Author:
Van Itallie Christina M.,Tietgens Amber Jean,LoGrande Kirsten,Aponte Angel,Gucek Marjan,Anderson James M.
Abstract
Claudins are critical components of epithelial and endothelial tight junction seals, but their post-transcriptional regulation remains poorly understood. Several studies have implicated phosphorylation in control of claudin localization and/or function, but these have focused on single sites or pathways with differing results, so that it has been difficult to draw general functional conclusions. In this study, we used MS analysis of purified claudin-2 from MDCK II cells and found that the cytoplasmic tail is multiply phosphorylated on serines, threonine and tyrosines. Phos-tag SDS PAGE revealed that one site, S208, is heavily constitutively phosphorylated in MDCK II cells and in mouse kidney; this site was targeted for further study. Mutational analysis revealed that the phosphomimetic mutant of claudin-2, S208E, was preferentially localized to the plasma membrane while claudin-2 S208A, which could not be phosphorylated at this site, both immunolocalized and co-fractionated with lysosomal markers. Mutations at sites which were previously reported to interfere with plasma membrane targeting of claudin-2 reduced phosphorylation at S208, suggesting that membrane localization is required for phosphorylation; however phosphorylation at S208 did not affect binding to ZO-1 or ZO-2 Administration of forskolin or PGE2 resulted in dephosphorylation at S208 and transient small increases in TER. Together these data are consistent with phosphorylation at S208 playing a major role in the retention of claudin-2 at the plasma membrane.
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
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