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Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species in a Feed-forward
Mechanism of Na/K-ATPase-mediated Signaling
Transduction*
Received for publication, February 12, 2013, and in revised form, September 30, 2013 Published, JBC Papers in Press, October 11, 2013, DOI 10.1074/jbc.M113.461020
Yanling Yan‡§, Anna P. Shapiro¶, Steven Haller¶, Vinai Katragadda¶, Lijun Liu储, Jiang Tian¶储, Venkatesha Basrur**,
Deepak Malhotra¶, Zi-jian Xie¶储, Nader G. Abraham‡, Joseph I. Shapiro‡¶, and Jiang Liu‡1
From the ‡Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology, JCE School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington,
West Virginia 25755, the Departments of ¶Medicine and 储Pharmacology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo,
Ohio 43614, the §Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China, and the **Department of
Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Background: Na/K-ATPase signaling regulates sodium reabsorption in renal proximal tubules.
Results: Carbonylation modification of the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit regulates Na/K-ATPase signaling and subsequent transepithelial sodium transport.
Conclusion: ROS is involved in the Na/K-ATPase signaling transduction in a feed-forward mechanism.
Significance: ROS regulates Na/K-ATPase signaling and sodium transport in LLC-PK1 cells.
The Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit directly interacts with c-Src
kinase via two pairs of domain interactions to form a functional
receptor complex (1, 2), i.e. the Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling
complex. The Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit provides the ligandbinding site, and the associated c-Src functions as the kinase
moiety, amplifying and converting the binding signal to the
stimulation of multiple protein kinase cascades, including c-Src
* This work was supported, in whole or in part, by National Institutes of Health
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Grants RO1 HL-109015 (to Z. X. and J. I. S.) and RO1 HL-105649 (to J. T.).
To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pharmacology,
Physiology and Toxicology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755. Tel.: 304696-7359; E-mail: liuj@marshall.edu.
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and PI3K. In addition, ROS2 generation is an integrated component of Na/K-ATPase signaling. Ouabain stimulates a Rasdependent ROS generation via Na/K-ATPase signaling (3, 4),
and increases in ROS induced by glucose oxidase (GO) stimulate Na/K-ATPase endocytosis (5). Increases in oxidative stress
inhibit Na/K-ATPase activity and promote its susceptibility to
degradation (6, 7). Furthermore, oxidative modifications, such
as glutathionylation of cysteine residue(s) of the Na/K-ATPase
1 subunit (8) and ␣ subunit (9), inhibit Na/K-ATPase activity,
by either stabilizing the enzyme in an E2-prone conformation
or by blocking the ATP-binding site.
Recently, we reported that CTS, signaling through the Na/
K-ATPase, inhibits renal proximal tubule (RPT)-mediated
sodium reabsorption and thus increases sodium excretion to
counterbalance sodium retention and the related blood pressure increase (10 –16). Impairment of the RPT Na/K-ATPase䡠cSrc signaling contributes to experimental Dahl salt-sensitive
hypertension (16). However, there is no difference in the Na/KATPase ␣1 subunit gene (Atp1a1) coding (17), ouabain sensitivity (18), and expression (16) between the Dahl salt-resistant
and salt-sensitive rats (Jr strains). Moreover, acute salt loading
causes higher plasma CTS levels in the salt-sensitive rat when
compared with the salt-resistant rat (19). These observations
indicate the presence of other regulatory factor(s) that regulate
Na/K-ATPase signaling. We report here that protein carbonylation of the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit actuator (A) domain is
involved in RPT Na/K-ATPase signal transduction in a feed-forward mechanism.
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
Chemicals and Antibodies—All chemicals, except as mentioned otherwise, were obtained from Sigma. Proteasome
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The abbreviations used are: ROS, reactive oxygen species; CTS, cardiotonic
steroids; EE, early endosome; GO, glucose oxidase; LLC-PK1, pig-originated
proximal tubule cell line; NAC, N-acetyl-L-cysteine; NHE3, sodium/proton
exchanger isoform 3; DNPH, 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine; DNP, 2,4-dinitrophenyl; DHE, dihydroethidium; t-Src, total c-Src; RPT, renal proximal tubule.
