The Kinase Grk2 Regulates Nedd4/Nedd4-2-Dependent Control of Epithelial Na+Channels

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 101; no. 32; pp. 11886 - 11890
• Main Authors: Dinudom, Anuwat, Fotia, Andrew B., Lefkowitz, Robert J., Young, John A., Kumar, Sharad, Cook, David I., Giebisch, Gerhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 10-08-2004; National Acad Sciences
• Subjects: Anatomy & physiology; Animals; Antibodies; beta-Adrenergic Receptor Kinases; Biological Sciences; Blood pressure; Cattle; Cells, Cultured; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases - metabolism; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases - physiology; Dialysis; Electrophysiology; Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport; Epithelial Cells - metabolism; Feedback, Physiological; Heparin; Hypertension; Hypertension - etiology; Male; Mice; Models, Chemical; Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases; Phosphatases; Phosphorylation; Physiological regulation; Pipettes; Proteins; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; Salivary Ducts - cytology; Sodium Channel Agonists; Sodium Channels - metabolism; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases - physiology; Ubiquitins
• ISSN: 0027-8424; 1091-6490
• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402178101

Epithelia Na+channels mediate the transport of Na across epithelia in the kidney, gut, and lungs and are required for blood pressure regulation. They are inhibited by ubiquitin protein ligases, such as Nedd4 and Nedd4-2, with loss of this inhibition leading to hypertension. Here, we report that these channels are maintained in the active state by the G protein-coupled receptor kinase, Grk2, which has been previously implicated in the development of essential hypertension. We also show that Grk2 phosphorylates the C terminus of the channel β subunit and renders the channels insensitive to inhibition by Nedd4-2. This mechanism has not been previously reported to regulate epithelial Na+channels and provides a potential explanation for the observed association of Grk2 overactivity with hypertension. Here, we report a G protein-coupled receptor kinase regulating a membrane protein other than a receptor and provide a paradigm for understanding how the interaction between membrane proteins and ubiquitin protein ligases is controlled.