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Lee H, Kang SW, Jeong H, Kwon JT, Kim YO, Kim HJ. Alteration in Cngb1 Expression upon Maternal Immune Activation in a Mouse Model and Its Possible Association with Schizophrenia Susceptibility. CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE 2021; 19:618-627. [PMID: 34690117 PMCID: PMC8553526 DOI: 10.9758/cpn.2021.19.4.618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Objective The cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (Cng) regulates synaptic efficacy in brain neurons by modulating Ca2+ levels in response to changes in cyclic nucleotide concentrations. This study investigated whether the expression of Cng channel, cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit beta 1 (Cngb1) exhibited any relationship with the pathophysiology of schizophrenia in an animal model and whether genetic polymorphisms of the human gene were associated with the progression of schizophrenia in a Korean population. Methods We investigated whether Cngb1 expression was related to psychiatric disorders in a mouse model of schizophrenia induced by maternal immune activation. A case-control study was conducted of 275 schizophrenia patients and 410 controls with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5′-near region of CNGB1. Results Cngb1 expression was decreased in the prefrontal cortex in the mouse model. Furthermore, the genotype frequency of a SNP (rs3756314) of CNGB1 was associated with the risk of schizophrenia. Conclusion Our results suggest that CNGB1 might be associated with schizophrenia susceptibility and maternal immune activation. Consequently, it is hypothesized that CNGB1 may be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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- Hwayoung Lee
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea
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Patel VR, Salinas AM, Qi D, Gupta S, Sidote DJ, Goldschen-Ohm MP. Single-molecule imaging with cell-derived nanovesicles reveals early binding dynamics at a cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6459. [PMID: 34753946 PMCID: PMC8578382 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26816-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Ligand binding to membrane proteins is critical for many biological signaling processes. However, individual binding events are rarely directly observed, and their asynchronous dynamics are occluded in ensemble-averaged measures. For membrane proteins, single-molecule approaches that resolve these dynamics are challenged by dysfunction in non-native lipid environments, lack of access to intracellular sites, and costly sample preparation. Here, we introduce an approach combining cell-derived nanovesicles, microfluidics, and single-molecule fluorescence colocalization microscopy to track individual binding events at a cyclic nucleotide-gated TAX-4 ion channel critical for sensory transduction. Our observations reveal dynamics of both nucleotide binding and a subsequent conformational change likely preceding pore opening. Kinetic modeling suggests that binding of the second ligand is either independent of the first ligand or exhibits up to ~10-fold positive binding cooperativity. This approach is broadly applicable to studies of binding dynamics for proteins with extracellular or intracellular domains in native cell membrane.
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- Vishal R Patel
- Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Identification of CNGB1 as a Predictor of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13153903. [PMID: 34359804 PMCID: PMC8345622 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13153903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Chemotherapy is recommended prior to surgical removal of the bladder for muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients. Despite a survival benefit, some patients do not respond and experience substantial toxicity and delay in surgery. Therefore, the identification of chemotherapy responders before initiating therapy would be a helpful clinical asset. To date, there are no reliable biomarkers routinely used in clinical practice that identify patients most likely to benefit from chemotherapy and their identification is urgently required for more precise delivery of care. To address this issue, we compared gene expression profiles of biopsy materials from 30 chemotherapy-responder and -non-responder patients. This analysis revealed a novel signature gene set and CNGB1 as a simpler proxy as a promising biomarker to predict chemoresponsiveness of muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients. Our findings require further validation in larger patient cohorts and in a clinical trial setting. Abstract Cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is recommended prior to radical cystectomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) patients. Despite a 5–10% survival benefit, some patients do not respond and experience substantial toxicity and delay in surgery. To date, there are no clinically approved biomarkers predictive of response to NAC and their identification is urgently required for more precise delivery of care. To address this issue, a multi-methods analysis approach of machine learning and differential gene expression analysis was undertaken on a cohort of 30 MIBC cases highly selected for an exquisitely strong response to NAC or marked resistance and/or progression (discovery cohort). RGIFE (ranked guided iterative feature elimination) machine learning algorithm, previously demonstrated to have the ability to select biomarkers with high predictive power, identified a 9-gene signature (CNGB1, GGH, HIST1H4F, IDO1, KIF5A, MRPL4, NCDN, PRRT3, SLC35B3) able to select responders from non-responders with 100% predictive accuracy. This novel signature correlated with overall survival in meta-analysis performed using published NAC treated-MIBC microarray data (validation cohort 1, n = 26, Log rank test, p = 0.02). Corroboration with differential gene expression analysis revealed cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, CNGB1, as the top ranked upregulated gene in non-responders to NAC. A higher CNGB1 immunostaining score was seen in non-responders in tissue microarray analysis of the discovery cohort (n = 30, p = 0.02). Kaplan-Meier analysis of a further cohort of MIBC patients (validation cohort 2, n = 99) demonstrated that a high level of CNGB1 expression associated with shorter cancer specific survival (p < 0.001). Finally, in vitro studies showed siRNA-mediated CNGB1 knockdown enhanced cisplatin sensitivity of MIBC cell lines, J82 and 253JB-V. Overall, these data reveal a novel signature gene set and CNGB1 as a simpler proxy as a promising biomarker to predict chemoresponsiveness of MIBC patients.
