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Kharin A, Klussmann E. Many kinases for controlling the water channel aquaporin-2. J Physiol 2024; 602:3025-3039. [PMID: 37440212 DOI: 10.1113/jp284100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
Abstract
Aquaporin-2 (AQP2) is a member of the aquaporin water channel family. In the kidney, AQP2 is expressed in collecting duct principal cells where it facilitates water reabsorption in response to antidiuretic hormone (arginine vasopressin, AVP). AVP induces the redistribution of AQP2 from intracellular vesicles and its incorporation into the plasma membrane. The plasma membrane insertion of AQP2 represents the crucial step in AVP-mediated water reabsorption. Dysregulation of the system preventing the AQP2 plasma membrane insertion causes diabetes insipidus (DI), a disease characterised by an impaired urine concentrating ability and polydipsia. There is no satisfactory treatment of DI available. This review discusses kinases that control the localisation of AQP2 and points out potential kinase-directed targets for the treatment of DI.
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- Andrii Kharin
- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Berlin, Germany
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Wang Y, Klein JD, Sands JM. Phosphatases Decrease Water and Urea Permeability in Rat Inner Medullary Collecting Ducts. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076537. [PMID: 37047509 PMCID: PMC10095045 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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We previously showed that the phosphatases PP1/PP2A and PP2B dephosphorylate the water channel, AQP2, suggesting their role in water reabsorption. In this study, we investigated whether protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) and protein phosphatase 2B (PP2B or calcineurin), which are present in the inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD), are regulators of urea and water permeability. Inhibition of calcineurin by tacrolimus increased both basal and vasopressin-stimulated osmotic water permeability in perfused rat IMCDs. However, tacrolimus did not affect osmotic water permeability in the presence of aldosterone. Inhibition of PP2A by calyculin increased both basal and vasopressin-stimulated osmotic water permeability, and aldosterone reversed the increase by calyculin. Previous studies showed that adrenomedullin (ADM) activates PP2A and decreases osmotic water permeability. Inhibition of PP2A by calyculin prevented the ADM-induced decrease in water reabsorption. ADM reduced the phosphorylation of AQP2 at serine 269 (pSer269 AQP2). Urea is linked to water reabsorption by building up hyperosmolality in the inner medullary interstitium. Calyculin increased urea permeability and phosphorylated UT-A1. Our results indicate that phosphatases regulate water reabsorption. Aldosterone and adrenomedullin decrease urea or osmotic water permeability by acting through calcineurin and PP2A, respectively. PP2A may regulate water reabsorption by dephosphorylating pSer269, AQP2, and UT-A1.
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Leo KT, Chou CL, Yang CR, Park E, Raghuram V, Knepper MA. Bayesian analysis of dynamic phosphoproteomic data identifies protein kinases mediating GPCR responses. Cell Commun Signal 2022; 20:80. [PMID: 35659261 PMCID: PMC9164474 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-022-00892-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background A major goal in the discovery of cellular signaling networks is to identify regulated phosphorylation sites (“phosphosites”) and map them to the responsible protein kinases. The V2 vasopressin receptor is a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) that is responsible for regulation of renal water excretion through control of aquaporin-2-mediated osmotic water transport in kidney collecting duct cells. Genome editing experiments have demonstrated that virtually all vasopressin-triggered phosphorylation changes are dependent on protein kinase A (PKA), but events downstream from PKA are still obscure. Methods Here, we used: 1) Tandem mass tag-based quantitative phosphoproteomics to experimentally track phosphorylation changes over time in native collecting ducts isolated from rat kidneys; 2) a clustering algorithm to classify time course data based on abundance changes and the amino acid sequences surrounding the phosphosites; and 3) Bayes’ Theorem to integrate the dynamic phosphorylation data with multiple prior “omic” data sets covering expression, subcellular location, known kinase activity, and characteristic surrounding sequences to identify a set of protein kinases that are regulated secondary to PKA activation. Results Phosphoproteomic studies revealed 185 phosphosites regulated by vasopressin over 15 min. The resulting groups from the cluster algorithm were integrated with Bayes’ Theorem to produce corresponding ranked lists of kinases likely responsible for each group. The top kinases establish three PKA-dependent protein kinase modules whose regulation mediate the physiological effects of vasopressin at a cellular level. The three modules are 1) a pathway involving several Rho/Rac/Cdc42-dependent protein kinases that control actin cytoskeleton dynamics; 2) mitogen-activated protein kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase pathways that control cell proliferation; and 3) calcium/calmodulin-dependent signaling. Conclusions Our findings identify a novel set of downstream small GTPase effectors and calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinases with potential roles in the regulation of water permeability through actin cytoskeleton rearrangement and aquaporin-2 trafficking. The proposed signaling network provides a stronger hypothesis for the kinases mediating V2 vasopressin receptor responses, encouraging future targeted examination via reductionist approaches. Furthermore, the Bayesian analysis described here provides a template for investigating signaling via other biological systems and GPCRs. Video abstract
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12964-022-00892-6.
