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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 283: C752-C761, 2002. First published May 8, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00501.2001
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Vol. 283, Issue 3, C752-C761, September 2002

Translocation of telokin by cGMP signaling in smooth muscle cells

Satoshi Komatsu1, Koji Miyazaki1, Richard A. Tuft2, and Mitsuo Ikebe1

1 Department of Physiology and 2 Biomedical Imaging Group, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655

Telokin is an acidic protein with a sequence identical to the COOH-terminal domain of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) produced by an alternate promoter of the MLCK gene. Although it is abundantly expressed in smooth muscle, its physiological function is not understood. In the present study, we attempted to clarify the function of telokin by analyzing its spatial and temporal localization in living single smooth muscle cells. Primary cultured smooth muscle cells were transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged telokin. The telokin-GFP localized mostly diffusely in cytosol. Stimulation with both sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and 8-bromo-cyclic GMP induced translocation of GFP-tagged telokin to near plasma membrane in living single smooth muscle cells. The translocation was slow, and it took more than 10 min at room temperature. Mutation of the phosphorylation sites of telokin (S13A, S19A, and S13A/S19A) significantly attenuated SNP-induced translocation. Both KT-5823 (cGMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor) and PD-98059 (mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor) diminished the telokin-GFP translocation. These results suggest that telokin changes its intracellular localization because of phosphorylation at Ser13 and/or Ser19 via the cGMP-signaling pathway.

green fluorescent protein; myosin; myosin light chain kinase; guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase; phosphorylation


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