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Cardiotonic steroids (such as ouabain) signaling through
Na/K-ATPase regulate sodium reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule. We report here that reactive oxygen species are
required to initiate ouabain-stimulated Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling. Pretreatment with the antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine
prevented ouabain-stimulated Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling,
protein carbonylation, redistribution of Na/K-ATPase and sodium/proton exchanger isoform 3, and inhibition of active transepithelial 22Naⴙ transport. Disruption of the Na/K-ATPase䡠cSrc signaling complex attenuated ouabain-stimulated protein
carbonylation. Ouabain-stimulated protein carbonylation is
reversed after removal of ouabain, and this reversibility is
largely independent of de novo protein synthesis and degradation by either the lysosome or the proteasome pathways. Furthermore, ouabain stimulated direct carbonylation of two
amino acid residues in the actuator domain of the Na/K-ATPase
␣1 subunit. Taken together, the data indicate that carbonylation
modification of the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit is involved in a
feed-forward mechanism of regulation of ouabain-mediated
renal proximal tubule Na/K-ATPase signal transduction and
subsequent sodium transport.
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each sample was precipitated with trichloroacetic acid for
Western blot.
Active Transepithelial 22Na⫹ Flux Assay—LLC-PK1 cells
were cultured on Transwell威 membrane support to form
monolayers and then treated with ouabain or GO for 1 h either
in a basolateral or apical compartment. Active transepithelial
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Na⫹ flux (from apical to basolateral compartment) was determined by counting radioactivity in the basolateral aspect 1 h
after 22Na⫹ addition to the apical compartment as described
previously (13). Each experiment was performed in triplicate.
Cells were pretreated with 50 M amiloride for 30 min to inhibit
amiloride-sensitive NHE1 activity.
Measurement of c-Src Phosphorylation and Interaction between
c-Src and Na/K-ATPase ␣1 Subunit—Whole cell lysates were
prepared with Nonidet P-40 buffer (containing 1% Nonidet
P-40, 0.25% sodium deoxycholate, 50 mM NaCl, 50 mM HEPES,
10% glycerol (pH 7.4), 1 mM sodium vanadate, 0.5 mM sodium
fluoride, 1 mM phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, and protease
inhibitor mixture for general use (Sigma)). Activation of c-Src
and interaction between c-Src and the ␣1 subunit were determined as described previously (22). After clarification by centrifuge, 300 g of total protein was immunoprecipitated with
antibody against total c-Src and protein G-agarose beads (EMD
Millipore Upstate) and then eluted with 2⫻ Laemmli buffer.
After immunoblotting for phospho-c-Src and ␣1 subunit, the
same membrane was stripped and immunoblotted for total
c-Src (t-Src). Activation of c-Src was expressed as the ratio of
phospho-c-Src/t-Src with both measurements normalized to
1.0 for the control samples. Interaction between the ␣1 subunit
and c-Src was expressed as the ratio of ␣1/t-Src with both measurements normalized to 1.0 for the control samples.
Assessment of Protein Carbonylation—Whole cell lysates
were prepared with Nonidet P-40 buffer as described above.
Equal amounts of total protein from each sample were denatured with 6% SDS (final concentration), derivatized with 1⫻
DNPH (freshly diluted with distilled water from 10⫻ DNPH
stock solution, 100 mM in 100% trifluoroacetic acid) to form
DNP hydrazone derivatives, and then neutralized with neutralization buffer (30% of glycerol in 2 M Tris). This was followed by
either Western blotting for protein carbonylation assay in
whole cell lysates or immunoprecipitation-DNP studies. For
immunoprecipitation-DNP, neutralized DNP derivatives were
reacted with anti-DNP antibody, precipitated with protein
G-agarose beads, and then eluted with 2⫻ Laemmli buffer.
Eluents were immunoblotted with antibodies against Na/KATPase ␣1 subunit, NHE3, and c-Src.
To assess whether ouabain-induced protein carbonylation is
reversible, LLC-PK1 cells were treated with either ouabain or
GO for 1 h to induce protein carbonylation. Control and ouabain-treated cells were collected at this point (wash ⫽ 0). In
another set of ouabain-treated cells, unbound ouabain was
removed (by extensive washing with culture medium) and further cultured in ouabain-free medium for 2 h (wash ⫽ 2). Protein carbonylation in whole cell lysates was determined and
compared with control and without washed ouabain-treated
cells.
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inhibitor MG132 and Src kinase inhibitor PP2 were from EMD
Chemicals-Calbiochem. Monoclonal antibodies against the
Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit (clone ␣6F and clone C464.6) were
from the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank at the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) and EMD Millipore Upstate (Billerica, MA), respectively. Monoclonal antibody against early
endosome antigen-1 (EEA-1) was from EMD Millipore Chemicon (Temecula, CA). Polyclonal anti-Src (Tyr(P)418) phosphospecific antibody and membrane-permeable dihydroethidium
(DHE) were from Invitrogen. Monoclonal antibody against total
c-Src was from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA). 2,4Dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) and antibody against 2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP) hydrazone derivatives were from Sigma. Radioactive 22Na⫹ was from PerkinElmer Life Sciences.
