V. Raghuram et al., Regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator single-channel gating by bivalent PDZ-domain-mediated interaction, P NAS US, 98(3), 2001, pp. 1300-1305
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cAMP-de
pendent protein kinase- and ATP-regulated chloride channel, the activity of
which determines the rate of electrolyte and fluid transport in a variety
of epithelial tissues. Here we describe a mechanism that regulates CFTR cha
nnel activity, which is mediated by PDZ domains, a family of conserved prot
ein-interaction modules, The Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF) bin
ds to the cytoplasmic tail of CFTR through either of its two PDZ (PDZ1 and
PDZ2) domains, A recombinant fragment of NHERF (PDZ1-2) containing the two
PDZ domains increases the open probability (P-o) of single CFTR channels in
excised membrane patches from a lung submucosal gland cell line, Both PDZ
domains are required for this functional effect, because peptides containin
g mutations in either domain are unable to increase channel P-o. The concen
tration dependence of the regulation by the bivalent PDZ1-2 domain is bipha
sic, i.e., activating at lower concentrations and inhibiting at higher conc
entrations. Furthermore, either PDZ domain alone or together is without eff
ect on P-o, but either domain can competitively inhibit the PDZ1-2-mediated
stimulation of CFTR, Our results support a molecular model in which bivale
nt NHERF PDZ domains regulate channel gating by crosslinking the C-terminal
tails in a single dimeric CFTR channel, and the magnitude of this regulati
on is coupled to the stoichiometry of these interactions.