ADAM-17 is activated by the mitogenic protein kinase ERK in a model of kidney fibrosis.
ADAM-17 is activated by the mitogenic protein kinase ERK in a model of kidney fibrosis.
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10.1097/maj.0b013e3181cb4487
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2010-02
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Gööz M
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Bell HL;Gööz M
Chronic kidney disease affects 1 out of 9 Americans and leads to kidney failure and death. Recent scientific evidence showed increased activation of the disintegrin and metalloenzyme ADAM-17 during development of the disease and it was suggested that threonine phosphorylation of ADAM-17 may be an important regulator of the enzyme activity. The goal of our study was to investigate whether profibrotic serotonin (5-HT) induces phosphorylation of ADAM-17 and whether phosphorylation of ADAM-17 increases its enzymatic activity. We used kidney mesangial cells as our model system and found that 5-HT treatment (1 μM for 10 min) induced a significant 3-fold increase in ADAM-17 phosphorylation. PD98059 (1 μM) an inhibitor of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) activation completely inhibited ADAM-17 phosphorylation. In co-immunoprecipitation analysis we observed increased (2.7-fold) binding of activated ERK to ADAM-17 after 10 min of 5-HT stimulation. In ADAM-17 activity assay using a fluorogenic ADAM-17 peptide substrate MCA-PLAQAV(Dpa) we found that 5-HT treatment induced a 2.3-fold activation of ADAM-17 and that pre-treatment with 1 μM of PD98059 significantly attenuated 5-HT-induced ADAM-17 activity (to 1.5-fold over control). We conclude that during profibrotic stimulus ERK phosphorylates ADAM-17 on threonines in kidney cells and that phosphorylation of ADAM-17 induces concomitant increase in the enzyme activity. Our data suggest that inhibiting ADAM-17 phosphorylation can have potential therapeutic significance to slow down kidney fibrosis.