Cell Cultures—Porcine RPT cell line LLC-PK1 cells were
obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA) and cultured with DMEM (Dulbecco’s modified
Eagle’s medium) with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100
units/ml penicillin, and 100 g/ml streptomycin, in a 5% CO2humidified incubator. Culture medium was changed daily until
confluence. Cells were serum-starved for 16 –18 h before treatment. In assays for active transcellular 22Na⫹ flux, cells were
grown on Transwell威 membrane support (Costar Transwell威
culture filter inserts, filter pore size 0.4 m, Costar, Cambridge,
MA) to form monolayers. To test the possible impact of serum
starvation on the effect of ouabain and GO, some experiments
were performed without serum starvation to test the effect of
10% FBS on ouabain- and GO-induced c-Src activation and
protein carbonylation.
Src kinases (Src, Yes, and Fyn)-null SYF and SYF ⫹ c-Src
(SYF cells overexpressing c-Src) cells were also obtained from
the ATCC. SYF and SYF ⫹ c-Src cells were generated from
mouse embryo fibroblasts and cultured in DMEM with 10%
FBS. Medium was changed daily until the cells reached 80 –90%
confluence, at which time the medium was changed to DMEM
with 1% FBS for 16 –18 h before experiments.
Detection of Superoxide by Fluorescence Microscopy—DHE
was used as a superoxide probe to determine DHE fluorescence,
following the procedure (20) with minor modification. Briefly,
after treatment with ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) and rinsing with 1⫻
PBS, LLC-PK1 cells were incubated with DHE (5 M, 20 min)
and then washed with 1⫻ PBS (three times for 5 min each) in a
dark chamber on a rocker. For each set, DHE staining and
image acquisition of control and ouabain-treated cells were
performed in parallel. Images (four to six per slide) were
acquired by using an Olympus FSX100 box type fluorescence
imaging device (Olympus America Inc., Center Valley, PA)
with fixed parameters for all samples. Background fluorescence
was estimated by an image in an area free of cells. Fluorescence
intensity (minus background fluorescence in the same slide)
was analyzed by ImageJ software (version 1.32j, National Institutes of Health) and normalized to the number of cells showing
DHE-positive staining.
Isolation of Early Endosome (EE) Fractions—The EE fractions
(EEA-1-positive) were isolated by sucrose floatation centrifugation and identified previously as described (13, 21). The
enrichment of EE fractions was assessed by the EE marker
EEA-1. Equal amounts of total protein from the EE fraction of
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FIGURE 1. ROS is required in ouabain-induced activation of the Na/K-ATPase signaling. a, set of representative DHE staining images showing negative
control (without DHE), control (with DHE), and ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) treatment (with DHE). Quantitative analysis (bar graph) showed that ouabain (Oua)
significantly stimulated superoxide-related ROS generation. n ⫽ 6, **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus control (Con). b, LLC-PK1 cells were pretreated with NAC (10 mM, 30 min)
before ouabain (100 nM, 15 min) treatment. Immunoprecipitation (IP) against total c-Src was performed to determine Tyr(P)418 c-Src phosphorylation and its
association with the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit. A representative Western blot and quantitative analysis are shown. The phosphorylation of c-Src was expressed
as the ratio of phosphorylated c-Src (p-Src) versus t-Src. The association between total c-Src and the ␣1 subunit was expressed as the ratio of the ␣1 versus c-Src.
n ⫽ 4. **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus control, and #, p ⬍ 0.01 versus ouabain treatment. IB, immunoblot.
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tra identified for a given peptide in different biological samples). All proteins with a probability score of ⬎0.95 (false discovery rate ⬍1%) were considered positive identifications, and
the collision-induced dissociation spectra of peptides with
modifications were manually verified.
Western Blotting—For Western blot analysis, equal amounts
of total protein were resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE, transferred
onto the PVDF membrane (EMD Millipore), and immunoblotted with the indicated antibodies. Signal detection was performed with an enhanced chemiluminescence SuperSignal kit
(Pierce). Multiple exposures were analyzed to ensure that the
signals were within the linear range of the film. The signal
density was determined using Molecular Analyst software
(Bio-Rad).
Statistical Analysis—Data were tested for normality and then
subjected to parametric analysis. When more than two groups
were compared, one-way analysis of variance was performed
prior to comparison of individual groups, and the post hoc t tests
were adjusted for multiple comparisons using Bonferroni’s correction. Statistical significance was reported at the p ⬍ 0.05 and
p ⬍ 0.01 levels. SPSS software was used for all analysis. Values
are given as mean ⫾ S.E.
