Participation of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme UBE2E3 in Nedd4-2-dependent regulation of the epithelial Na+ channel

Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Mar;24(6):2397-409. doi: 10.1128/MCB.24.6.2397-2409.2004.

Abstract

The epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) is a heteromeric protein complex playing a fundamental role in Na+ homeostasis and blood pressure regulation. Specific mutations inactivating PY motifs in ENaC C termini cause Liddle's syndrome, an inherited form of hypertension. Previously we showed that these PY motifs serve as binding sites for the E3 enzyme Nedd4-2, implying ubiquitination as a regulatory mechanism of ENaC. Ubiquitination involves the sequential action of E1, E2, and E3 enzymes. Here we identify the E2 enzyme UBE2E3, which acts in concert with Nedd4-2, and show by coimmunoprecipitation that UBE2E3 and Nedd4-2 interact together. In Xenopus laevis oocytes, UBE2E3 reduces ENaC activity marginally, consistent with Nedd4-2 being the rate-limiting factor in this process, whereas a catalytically inactive mutant of UBE2E3 (UBE2E3-CS) causes elevated ENaC activity by increasing cell surface expression. No additive effect is observed when UBE2E3-CS is coexpressed with an inactive Nedd4-2 mutant, and the stimulatory role of UBE2E3-CS depends on the integrity of the PY motifs (Nedd4-2 binding sites) and the ubiquitination sites on ENaC. In renal mpkCCD(cl4) cells, displaying ENaC-dependent transepithelial Na+ transport, Nedd4-2 and UBE2E3 can be coimmunoprecipitated and overexpression of UBE2E3 affects Na+ transport, corroborating the concept of a concerted action of UBE2E3 and Nedd4-2 in ENaC regulation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism
  • Epithelial Sodium Channels
  • Female
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases
  • Oocytes / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Sodium Channels / genetics
  • Sodium Channels / metabolism*
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes / genetics
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes / metabolism*
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / genetics
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / metabolism*
  • Xenopus Proteins
  • Xenopus laevis

Substances

  • Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport
  • Epithelial Sodium Channels
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Sodium Channels
  • Xenopus Proteins
  • Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes
  • Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases
  • Nedd4 protein, Xenopus
  • Nedd4l protein, mouse
  • nedd4l protein, Xenopus
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases