Journal article
Identification of a VxP Targeting Signal in the Flagellar Na+ /K+ -ATPase
Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), Vol.16(12), pp.1239-1253
12/2015
DOI: 10.1111/tra.12332
PMCID: PMC4715669
PMID: 26373354
Abstract
Na(+) /K(+) -ATPase (NKA) participates in setting electrochemical gradients, cardiotonic steroid signaling and cellular adhesion. Distinct isoforms of NKA are found in different tissues and subcellular localization patterns. For example, NKA α1 is widely expressed, NKA α3 is enriched in neurons and NKA α4 is a testes-specific isoform found in sperm flagella. In some tissues, ankyrin, a key component of the membrane cytoskeleton, can regulate the trafficking of NKA. In the retina, NKA and ankyrin-B are expressed in multiple cell types and immunostaining for each is striking in the synaptic layers. Labeling for NKA is also prominent along the inner segment plasma membrane (ISPM) of photoreceptors. NKA co-immunoprecipitates with ankyrin-B, but on a subcellular level colocalization of these two proteins varies dependent on the cell type. We used transgenic Xenopus laevis tadpoles to evaluate the subcellular trafficking of NKA in photoreceptors. GFP-NKA α3 and α1 are localized to the ISPM, but α4 is localized to outer segments (OSs). We identified a VxP motif responsible for the OS targeting by using a series of chimeric and mutant NKA constructs. This motif is similar to previously identified ciliary targeting motifs. Given the structural similarities between OSs and flagella, our findings shed light on the subcellular targeting of this testes-specific NKA isoform.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Identification of a VxP Targeting Signal in the Flagellar Na+ /K+ -ATPase
- Creators
- Joseph G Laird - Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USAYuan Pan - Current address: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USAModestos Modestou - Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USADavid M Yamaguchi - Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USAHongman Song - Current address: Section for Translational Research in Retina & Macular Degeneration, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USAMaxim Sokolov - Department of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University School of Medicine and West Virginia University Eye Institute, Morgantown, WV, 26506, USASheila A Baker - Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), Vol.16(12), pp.1239-1253
- Publisher
- England
- DOI
- 10.1111/tra.12332
- PMID
- 26373354
- PMCID
- PMC4715669
- ISSN
- 1398-9219
- eISSN
- 1600-0854
- Grant note
- EY020542 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY020542 / NEI NIH HHS EY019665 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019665 / NEI NIH HHS P30 EY005722 / NEI NIH HHS EY5722 / NEI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2015
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; University College Courses; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984025286702771
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