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Structural mechanisms of gating and selectivity of human rod CNGA1 channel. Neuron 2021; 109:1302-1313.e4. [PMID: 33651975 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mammalian cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels play an essential role in the signal transduction of the visual and olfactory sensory systems. Here we reveal the structural mechanism of ligand gating in human rod CNGA1 channel by determining its cryo-EM structures in both the apo closed and cGMP-bound open states. Distinct from most other members of voltage-gated tetrameric cation channels, CNGA1 forms a central channel gate in the middle of the membrane, occluding the central cavity. Structural analyses of ion binding profiles in the selectivity filters of the wild-type channel and the E365Q filter mutant allow us to unambiguously define the two Ca2+ binding sites inside the selectivity filter, providing structural insights into Ca2+ blockage and permeation in CNG channels. The structure of the E365Q mutant also reveals two alternative side-chain conformations at Q365, providing a plausible explanation for the voltage-dependent gating of CNG channel acquired upon E365 mutation.
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- A. Subha Mahadevi
- Centre for Molecular Modelling, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India 500607
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- Centre for Molecular Modelling, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India 500607
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Gofman Y, Schärfe C, Marks DS, Haliloglu T, Ben-Tal N. Structure, dynamics and implied gating mechanism of a human cyclic nucleotide-gated channel. PLoS Comput Biol 2014; 10:e1003976. [PMID: 25474149 PMCID: PMC4256070 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels are nonselective cation channels, essential for visual and olfactory sensory transduction. Although the channels include voltage-sensor domains (VSDs), their conductance is thought to be independent of the membrane potential, and their gating regulated by cytosolic cyclic nucleotide-binding domains. Mutations in these channels result in severe, degenerative retinal diseases, which remain untreatable. The lack of structural information on CNG channels has prevented mechanistic understanding of disease-causing mutations, precluded structure-based drug design, and hampered in silico investigation of the gating mechanism. To address this, we built a 3D model of the cone tetrameric CNG channel, based on homology to two distinct templates with known structures: the transmembrane (TM) domain of a bacterial channel, and the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain of the mouse HCN2 channel. Since the TM-domain template had low sequence-similarity to the TM domains of the CNG channels, and to reconcile conflicts between the two templates, we developed a novel, hybrid approach, combining homology modeling with evolutionary coupling constraints. Next, we used elastic network analysis of the model structure to investigate global motions of the channel and to elucidate its gating mechanism. We found the following: (i) In the main mode of motion, the TM and cytosolic domains counter-rotated around the membrane normal. We related this motion to gating, a proposition that is supported by previous experimental data, and by comparison to the known gating mechanism of the bacterial KirBac channel. (ii) The VSDs could facilitate gating (supplementing the pore gate), explaining their presence in such 'voltage-insensitive' channels. (iii) Our elastic network model analysis of the CNGA3 channel supports a modular model of allosteric gating, according to which protein domains are quasi-independent: they can move independently, but are coupled to each other allosterically.
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- Yana Gofman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Center for Bioinformatics, Quantitative Biology Center, and Department of Computer Science, Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Polymer Research Centre and Chemical Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Wu S, Gao W, Xie C, Xu X, Vorvis C, Marni F, Hackett AR, Liu Q, Zhou L. Inner activation gate in S6 contributes to the state-dependent binding of cAMP in full-length HCN2 channel. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 140:29-39. [PMID: 22689828 PMCID: PMC3382721 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201110749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recently, applications of the patch-clamp fluorometry (PCF) technique in studies of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) and hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-regulated (HCN) channels have provided direct evidence for the long-held notion that ligands preferably bind to and stabilize these channels in an open state. This state-dependent ligand-channel interaction involves contributions from not only the ligand-binding domain but also other discrete structural elements within the channel protein. This insight led us to investigate whether the pore of the HCN channel plays a role in the ligand-whole channel interaction. We used three well-characterized HCN channel blockers to probe the ion-conducting passage. The PCF technique was used to simultaneously monitor channel activity and cAMP binding. Two ionic blockers, Cs(+) and Mg(2+), effectively block channel conductance but have no obvious effect on cAMP binding. Surprisingly, ZD7288, an open channel blocker specific for HCN channels, significantly reduces the activity-dependent increase in cAMP binding. Independent biochemical assays exclude any nonspecific interaction between ZD7288 and isolated cAMP-binding domain. Because ZD7228 interacts with the inner pore region, where the activation gate is presumably located, we did an alanine scanning of the intracellular end of S6, from T426 to A435. Mutations of three residues, T426, M430, and H434, which are located at regular intervals on the S6 α-helix, enhance cAMP binding. In contrast, mutations of two residues in close proximity, F431A and I432A, dampen the response. Our results demonstrate that movements of the structural elements near the activation gate directly affect ligand binding affinity, which is a simple mechanistic explanation that could be applied to the interpretation of ligand gating in general.
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- Shengjun Wu
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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Qian X, Niu X, Magleby KL. Intra- and intersubunit cooperativity in activation of BK channels by Ca2+. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 128:389-404. [PMID: 17001085 PMCID: PMC2151572 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The activation of BK channels by Ca(2+) is highly cooperative, with small changes in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration having large effects on open probability (Po). Here we examine the mechanism of cooperative activation of BK channels by Ca(2+). Each of the four subunits of BK channels has a large intracellular COOH terminus with two different high-affinity Ca(2+) sensors: an RCK1 sensor (D362/D367) located on the RCK1 (regulator of conductance of K(+)) domain and a Ca-bowl sensor located on or after the RCK2 domain. To determine interactions among these Ca(2+) sensors, we examine channels with eight different configurations of functional high-affinity Ca(2+) sensors on the four subunits. We find that the RCK1 sensor and Ca bowl contribute about equally to Ca(2+) activation of the channel when there is only one high-affinity Ca(2+) sensor per subunit. We also find that an RCK1 sensor and a Ca bowl on the same subunit are much more effective in increasing Po than when they are on different subunits, indicating positive intrasubunit cooperativity. If it is assumed that BK channels have a gating ring similar to MthK channels with alternating RCK1 and RCK2 domains and that the Ca(2+) sensors act at the flexible (rather than fixed) interfaces between RCK domains, then a comparison of the distribution of Ca(2+) sensors with the observed responses suggest that the interface between RCK1 and RCK2 domains on the same subunit is flexible. On this basis, intrasubunit cooperativity arises because two high-affinity Ca(2+) sensors acting across a flexible interface are more effective in opening the channel than when acting at separate interfaces. An allosteric model incorporating intrasubunit cooperativity nested within intersubunit cooperativity could approximate the Po vs. Ca(2+) response for eight possible subunit configurations of the high-affinity Ca(2+) sensors as well as for three additional configurations from a previous study.
