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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol
2020 Aug 01;3192:C371-C380. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00488.2019.
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WNK3 and WNK4 exhibit opposite sensitivity with respect to cell volume and intracellular chloride concentration.
Pacheco-Alvarez D
,
Carrillo-Pérez DL
,
Mercado A
,
Leyva-Ríos K
,
Moreno E
,
Hernández-Mercado E
,
Castañeda-Bueno M
,
Vázquez N
,
Gamba G
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Cation-coupled chloride cotransporters (CCC) play a role in modulating intracellular chloride concentration ([Cl-]i) and cell volume. Cell shrinkage and cell swelling are accompanied by an increase or decrease in [Cl-]i, respectively. Cell shrinkage and a decrease in [Cl-]i increase the activity of NKCCs (Na-K-Cl cotransporters: NKCC1, NKCC2, and Na-Cl) and inhibit the activity of KCCs (K-Cl cotransporters: KCC1 to KCC4), wheras cell swelling and an increase in [Cl-]i activate KCCs and inhibit NKCCs; thus, it is unlikely that the same kinase is responsible for both effects. WNK1 and WNK4 are chloride-sensitive kinases that modulate the activity of CCC in response to changes in [Cl-]i. Here, we showed that WNK3, another member of the serine-threonine kinase WNK family with known effects on CCC, is not sensitive to [Cl-]i but can be regulated by changes in extracellular tonicity. In contrast, WNK4 is highly sensitive to [Cl-]i but is not regulated by changes in cell volume. The activity of WNK3 toward NaCl cotransporter is not affected by eliminating the chloride-binding site of WNK3, further confirming that the kinase is not sensitive to chloride. Chimeric WNK3/WNK4 proteins were produced, and analysis of the chimeras suggests that sequences within the WNK's carboxy-terminal end may modulate the chloride affinity. We propose that WNK3 is a cell volume-sensitive kinase that translates changes in cell volume into phosphorylation of CCC.
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