Quantitative proteomics identifies vasopressin-responsive nuclear proteins in collecting duct cells

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Jun;23(6):1008-18. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011070738. Epub 2012 Mar 22.

Abstract

Vasopressin controls transport in the renal collecting duct, in part, by regulating transcription. This complex process, which can involve translocation and/or modification of transcriptional regulators, is not completely understood. Here, we applied a method for large-scale profiling of nuclear proteins to quantify vasopressin-induced changes in the nuclear proteome of cortical collecting duct (mpkCCD) cells. Using stable isotope labeling and tandem mass spectrometry, we quantified 3987 nuclear proteins and identified significant changes in the abundance of 65, including previously established targets of vasopressin signaling in the collecting duct. Vasopressin-induced changes in the abundance of the transcription factors JunB, Elf3, Gatad2b, and Hmbox1; transcriptional co-regulators Ctnnb1 (β-catenin) and Crebbp; subunits of the Mediator complex; E3 ubiquitin ligase Nedd4; nuclear transport regulator RanGap1; and several proteins associated with tight junctions and adherens junctions. Bioinformatic analysis showed that many of the quantified transcription factors have putative binding sites in the 5'-flanking regions of genes coding for the channel proteins Aqp2, Aqp3, Scnn1b (ENaCβ), and Scnn1g (ENaCγ), which are known targets of vasopressin. Immunoblotting demonstrated that the increase in β-catenin in nuclear fractions was accompanied by an even larger increase in its phosphorylated form (pSer552). The findings provide a new online database resource for nuclear proteomics (http://helixweb.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/mNPD/) and generate new hypotheses regarding vasopressin-mediated transcriptional regulation in the collecting duct.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Humans
  • Kidney Tubules, Collecting / cytology*
  • Kidney Tubules, Collecting / physiology
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proteomics / methods
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Receptors, Vasopressin / analysis
  • Receptors, Vasopressin / metabolism
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Transcription Factors / analysis
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism
  • Vasopressins / analysis
  • Vasopressins / metabolism*
  • beta Catenin / analysis
  • beta Catenin / metabolism

Substances

  • Nuclear Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptors, Vasopressin
  • Transcription Factors
  • beta Catenin
  • Vasopressins