High CO2 leads to Na, K-ATPase endocytosis via c-Jun amino-terminal kinase-induced LMO7b phosphorylation

Laura A. Dada*, Humberto E. Trejo Bittar, Lynn C. Welch, Olga Vagin, Nimrod Deiss-Yehiely, Aileen M. Kelly, Mairead R. Baker, Joseph Capri, Whitaker Cohn, Julian P. Whitelegge, István Vadász, Yosef Gruenbaum, Jacob I. Sznajder

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Abstract

The c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) plays a role in inflammation, proliferation, apoptosis, and cell adhesion and cell migration by phosphorylating paxillin and ß-catenin. JNK phosphorylation downstream of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation is required for high CO2 (hypercapnia)-induced Na, K-ATPase endocytosis in alveolar epithelial cells. Here, we provide evidence that during hypercapnia, JNK promotes the phosphorylation of LMO7b, a scaffolding protein, in vitro and in intact cells. LMO7b phosphorylation was blocked by exposing the cells to the JNK inhibitor SP600125 and by infecting cells with dominant-negative JNK or AMPK adenovirus. The knockdown of the endogenous LMO7b or overexpression of mutated LMO7b with alanine substitutions of five potential JNK phosphorylation sites (LMO7b-5SA) or only Ser-1295 rescued both LMO7b phosphorylation and the hypercapnia-induced Na, K-ATPase endocytosis. Moreover, high CO2 promoted the colocalization and interaction of LMO7b and the Na, K-ATPase α1 subunit at the plasma membrane, which were prevented by SP600125 or by transfecting cells with LMO7b-5SA. Collectively, our data suggest that hypercapnia leads to JNK-induced LMO7b phosphorylation at Ser-1295, which facilitates the interaction of LMO7b with Na, K-ATPase at the plasma membrane promoting the endocytosis of Na, K-ATPase in alveolar epithelial cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3962-3973
Number of pages12
JournalMolecular and Cellular Biology
Volume35
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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