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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 23, Pages 23900-23907Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M401941200
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK51391, DK58046, DK54354] Funding Source: Medline
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A common human epithelial sodium channel ( ENaC) polymorphism, alphaT663A, is present in the cytoplasmic C terminus of the alpha-subunit, although it is unclear whether this polymorphism segregates with blood pressure. We examined whether this polymorphism was associated with differences in functional Na+ channel expression. Whole cell amiloride-sensitive currents in Xenopus oocytes expressing wild type channels (alphaT663betagamma) were significantly similar to1.3-2.0-fold higher than currents measured in oocytes expressing channels with an Ala, Gly or Leu, or Lys at position alpha663. In contrast, differences in functional human ENaC expression were not observed with oocytes expressing channels having Thr (wild type), Ser, or Asp at this position. The surface expression of channels, measured using an epitope-tagged beta-subunit, was significantly reduced in oocytes expressing alphaT663Abetagamma when compared with oocytes expressing alphaT663betagamma. The corresponding polymorphism was generated in the mouse alpha-subunit (malphaA692T) and was not associated with differences in functional alphabetagamma-mouse ENaC expression. The polymorphism is present in a region that is not well conserved between human and mouse. We generated a mouse/human chimera by replacement of the distal C terminus of the mouse alpha-subunit with the distal C terminus of the human alpha-subunit. Co-expression of this m(1-678)/h(650-669)T663A chimera with mouse betagamma led to a significant reduction in whole cell Na+ currents and surface expression when compared with m(1-678)/h( 650-669) T663-mbetagamma. Our results suggest that h alphaT663A is a functional polymorphism that affects human ENaC surface expression.
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