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PLoS One
2014 Jan 01;94:e94267. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094267.
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Functional analysis of a missense mutation in the serine protease inhibitor SPINT2 associated with congenital sodium diarrhea.
Faller N
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Gautschi I
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Schild L
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Membrane-bound serine proteases play important roles in different biological processes. Their regulation by endogenous inhibitors is poorly understood. A Y163C mutation in the SPINT2 gene encoding the serine protease inhibitor Hepatocyte Growth Factor Inhibitor HAI-2 is associated with a congenital sodium diarrhea. The functional consequences of this mutation on HAI-2 activity and its physiological targets are unknown. We established a cellular assay in Xenopus laevis oocytes to study functional interactions between HAI-2 and candidate membrane-bound serine proteases expressed in the gastro-intestinal tract. We found that the wild-type form of HAI-2 is a potent inhibitor of nine gastro-intestinal serine proteases. The Y163C mutation in the second Kunitz domain of HAI-2 resulted in a complete loss of inhibitory activity on two intestinal proteases, prostasin and tmprss13. The effect of the mutation of the homologous Y68C in the first Kunitz domain of HAI-2 is consistent with a differential contribution of the two Kunitz domains of HAI-2 in the inhibition of serine proteases. By contrast to the Tyr to Cys, the Tyr to Ser substitution did not change the inhibitory potency of HAI-2, indicating that the thiol-group of the cysteine rather than the Tyr deletion is responsible for the HAI-2 loss of function. Our functional assay allowed us to identify membrane-bound serine proteases as cellular target for inhibition by HAI-2 wild type and mutants, and to better define the role of the Tyr in the second Kunitz domain in the inhibitory activity of HAI-2.
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Figure 2. Validation of the functional assay using ENaC as a reporter gene.A, Representative recordings of amiloride-sensitive current (INa+) in the presence (filled bars) or absence of trypsin (5 μg/ml), in Xenopus oocytes injected with 0.11 ng/subunit ENaC alone (left panel), with ENaC and 0.25 ng tmprss13 (middle panel) and with ENaC, tmprss13 and 1.5 ng spint2 cRNA (right panel). 10 μM amiloride was used to block the ENaC-mediated current. B, Effects of increasing the amounts of injected tmprss13 and enteropeptidase cRNAs on INa+. INa+ was measured in oocytes injected with ENaC with/without of tmprss13 or enteropeptidase as indicated. INa+ was measured without (black bars) or with trypsin (5 μg/ml) perfused extracellularly (white bars) as a positive control for ENaC activation. C, Effects of increasing the amounts of injected spint2 cRNA to prevent the tmprss13- or enteropeptidase-mediated increase in INa+ (left and right panels, respectively). D, Effect of spint2 on INa+. INa+ was measured 12, 24 and 30 hours after injection (left, middle and right panels, respectively) in three independent experiments. nâ=â6-9 measured oocytes per condition from 2 different batches for each experiment. Data are means ± SEM; *, p<0.05/**, p<0.01 compared to ENaC alone or ENaC + protease (as indicated) after two-way repeated measure ANOVA followed by Dunnett's multiple comparisons test.
Figure 3. Functional analysis of interactions between HAI-2 (wt and mutants) and membrane-bound serine proteases.A, ENaC-mediated sodium currents (INa+) were measured in Xenopus oocytes injected with ENaC with/without candidate serine protease and HAI-2 (wild-type or mutants Y68C and Y163C) as indicated. INa+ was measured without (black bars) or with trypsin (5 μg/ml) perfused extracellularly (white bars) as a positive control for ENaC activation. nâ¥15 measured oocytes per condition from at least 2 different animals. Each protease was tested in at least two independent experiments. Data are means ± SEM. B, Relative trypsin-mediated increase in INa+ was calculated by dividing, for each oocyte from experiments of panel A, INa+ after treatment with trypsin by INa+ before treatment with trypsin. Data are means ± SEM. */#/°, p<0.05, **/##/°°, p<0.01, ***/###/°°°, p<0.001, compared to ENaC alone, ENaC + protease or ENaC + protease + HAI-2 WT respectively after One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test.
Figure 4. Effect of the double mutant HAI-2 Y68C/Y163C on enteropeptidase, Tmprss2, tmprss4 and matriptase.A, ENaC-mediated sodium currents (INa+), were measured in Xenopus oocytes injected with ENaC with or without serine protease and HAI-2 (wild-type or double mutant Y68C/Y163C) as indicated. INa+ was measured without (black bars) and with trypsin (5 μg/ml) perfused extracellularly (white bars) as a positive control for ENaC activation. nâ¥11 measured oocytes from 4 different animals. Each protease was tested in two independent experiments. Data are means ± SEM. B, Relative trypsin-mediated increase in INa+ was calculated by dividing, for each oocyte from experiments of panel A, INa+ after treatment with trypsin by INa+ before treatment with trypsin. Data are means ± SEM. **/##/°°, p<0.01, ***/###/°°°, p<0.001, compared to ENaC alone, ENaC + protease or ENaC + protease + HAI-2 WT respectively after One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test.
Figure 5. Effect of HAI-2 Y68S and Y163S mutations on tmprss13 activity.A, ENaC-mediated sodium currents (INa+), were measured in Xenopus oocytes injected with ENaC, tmprss13 and HAI-2 (wild-type or mutant). INa+ was measured without (black bars) and with trypsin (5 μg/ml) perfused extracellularly (white bars) as a positive control for ENaC activation. nâ¥14 measured oocytes from 4 different animals performed in two independent experiments. Data are means ± SEM. B, Relative trypsin-mediated increase in INa+ was calculated by dividing, for each oocyte from experiments of panel A, INa+ after treatment with trypsin by INa+ before treatment with trpysin. Data are means ± SEM. ***, p<0.001, compared to ENaC alone, after One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparisons test.
Figure 6. Structure of the catalytic domain of matriptase in complex with the 1st Kunitz domain of HAI-1.The crystal structure of the complex was solved by Zhao et al. [49] and the atomic coordinates used for the figure were obtained from the Protein Data Bank (code 4ISO). The 1st Kunitz domain of HAI-1 is shown in gray with the Tyr280 residue (magenta), and the cysteines (red) involved in disulfide bonds. The catalytic domain of the matriptase is represented in black with the cysteines (red) involved in disulfide bonds. Insert: substitution of the Tyr280 (magenta) in the KD1 of HAI-1with a cysteine pointing its side chain towards the Cys283.
Figure 1. Tissue distribution of mRNA expression of Spint2 and membrane-bound serine proteases.Quantitative RT-PCRs were performed on selected organs from three wild-type adult mice. From stomach to distalcolon, tissues were scraped to get fractions enriched in mucosal cells. Each gene was assessed in duplicates in two independent experiments. Results are expressed as arbitrary units (A.U.) based on standard dilution curves (see Material and Methods).
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