Meeting details menu

Meeting Authors
Meeting Abstracts
Keynote lectures
Oral communications
Poster presentations
Special symposia
Other

Acta Physiologica Congress

Back

Acta Physiologica 2009; Volume 195, Supplement 669
The 88th Annual Meeting of The German Physiological Society
3/22/2009-3/25/2009
Giessen, Germany


PIKFYVE-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF THE CL- CHANNEL CLC-2
Abstract number: YP53

Tyan1 L., Czarkowski1 K., Klaus1 F., Laufer1 J., Foller1 M., Lang1 F.

1Department of Physiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tbingen

The inwardly rectifying anion channel ClC-2 contributes to the regulation of neuronal excitability, Cl- secretion and cell volume. As shown previously, ClC-2 is stimulated by the serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase SGK1, an effect partially accounted for by inhibition of the ubiquitin ligase Nedd4-2 and mimicked by the SGK1 isoforms SGK2 and SGK3 as well as by the related kinase PKB/Akt. SGK1 and PKB/Akt have been shown to phosphorylate and thus activate the kinase PIKfyve, which mediates some effects of SGK1 and PKB/Akt on cell membrane proteins. Employing the heterologous expression system of Xenopus oocytes, the present study explored whether PIKfyve participates in the regulation of ClC-2. Expression of wild type PIKfyve markedly increased the Cl- conductance in oocytes injected with ClC-2 mRNA but not in oocytes injected without ClC-2 mRNA. The effect of PIKfyve coexpression on ClC-2 activity was mimicked by coexpression of constitutive active S422DSGK1. Coexpression of the SGK1 resistant S31APIKfyve mutant did not stimulate ClC-2 and blunted the stimulating effect of S422DSGK1. Conversely, coexpression of the inactive K127NSGK1 mutant did not stimulate ClC-2 and blunted the stimulating effect of wild type PIKfyve. In conclusion, SGK1 and PIKfyve concert to stimulate the Cl- channel ClC-2.

To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Acta Physiologica 2009; Volume 195, Supplement 669 :YP53

Our site uses cookies to improve your experience.You can find out more about our use of cookies in our standard cookie policy, including instructions on how to reject and delete cookies if you wish to do so.

By continuing to browse this site you agree to us using cookies as described in our standard cookie policy .

CLOSE