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Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2009, p. 3455-3464, Vol. 29, No. 13
0270-7306/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.00054-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

{alpha}1-AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Regulates Hypoxia-Induced Na,K-ATPase Endocytosis via Direct Phosphorylation of Protein Kinase C{zeta}{triangledown}

Galina A. Gusarova,1,{dagger} Laura A. Dada,1,{dagger} Aileen M. Kelly,1 Chaya Brodie,2 Lee A. Witters,3 Navdeep S. Chandel,1 and Jacob I. Sznajder1*

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois,1 Department of Neurosurgery and Hermelin Brain Tumor Center, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan,2 Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, and Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire3

Received 13 January 2009/ Returned for modification 13 February 2009/ Accepted 10 April 2009

Hypoxia promotes Na,K-ATPase endocytosis via protein kinase C{zeta} (PKC{zeta})-mediated phosphorylation of the Na,K-ATPase {alpha} subunit. Here, we report that hypoxia leads to the phosphorylation of 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) at Thr172 in rat alveolar epithelial cells. The overexpression of a dominant-negative AMPK {alpha} subunit (AMPK-DN) construct prevented the hypoxia-induced endocytosis of Na,K-ATPase. The overexpression of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger catalase prevented hypoxia-induced AMPK activation. Moreover, hypoxia failed to activate AMPK in mitochondrion-deficient {rho}0-A549 cells, suggesting that mitochondrial ROS play an essential role in hypoxia-induced AMPK activation. Hypoxia-induced PKC{zeta} translocation to the plasma membrane and phosphorylation at Thr410 were prevented by the pharmacological inhibition of AMPK or by the overexpression of the AMPK-DN construct. We found that AMPK {alpha} phosphorylates PKC{zeta} on residue Thr410 within the PKC{zeta} activation loop. Importantly, the activation of AMPK {alpha} was necessary for hypoxia-induced AMPK-PKC{zeta} binding in alveolar epithelial cells. The overexpression of T410A mutant PKC{zeta} prevented hypoxia-induced Na,K-ATPase endocytosis, confirming that PKC{zeta} Thr410 phosphorylation is essential for this process. PKC{zeta} activation by AMPK is isoform specific, as small interfering RNA targeting the {alpha}1 but not the {alpha}2 catalytic subunit prevented PKC{zeta} activation. Accordingly, we provide the first evidence that hypoxia-generated mitochondrial ROS lead to the activation of the AMPK {alpha}1 isoform, which binds and directly phosphorylates PKC{zeta} at Thr410, thereby promoting Na,K-ATPase endocytosis.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 240 E. Huron, McGaw M-300, Chicago, IL 60611. Phone: (312) 908-7737. Fax: (312) 908-4650. E-mail: j-sznajder{at}northwestern.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 April 2009.

{dagger} These authors contributed equally to this paper.


Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2009, p. 3455-3464, Vol. 29, No. 13
0270-7306/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.00054-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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