Functional role of lysine 12 in Leishmania major AQP1

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• 作者：Mansi Sharma ; Goutam Mandal ; Srotoswati Mandal ; Hiranmoy Bhattacharjee ; Rita Mukhopadhyay ; ^{rmukhop@fiu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Sb(III) ; antimonite ; AQP1 ; Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin ; MPK2 ; Leishmania major mitogen-activated protein kinase 2
• 刊名：Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：June 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：201
• 期：2
• 页码：139-145
• 全文大小：1201 K

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Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin (AQP1) is an adventitious metalloid channel that allows the bidirectional movement of arsenite and antimonite. Here we demonstrate that AQP1 is subjected to proteasome-dependent degradation. Treatment of Leishmania promastigotes with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 resulted in increased AQP1 accumulation. Site-directed mutagenesis in AQP1 revealed that alteration of lysine 12 to either alanine or arginine improves protein stability. AQP1 expression is stabilized by mitogen-activated protein kinase 2 (MPK2). Cells expressing a dominant-negative MPK2 mutant exhibited severely reduced AQP1 expression, which could be reversed upon addition of MG132. Interestingly, the dominant-negative MPK2 mutant could not destabilize either AQP1_K12A or AQP1_K12R. While stabilization of AQP1 by MPK2 leads to its relocalization from flagellum to the entire surface of the parasite, altered AQP1_K12A or AQP1_K12R was restricted to flagellum only. Our data demonstrate that lysine 12 is targeted for proteasomal degradation of AQP1 and plays an integral role in subcellular localization of AQP1 as well as its interaction with MPK2. This work also raises the possibility that a strategy combining antimonial with a proteasome inhibitor may be an effective combination regimen against diverse forms of leishmaniasis.