RESULTS
Role of ROS in Ouabain-induced Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src Signaling, Transporter Trafficking, and Inhibition of Transepithelial
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Na⫹ Flux—To test whether ouabain induced ROS generation
in LLC-PK1 cells, we used DHE as a superoxide probe. Ouabain
(100 nM, 1 h) significantly increased DHE fluorescent signaling
(Fig. 1a), suggesting that ouabain stimulated a superoxide-related ROS generation. To evaluate the role of ROS in the signaling function of the Na/K-ATPase, we used the antioxidant
N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) to eliminate ROS increases. Pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) significantly (p ⬍ 0.01)
attenuated ouabain (100 nM, 15 min)-stimulated c-Src activation and interaction between the ␣1 subunit and c-Src (Fig. 1b).
NAC alone had no effect on phosphorylation of c-Src as well as
␣1/c-Src interaction.
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tify an uncarbonylated protein under the experimental conditions. To quantify the carbonylation level, optical signal densities of the protein bands from each lane were quantified. The
signal density values of control samples were normalized to 1.0
with Ponceau S staining as loading control.
Identification of Protein Carbonylation Site(s) by LC-MS/MS—
Protein identification was performed in the mass spectrometry-based proteomics Facility (Department of Pathology, University of Michigan), using previously described protocols (23).
LLC-PK1 cells were treated with either ouabain (100 nM) or GO
(3 milliunits/ml) for 1 h. The Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit was
immunoprecipitated with monoclonal anti-␣1 antibody (clone
C464.6, EMD Millipore) and separated by SDS-PAGE. Coomassie Brilliant Blue staining was performed using mass spectrometry-compatible NOVEX Coomassie Blue colloidal staining (Invitrogen) as instructed by the manufacturer. The ␣1
bands were excised and processed for in-gel trypsin digestion
with sequencing grade modified trypsin (Promega). Resulting
peptides were resolved on a nano-capillary reverse phase column (Picofrit column, New Objective) and directly introduced
into a linear ion-trap mass spectrometer (LTQ Orbitrap XL,
Thermo Fisher). LC-MS/MS analysis was operated in a dual
play mode where it was set to collect one full scan (MS) followed
by data-dependent, collision-induced dissociation spectra
(MS/MS). The spectra data were searched against porcine protein database. Proteins and peptides were identified by comparing the data against database appended with decoy (reverse)
sequences using the X!Tandem/Trans-Proteomic Pipeline
(TPP) software suite (24 –26). Precursor and fragment mass
tolerance were set to 50 ppm and 0.8 Da, respectively. Oxidation of proline to glutamic semialdehyde (⌬m ⫽ ⫹15.9949 Da),
threonine to 2-amino-3-ketobutyric acid (⌬m ⫽ ⫺2.0156 Da),
lysine to aminoadipic semialdehyde (⌬m ⫽ ⫺1.0316 Da), and
arginine to glutamic semialdehyde (⌬m ⫽ ⫹43.0534 Da), indicators of direct carbonylation, were considered as potential
direct carbonylation modifications. The modified peptide was
identified with high confidence (PeptideProphet probability of
⬎0.95) with spectral counts (which counts the number of spec-
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Pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) also significantly
(p ⬍ 0.01) attenuated ouabain (100 nM, 1 h)-stimulated accumulation of Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit and NHE3 in EE fractions (Fig. 2a). Interestingly, ouabain-induced c-Src activation
was significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) attenuated by pretreatment (30
min) with high doses but not a low dose of NAC in LLC-PK1
cells (Fig. 2b). Functionally, ouabain (100 nM, 1 h)-induced inhibition of active transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux was blunted by pretreatment of 10 mM NAC (30 min) but not 1 mM NAC (Fig. 2c).
Ouabain Stimulates Protein Carbonylation—To evaluate
protein oxidation, we used GO-glucose system-induced H2O2
as a positive control of overall oxidative stress as described previously (5). We first tested whether serum starvation itself
affects protein carbonylation. As shown in Fig. 3, a and b, serum
starvation has no effect on basal protein carbonylation level
(Fig. 3a), and both ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) and GO (3 milliunits/
ml, 1 h) significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) stimulated carbonylation of a
broad range of proteins (Fig. 3b). Moreover, the carbonylation
profile of whole cell lysate is significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) different
from that of EE fractions (Fig. 3c), suggesting that ouabain not
only stimulated protein carbonylation but also promoted the
redistribution of certain carbonylated proteins. When equal
amounts of whole cell lysate proteins were derivatized with
DNPH and then immunoprecipitated with anti-DNP antibody,
both ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) and GO (3 milliunits/ml, 1 h) caused
protein carbonylation of the ␣1 subunit, c-Src and NHE3 (Fig.
