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MUCOSAL BIOLOGY
Departments of 1Physiology I, 2Anatomy, and 3Molecular Pathology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; 4Department of Physiology, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland; and 5Department of Pharmacology, University of Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
Submitted 18 March 2003 ; accepted in final form 5 March 2004
Serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 (SGK1) is highly expressed in enterocytes. The significance of the kinase in regulation of intestinal function has, however, remained elusive. In Xenopus laevis oocytes, SGK1 stimulates the epithelial Na+ channel by phosphorylating the ubiquitin ligase Nedd42, which regulates channels by ubiquitination leading to subsequent degradation of the channel protein. Thus the present study has been performed to explore whether SGK1 regulates transport systems expressed in intestinal epithelial cells, specifically type IIb sodium-phosphate (Na+-Pi) cotransporter (NaPi IIb). Immunohistochemistry in human small intestine revealed SGK1 colocalization with Nedd42 in villus enterocytes. For functional analysis cRNA encoding NaPi IIb, the SGK isoforms and/or the Nedd42 were injected into X. laevis oocytes, and transport activity was quantified as the substrate-induced current (IP). Exposure to 3 mM phosphate induces an IP in NaPi IIb-expressing oocytes. Coinjection of Nedd42, but not the catalytically inactive mutant C938SNedd42, significantly downregulates IP, whereas the coinjection of S422DSGK1 markedly stimulates IP and even fully reverses the effect of Nedd42 on IP. The effect of S422DSGK1 on NaPi IIb is mimicked by wild-type SGK3 but not by wild-type SGK2, constitutively active T308D,S473DPKB, or inactive K127NSGK1. Moreover, S422DSGK1 and SGK3 phosphorylate Nedd42. In conclusion, SGK1 stimulates the NaPi IIb, at least in part, by phosphorylating and thereby inhibiting Nedd42 binding to its target. Thus the present study reveals a novel signaling pathway in the regulation of intestinal phosphate transport, which may be important for regulation of phosphate balance.
transforming growth factor-
; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; transporter; protein kinase B; protein kinases
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