Podocin and MEC-2 bind cholesterol to regulate the activity of associated ion channels
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Podocin and MEC-2 bind cholesterol to regulate the activity of associated ion channels. / Huber, Tobias B; Schermer, Bernhard; Müller, Roman Ulrich; Höhne, Martin; Bartram, Malte; Calixto, Andrea; Hagmann, Henning; Reinhardt, Christian; Koos, Fabienne; Kunzelmann, Karl; Shirokova, Elena; Krautwurst, Dietmar; Harteneck, Christian; Simons, Matias; Pavenstädt, Hermann; Kerjaschki, Dontscho; Thiele, Christoph; Walz, Gerd; Chalfie, Martin; Benzing, Thomas.
In: P NATL ACAD SCI USA, Vol. 103, No. 46, 14.11.2006, p. 17079-86.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Podocin and MEC-2 bind cholesterol to regulate the activity of associated ion channels
AU - Huber, Tobias B
AU - Schermer, Bernhard
AU - Müller, Roman Ulrich
AU - Höhne, Martin
AU - Bartram, Malte
AU - Calixto, Andrea
AU - Hagmann, Henning
AU - Reinhardt, Christian
AU - Koos, Fabienne
AU - Kunzelmann, Karl
AU - Shirokova, Elena
AU - Krautwurst, Dietmar
AU - Harteneck, Christian
AU - Simons, Matias
AU - Pavenstädt, Hermann
AU - Kerjaschki, Dontscho
AU - Thiele, Christoph
AU - Walz, Gerd
AU - Chalfie, Martin
AU - Benzing, Thomas
PY - 2006/11/14
Y1 - 2006/11/14
N2 - The prohibitin (PHB)-domain proteins are membrane proteins that regulate a variety of biological activities, including mechanosensation, osmotic homeostasis, and cell signaling, although the mechanism of this regulation is unknown. We have studied two members of this large protein family, MEC-2, which is needed for touch sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans, and Podocin, a protein involved in the function of the filtration barrier in the mammalian kidney, and find that both proteins bind cholesterol. This binding requires the PHB domain (including palmitoylation sites within it) and part of the N-terminally adjacent hydrophobic domain that attaches the proteins to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. By binding to MEC-2 and Podocin, cholesterol associates with ion-channel complexes to which these proteins bind: DEG/ENaC channels for MEC-2 and TRPC channels for Podocin. Both the MEC-2-dependent activation of mechanosensation and the Podocin-dependent activation of TRPC channels require cholesterol. Thus, MEC-2, Podocin, and probably many other PHB-domain proteins by binding to themselves, cholesterol, and target proteins regulate the formation and function of large protein-cholesterol supercomplexes in the plasma membrane.
AB - The prohibitin (PHB)-domain proteins are membrane proteins that regulate a variety of biological activities, including mechanosensation, osmotic homeostasis, and cell signaling, although the mechanism of this regulation is unknown. We have studied two members of this large protein family, MEC-2, which is needed for touch sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans, and Podocin, a protein involved in the function of the filtration barrier in the mammalian kidney, and find that both proteins bind cholesterol. This binding requires the PHB domain (including palmitoylation sites within it) and part of the N-terminally adjacent hydrophobic domain that attaches the proteins to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane. By binding to MEC-2 and Podocin, cholesterol associates with ion-channel complexes to which these proteins bind: DEG/ENaC channels for MEC-2 and TRPC channels for Podocin. Both the MEC-2-dependent activation of mechanosensation and the Podocin-dependent activation of TRPC channels require cholesterol. Thus, MEC-2, Podocin, and probably many other PHB-domain proteins by binding to themselves, cholesterol, and target proteins regulate the formation and function of large protein-cholesterol supercomplexes in the plasma membrane.
KW - Amino Acid Sequence
KW - Animals
KW - Caenorhabditis elegans
KW - Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
KW - Cholesterol
KW - Humans
KW - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
KW - Ion Channels
KW - Membrane Proteins
KW - Mice
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - Protein Binding
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Sequence Alignment
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.0607465103
DO - 10.1073/pnas.0607465103
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 17079490
VL - 103
SP - 17079
EP - 17086
JO - P NATL ACAD SCI USA
JF - P NATL ACAD SCI USA
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 46
ER -