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  • Title: Na+ and K+ regulate the phosphorylation state of nucleoside diphosphate kinase in human airway epithelium.
    Author: Marshall LJ, Muimo R, Riemen CE, Mehta A.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1999 Jan; 276(1):C109-19. PubMed ID: 9886926.
    Abstract:
    We describe how cations, in the presence of ATP, regulate the phosphorylated form of 19- and 21-kDa nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK; EC 2.7.4.6), a kinase controlling K+ channels, G proteins, cell secretion, cellular energy production, and UTP synthesis. In apically enriched human nasal epithelial membranes, 10 mM Na+ inhibits phosphorylation of NDPK relative to other cations. Dose response showed that, whereas K+ induces a fourfold greater phosphate incorporation (EC50 10 mM), Na+ is inhibitory (EC50 10 mM) compared with respective buffer controls. Cation discrimination is nucleotide selective (not seen with [gamma-32P]GTP) and NDPK specific (not seen with p37h, a previously characterized Cl--sensitive phosphoprotein). Na+ does not exert an inhibitory effect on NDPK phosphorylation directly but is likely to act via an okadaic acid-insensitive phosphatase. We speculate that the ability of NDPK to discriminate between physiologically relevant cation concentrations provides a novel example of cross talk within the apical membrane.
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