Self-interacting Domains in the C Terminus of a Cation-Cl- Cotransporter Described for the First Time

The first isoform of the Na+-K+-Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1), a widely distributed member of the cation-Cl- cotransporter superfamily, plays key roles in many physiological processes by regulating the ion and water content of animal cells and by sustaining electrolyte secretion across various epithelia. Indirect studies have led to the prediction that NKCC1 operates as a dimer assembled through binding domains that are distal to the amino portion of the carrier. In this study, evidence is presented that NKCC1 possesses self-interacting properties that result in the formation of a large complex between the proximal and the distal segment of the cytosolic C terminus. Elaborate mapping studies of these segments showed that the contact sites are dispersed along the entire C terminus, and they also led to the identification of a critical interacting residue that belongs to a putative forkhead-associated binding domain. In conjunction with previous findings, our results indicate that the uncovered interacting domains are probably a major determinant of the NKCC1 conformational landscape and assembly into a high order structure. A model is proposed in which the carrier could alternate between monomeric and homo-oligomeric units via chemical- or ligand-dependent changes in conformational dynamics. The first isoform of the Na+-K+-Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1), a widely distributed member of the cation-Cl- cotransporter superfamily, plays key roles in many physiological processes by regulating the ion and water content of animal cells and by sustaining electrolyte secretion across various epithelia. Indirect studies have led to the prediction that NKCC1 operates as a dimer assembled through binding domains that are distal to the amino portion of the carrier. In this study, evidence is presented that NKCC1 possesses self-interacting properties that result in the formation of a large complex between the proximal and the distal segment of the cytosolic C terminus. Elaborate mapping studies of these segments showed that the contact sites are dispersed along the entire C terminus, and they also led to the identification of a critical interacting residue that belongs to a putative forkhead-associated binding domain. In conjunction with previous findings, our results indicate that the uncovered interacting domains are probably a major determinant of the NKCC1 conformational landscape and assembly into a high order structure. A model is proposed in which the carrier could alternate between monomeric and homo-oligomeric units via chemical- or ligand-dependent changes in conformational dynamics. Cation-Cl- cotransporters (CCCs) 1The abbreviations used are: CCC, cation-Cl- cotransporter; KCC, K+-Cl- cotransporter; NCC, Na+-Cl- cotransporter; NKCC, Na+-K+-Cl- cotransporter; ADH, anti-diuretic hormone; AMPR, ampicilline resistance gene; del, truncated; GST, glutathione S-transferase, GS, glutathione-coupled Sepharose; HA, hemagglutinin; hu, human; MCS, multiple cloning site; op, operator; Pn, position; Y, EGY48 yeast; Yop, EGY48 yeast transformed with the p8op-lacZ reporter plasmid; Ab, antibody; X-gal, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-d-galactopyranoside; Tricine, N-[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]glycine. belong to an important family of transport systems that couple the movement of Cl- to that of Na+ and/or K+ across cell surfaces (1Haas M. Forbush B. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 2000; 62: 515-534Crossref PubMed Scopus (331) Google Scholar, 2Isenring P. Forbush B. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A Mol. Integr. 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In they to and indicate the residue in and in they to and The also that an between and not unless interacting regions are in of the analyses of the interacting regions identified in this are in Fig. The the amino acid content of interacting and the the of these regions as to the entire C and to various domains as a and The also the of between the interacting regions of NKCC1, NKCC2, and and the of or in the C these is that the interacting regions are the CCCs for the proximal portion of regions are also to residue in and to in and when with other regions in the C terminus. a putative A site is at the of and a site is as and are to play a key in NKCC1 regulation by interacting with the of the carrier (5Xu J.C. Lytle C. Zhu T.T. Payne J.A. Benz E. Forbush B. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1994; 91: 2201-2205Crossref PubMed Scopus (370) Google Scholar, R.B. Flemmer A. Forbush B. J. Biol. 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A of the used to sites is that not the by of interacting For involved in the formation of could they in a segment that is also of interacting In of the C from a in NKCC1 could have that in when the carrier is to of the interacting regions are One example that these from the identification of a site that belongs to a forkhead-associated domain that is of an interacting when a residue is from this site in the segment is no to activity in yeast when with the identification of a site in a self-interacting of NKCC1 is an by which CCCs with forkhead-associated binding domains have been to as that phosphorylation-dependent interactions Am. J. Physiol. 1999; 277: PubMed Google Scholar). Based on the of a site in and of a putative site in is to that is the epitope of the in used in this was not to a In the of the C in of NKCC1 has not been in thus a in studies to the NKCC1 C are The of large NKCC1 segments that behave as binding in and that belong to segments of the C to the various conformational that could by this of the are illustrated in Fig. through of the cytosolic C terminus, that the to binding site and the to binding The proposed in this are also on from hydropathy plot analyses of (3Payne J.A. Forbush B. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 1995; 7: 493-503Crossref PubMed Scopus (108) Google Scholar, J.C. Lytle C. Zhu T.T. Payne J.A. Benz E. Forbush B. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 1994; 91: 2201-2205Crossref PubMed Scopus (370) Google Scholar, J.A. Xu J.C. M. Lytle Forbush B. J. Biol. 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