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OSR1 regulates a subset of inward rectifier potassium channels via a binding motif variant

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Significance With-no-lysine (K) (WNK) protein kinases regulate ion transport. Mutations in WNKs 1 and 4 can cause a monogenic hypertension, pseudohypoaldosteronism type II (PHA2). The WNK-regulated protein kinases STE20/SPS1-related proline- and alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and oxidative stress-responsive 1 (OSR1) mediate actions of WNKs on cation chloride cotransporters. The conserved C-terminal domains (CCTs) of OSR1/SPAK recognize linear R-F-x-V/I motifs in transporters and other protein targets. We discovered that OSR1/SPAK CCTs also recognize a motif variant, R-x-F-x-V/I, found in 8 of 16 inward rectifier K + (IRK) channels. We show that WNK and OSR1 regulate IRK channels, dependent on the presence of the variant motif. WNK kinase activity-dependent regulation of ion channels reveals a previously unknown mechanism and expands knowledge of potential WNK-OSR1/SPAK actions in cardiac and renal physiology.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1802339115