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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2012 Sep 15;3036:F800-11. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00703.2011.
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Phosphatidylinositol phosphate-dependent regulation of Xenopus ENaC by MARCKS protein.

Alli AA , Bao HF , Alli AA , Aldrugh Y , Song JZ , Ma HP , Yu L , Al-Khalili O , Eaton DC .


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Phosphatidylinositol phosphates (PIPs) are known to regulate epithelial sodium channels (ENaC). Lipid binding assays and coimmunoprecipitation showed that the amino-terminal domain of the β- and γ-subunits of Xenopus ENaC can directly bind to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)), phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP(3)), and phosphatidic acid (PA). Similar assays demonstrated various PIPs can bind strongly to a native myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS), but weakly or not at all to a mutant form of MARCKS. Confocal microscopy demonstrated colocalization between MARCKS and PIP(2). Confocal microscopy also showed that MARCKS redistributes from the apical membrane to the cytoplasm after PMA-induced MARCKS phosphorylation or ionomycin-induced intracellular calcium increases. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies revealed ENaC and MARCKS in close proximity in 2F3 cells when PKC activity and intracellular calcium concentrations are low. Transepithelial current measurements from Xenopus 2F3 cells treated with PMA and single-channel patch-clamp studies of Xenopus 2F3 cells treated with a PKC inhibitor altered Xenopus ENaC activity, which suggest an essential role for MARCKS in the regulation of Xenopus ENaC activity.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: marcks

References [+] :
Aderem, The MARCKS brothers: a family of protein kinase C substrates. 1992, Pubmed