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Cleary SR, Seflova J, Cho EE, Bisht K, Khandelia H, Espinoza-Fonseca LM, Robia SL. Phospholamban inhibits the cardiac calcium pump by interrupting an allosteric activation pathway. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107267. [PMID: 38583863 PMCID: PMC11098958 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Phospholamban (PLB) is a transmembrane micropeptide that regulates the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) in cardiac muscle, but the physical mechanism of this regulation remains poorly understood. PLB reduces the Ca2+ sensitivity of active SERCA, increasing the Ca2+ concentration required for pump cycling. However, PLB does not decrease Ca2+ binding to SERCA when ATP is absent, suggesting PLB does not inhibit SERCA Ca2+ affinity. The prevailing explanation for these seemingly conflicting results is that PLB slows transitions in the SERCA enzymatic cycle associated with Ca2+ binding, altering transport Ca2+ dependence without actually affecting the equilibrium binding affinity of the Ca2+-coordinating sites. Here, we consider another hypothesis, that measurements of Ca2+ binding in the absence of ATP overlook important allosteric effects of nucleotide binding that increase SERCA Ca2+ binding affinity. We speculated that PLB inhibits SERCA by reversing this allostery. To test this, we used a fluorescent SERCA biosensor to quantify the Ca2+ affinity of non-cycling SERCA in the presence and absence of a non-hydrolyzable ATP-analog, AMPPCP. Nucleotide activation increased SERCA Ca2+ affinity, and this effect was reversed by co-expression of PLB. Interestingly, PLB had no effect on Ca2+ affinity in the absence of nucleotide. These results reconcile the previous conflicting observations from ATPase assays versus Ca2+ binding assays. Moreover, structural analysis of SERCA revealed a novel allosteric pathway connecting the ATP- and Ca2+-binding sites. We propose this pathway is disrupted by PLB binding. Thus, PLB reduces the equilibrium Ca2+ affinity of SERCA by interrupting allosteric activation of the pump by ATP.
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- Sean R Cleary
- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, PHYLIFE: Physical Life Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, PHYLIFE: Physical Life Science, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Arrhythmia Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
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Espinoza-Fonseca LM. Structural Basis for the Function of the C-Terminal Proton Release Pathway in the Calcium Pump. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073507. [PMID: 33805255 PMCID: PMC8037123 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The calcium pump (sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, SERCA) plays a major role in calcium homeostasis in muscle cells by clearing cytosolic Ca2+ during muscle relaxation. Active Ca2+ transport by SERCA involves the structural transition from a low-Ca2+ affinity E2 state toward a high-Ca2+ affinity E1 state of the pump. This structural transition is accompanied by the countertransport of protons to stabilize the negative charge and maintain the structural integrity of the transport sites and partially compensate for the positive charges of the two Ca2+ ions passing through the membrane. X-ray crystallography studies have suggested that a hydrated pore located at the C-terminal domain of SERCA serves as a conduit for proton countertransport, but the existence and function of this pathway have not yet been fully characterized. We used atomistic simulations to demonstrate that in the protonated E2 state and the absence of initially bound water molecules, the C-terminal pore becomes hydrated in the nanosecond timescale. Hydration of the C-terminal pore is accompanied by the formation of water wires that connect the transport sites with the cytosol. Water wires are known as ubiquitous proton-transport devices in biological systems, thus supporting the notion that the C-terminal domain serves as a conduit for proton release. Additional simulations showed that the release of a single proton from the transport sites induces bending of transmembrane helix M5 and the interaction between residues Arg762 and Ser915. These structural changes create a physical barrier against full hydration of the pore and prevent the formation of hydrogen-bonded water wires once proton transport has occurred through this pore. Together, these findings support the notion that the C-terminal proton release pathway is a functional element of SERCA and also provide a mechanistic model for its operation in the catalytic cycle of the pump.