3d). When whole cell lysate proteins were immunoprecipitated
with anti-␣1 subunit antibody and then derivatized with
DNPH, a similar pattern of the ␣1 carbonylation stimulated by
ouabain and GO occurred (control, 100 ⫾ 5.8.1 versus ouabain
261 ⫾ 9.6 versus GO 306 ⫾ 10.8, both p ⬍ 0.01 versus control,
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n ⫽ 3). Pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) significantly
(p ⬍ 0.01) reduced ouabain- and GO-induced protein carbonylation in whole cell lysates (Fig. 3e). Pretreatment with (⫾)-␣tocopherol (Sigma, 100 M, 30 min) also significantly (p ⬍ 0.05)
attenuated ouabain- and GO-induced protein carbonylation
(Fig. 3f).
ROS Directly Inhibits Active Transepithelial 22Na⫹ Flux—In
RPTs, increases in oxidative stress stimulate RPT sodium reabsorption by inhibition of basolateral Na/K-ATPase and apical
NHE3 (27–29). We used GO-induced H2O2 to examine if ouabain-induced ROS affects Na/K-ATPase signaling. Like ouabain, GO (1 and 3 milliunits/ml) activated c-Src (Fig. 4a, 15 min
of treatment) and stimulated the accumulation of the ␣1 subunit and NHE3 in EE fractions (Fig. 4b, 1 h of treatment, p ⬍
0.01). In the active transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux assay, GO (3 milliunits/ml, 1 h) significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) inhibited the active transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux (Fig. 4c). However, ouabain-induced inhibition only occurred when ouabain was applied in the
basolateral aspect (Fig. 4c). In contrast, GO inhibited transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux in both the basolateral and apical aspects.
However, we cannot exclude the possibility that GO-mediated
inhibition of transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux is partially due to its
effects on other Na⫹-coupled mechanisms such as the Na⫹/
glucose cotransport system (SGLT) (30). GO-induced c-Src
activation and trafficking of the ␣1 subunit and NHE3 were also
significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) attenuated by pretreatment with NAC
(10 mM, 30 min) (Fig. 4, a and b). NAC alone has no significant
effect.
Role of Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src Signaling in Ouabain-induced
Protein Carbonylation—To test the role of the Na/K-ATPase䡠cSrc signaling complex, we used two stable cell lines generated
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FIGURE 2. ROS is required in ouabain-induced redistribution of the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit and NHE3 and inhibition of transcellular 22Naⴙ flux. a,
representative Western blot and quantitative analysis showing that pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) prevented ouabain (Oua) (100 nM, 1 h)-stimulated
accumulation of the ␣1 subunit and NHE3 in EE fractions. n ⫽ 4; **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus control (Con), and #, p ⬍ 0.01 versus ouabain treatment. b, effect of different
concentrations of NAC (30 min) on ouabain (100 nM, 15 min)-induced Tyr(P)418 c-Src phosphorylation, n ⫽ 3; **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus control. c, effect of different
concentrations of NAC (30 min) on ouabain (100 nM, 1 h)-induced inhibition of active transcellular 22Na⫹ flux in LLC-PK1 monolayer grown on Transwell姞
membrane support. The transport activity was expressed as relative values from three independent experiments (each performed in triplicate). Sixty minutes
after 22Na⫹ (total cpm count was 1,757,980 ⫾ 100,828) was added to the apical compartments, 100 l of medium from basolateral compartments (total
medium volume ⫽ 1.0 ml) from each well was collected and counted. n ⫽ 3, **, p ⬍ 0.01 and *, p ⬍ 0.05 versus control.
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FIGURE 4. ROS directly inhibits active transepithelial 22Naⴙ flux. Like ouabain (Oua) (100 nM), GO (1 and 3 milliunits/ml) activated c-Src (15 min treatment, n ⫽ 4) (a), accumulated the ␣1 subunit and NHE3 in EE fractions (1 h
treatment, n ⫽ 3) (b), and inhibited active 22Na⫹ flux (1 h treatment, n ⫽ 3) in
LLC-PK1 cells (c). **, p ⬍ 0.01, and *, p ⬍ 0.05 versus control (Con). #, p ⬍ 0.01
versus GO (3 milliunits/ml) treatments. NAC (10 mM, 30 min) alone has no
significant effects.
