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1 Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2 Protein Core Facility, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
3 Renal-Electrolyte Division, Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
4 Pulmonary Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kleyman{at}pitt.edu.
The A663T polymorphism of the
-subunit of the human Epithelial Sodium Channel (hENaC) increases the functional and surface expression of 

-hENaC in Xenopus oocytes, and the context of this residue in the C-terminus of
-hENaC is important for this effect. Query of a phosphoprotein database suggested that the
-T663 residue of hENaC might be a substrate for phosphorylation by Casein Kinase 1 (CK1). We tested the hypotheses that phosphorylation of
-T663-hENaC by CK1 would regulate the increased functional and surface expression of
-T663-hENaC vs.
-A663-hENaC in oocytes. General inhibition of CK1 with IC261 decreased the functional and surface expression of
-T663-hENaC, but not
-A663-hENaC. This decrease in
-T663-hENaC functional expression resulted from reduced delivery of
-T663-hENaC to the oocyte membrane. IC261 also inhibited the functional expression of
-T692-mENaC and a chimeric m(1-678)/h(650-669)
-T663, m
ENaC, but not
-A692-mENaC or m(1-678)/h(650-669)
-A663, m
ENaC. These data suggest that additional residues outside of the
-hENaC C-terminus are important for modulation of
-T663-hENaC trafficking by CK1. Overexpression of CK1
did not alter functional expression of
-T663-hENaC. In contrast, modest overexpression of CK1
enhanced, while higher levels of CK1
overexpression inhibited
-T663-hENaC functional expression. CK1 did not phosphorylate the C-terminus of either
-T663-hENaC or
-A663-hENaC in vitro. These data suggest that CK1, and perhaps specifically CK1
, regulates the intracellular trafficking of the
-A663T functional polymorphism of hENaC indirectly by altering the rate of
-T663-hENaC biosynthesis and/or delivery to the plasma membrane.
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