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- Xiang Qian
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
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Tang Y, Li X, He J, Lu J, Diwu Z. Real-time and high throughput monitoring of cAMP in live cells using a fluorescent membrane potential-sensitive dye. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2007; 4:461-71. [PMID: 16945018 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2006.4.461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Adenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) conveys the signals from G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and regulates a variety of downstream cellular events. However, there are few robust assays available for measuring cAMP in live cells. Most of the existing cAMP assays require cell lysis and/or have relatively low throughput. We report a live cell-based cAMP assay that has been developed to record the real-time changes in intracellular cAMP. By employing a mutated cyclic-nucleotide-gated ion channel (CNGC) as the cAMP biosensor, the change of cAMP level is coupled to the change of transmembrane potential that is measured through a new fluorescent membrane potential (MP)-sensitive dye, HLB 021-152. We have successfully used HLB 021-152 for homogeneously monitoring cAMP stimulations in live cells under both serum-containing and serum-free environments. Upon stimulating the endogenous or heterogenous GPCRs on CNGC-cloned human embryonic kidney 293 cells with agonists, the fluorescence signal of HLB 021-152 increases rapidly. It has much greater assay dynamic range than DiSBAC2(3), the existing "gold standard" dye for measuring cellular MP. This new MP dye can be readily formulated for high throughput screening of GPCR modulators either with serum or without serum.
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- Yi Tang
- AnaSpec Inc., San Jose, CA 95131, USA
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Hua L, Gordon SE. Functional interactions between A' helices in the C-linker of open CNG channels. J Gen Physiol 2005; 125:335-44. [PMID: 15738051 PMCID: PMC1282461 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2004] [Accepted: 01/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels that are activated by the direct binding of the cyclic nucleotides cAMP and cGMP. The region linking the last membrane-spanning region (S6) to the cyclic nucleotide binding domain in the COOH terminus, termed the C-linker, has been shown to play an important role in coupling cyclic nucleotide binding to opening of the pore. In this study, we explored the intersubunit proximity between the A' helices of the C-linker regions of CNGA1 in functional channels using site-specific cysteine substitution. We found that intersubunit disulfide bonds can be formed between the A' helices in open channels, and that inducing disulfide bonds in most of the studied constructs resulted in potentiation of channel activation. This suggests that the A' helices of the C-linker regions are in close proximity when the channel is in the open state. Our finding is not compatible with a homology model of the CNGA1 C-linker made from the recently published X-ray crystallographic structure of the hyperpolarization-activated, cyclic nucleotide-modulated (HCN) channel COOH terminus, and leads us to suggest that the C-linker region depicted in the crystal structure may represent the structure of the closed state. The opening conformational change would then involve a movement of the A' helices from a position parallel to the axis of the membrane to one perpendicular to the axis of the membrane.
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- Li Hua
- Department of Phisiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Novaira HJ, Botelho BF, Goldenberg RC, Guggino SE, Morales MM. Modulation of renal CNG-A3 sodium channel in rats subjected to low- and high-sodium diets. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1665:101-10. [PMID: 15471576 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2004] [Revised: 06/29/2004] [Accepted: 06/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In this work, we studied the mRNA distribution of CNG-A3, an amiloride-sensitive sodium channel that belongs to the cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) family of channels, along the rat nephron. The possible involvement of aldosterone in this process was also studied. We also evaluated its expression in rats subjected to diets with different concentrations of sodium or to alterations in aldosterone plasma levels. Total RNA isolated from whole kidney and/or dissected nephron segments of Wistar rats subjected to low- and high-sodium diets, furosemide treatment, adrenalectomy, and adrenalectomy with replacement by aldosterone were analyzed by the use of Western blot, ribonuclease protection assay (RPA) and/or reverse transcription followed by semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). CNG-A3 sodium channel mRNA and protein expression, in whole kidneys of rats subjected to high-Na+ diet, were lower than those in animals given a low-salt diet. Renal CNG-A3 mRNA expression was also decreased in adrenalectomized rats, and was normalized by aldosterone replacement. Moreover, a CNG-A3 mRNA expression study in different nephron segments revealed that aldosterone modulation is present in the cortical thick ascending loop (cTAL) and cortical collecting duct (CCD). This result suggests that CNG-A3 is responsive to the same hormone signaling as the amiloride sensitive sodium channel ENaC and suggests the CNG-A3 may have a physiological role in sodium reabsorption.