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Xiao Q, Cheng Z, Kuang W, Wu H, Luo X, Wang R. Clinical Value of PPM1G Gene in Survival Prognosis and Immune Infiltration of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Appl Bionics Biomech 2022; 2022:8926221. [PMID: 35126665 PMCID: PMC8816587 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8926221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Liver cancer is one of the most common malignancies, but its prognosis is still poor. Exploring potential biomarkers is an important direction of tumor research. We intend to use bioinformatics methods to explore potential biomarkers related to survival and prognosis of HCC. METHODS The mRNA and protein expressions of PPM1G in liver cancer were analyzed by HPA, TIMER, and UALCAN databases, and the effects of PPM1G on the prognosis of liver cancer patients were explored by the GEPIA database. We also explored the correlation between PPM1G expression and liver cancer immune infiltration through the TIMER database and further explored the potential protein interaction network of PPM1G through the STRING database. RESULTS The mRNA and protein expression of PPM1G gene in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues was lower than that in normal adjacent tissues. Liver cancer patients with high expression of PPM1G have a better prognosis than those with low expression of PPM1G. The expression of PPM1G is positively or negatively correlated with different immune cells of liver cancer, such as CD4+ T lymphocytes, CD8+ T lymphocytes, B cells, macrophages, and neutrophils. CONCLUSION The liver cancer patients with high expression of PPM1G have a good prognosis, and PPM1G gene may be a potential immunotherapy target and prognostic marker of liver cancer.
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- Qingyu Xiao
- Department of Blood Transfusion, Shenzhen Baoan Shiyan People's Hospital, China
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- Guantian Community Healthcare Center, Shenzhen Baoan Shiyan People's Hospital, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Longhua District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, Shenzhen Baoan Shiyan People's Hospital, China
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- Department of Blood Transfusion, Shenzhen Baoan Shiyan People's Hospital, China
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- Department of Oncology, Kaiping Central Hospital, Guangdong, China
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Chen L, Jung HJ, Datta A, Park E, Poll BG, Kikuchi H, Leo KT, Mehta Y, Lewis S, Khundmiri SJ, Khan S, Chou CL, Raghuram V, Yang CR, Knepper MA. Systems Biology of the Vasopressin V2 Receptor: New Tools for Discovery of Molecular Actions of a GPCR. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2022; 62:595-616. [PMID: 34579536 PMCID: PMC10676752 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-052120-011012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Systems biology can be defined as the study of a biological process in which all of the relevant components are investigated together in parallel to discover the mechanism. Although the approach is not new, it has come to the forefront as a result of genome sequencing projects completed in the first few years of the current century. It has elements of large-scale data acquisition (chiefly next-generation sequencing-based methods and protein mass spectrometry) and large-scale data analysis (big data integration and Bayesian modeling). Here we discuss these methodologies and show how they can be applied to understand the downstream effects of GPCR signaling, specifically looking at how the neurohypophyseal peptide hormone vasopressin, working through the V2 receptor and PKA activation, regulates the water channel aquaporin-2. The emerging picture provides a detailedframework for understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in water balance disorders, pointing the way to improved treatment of both polyuric disorders and water-retention disorders causing dilutional hyponatremia.
