NHE3 regulatory factor 1 (NHERF1) modulates intestinal sodium-dependent phosphate transporter (NaPi-2b) expression in apical microvilli

J Biol Chem. 2012 Oct 12;287(42):35047-35056. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.392415. Epub 2012 Aug 17.

Abstract

P(i) uptake in the small intestine occurs predominantly through the NaPi-2b (SLC34a2) co-transporter. NaPi-2b is regulated by changes in dietary P(i) but the mechanisms underlying this regulation are largely undetermined. Sequence analyses show NaPi-2b has a PDZ binding motif at its C terminus. Immunofluorescence imaging shows NaPi-2b and two PDZ domain containing proteins, NHERF1 and PDZK1, are expressed in the apical microvillar domain of rat small intestine enterocytes. Co-immunoprecipitation studies in rat enterocytes show that NHERF1 associates with NaPi-2b but not PDZK1. In HEK co-expression studies, GFP-NaPi-2b co-precipitates with FLAG-NHERF1. This interaction is markedly diminished when the C-terminal four amino acids are truncated from NaPi-2b. FLIM-FRET analyses using tagged proteins in CACO-2(BBE) cells show a distinct phasor shift between NaPi-2b and NHERF1 but not between NaPi-2b and the PDZK1 pair. This shift demonstrates that NaPi-2b and NHERF1 reside within 10 nm of each other. NHERF1(-/-) mice, but not PDZK1(-/-) mice, had a diminished adaptation of NaPi-2b expression in response to a low P(i) diet. Together these studies demonstrate that NHERF1 associates with NaPi-2b in enterocytes and regulates NaPi-2b adaptation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caco-2 Cells
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Enterocytes / cytology
  • Enterocytes / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation / physiology*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / genetics
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Microvilli / genetics
  • Microvilli / metabolism
  • Phosphoproteins / genetics
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / genetics
  • Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / metabolism*
  • Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIb / biosynthesis*
  • Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIb / genetics

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • PDZK1 protein, mouse
  • Pdzk1 protein, rat
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Slc34a2 protein, mouse
  • Slc34a2 protein, rat
  • Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
  • Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type IIb
  • sodium-hydrogen exchanger regulatory factor