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- Horacio J Novaira
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS-Bloco G, CEP 21949-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Trudeau MC, Zagotta WN. Dynamics of Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent inhibition of rod cyclic nucleotide-gated channels measured by patch-clamp fluorometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 124:211-23. [PMID: 15314069 PMCID: PMC2233886 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels mediate cellular responses to sensory stimuli. In vertebrate photoreceptors, CNG channels respond to the light-induced decrease in cGMP by closing an ion-conducting pore that is permeable to cations, including Ca2+ ions. Rod CNG channels are directly inhibited by Ca2+-calmodulin (Ca2+/CaM), but the physiological role of this modulation is unknown. Native rod CNG channels comprise three CNGA1 subunits and one CNGB1 subunit. The single CNGB1 subunit confers several key properties on heteromeric channels, including Ca2+/CaM-dependent modulation. The molecular basis for Ca2+/CaM inhibition of rod CNG channels has been proposed to involve the binding of Ca2+/CaM to a site in the NH2-terminal region of the CNGB1 subunit, which disrupts an interaction between the NH2-terminal region of CNGB1 and the COOH-terminal region of CNGA1. Here, we test this mechanism for Ca2+/CaM-dependent inhibition of CNGA1/CNGB1 channels by simultaneously monitoring protein interactions with fluorescence spectroscopy and channel function with patch-clamp recording. Our results show that Ca2+/CaM binds directly to CNG channels, and that binding is the rate-limiting step for channel inhibition. Further, we show that the NH2- and COOH-terminal regions of CNGB1 and CNGA1 subunits, respectively, are in close proximity, and that Ca2+/CaM binding causes a relative rearrangement or separation of these regions. This motion occurs with the same time course as channel inhibition, consistent with the notion that rearrangement of the NH2- and COOH-terminal regions underlies Ca2+/CaM-dependent inhibition.
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- Matthew C Trudeau
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Box 357290, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7290, USA
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Peng C, Rich ED, Varnum MD. Subunit configuration of heteromeric cone cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. Neuron 2004; 42:401-10. [PMID: 15134637 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(04)00225-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2003] [Revised: 01/12/2004] [Accepted: 04/02/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cone photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are thought to be tetrameric assemblies of CNGB3 (B3) and CNGA3 (A3) subunits. We have used functional and biochemical approaches to investigate the stoichiometry and arrangement of these subunits in recombinant channels. First, tandem dimers of linked subunits were used to constrain the order of CNGB3 and CNGA3 subunits; the properties of channels formed by B3/B3+A3/A3 dimers, or A3/B3+B3/A3 dimers, closely resembled those of channels arising from B3+A3 monomers. Functional markers in B3/B3 (or A3/A3) dimers confirmed that both B3 subunits (and both A3 subunits) gained membership into the pore-forming tetramer and that like subunits were positioned adjacent to each other. Second, chemical crosslinking and co-immunoprecipitation studies using epitope-tagged monomer subunits both demonstrated the presence of two CNGB3 subunits in cone channels. Together, these data support a preferred subunit arrangement for cone CNG channels (B3-B3-A3-A3) that is distinct from the 3A:1B configuration of rod channels.
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- Changhong Peng
- Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646520, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Molokanova E, Krajewski JL, Satpaev D, Luetje CW, Kramer RH. Subunit contributions to phosphorylation-dependent modulation of bovine rod cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. J Physiol 2004; 552:345-56. [PMID: 14561819 PMCID: PMC2343370 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.047167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels in rod photoreceptors transduce a decrease in cGMP into hyperpolarization during the light response. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) increases light responses by increasing the cGMP sensitivity of CNG channels, an event mediated by a protein tyrosine phosphatase. Native rod CNG channels are heteromultimers, composed of three CNGA1 subunits and one CNGB1 subunit. Previous studies on heterologously expressed rod CNG channels show that a specific tyrosine in the CNGA1 subunit (Y498) is required for modulation by protein tyrosine phosphatases, protein tyrosine kinases and IGF-1. Here we show that the CNGB1 subunit contains a specific tyrosine (Y1097) that is important for modulation of heteromeric channels by tyrosine phosphorylation. Direct biochemical measurements demonstrate 32P-labelling of CNGA1Y498 and CNGB1Y1097. Replacement of either Y498 of CNGA1 or Y1097 of CNGB1 with phenylalanine reduces modulation, and removal of both tyrosines eliminates modulation. Unlike CNGA1, CNGB1 does not exhibit activity dependence of modulation by tyrosine phosphorylation. Hence both CNGA1 and CNGB1 subunits contribute to phosphorylation-dependent modulation of rod CNG channels, but the phosphorylation states of the two subunits are regulated in different ways.
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- Elena Molokanova
- Deparment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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McCabe SL, Pelosi DM, Tetreault M, Miri A, Nguitragool W, Kovithvathanaphong P, Mahajan R, Zimmerman AL. All-trans-retinal is a closed-state inhibitor of rod cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 123:521-31. [PMID: 15078915 PMCID: PMC2234497 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200409011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rod vision begins when 11-cis-retinal absorbs a photon and isomerizes to all-trans-retinal (ATR) within the photopigment, rhodopsin. Photoactivated rhodopsin triggers an enzyme cascade that lowers the concentration of cGMP, thereby closing cyclic nucleotide–gated (CNG) ion channels. After isomerization, ATR dissociates from rhodopsin, and after a bright light, this release is expected to produce a large surge of ATR near the CNG channels. Using excised patches from Xenopus oocytes, we recently showed that ATR shuts down cloned rod CNG channels, and that this inhibition occurs in the nanomolar range (aqueous concentration) at near-physiological concentrations of cGMP. Here we further characterize the ATR effect and present mechanistic information. ATR was found to decrease the apparent cGMP affinity, as well as the maximum current at saturating cGMP. When ATR was applied to outside-out patches, inhibition was much slower and less effective than when it was applied to inside-out patches, suggesting that ATR requires access to the intracellular surface of the channel or membrane. The apparent ATR affinity and maximal inhibition of heteromeric (CNGA1/CNGB1) channels was similar to that of homomeric (CNGA1) channels. Single-channel and multichannel data suggest that channel inhibition by ATR is reversible. Inhibition by ATR was not voltage dependent, and the form of its dose–response relation suggested multiple ATR molecules interacting per channel. Modeling of the data obtained with cAMP and cGMP suggests that ATR acts by interfering with the allosteric opening transition of the channel and that it prefers closed, unliganded channels. It remains to be determined whether ATR acts directly on the channel protein or instead alters channel–bilayer interactions.
