RGD Reference Report - Activity of the renal Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter is reduced by mutagenesis of N-glycosylation sites: role for protein surface charge in Cl- transport. - Rat Genome Database

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Activity of the renal Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter is reduced by mutagenesis of N-glycosylation sites: role for protein surface charge in Cl- transport.

Authors: Paredes, A  Plata, C  Rivera, M  Moreno, E  Vazquez, N  Munoz-Clares, R  Hebert, SC  Gamba, G 
Citation: Paredes A, etal., Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2006 May;290(5):F1094-102. Epub 2005 Nov 15.
RGD ID: 1624189
Pubmed: PMID:16291577   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1152/ajprenal.00071.2005   (Journal Full-text)

The renal-specific Na(+)-K(+)-2Cl(-) cotransporter NKCC2 belongs to the SLC12 gene family; it is the target for loop diuretics and the cause of type I Bartter's syndrome. Because the NKCC2 sequence contains two putative N-linked glycosylation sites, one of which is conserved with the renal Na(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter in which glycosylation affects thiazide affinity, we assessed the role of glycosylation on NKCC2 functional properties. One (N442Q or N452Q) or both (N442,452Q) N-glycosylation sites were eliminated by site-directed mutagenesis. Wild-type NKCC2 and mutant clones were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and analyzed by (86)Rb(+) influx, Western blotting, and confocal microscopy. Inhibition of glycosylation with tunicamycin in wild-type NKCC2-injected oocytes resulted in an 80% reduction of NKCC2 activity. Immunoblot of injected oocytes revealed that glycosylation of NKCC2 was completely prevented in N442,452Q-injected oocytes. Functional activity was reduced by 50% in N442Q- and N452Q-injected oocytes and by 80% in oocytes injected with N442,452Q, whereas confocal microscopy of oocytes injected with wild-type or mutant enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged NKCC2 clones revealed that surface fluorescence intensity was reduced approximately 20% in single mutants and 50% in the double mutant. Ion transport kinetic analyses revealed no changes in cation affinity and a small increase in Cl(-) affinity by N442Q and N442,452Q. However, a slight decrease in bumetanide affinity was observed. Our data demonstrate that NKCC2 is glycosylated and suggest that prevention of glycosylation reduces its functional expression by affecting insertion into the plasma membrane and the intrinsic activity of the cotransporter.



Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Biological Process

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Slc12a1Ratchloride transport  IDA  RGD 
Slc12a1Ratpotassium ion transport  IDA  RGD 
Slc12a1Ratsodium ion transport  IDA  RGD 

Molecular Function

  
Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Slc12a1Ratsodium:potassium:chloride symporter activity  IDA  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Slc12a1  (solute carrier family 12 member 1)


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