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- Lihe Chen
- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
- Yenepoya Research Center, Yenepoya, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA;
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Guo JY, Lin J, Huang YQ, Talukder M, Yu L, Li JL. AQP2 as a target of lycopene protects against atrazine-induced renal ionic homeostasis disturbance. Food Funct 2021; 12:4855-4863. [PMID: 33960999 DOI: 10.1039/d0fo03214j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Atrazine (ATR), a ubiquitous environmental contaminant in water and soil, causes environmental nephrosis. To reveal the toxic effect of ATR on the kidney and the potential chemical nephroprotective effect of lycopene (LYC), Kun-Ming mice of specific pathogen-free (SPF) grade were treated with LYC (5 mg kg-1) and/or ATR (50 mg kg-1 or 200 mg kg-1) for 21 days. The degree of renal injury was evaluated by measuring the ion concentration, ATPase activities and the mRNA expressions/levels of associated ATPase subunits. In addition, the expression of renal aquaporins (AQPs) was analyzed. The results showed that the renal tubular epithelial cells of ATR-exposed mice were swollen, the glomeruli were significantly atrophied, and the ion concentrations were obviously changed. The activity of Na+-K+-ATPase and the transcription of its subunits were downregulated. The activity of Ca2+-Mg2+-ATPase and the transcription of its subunits were upregulated. The expression of AQPs, especially the critical AQP2, was affected. Notably, ATR-induced nephrotoxicity was significantly improved by LYC supplementation. Therefore, LYC could protect the kidney against ATR-induced nephrotoxicity via maintaining ionic homeostasis, reversing the changes in ATPase activity and controlling the expression of AQPs on the cell membrane. These results suggested that AQP2 was a target of LYC and protected against ATR-induced renal ionic homeostasis disturbance.
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- Jian-Ying Guo
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China. and Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Animal Nutrition and Feed Safety, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China. and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Barishal, 8210, Bangladesh
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China. and Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China and Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, P. R. China
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Medvar B, Sarkar A, Knepper M, Pisitkun T. Sequence-based searching of custom proteome and transcriptome databases. Physiol Rep 2018; 6:e13846. [PMID: 30230259 PMCID: PMC6144439 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A long-term goal in renal physiology is to understand the mechanisms involved in collecting duct function and regulation at a cellular and molecular level. The first step in modeling of these mechanisms, which can provide a guide to experimentation, is the generation of a list of model components. We have curated a list of proteins expressed in the rat renal inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) from proteomic data from 18 different publications. The database has been posted as a public resource at https://hpcwebapps.cit.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/IMCD_Proteome_Database/. It includes 8956 different proteins. To search the IMCD Proteomic Database efficiently, we have created a Java-based program called curated database Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (cdbBLAST), which uses the NCBI BLAST kernel to search for specific amino acid sequences corresponding to proteins in the database. cdbBLAST reports information on the matched protein and identifies proteins in the database that have similar sequences. We have also adapted cdbBLAST to interrogate our previously published IMCD Transcriptome Database. We have made the cdbBLAST program available for use either as a web application or a downloadable .jar file at https://hpcwebapps.cit.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/cdbBLAST/. Database searching based on protein sequence removes ambiguities arising from the standard search method based on official gene symbols and allows the user efficient identification of related proteins that may fulfill the same functional roles.