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- Sarah L McCabe
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Mak DOD, McBride SMJ, Foskett JK. Spontaneous channel activity of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptor (InsP3R). Application of allosteric modeling to calcium and InsP3 regulation of InsP3R single-channel gating. J Gen Physiol 2003; 122:583-603. [PMID: 14581584 PMCID: PMC2229577 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2003] [Accepted: 09/16/2003] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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The InsP3R Ca2+ release channel has a biphasic dependence on cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). InsP3 activates gating primarily by reducing the sensitivity of the channel to inhibition by high [Ca2+]i. To determine if relieving Ca2+ inhibition is sufficient for channel activation, we examined single-channel activities in low [Ca2+]i in the absence of InsP3, by patch clamping isolated Xenopus oocyte nuclei. For both endogenous Xenopus type 1 and recombinant rat type 3 InsP3R channels, spontaneous InsP3-independent channel activities with low open probability Po ( approximately 0.03) were observed in [Ca2+]i < 5 nM with the same frequency as in the presence of InsP3, whereas no activities were observed in 25 nM Ca2+. These results establish the half-maximal inhibitory [Ca2+]i of the channel to be 1.2-4.0 nM in the absence of InsP3, and demonstrate that the channel can be active when all of its ligand-binding sites (including InsP3) are unoccupied. In the simplest allosteric model that fits all observations in nuclear patch-clamp studies of [Ca2+]i and InsP3 regulation of steady-state channel gating behavior of types 1 and 3 InsP3R isoforms, including spontaneous InsP3-independent channel activities, the tetrameric channel can adopt six different conformations, the equilibria among which are controlled by two inhibitory and one activating Ca2+-binding and one InsP3-binding sites in a manner outlined in the Monod-Wyman-Changeux model. InsP3 binding activates gating by affecting the Ca2+ affinities of the high-affinity inhibitory sites in different conformations, transforming it into an activating site. Ca2+ inhibition of InsP3-liganded channels is mediated by an InsP3-independent low-affinity inhibitory site. The model also suggests that besides the ligand-regulated gating mechanism, the channel has a ligand-independent gating mechanism responsible for maximum channel Po being less than unity. The validity of this model was established by its successful quantitative prediction of channel behavior after it had been exposed to ultra-low bath [Ca2+].
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- Don-On Daniel Mak
- Department of Physiology, B39 Anatomy-Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA.
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Punta M, Cavalli A, Torre V, Carloni P. Molecular modeling studies on CNG channel from bovine retinal rod: a structural model of the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain. Proteins 2003; 52:332-8. [PMID: 12866047 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A dimeric model of the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain of the all-alpha homomeric cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from bovine retinal rod is constructed. The model, based on the structure of the fairly homologous catabolite gene activator protein (Weber and Steitz, J Mol Biol 1987;198:311-326), is obtained by use of comparative modeling and molecular dynamics simulations. Our model provides a structural basis for the experimentally measured difference in activity between cAMP and cGMP, as well as the different solvent accessibilities of GLY597 in the complex with cGMP, with cAMP and in the protein in free state. In addition, it provides support for the rearrangement of the domain C helix on ligand binding and releasing proposed by Matulef et al. (Neuron 1999;24:443-452).
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- Marco Punta
- International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
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Peng C, Rich ED, Thor CA, Varnum MD. Functionally important calmodulin-binding sites in both NH2- and COOH-terminal regions of the cone photoreceptor cyclic nucleotide-gated channel CNGB3 subunit. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:24617-23. [PMID: 12730238 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301699200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Whereas an important aspect of sensory adaptation in rod photoreceptors and olfactory receptor neurons is thought to be the regulation of cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channel activity by calcium-calmodulin (Ca2+-CaM), it is not clear that cone photoreceptor CNG channels are similarly modulated. Cone CNG channels are composed of at least two different subunit types, CNGA3 and CNGB3. We have investigated whether calmodulin modulates the activity of these channels by direct binding to the CNGB3 subunit. Heteromeric channels were formed by co-expression of human CNGB3 with human CNGA3 subunits in Xenopus oocytes; CNGB3 subunits conferred sensitivity to regulation by Ca2+-CaM, whereas CaM regulation of homomeric CNGA3 channels was not detected. To explore the mechanism underlying this regulation, we localized potential CaM-binding sites in both NH2- and COOH-terminal cytoplasmic domains of CNGB3 using gel-overlay and glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays. For both sites, binding of CaM depended on the presence of Ca2+. Individual deletions of either CaM-binding site in CNGB3 generated channels that remained sensitive to regulation by Ca2+-CaM, but deletion of both together resulted in heteromeric channels that were not modulated. Thus, both NH2- and COOH-terminal CaM-binding sites in CNGB3 are functionally important for regulation of recombinant cone CNG channels. These studies suggest a potential role for direct binding and unbinding of Ca2+-CaM to human CNGB3 during cone photoreceptor adaptation and recovery.