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- L Michel Espinoza-Fonseca
- Center for Arrhythmia Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Structural dynamics of P-type ATPase ion pumps. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 47:1247-1257. [PMID: 31671180 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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P-type ATPases transport ions across biological membranes against concentration gradients and are essential for all cells. They use the energy from ATP hydrolysis to propel large intramolecular movements, which drive vectorial transport of ions. Tight coordination of the motions of the pump is required to couple the two spatially distant processes of ion binding and ATP hydrolysis. Here, we review our current understanding of the structural dynamics of P-type ATPases, focusing primarily on Ca2+ pumps. We integrate different types of information that report on structural dynamics, primarily time-resolved fluorescence experiments including single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer and molecular dynamics simulations, and interpret them in the framework provided by the numerous crystal structures of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. We discuss the challenges in characterizing the dynamics of membrane pumps, and the likely impact of new technologies on the field.
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Rodríguez Y, Májeková M. Structural Changes of Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca 2+-ATPase Induced by Rutin Arachidonate: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10020214. [PMID: 32024167 PMCID: PMC7072167 DOI: 10.3390/biom10020214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) maintains the level of calcium concentration in cells by pumping calcium ions from the cytoplasm to the lumen while undergoing substantial conformational changes, which can be stabilized or prevented by various compounds. Here we attempted to clarify the molecular mechanism of action of new inhibitor rutin arachidonate, one of the series of the acylated rutin derivatives. We performed molecular dynamics simulations of SERCA1a protein bound to rutin arachidonate positioned in a pure dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer membrane. Our study predicted the molecular basis for the binding of rutin arachidonate towards SERCA1a in the vicinity of the binding site of calcium ions and near the location of the well-known inhibitor thapsigargin. The stable hydrogen bond between Glu771 and rutin arachidonate plays a key role in the binding. SERCA1a is kept in the E2 conformation preventing the formation of important salt bridges between the side chains of several residues, primarily Glu90 and Lys297. All in all, the structural changes induced by the binding of rutin arachidonate to SERCA1a may shift proton balance near the titrable residues Glu771 and Glu309 into neutral species, hence preventing the binding of calcium ions to the transmembrane binding sites and thus affecting calcium homeostasis. Our results could lead towards the design of new types of inhibitors, potential drug candidates for cancer treatment, which could be anchored to the transmembrane region of SERCA1a by a lipophilic fatty acid group.
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- Yoel Rodríguez
- Department of Natural Sciences, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York, 500 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York, NY 10451, USA; or
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Center of Experimental Medicine of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, Dubravska cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +421-2-3229-5709
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Espinoza-Fonseca LM. Probing the effects of nonannular lipid binding on the stability of the calcium pump SERCA. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3349. [PMID: 30833659 PMCID: PMC6399444 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40004-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The calcium pump SERCA is a transmembrane protein that is critical for calcium transport in cells. SERCA resides in an environment made up largely by the lipid bilayer, so lipids play a central role on its stability and function. Studies have provided insights into the effects of annular and bulk lipids on SERCA activation, but the role of a nonannular lipid site in the E2 intermediate state remains elusive. Here, we have performed microsecond molecular dynamics simulations to probe the effects of nonannular lipid binding on the stability and structural dynamics of the E2 state of SERCA. We found that the structural integrity and stability of the E2 state is independent of nonannular lipid binding, and that occupancy of a lipid molecule at this site does not modulate destabilization of the E2 state, a step required to initiate the transition toward the competent E1 state. We also found that binding of the nonannular lipid does not induce direct allosteric control of the intrinsic functional dynamics the E2 state. We conclude that nonannular lipid binding is not necessary for the stability of the E2 state, but we speculate that it becomes functionally significant during the E2-to-E1 transition of the pump.
