Ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM)-binding phosphoprotein 50 organizes ERM proteins at the apical membrane of polarized epithelia.

نویسندگان

  • Fabiana C Morales
  • Yoko Takahashi
  • Erica L Kreimann
  • Maria-Magdalena Georgescu
چکیده

Ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins regulate the organization and function of specific cortical structures in polarized epithelial cells by connecting filamentous (F)-actin to plasma membrane proteins. The contribution of ERM proteins to these structures depends on a conformational change to an active state in which the C-terminal region interacts with F-actin and the N-terminal domain interacts with membrane ligands. The specific ligands necessary for stabilizing ERM proteins at the membrane are not known. By generating mice deficient for ERM-binding phosphoprotein 50/Na(+)/H(+) exchanger regulatory factor 1 (EBP50/NHERF1), which binds the N-terminal domain of ERM proteins, we found that EBP50 is required for the maintenance of active ERM proteins at the cortical brush border membranes (BBM) of polarized epithelia. In EBP50(-/-) mice, ERM proteins were significantly decreased specifically in BBM from kidney and small intestine epithelial cells, whereas they remained unchanged in the cytoplasm. In wild-type animals, EBP50 was localized to the BBM compartment where it was processed by cleavage of the ERM-binding motif. In BBM, active ERM proteins formed distinct complexes with full-length EBP50 and with F-actin, suggesting a switch mechanism in which proteolytically processed EBP50 would release ERM proteins to complex with F-actin. The structural defects found in the EBP50(-/-) intestinal microvilli were reminiscent of those described in ezrin(-/-) mice, suggesting a role for EBP50 in organizing apical epithelial membranes.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

دوره 101 51  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004