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- Changhong Peng
- Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6520, USA
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Trudeau MC, Zagotta WN. Calcium/calmodulin modulation of olfactory and rod cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:18705-8. [PMID: 12626507 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r300001200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels mediate sensory transduction in olfactory sensory neurons and retinal photoreceptor cells. In these systems, internal calcium/calmodulin (Ca2+/CaM) inhibits CNG channels, thereby having a putative role in sensory adaptation. Functional differences in Ca2+/CaM-dependent inhibition depend on the different subunit composition of olfactory and rod CNG channels. Recent evidence shows that three subunit types (CNGA2, CNGA4, and CNGB1b) make up native olfactory CNG channels and account for the fast inhibition of native channels by Ca2+/CaM. In contrast, two subunit types (CNGA1 and CNGB1) appear sufficient to mirror the native properties of rod CNG channels, including the inhibition by Ca2+/CaM. Within CNG channel tetramers, specific subunit interactions also mediate Ca2+/CaM-dependent inhibition. In olfactory CNGA2 channels, Ca2+/CaM binds to an N-terminal region and disrupts an interaction between the N- and C-terminal regions, causing inhibition. Ca2+/CaM also binds the N-terminal region of CNGB1 subunits and disrupts an intersubunit, N- and C-terminal interaction between CNGB1 and CNGA1 subunits in rod channels. However, the precise N- and C-terminal regions that form these interactions in olfactory channels are different from those in rod channels. Here, we will review recent advances in understanding the subunit composition and the mechanisms and roles for Ca2+/CaM-dependent inhibition in olfactory and rod CNG channels.
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- Matthew C Trudeau
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Rokitskaya TI, Kotova EA, Antonenko YN. Tandem gramicidin channels cross-linked by streptavidin. J Gen Physiol 2003; 121:463-76. [PMID: 12719486 PMCID: PMC2217381 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200208780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2002] [Revised: 03/31/2003] [Accepted: 04/02/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The interaction of biotin-binding proteins with biotinylated gramicidin (gA5XB) was studied by monitoring single-channel activity and sensitized photoinactivation kinetics. It was discovered that the addition of streptavidin or avidin to the bathing solutions of a bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) with incorporated gA5XB induced the opening of a channel characterized by approximately doubled single-channel conductance and extremely long open-state duration. We believe that the deceleration of the photoinactivation kinetics observed here with streptavidin and previously (Rokitskaya, T.I., Y.N. Antonenko, E.A. Kotova, A. Anastasiadis, and F. Separovic. 2000. Biochemistry. 39:13053-13058) with avidin reflects the formation of long-lived channels of this type. Both opening and closing of the double-conductance channels occurred via a transient sub-state of the conductance coinciding with that of the usual single-channel transition. The appearance of the double-conductance channels after the addition of streptavidin was preceded by bursts of fast fluctuations of the current with the open state duration of the individual events of 60 ms. The streptavidin-induced double-conductance channels appeared to be inherent only to the gramicidin analogue with a biotin group linked to the COOH terminus through a long linker arm. Including biotinylated phosphatidylethanolamine into the BLM prevented the formation of the double-conductance channels even with the excess streptavidin. In view of the results obtained here, it is suggested that the double-conductance channel represents a tandem of two neighboring gA5XB channels with their COOH termini being cross-linked by the bound streptavidin at both sides of the BLM. The finding that streptavidin induces the formation of the tandem gramicidin channel comprising two channels functioning in concert is considered to be relevant to the physiologically important phenomenon of ligand-induced receptor oligomerization.
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Chen R, Lee JC. Functional roles of loops 3 and 4 in the cyclic nucleotide binding domain of cyclic AMP receptor protein from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:13235-43. [PMID: 12551924 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211551200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cyclic AMP is a ubiquitous secondary message that regulates a large variety of functions. The protein structural motif that binds cAMP is highly conserved with the exception of loops 3 and 4, whose structure and length are variable. The cAMP receptor protein of Escherichia coli, CRP, was employed as a model system to elucidate the functional roles of these loops. Based on the sequence differences between CRP and cyclic nucleotide gated channel, three mutants of CRP were constructed: deletion (residues 54-56 in loop 3 were deleted), insertion (loop 4 was lengthened by 5 residues between Glu-78 and Gly-79) and double mutants. The effects of these mutations on the structure and function of CRP were monitored. Results show that the deletion and insertion mutations do not significantly change the secondary structure of CRP, although the tertiary and quaternary structures are perturbed. The functional data indicate that loop 3 modulates the binding affinities of cAMP and DNA. Although the lengthened loop 4 may have some fine-tuning functions, the specific function of the original loop 4 of CRP remains uncertain. The function consequences of mutation in loop 3 of CRP are similar to that of site A and site B in the regulatory subunits of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases. Thus, the roles played by loop 3 in CRP may represent a more common mechanism employed by cyclic nucleotide binding domain in modulating ligand binding affinity and intramolecular communication.
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- Ran Chen
- Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1055, USA
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels have been shown to be blocked by diltiazem, tetracaine, polyamines, toxins, divalent cations, and other compounds. Dequalinium is an organic divalent cation which suppresses the rat small conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel 2 (rSK2) and the activity of protein kinase C. In this study, we have tested the ability of dequalinium to block CNGA1 channels and heteromeric CNGA1+CNGB1 channels. When applied to the intracellular side of inside-out excised patches from Xenopus oocytes, dequalinium blocks CNGA1 channels with a K(1/2) approximately 190 nM and CNGA1+CNGB1 channels with a K(1/2) approximately 385 nM, at 0 mV. This block occurs in a state-independent fashion, and is voltage dependent with a zdelta approximately 1. Our data also demonstrate that dequalinium interacts with the permeant ion probably because it occupies a binding site in the ion conducting pathway. Dequalinium applied to the extracellular surface also produced block, but with a voltage dependence that suggests it crosses the membrane to block from the inside. We also show that at the single-channel level, dequalinium is a slow blocker that does not change the unitary conductance of CNGA1 channels. Thus, dequalinium should be a useful tool for studying permeation and gating properties of CNG channels.