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from LLC-PK1, ␣1 knockdown PY-17 cells (express about
8 –10% of ␣1 compared with the parent LLC-PK1) and caveolin-1 knock-out C2-9 cells. Both PY-17 and C2-9 cells have
disrupted Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling and do not respond to
ouabain stimulation in terms of c-Src activation (11, 31, 32). As
shown in Fig. 5a, ouabain (100 nM, 1 h)-induced protein carbonylation was significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) attenuated in PY-17 and
C2-9 cells.
To examine the role of c-Src kinase, we first used Src kinase
(Src, Yes, and Fyn)-null SYF and SYF ⫹ c-Src (SYF cells
expressing c-Src) cells generated from mouse embryo fibroblasts (33). A higher concentration of ouabain (25 M) was
applied because the mouse ␣1 subunit is ouabain-resistant. The
same GO concentration (3 milliunits/ml) was used because the
oxidant sensitivity of the ␣1 subunit is not dependent on its
sensitivity to ouabain. As shown in Fig. 5, b and c, both ouabain
and GO stimulated protein carbonylation in SYF ⫹ c-Src cells,
which was significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) attenuated by pretreatment
with NAC (10 mM, 30 min). However, in SYF cells, ouabain
failed to stimulate protein carbonylation, but GO was still able
to stimulate (p ⬍ 0.05) protein carbonylation, albeit to a lesser
degree when compared with SYF ⫹ c-Src cells. We further used
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FIGURE 3. Ouabain stimulates protein carbonylation. a, serum starvation has no significant effect on the basal level of protein carbonylation (n ⫽ 3). Three
serum-starved samples (0% FBS) and three non-serum-starved samples (10% FBS) were used for comparison. Ponceau S staining served as loading control. b,
both ouabain (Oua, 100 nM, 1 h) and glucose oxidase (GO, 3 milliunits/ml, 1 h) stimulated protein carbonylation with and without serum starvation (n ⫽ 3).
Ponceau S staining served as loading control (Con). c, ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) and GO (3 milliunits/ml) stimulated protein carbonylation in both whole cell lysates
and EE fractions (n ⫽ 4). d, immunoprecipitation (IP) against anti-DNP antibody showed both ouabain- (100 nM, 1 h) and GO (3 milliunits/ml, 1 h)-stimulated
protein carbonylation of the ␣1 subunit, c-Src, and NHE3 (n ⫽ 3). e, pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) significantly reduced ouabain (left panel), and GO
(right panel) stimulated protein carbonylation in whole cell lysates (n ⫽ 4). f, pretreatment with (⫾)-␣-tocopherol (␣T, 100 M, 30 min) significantly reduced
ouabain (left panel, n ⫽ 5), and GO (right panel, n ⫽ 3) stimulated protein carbonylation in whole cell lysates. **, p ⬍ 0.01, and *, p ⬍ 0.05 versus control; #, p ⬍
0.01 versus pretreatment with NAC plus ouabain or GO; &, p ⬍ 0.05 versus pretreatment with (⫾)-␣-tocopherol plus ouabain or GO. IB, immunoblot.
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the Src kinase inhibitor PP2 to elucidate the role of Src. As
shown in Fig. 5d, pretreatment with PP2 (10 M, 30 min) significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) attenuated both ouabain- and GO-induced
protein carbonylation in LLC-PK1 cells.
Ouabain-stimulated Protein Carbonylation Is Reversible—
LLC-PK1 cells were treated with ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) to
induce protein carbonylation, and then unbound ouabain was
removed by extensive washing with culture medium. As shown
in Fig. 6, ouabain-induced protein carbonylation was significantly (p ⬍ 0.01) reduced by removal of ouabain from the culture medium. To test if this is due to de novo protein synthesis
or degradation, LLC-PK1 cells were pretreated for 2 h with
cycloheximide (20 g/ml), proteasome inhibitor MG132 (10
M), or chloroquine (100 M). In comparison with control (no
inhibitors), the decreased carbonylation after removal of ouabain was independent of de novo protein synthesis and degradation (Fig. 6).
Ouabain and GO Stimulate Direct Carbonylation in the
Na/K-ATPase ␣1 Subunit—To determine the carbonylation
site(s), the immunoprecipitated ␣1 subunit isolated from LLCPK1 cells treated either with or without ouabain (100 nM, 1 h) or
GO (3 milliunits/ml, 1 h) was subjected to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis. Pep-
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The spectral counts of Pro222/Pro234 and Thr224/Thr237 in two peptides
Ouabain and GO induced direct carbonylation of Pro222 and Thr224 in peptide
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VDNSSLTGESEPQTR225. The modified peptide was identified with spectral
counts of 0, 3, and 3 in control, ouabain-, and GO-treated samples, respectively.
tide-to-spectral matching was performed using X!Tandem/
TPP software suite considering direct carbonylations on
arginine, proline, threonine, and lysine as potential modifications (see under “Experimental Procedures”). This analysis
identified Pro222, Thr224, Pro234, and Thr237 as direct-carbonylated amino acids on the ␣1 subunit. A tryptic peptide 226SPDFTNENPLETR238 (numbered by UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot No.
