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ASK3 responds to osmotic stress and regulates blood pressure by suppressing WNK1-SPAK/OSR1 signaling in the kidney

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  • Isao Naguro

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Tsuyoshi Umeda

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Yumie Kobayashi

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Junichi Maruyama

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Kazuki Hattori

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Yutaka Shimizu

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Keiichiro Kataoka

    (Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)

  • Shokei Kim-Mitsuyama

    (Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences)

  • Shinichi Uchida

    (Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

  • Alain Vandewalle

    (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U773, Université Paris Diderot)

  • Takuya Noguchi

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Hideki Nishitoh

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Atsushi Matsuzawa

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Kohsuke Takeda

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

  • Hidenori Ichijo

    (Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

Abstract

Changes in the osmolality of body fluids pose a serious danger to cells and living organisms, which have developed cellular systems to sense and respond to osmotic stress and to maintain homoeostasis of body fluid. However, these processes are incompletely understood in mammals. Here we show that apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 3 (ASK3) is predominantly expressed in the kidney and alters its kinase activity bidirectionally in response to osmotic stress. We further demonstrate that ASK3 interacts with WNK1, mutation in which causes an inherited form of hypertension in humans. Knockdown of Ask3 by short interfering RNA enhances the activation of the WNK1-SPAK/OSR1 signalling pathway. Moreover, Ask3 knockout mice exhibit a hypertensive phenotype, in addition to hyperactivation of SPAK/OSR1 in renal tubules. Our results suggest that ASK3 is a unique bidirectional responder to osmotic stress and that it has a role in the control of blood pressure as an upstream suppressor of the WNK1-SPAK/OSR1 signalling pathway.

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  • Isao Naguro & Tsuyoshi Umeda & Yumie Kobayashi & Junichi Maruyama & Kazuki Hattori & Yutaka Shimizu & Keiichiro Kataoka & Shokei Kim-Mitsuyama & Shinichi Uchida & Alain Vandewalle & Takuya Noguchi & H, 2012. "ASK3 responds to osmotic stress and regulates blood pressure by suppressing WNK1-SPAK/OSR1 signaling in the kidney," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 3(1), pages 1-11, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:3:y:2012:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2283
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2283
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