Kidney-Specific Membrane-Bound Serine Proteases CAP1/Prss8 and CAP3/St14 Affect ENaC Subunit Abundances but Not Its Activity

Autor: Elodie Ehret, Sévan Stroh, Muriel Auberson, Frédérique Ino, Yannick Jäger, Marc Maillard, Roman Szabo, Thomas H. Bugge, Simona Frateschi, Edith Hummler
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Cells, Vol 12, Iss 19, p 2342 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4409
DOI: 10.3390/cells12192342
Popis: The serine proteases CAP1/Prss8 and CAP3/St14 are identified as ENaC channel-activating proteases in vitro, highly suggesting that they are required for proteolytic activation of ENaC in vivo. The present study tested whether CAP3/St14 is relevant for renal proteolytic ENaC activation and affects ENaC-mediated Na+ absorption following Na+ deprivation conditions. CAP3/St14 knockout mice exhibit a significant decrease in CAP1/Prss8 protein expression with altered ENaC subunit and decreased pNCC protein abundances but overall maintain sodium balance. RNAscope-based analyses reveal co-expression of CAP3/St14 and CAP1/Prss8 with alpha ENaC in distal tubules of the cortex from wild-type mice. Double CAP1/Prss8; CAP3/St14-deficiency maintained Na+ and K+ balance on a Na+-deprived diet, restored ENaC subunit protein abundances but showed reduced NCC activity under Na+ deprivation. Overall, our data clearly show that CAP3/St14 is not required for direct proteolytic activation of ENaC but for its protein abundance. Our study reveals a complex regulation of ENaC by these serine proteases on the expression level rather than on its proteolytic activation.
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