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- Barbara Medvar
- Epithelial Systems Biology LaboratorySystems Biology CenterNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMaryland
- Vitreous State LaboratoryThe Catholic University of AmericaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
- Physics DepartmentThe Catholic University of AmericaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Epithelial Systems Biology LaboratorySystems Biology CenterNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMaryland
- Vitreous State LaboratoryThe Catholic University of AmericaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
- Physics DepartmentThe Catholic University of AmericaWashingtonDistrict of Columbia
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- Epithelial Systems Biology LaboratorySystems Biology CenterNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMaryland
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- Epithelial Systems Biology LaboratorySystems Biology CenterNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMaryland
- Center of Excellence in Systems BiologyFaculty of MedicineChulalongkorn UniversityBangkokThailand
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Hwang JR, Chou CL, Medvar B, Knepper MA, Jung HJ. Identification of β-catenin-interacting proteins in nuclear fractions of native rat collecting duct cells. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2017; 313:F30-F46. [PMID: 28298358 PMCID: PMC5538839 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00054.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The gene encoding the aquaporin-2 water channel is regulated transcriptionally in response to vasopressin. In the renal collecting duct, vasopressin stimulates the nuclear translocation and phosphorylation (at Ser552) of β-catenin, a multifunctional protein that acts as a transcriptional coregulator in the nucleus. The purpose of this study was to identify β-catenin-interacting proteins that might be involved in transcriptional regulation in rat inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) cells, using experimental and computational approaches. We used a standard chromatin immunoprecipitation procedure coupled to mass spectrometry (ChIP-MS) in a nuclear fraction isolated from rat IMCD suspensions. Over four biological replicates, we reproducibly identified 43 β-catenin-binding proteins, including several known β-catenin-binding partners as well as novel interacting proteins. Multiple proteins involved in transcriptional regulation were identified (Taf1, Jup, Tdrd3, Cdh1, Cenpj, and several histones). Many of the identified β-catenin-binding partners were found in prior studies to translocate to the nucleus in response to vasopressin. There was only one DNA-binding transcription factor (TF), specifically Taf1, part of the RNA-polymerase II preinitiation complex. To identify sequence-specific TFs that might interact with β-catenin, Bayes' theorem was used to integrate data from several information sources. The analysis identified several TFs with potential binding sites in the Aqp2 gene promoter that could interact with β-catenin in the regulation of Aqp2 gene transcription, specifically Jun, Junb, Jund, Atf1, Atf2, Mef2d, Usf1, Max, Pou2f1, and Rxra. The findings provide information necessary for modeling the transcriptional response to vasopressin.
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- Jacqueline R Hwang
- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, Systems Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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Corcoran CC, Grady CR, Pisitkun T, Parulekar J, Knepper MA. From 20th century metabolic wall charts to 21st century systems biology: database of mammalian metabolic enzymes. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 312:F533-F542. [PMID: 27974320 PMCID: PMC5374312 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00601.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 12/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The organization of the mammalian genome into gene subsets corresponding to specific functional classes has provided key tools for systems biology research. Here, we have created a web-accessible resource called the Mammalian Metabolic Enzyme Database (https://hpcwebapps.cit.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/MetabolicEnzymes/MetabolicEnzymeDatabase.html) keyed to the biochemical reactions represented on iconic metabolic pathway wall charts created in the previous century. Overall, we have mapped 1,647 genes to these pathways, representing ~7 percent of the protein-coding genome. To illustrate the use of the database, we apply it to the area of kidney physiology. In so doing, we have created an additional database (Database of Metabolic Enzymes in Kidney Tubule Segments: https://hpcwebapps.cit.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/MetabolicEnzymes/), mapping mRNA abundance measurements (mined from RNA-Seq studies) for all metabolic enzymes to each of 14 renal tubule segments. We carry out bioinformatics analysis of the enzyme expression pattern among renal tubule segments and mine various data sources to identify vasopressin-regulated metabolic enzymes in the renal collecting duct.
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- Callan C Corcoran
- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and
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- Systems Biology Center, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and
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- Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and
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