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- Tamara Rosenbaum
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Members of the voltage-gated family of ion channels generally demonstrate rotational symmetry about their pore regions. Recent evidence suggests that a subset of this family, the cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, may deviate from this pattern of rotational symmetry by having 3A:1B subunit stoichiometry. This finding raises many questions about the function, assembly, and trafficking of these and related ion channels and about the functional nonequivalence of subunits with identical amino acid sequences.
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- Anita L Zimmerman
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Weitz D, Ficek N, Kremmer E, Bauer PJ, Kaupp UB. Subunit stoichiometry of the CNG channel of rod photoreceptors. Neuron 2002; 36:881-9. [PMID: 12467591 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)01098-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels play a central role in the conversion of sensory stimuli into electrical signals. CNG channels form heterooligomeric complexes built of A and B subunits. Here, we study the subunit stoichiometry of the native rod CNG channel by chemical crosslinking. The apparent molecular weight (M(w)) of each crosslink product was determined by SDS-PAGE, and its composition was analyzed by Western blotting using antibodies specific for the A1 or B1 subunit. The number of crosslink products and their M(w) as well as the immunological identification of A1 and B1 subunits in the crosslink products led us to conclude that the native rod CNG channel is a tetramer composed of three A1 and one B1 subunit. This is an example of violation of symmetry in tetrameric channels.
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- Dietmar Weitz
- Institut für Biologische Informationsverarbeitung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are nonselective cation channels first identified in retinal photoreceptors and olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). They are opened by the direct binding of cyclic nucleotides, cAMP and cGMP. Although their activity shows very little voltage dependence, CNG channels belong to the superfamily of voltage-gated ion channels. Like their cousins the voltage-gated K+ channels, CNG channels form heterotetrameric complexes consisting of two or three different types of subunits. Six different genes encoding CNG channels, four A subunits (A1 to A4) and two B subunits (B1 and B3), give rise to three different channels in rod and cone photoreceptors and in OSNs. Important functional features of these channels, i.e., ligand sensitivity and selectivity, ion permeation, and gating, are determined by the subunit composition of the respective channel complex. The function of CNG channels has been firmly established in retinal photoreceptors and in OSNs. Studies on their presence in other sensory and nonsensory cells have produced mixed results, and their purported roles in neuronal pathfinding or synaptic plasticity are not as well understood as their role in sensory neurons. Similarly, the function of invertebrate homologs found in Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila, and Limulus is largely unknown, except for two subunits of C. elegans that play a role in chemosensation. CNG channels are nonselective cation channels that do not discriminate well between alkali ions and even pass divalent cations, in particular Ca2+. Ca2+ entry through CNG channels is important for both excitation and adaptation of sensory cells. CNG channel activity is modulated by Ca2+/calmodulin and by phosphorylation. Other factors may also be involved in channel regulation. Mutations in CNG channel genes give rise to retinal degeneration and color blindness. In particular, mutations in the A and B subunits of the CNG channel expressed in human cones cause various forms of complete and incomplete achromatopsia.
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- U Benjamin Kaupp
- Institut für Biologische Informationsverarbeitung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
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Trudeau MC, Zagotta WN. Mechanism of calcium/calmodulin inhibition of rod cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:8424-9. [PMID: 12048242 PMCID: PMC123083 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.122015999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rod cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are heterotetramers comprised of both CNGA1 and CNGB1 subunits. Calcium/calmodulin (Ca(2+)/CaM) binds to a site in the N-terminal region of CNGB1 subunits and inhibits the opening conformational change in CNGA1/CNGB1 channels. Here, we show that polypeptides derived from an N-terminal region of CNGB1 form a specific interaction with polypeptides derived from a C-terminal region of CNGA1 that is distal to the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain. Deletion of the Ca(2+)/CaM-binding site from the N-terminal region of CNGB1 eliminated both Ca(2+)/CaM modulation of the channel and the intersubunit interaction. Furthermore, the interaction was disrupted by the presence of Ca(2+)/CaM. These results suggest that Ca(2+)/CaM-dependent inhibition of rod channels is caused by the direct binding of Ca(2+)/CaM to a site in the N-terminal region in CNGB1, which disrupts the interaction between this region and a distal C-terminal region of CNGA1. The mechanism underlying Ca(2+)/CaM modulation of rod channels is distinct from that in olfactory (CNGA2) CNG channels.
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- Matthew C Trudeau
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington Medical School, Box 357370, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Dean DM, Nguitragool W, Miri A, McCabe SL, Zimmerman AL. All-trans-retinal shuts down rod cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels: a novel role for photoreceptor retinoids in the response to bright light? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:8372-7. [PMID: 12034887 PMCID: PMC123074 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.122681899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In retinal rods, light-induced isomerization of 11-cis-retinal to all-trans-retinal within rhodopsin triggers an enzyme cascade that lowers the concentration of cGMP. Consequently, cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels close, generating the first electrical response to light. After isomerization, all-trans-retinal dissociates from rhodopsin. We now show that all-trans-retinal directly and markedly inhibits cloned rod CNG channels in excised patches. 11-cis-retinal and all-trans-retinol also inhibited the channels, but at somewhat higher concentrations. Single-channel analysis suggests that all-trans-retinal reduces average open probability of rod CNG channels by inactivating channels for seconds at a time. At physiological cGMP levels, all-trans-retinal inhibited in the nanomolar range. Our results suggest that all-trans-retinal may be a potent regulator of the channel in rods during the response to bright light, when there is a large surge in the concentration of all-trans-retinal.
