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XB-ART-5604
Pflugers Arch 2003 Feb 01;4455:601-6. doi: 10.1007/s00424-002-0982-y.
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Regulation of KCNE1-dependent K(+) current by the serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase (SGK) isoforms.

Embark HM , Böhmer C , Vallon V , Luft F , Lang F .


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The slowly activating K(+) channel subunit KCNE1 is expressed in a variety of tissues including proximal renal tubules, cardiac myocytes and stria vascularis of inner ear. The present study has been performed to explore whether the serum- and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase family members SGK1, SGK2, or SGK3 and/or protein kinase B (PKB) influence K(+) channel activity in Xenopus oocytes expressing KCNE1. cRNA encoding KCNE1 was injected with or without cRNA encoding wild-type SGK1, constitutively active (S422D)SGK1, inactive (K127 N)SGK1, wild-type SGK2, wild-type SGK3 or constitutively active (T308D,S473D)PKB. In oocytes injected with KCNE1 cRNA but not in water-injected oocytes a depolarization from -80 mV to -10 mV led to the appearance of a slowly activating K(+) current. Coexpression of SGK1,( S422D)SGK1, SGK2, SGK3 or (T308D,S473D)PKB but not (K127 N)SGK1 significantly stimulated KCNE1-induced current. The effect did not depend on Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity. KCNE1-induced current was markedly upregulated by coexpression of KCNQ1 and further increased by additional expression of (S422D)SGK1, SGK2, SGK3 or (T308D,S473D)PKB. In conclusion, all three members of the SGK family of kinases SGK1-3 and protein kinase B stimulate the slowly activating K(+) channel KCNE1/KCNQ1. The kinases may thus participate in the regulation of KCNE1-dependent transport and excitability.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: kcne1 kcnq1 sgk1 sgk2 sgk3

References [+] :
Alvarez de la Rosa, The serum and glucocorticoid kinase sgk increases the abundance of epithelial sodium channels in the plasma membrane of Xenopus oocytes. 1999, Pubmed, Xenbase