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Aldosterone stimulates carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC in A6 cells, leading to an increase in the open probability of these sodium channels.
This study demonstrates that aldosterone regulates sodium channel activity in A6 cells by stimulating the carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC.
The action of aldosterone to increase apical membrane permeability in responsive epithelia is thought to be due to activation of sodium channels. Aldosterone stimulates methylation of a 95-kDa protein in apical membrane of A6 cells, and we have previously shown that methylation of a 95-kDa protein in the immunopurified Na+ channel complex increases open probability of these channels in planar lipid bilayers. We report here that aldosterone stimulates carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC in A6 cells. In vitro translated beta subunit, but not alpha or gamma, serves as a substrate for carboxylmethylation. Carboxylmethylation of ENaC reconstituted in planar lipid bilayers leads to an increase in open probability only when beta subunit is present. When the channel complex is immunoprecipitated from A6 cells and analyzed by Western blot with antibodies to the three subunits of xENaC, all three subunits are recognized as constituents of the complex. The results suggest that Na+ channel activity in A6 cells is regulated, in part, by carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC.
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Rokaw et al. (1998) studied this question. Aldosterone was evaluated on Channel open probability and carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC. Aldosterone stimulates carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC in A6 cells, leading to an increase in the open probability of these sodium channels.
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