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- Dylan M Dean
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Trudeau MC, Zagotta WN. An intersubunit interaction regulates trafficking of rod cyclic nucleotide-gated channels and is disrupted in an inherited form of blindness. Neuron 2002; 34:197-207. [PMID: 11970862 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)00647-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A mutation in a cyclic nucleotide-gated channel (CNGA1) is associated with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a common, inherited eye disease. Expression of mutant (CNGA1-RP) homomeric channels in Xenopus oocytes revealed no measurable differences compared to wild-type CNGA1 homomers. As native retinal rod CNG channels comprise CNGA1 and CNGB1 subunits, we coexpressed CNGA1-RP and CNGB1. Surprisingly, this subunit combination did not produce detectable channels at the membrane surface. We show that the mechanism underlying this defect involves an intersubunit interaction between CNGA1 and CNGB1 that was not formed between CNGA1-RP and CNGB1 subunits. In the absence of this interaction, a short N-terminal region in CNGB1 prevented membrane expression. Thus, disruption of a regulatory interaction by mutation in CNGA1 exposed a region of CNGB1 that disrupted surface expression of heteromeric CNGA1-RP/CNGB1 channels, accounting for this instance of RP.
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- Matthew C Trudeau
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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In cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) ion channels, binding of cGMP or cAMP drives a conformational change that leads to opening of an ion-conducting pore. One region implicated in the coupling of ligand binding to opening of the pore is the C linker region. Here, we used crosslinking of endogenous cysteines to study interregion proximity. We demonstrate that an individual amino acid--C481--in the C linker region of each of two neighboring subunits can form a disulfide bond. Further, using tandem dimers, we show that a disulfide bond between C35 in the N-terminal region and C481 in the C linker region can form either within a subunit or between subunits. From our data on proximity between individual amino acids and previous studies, a picture emerges of the C linker as a potential dimerization interface.
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- Tamara Rosenbaum
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Crary JI, Dean DM, Maroof F, Zimmerman AL. Mutation of a single residue in the S2-S3 loop of CNG channels alters the gating properties and sensitivity to inhibitors. J Gen Physiol 2000; 116:769-80. [PMID: 11099346 PMCID: PMC2231820 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.116.6.769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously found that native cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) cation channels from amphibian rod cells are directly and reversibly inhibited by analogues of diacylglycerol (DAG), but little is known about the mechanism of this inhibition. We recently determined that, at saturating cGMP concentrations, DAG completely inhibits cloned bovine rod (Brod) CNG channels while only partially inhibiting cloned rat olfactory (Rolf) channels (Crary, J.I., D.M. Dean, W. Nguitragool, P.T. Kurshan, and A.L. Zimmerman. 2000. J. Gen. Phys. 116:755-768; in this issue). Here, we report that a point mutation at position 204 in the S2-S3 loop of Rolf and a mouse CNG channel (Molf) found in olfactory epithelium and heart, increased DAG sensitivity to that of the Brod channel. Mutation of this residue from the wild-type glycine to a glutamate (Molf G204E) or aspartate (Molf G204D) gave dramatic increases in DAG sensitivity without changing the apparent cGMP or cAMP affinities or efficacies. However, unlike the wild-type olfactory channels, these mutants demonstrated voltage-dependent gating with obvious activation and deactivation kinetics. Interestingly, the mutants were also more sensitive to inhibition by the local anesthetic, tetracaine. Replacement of the position 204 glycine with a tryptophan residue (Rolf G204W) not only gave voltage-dependent gating and an increased sensitivity to DAG and tetracaine, but also showed reduced apparent agonist affinity and cAMP efficacy. Sequence comparisons show that the glycine at position 204 in the S2-S3 loop is highly conserved, and our findings indicate that its alteration can have critical consequences for channel gating and inhibition.
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- Jennifer I. Crary
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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Crary JI, Dean DM, Nguitragool W, Kurshan PT, Zimmerman AL. Mechanism of inhibition of cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channels by diacylglycerol. J Gen Physiol 2000; 116:755-68. [PMID: 11099345 PMCID: PMC2231817 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.116.6.755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels are critical components in the visual and olfactory signal transduction pathways, and they primarily gate in response to changes in the cytoplasmic concentration of cyclic nucleotides. We previously found that the ability of the native rod CNG channel to be opened by cGMP was markedly inhibited by analogues of diacylglycerol (DAG) without a phosphorylation reaction (Gordon, S.E., J. Downing-Park, B. Tam, and A.L. Zimmerman. 1995. Biophys. J. 69:409-417). Here, we have studied cloned bovine rod and rat olfactory CNG channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and have determined that they are differentially inhibited by DAG. At saturating [cGMP], DAG inhibition of homomultimeric (alpha subunit only) rod channels was similar to that of the native rod CNG channel, but DAG was much less effective at inhibiting the homomultimeric olfactory channel, producing only partial inhibition even at high [DAG]. However, at low open probability (P(o)), both channels were more sensitive to DAG, suggesting that DAG is a closed state inhibitor. The Hill coefficients for DAG inhibition were often greater than one, suggesting that more than one DAG molecule is required for effective inhibition of a channel. In single-channel recordings, DAG decreased the P(o) but not the single-channel conductance. Results with chimeras of rod and olfactory channels suggest that the differences in DAG inhibition correlate more with differences in the transmembrane segments and their attached loops than with differences in the amino and carboxyl termini. Our results are consistent with a model in which multiple DAG molecules stabilize the closed state(s) of a CNG channel by binding directly to the channel and/or by altering bilayer-channel interactions. We speculate that if DAG interacts directly with the channel, it may insert into a putative hydrophobic crevice among the transmembrane domains of each subunit or at the hydrophobic interface between the channel and the bilayer.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jennifer I. Crary
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
| | - Wang Nguitragool
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
| | - Peri T. Kurshan
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
| | - Anita L. Zimmerman
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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