signaling proteins.
NHERF
and related PDZ-containing proteins may serve as adapters for regulation of renal transporters.
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PMID:Acute regulation of NHE3 by protein kinase A requires a multiprotein signal complex. 1147 25
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