P05024 (AT1A1_PIG) (precursor ion [MH]2⫹ ⫽ 767.36,
⌬mass ⫽ 20 ppm)) containing carbonylated Pro234 and Thr237
was observed in all three samples with spectral counts of 2, 2, and 3
in control, ouabain- and GO-treated samples, respectively (Table
1). A modified peptide 211VDNSSLTGESEPQTR225 (precursor
ion [MH]⫹2 ⫽ 817.38, ⌬mass ⫽ 13 ppm) containing carbonylated Pro222 and Thr224 was observed only in peptide in ouabain- and GO-treated cells with spectral counts of 0, 3 and 3 in
control, ouabain and GO treated samples, respectively (Table
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FIGURE 5. Role of Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling complex and c-Src in ouabain- and GO-induced protein carbonylation. a, ouabain (Oua) (100 nM,
1 h) stimulated protein carbonylation in whole cell lysate in LLC-PK1 cells but
not in the ␣1 subunit knockdown PY-17 cells and caveolin-1 knock-out C2-9
cells. n ⫽ 4. **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus control (Con). b, in SYF ⫹ c-Src cells, both
ouabain (25 M, 1 h) and GO (3 milliunits/ml, 1 h) stimulated protein carbonylation in whole cell lysates. In SYF cells, ouabain failed to stimulate protein
carbonylation. n ⫽ 4. **, p ⬍ 0.01, and *, p ⬍ 0.05 versus control. c, in SYF ⫹
c-Src cells, pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) attenuated ouabain (25
M, 1 h) and GO (3 milliunits/ml, 1 h) stimulated protein carbonylation. n ⫽ 4.
**, p ⬍ 0.01, versus control; #, p ⬍ 0.01 versus NAC alone and NAC ⫹ ouabain;
&, p ⬍ 0.01 versus NAC alone and NAC ⫹ GO. d, in LLC-PK1 cells, pretreatment
with PP2 (10 M, 30 min) significantly attenuated ouabain (100 nM, 1 h)- and
GO (3 milliunits/ml)-induced protein carbonylation. n ⫽ 3. **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus
contro; #, p ⬍ 0.05 versus PP2 alone and PP2 ⫹ ouabain; *, p ⬍ 0.05 versus PP2
alone and PP2 ⫹ GO.
FIGURE 6. Ouabain-stimulated protein carbonylation is reversible. For
control experiments, LLC-PK1 cells were treated with ouabain (Oua) (100 nM
for 1 h) to induce protein carbonylation. Control and one set of ouabaintreated cells were collected (wash ⫽ 0). In another ouabain-treated set, after
ouabain treatment for 1 h, ouabain was removed (by extensive wash with
culture medium), and cells were cultured in ouabain-free medium for another
2 h (wash ⫽ 2). For inhibitor experiments, LLC-PK1 cells were pretreated for
2 h with cycloheximide (CHX, 20 g/ml, n ⫽ 5), MG132 (10 M, n ⫽ 3), or
chloroquine (CHL, 100 M, n ⫽ 4), followed by the same procedure as above,
in the presence of these inhibitors. **, p ⬍ 0.01 versus control (Con).
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1). Pro222 and Thr224 are located on the surface of the actuator
(A) domain of the ␣1 subunit, facing the nucleotide binding (N)
domain (Fig. 7, ribbon diagram). Moreover, these two peptides
(211VDNSSLTGESEPQTRSPDFTNENPLETR238) are contiguous in the primary sequence and are located in the A domain of
the ␣1 subunit.
DISCUSSION
Recent studies have demonstrated the important role of
endogenous CTS in the regulation of renal sodium excretion
and blood pressure (34 –36). These include transgenic mice
with a “humanized” ouabain-sensitive Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit, CTS infusion, and immunoneutralization of endogenous
CTS (12, 22, 37– 40). For many years, the concept of CTS elimination of excessive sodium by direct inhibition of Na/KATPase has been a topic of debate. The newly appreciated signaling function of Na/K-ATPase has been widely confirmed
and has provided a novel mechanistic framework. We have
demonstrated that activation of this Na/K-ATPase signaling
function inhibits RPT sodium reabsorption to correct sodium
retention-related volume expansion and blood pressure
increase. We conclude that, rather than contributing to development and maintenance of hypertension, properly regulated
RPT Na/K-ATPase signaling has a protective effect under physiological settings (12, 13, 21, 22). However, a fundamental
unanswered question is the underlying mechanism to “turn
on/off” the RPT Na/K-ATPase signaling. Marinobufagenin,
another ligand of the Na/K-ATPase, stimulates ROS generation, protein oxidation, trafficking of RPT Na/K-ATPase, and
urinary sodium excretion in experimental animals (12, 40, 41).