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- L Michel Espinoza-Fonseca
- Center for Arrhythmia Research, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Rui H, Das A, Nakamoto R, Roux B. Proton Countertransport and Coupled Gating in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Pump. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:5050-5065. [PMID: 30539761 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The calcium pump of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SERCA) is an ATP-driven active transporter of Ca2+ ions that functions via an "alternating-access" cycle mechanism. In each cycle, SERCA transports two Ca2+ ions toward the lumen of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and two to three protons to the cytoplasm. How the latter conformational transition is coupled to cytoplasmic release of protons remains poorly understood. The present computational study shows how the mechanism of proton countertransport is coupled to the alternating access gating process in SERCA. Molecular dynamics simulation trajectories are generated starting from a series of configurations taken along the E2 to E1 transition pathway determined by the string method with swarms-of-trajectories. Simulations of different protonation configurations at the binding sites reveal how deprotonation events affect the opening of the cytoplasmic gate. The results show that there is a strong coupling between the chronological order of deprotonation, the entry of water molecules into the TM region, and the opening of the cytoplasmic gate. Deprotonation of E309 and E771 is sequential with E309 being the first to lose the proton. The deprotonation promotes the opening of the cytoplasmic gate but leads to a productive gating transition only if it occurs after the transmembrane domain has reached an intermediate conformation. Deprotonation of E309 and E771 is unproductive when it occurs too early because it causes the re-opening of the luminal gate.
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- Huan Rui
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, PO Box 800886, 480 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Espinoza-Fonseca LM. The Ca 2+-ATPase pump facilitates bidirectional proton transport across the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2017; 13:633-637. [PMID: 28290590 DOI: 10.1039/c7mb00065k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ca2+ transport across the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SR) plays an essential role in intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, signalling, cell differentiation and muscle contractility. During SR Ca2+ uptake and release, proton fluxes are required to balance the charge deficit generated by the exchange of Ca2+ and other ions across the SR. During Ca2+ uptake by the SR Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA), two protons are countertransported from the SR lumen to the cytosol, thus partially compensating for the charge moved by Ca2+ transport. Studies have shown that protons are also transported from the cytosol to the lumen during Ca2+ release, but a transporter that facilitates proton transport into the SR lumen has not been described. In this article we propose that SERCA forms pores that facilitate bidirectional proton transport across the SR. We describe the location and structure of water-filled pores in SERCA that form cytosolic and luminal pathways for protons to cross the SR membrane. Based on this structural information, we suggest mechanistic models for proton translocation to the cytosol during active Ca2+ transport, and into the SR lumen during SERCA inhibition by endogenous regulatory proteins. Finally, we discuss the physiological consequences of SERCA-mediated bidirectional proton transport across the SR membrane of muscle and non-muscle cells.
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- L Michel Espinoza-Fonseca
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Fernández-de Gortari E, Espinoza-Fonseca LM. Preexisting domain motions underlie protonation-dependent structural transitions of the P-type Ca 2+-ATPase. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:10153-10162. [PMID: 28374038 PMCID: PMC5472844 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp00243b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We have performed microsecond molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to determine the mechanism for protonation-dependent structural transitions of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA), one of the most prominent members of the large P-type ATPase superfamily that transports ions across biological membranes. The release of two H+ from the transport sites activates SERCA by inducing a structural transition between low (E2) and high (E1) Ca2+-affinity states (E2-to-E1 transition), but the structural mechanism by which transport site deprotonation facilitates this transition is unknown. We performed microsecond all-atom MD simulations to determine the effects of transport site protonation on the structural dynamics of the E2 state in solution. We found that the protonated E2 state has structural characteristics that are similar to those observed in crystal structures of E2. Upon deprotonation, a single Na+ ion rapidly (<10 ns) binds to the transmembrane transport sites and induces a kink in M5, disrupts the M3-M5 interface, and increases the mobility of the M3/A-M3 linker. Principal component analysis showed that counter-rotation of the cytosolic N-A domains about the membrane normal axis, which is the primary motion driving the E2-to-E1 transition, is present in both protonated and deprotonated E2 states; however, protonation-dependent structural changes in the transmembrane domain control the hierarchical organization and amplitude of this motion. We propose that preexisting rigid-body domain motions underlie structural transitions of SERCA, where the functionally important directionality is preserved while transport site protonation controls the dominance and amplitude of motion to shift the equilibrium between the E1 and E2 states. We conclude that ligand-induced modulation of preexisting domain motions is likely a common theme in structural transitions of the P-type ATPase superfamily.
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- Eli Fernández-de Gortari
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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