PMID- 25861040 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160418 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2015 TI - Filamin-a increases the stability and plasma membrane expression of polycystin-2. PG - e0123018 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0123018 [doi] LID - e0123018 AB - Polycystin-2 (PC2), encoded by the PKD2 gene, is mutated in ~15% of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Filamins are actin-binding proteins implicated in scaffolding and membrane stabilization. Here we studied the effects of filamin on PC2 stability using filamin-deficient human melanoma M2, filamin-A (FLNA)-replete A7, HEK293 and IMCD cells together with FLNA siRNA/shRNA knockdown (KD). We found that the presence of FLNA is associated with higher total and plasma membrane PC2 protein expression. Western blotting analysis in combination with FLNA KD showed that FLNA in A7 cells represses PC2 degradation, prolonging the half-life from 2.3 to 4.4 hours. By co-immunoprecipitation and Far Western blotting we found that the FLNA C-terminus (FLNAC) reduces the FLNA-PC2 binding and PC2 expression, presumably through competing with FLNA for binding PC2. We further found that FLNA mediates PC2 binding with actin through forming complex PC2-FLNA-actin. FLNAC acted as a blocking peptide and disrupted the link of PC2 with actin through disrupting the PC2-FLNA-actin complex. Finally, we demonstrated that the physical interaction of PC2-FLNA is Ca-dependent. Taken together, our current study indicates that FLNA anchors PC2 to the actin cytoskeleton through complex PC2-FLNA-actin to reduce degradation and increase stability, and possibly regulate PC2 function in a Ca-dependent manner. FAU - Wang, Qian AU - Wang Q AD - Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Zheng, Wang AU - Zheng W AD - Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Wang, Zuocheng AU - Wang Z AD - Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Yang, JungWoo AU - Yang J AD - Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Hussein, Shaimaa AU - Hussein S AD - Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Tang, Jingfeng AU - Tang J AD - Membrane Protein Disease and Cancer Research Center, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China; Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. FAU - Chen, Xing-Zhen AU - Chen XZ AD - Membrane Protein Disease and Cancer Research Center, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China; Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. LA - eng GR - MOP 89977/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150410 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Filamins) RN - 0 (Multiprotein Complexes) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (TRPP Cation Channels) RN - 0 (polycystic kidney disease 2 protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Calcium/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Filamins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Multiprotein Complexes/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs MH - Protein Stability MH - Proteolysis MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - TRPP Cation Channels/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC4393133 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/04/11 06:00 MHDA- 2016/04/19 06:00 PMCR- 2015/04/10 CRDT- 2015/04/11 06:00 PHST- 2014/10/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/04/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/04/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-48717 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0123018 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2015 Apr 10;10(4):e0123018. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123018. eCollection 2015.