The impaired RPT Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling in Dahl saltsensitive rats (22) prompted us to investigate the underlying
mechanisms. We report here that, in LLC-PK1 cells, ROS and
ouabain-Na/K-ATPase䡠c-Src signaling are inextricably linked.
ROS is a critical signaling mediator of ouabain-stimulated RPT
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lation of the ␣1 subunit is involved in a feed-forward mechanism in the regulation of Na/K-ATPase signal transduction and
subsequent inhibition of transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux. The present data further indicate that the carbonylation modification of
the ␣1 subunit is a key mechanism in the ouabain-stimulated
regulation of RPT Na/K-ATPase signaling and sodium handling. Moreover, because GO alone inhibited transepithelial
22
Na⫹ flux and stimulated NHE3 carbonylation and redistribution, ouabain-induced ROS generation and protein carbonylation may function as the link from ouabain-Na/K-ATPase signaling to NHE3 regulation. Because oxidative stress inhibits
other Na⫹-coupled mechanisms such as the Na⫹/glucose
cotransport system (SGLT) (30), we cannot exclude the possibility that ouabain- and GO-mediated inhibition of transepithelial 22Na⫹ flux might partially be due to their effects on other
Na⫹-coupled mechanisms. Moreover, even though ouabain
stimulated the superoxide-related ROS generation, we also
cannot exclude the possibility that the oxidative effect of ouabain might involve other pathways or mechanisms.
We used the GO-glucose system to mimic the overall oxidative stress and used NAC as a scavenger of H2O2 and protein
carbonylation. GO (3 milliunits/ml) induces a low and sustained generation of H2O2 (3–5) that can stimulate Src kinase
tyrosine phosphorylation (42) and Na/K-ATPase endocytosis
(5). NAC is one of the most bioavailable precursors of the
reducing agent glutathione (43) and is more effective in reducing direct protein carbonylation (44, 45) than traditional reactive carbonyl species scavengers (46). We have shown that
pretreatment with NAC (10 mM, 30 min) prevents ouabainstimulated ROS generation and Na/K-ATPase signaling (3, 4).
Pretreatment with NAC attenuated the effects induced by ouabain, including c-Src activation, protein carbonylation, and
protein trafficking. Pretreatment with (⫾)-␣-tocopherol also
attenuated ouabain- and GO-induced protein carbonylation.
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FIGURE 7. Ouabain and GO stimulates direct carbonylation of the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit. A ribbon diagram of the Na/K-ATPase ␣1 subunit with Pro222
and Thr224 highlighted (Protein Data Bank code 2ZXE).
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tion in which thiol groups were responsible for decarbonylation
via enzymatic processes probably through thioredoxin reductase (49). Our present data suggest an undefined self-decarbonylation mechanism to reverse the carbonylation. This
decarbonylation process was independent of both de novo protein synthesis and degradation through lysosome and proteasome pathways, leading us to speculate a likely enzyme-driven
mechanism of the removal of the carbonyl group, by either a
known enzyme system or an unidentified enzyme-like protein.
Nevertheless, the underlying mechanism might be physiologically
significant because the carbonylation/decarbonylation process
could be an important regulator of the RPT Na/K-ATPase signaling and sodium handling.
Upon ouabain binding, Na/K-ATPase undergoes a conformational change in which the A domain rotates toward the N
domain by using the 217TGES220 motif as the anchor and the
transmembrane M1/M2 domain shifted toward the M3/M4
domain (50). Structure-function analysis indicates that this
conformational change might affect protein/protein interactions between the ␣1 subunit and its signaling partners such as
c-Src, PI3K, and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (50),
which are critical in Na/K-ATPase signaling. To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that CTS
causes a direct and reversible carbonylation of the ␣1 subunit A
domain, which can significantly regulate Na/K-ATPase signaling and transepithelial sodium transport.
Our present data demonstrate that ROS may be a critical
mediator of RPT Na/K-ATPase signaling and sodium reabsorption. Future studies will be necessary to clarify how carbonylation modification of the ␣1 subunit is able to alter RPT Na/KATPase signaling and sodium handling.
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Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species in a Feed-forward Mechanism of
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doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.461020 originally published online October 11, 2013
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