Unraveling trafficking of the kidney anion exchanger 1 in polarized MDCK epithelial cellsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB — Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease.

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Cordat

Kidney anion exchanger 1 (kAE1) is a membrane glycoprotein expressed at the basolateral membrane of type A intercalated cells in the kidney collecting tubule. Mutations occurring in the gene encoding this protein can give rise to distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), a disease characterized by an impaired urine acidification, nephrocalcinosis, and renal failure. Here we review how the study of dRTA mutants in polarized epithelial cells has shed light on the cellular mechanisms resulting in this renal disease.

2016 ◽  
Vol 310 (9) ◽  
pp. C764-C772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ensaf Almomani ◽  
Rawad Lashhab ◽  
R. Todd Alexander ◽  
Emmanuelle Cordat

Mutations in the SLC4A1 gene coding for kidney anion exchanger 1 (kAE1) cause distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). We investigated the fate of the most common truncated dominant dRTA mutant kAE1 R901X. In renal epithelial cells, we found that kAE1 R901X is less abundant than kAE1 wild-type (WT) at the plasma membrane. Although kAE1 WT and kAE1 R901X have similar half-lives, the decreased abundance of kAE1 R901X at the surface is due to an increased endocytosis rate and a decreased recycling rate of endocytosed proteins. We propose that, in polarized renal epithelial cells, the apically mistargeted kAE1 R901X mutant is endocytosed faster than kAE1 WT and its recycling to the basolateral membrane is delayed. This resets the equilibrium, such that kAE1 R901X resides predominantly in an endomembrane compartment, thereby likely participating in development of dRTA disease.


2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teruhisa Hirai ◽  
Naotaka Hamasaki ◽  
Tomohiro Yamaguchi ◽  
Yohei Ikeda

We recently published the three-dimensional structure of the membrane domain of human erythrocyte anion exchanger 1 (AE1) at 7.5 Å resolution, solved by electron crystallography. The structure exhibited distinctive anti-parallel V-shaped motifs, which protrude from the membrane bilayer on both sides. Similar motifs exist in the previously reported structure of a bacterial chloride channel (ClC)-type protein. Here, we propose two topology models of AE1 that reflect the anti-parallel V-shaped structural motifs. One is assumed to have structural similarity with the ClC protein and the other is only assumed to have internal repeats, as is often the case with transporters. Both models are consistent with most topological results reported thus far for AE1, each having advantages and disadvantages.


2014 ◽  
Vol 307 (3) ◽  
pp. C296-C307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Y. Chu ◽  
Jennifer King ◽  
Mattia Berrini ◽  
Alina C. Rumley ◽  
Pirjo M. Apaja ◽  
...  

Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) can be caused by mutations in the SLC4A1 gene encoding the anion exchanger 1 (AE1). Both recessive and dominant mutations result in mistrafficking of proteins, preventing them from reaching the basolateral membrane of renal epithelial cells, where their function is needed. In this study, we show that two dRTA mutants are prematurely degraded. Therefore, we investigated the degradation pathway of the kidney AE1 G701D mutant that is retained in the Golgi. Little is known about degradation of nonnative membrane proteins from the Golgi compartments in mammalian cells. We show that the kidney AE1 G701D mutant is polyubiquitylated and degraded by the lysosome and the proteosome. This mutant reaches the plasma membrane, where it is endocytosed and degraded by the lysosome via a mechanism dependent on the peripheral quality control machinery. Furthermore, we show that the function of the mutant is rescued at the cell surface upon inhibition of the lysosome and incubation with a chemical chaperone. We conclude that modulating the peripheral quality control machinery may provide a novel therapeutic option for treatment of patients with dRTA due to a Golgi-retained mutant.


2005 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Toye

dRTA (distal renal tubular acidosis) results from the failure of the a-intercalated cells in the distal tubule of the nephron to acidify the urine. A truncated form of AE1 (anion-exchanger 1; Band 3), kAE1 (kidney isoform of AE1), is located in the basolateral membrane of the intercalated cell. Mutations in the AE1 gene cause autosomal dominant and recessive forms of dRTA. All the dominant dRTA mutations investigated cause aberrant trafficking of kAE1, resulting in its intracellular retention or mistargeting to the apical plasma membrane. Therefore the intracellular retention of hetero-oligomers containing wild-type and dRTA mutants, or the mistargeted protein in the apical membrane neutralizing acid secretion, explains dominant dRTA. The kAE1 (Arg901→stop) mutant has been studied in more detail, since the mistargeting kAE1 (Arg901→stop) from the basolateral to the apical membrane is consistent with the removal of a basolateral localization signal. The C-terminal amino acids deleted by the Arg901→stop mutation, contain a tyrosine motif and a type II PDZ interaction domain. The tyrosine residue (Tyr904), but not the PDZ domain, is critical for basolateral localization. In the absence of the N-terminus of kAE1, the C-terminus was not sufficient to localize kAE1 to the basolateral membrane. This suggests that a determinant within the kAE1 N-terminus co-operates with the C-terminus for kAE1 basolateral localization. Interestingly, Tyr359, in the N-terminal domain, and Tyr904 in the C-terminus of AE1 are phosphorylated in red blood cells. A potential scheme is suggested where successive phosphorylation of these residues is necessary for correct localization and recycling of kAE1 to the basolateral membrane.


2010 ◽  
Vol 426 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Chu ◽  
Naomi Woods ◽  
Nunghathai Sawasdee ◽  
Helene Guizouarn ◽  
Bernard Pellissier ◽  
...  

dRTA (distal renal tubular acidosis) and HS (hereditary spherocytosis) are two diseases that can be caused by mutations in the gene encoding the AE1 (anion exchanger 1; Band 3). dRTA is characterized by defective urinary acidification, leading to metabolic acidosis, renal stones and failure to thrive. HS results in anaemia, which may require regular blood transfusions and splenectomy. Mutations in the gene encoding AE1 rarely cause both HS and dRTA. In the present paper, we describe a novel AE1 mutation, Band 3 Edmonton I, which causes dominant HS and recessive dRTA. The patient is a compound heterozygote with the new mutation C479W and the previously described mutation G701D. Red blood cells from the patient presented a reduced amount of AE1. Expression in a kidney cell line showed that kAE1 (kidney AE1) C479W is retained intracellularly. As kAE1 is a dimer, we performed co-expression studies and found that, in kidney cells, kAE1 C479W and G701D proteins traffic independently from each other despite their ability to form heterodimers. Therefore the patient carries one kAE1 mutant that is retained in the Golgi (G701D) and another kAE1 mutant (C479W) located in the endoplasmic reticulum of kidney cells, and is thus probably unable to reabsorb bicarbonate into the blood. We conclude that the C479W mutant is a novel trafficking mutant of AE1, which causes HS due to a decreased cell-surface AE1 protein and results in dRTA due to its intracellular retention in kidney.


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Author(s):  
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T. C. Vieira ◽  
P. R. M. Lima ◽  
S. T. O. Saad ◽  
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