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Smith HA, Thillaiappan NB, Rossi AM. IP 3 receptors: An "elementary" journey from structure to signals. Cell Calcium 2023; 113:102761. [PMID: 37271052 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2023.102761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are large tetrameric channels which sit mostly in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mediate Ca2+ release from intracellular stores in response to extracellular stimuli in almost all cells. Dual regulation of IP3Rs by IP3 and Ca2+ itself, upstream "licensing", and the arrangement of IP3Rs into small clusters in the ER membrane, allow IP3Rs to generate spatially and temporally diverse Ca2+ signals. The characteristic biphasic regulation of IP3Rs by cytosolic Ca2+ concentration underpins regenerative Ca2+ signals by Ca2+-induced Ca2+-release, while also preventing uncontrolled explosive Ca2+ release. In this way, cells can harness a simple ion such as Ca2+ as a near-universal intracellular messenger to regulate diverse cellular functions, including those with conflicting outcomes such as cell survival and cell death. High-resolution structures of the IP3R bound to IP3 and Ca2+ in different combinations have together started to unravel the workings of this giant channel. Here we discuss, in the context of recently published structures, how the tight regulation of IP3Rs and their cellular geography lead to generation of "elementary" local Ca2+ signals known as Ca2+ "puffs", which form the fundamental bottleneck through which all IP3-mediated cytosolic Ca2+ signals must first pass.
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- Holly A Smith
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom.
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Quantal Ca 2+ release mediated by very few IP 3 receptors that rapidly inactivate allows graded responses to IP 3. Cell Rep 2021; 37:109932. [PMID: 34731613 PMCID: PMC8578705 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are intracellular Ca2+ channels that link extracellular stimuli to Ca2+ signals. Ca2+ release from intracellular stores is "quantal": low IP3 concentrations rapidly release a fraction of the stores. Ca2+ release then slows or terminates without compromising responses to further IP3 additions. The mechanisms are unresolved. Here, we synthesize a high-affinity partial agonist of IP3Rs and use it to demonstrate that quantal responses do not require heterogenous Ca2+ stores. IP3Rs respond incrementally to IP3 and close after the initial response to low IP3 concentrations. Comparing functional responses with IP3 binding shows that only a tiny fraction of a cell's IP3Rs mediate incremental Ca2+ release; inactivation does not therefore affect most IP3Rs. We conclude, and test by simulations, that Ca2+ signals evoked by IP3 pulses arise from rapid activation and then inactivation of very few IP3Rs. This allows IP3Rs to behave as increment detectors mediating graded Ca2+ release.
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A Comparative Perspective on Functionally-Related, Intracellular Calcium Channels: The Insect Ryanodine and Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11071031. [PMID: 34356655 PMCID: PMC8301844 DOI: 10.3390/biom11071031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis is vital for insect development and metabolism, and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a major intracellular reservoir for Ca2+. The inositol 1,4,5- triphosphate receptor (IP3R) and ryanodine receptor (RyR) are large homotetrameric channels associated with the ER and serve as two major actors in ER-derived Ca2+ supply. Most of the knowledge on these receptors derives from mammalian systems that possess three genes for each receptor. These studies have inspired work on synonymous receptors in insects, which encode a single IP3R and RyR. In the current review, we focus on a fundamental, common question: “why do insect cells possess two Ca2+ channel receptors in the ER?”. Through a comparative approach, this review covers the discovery of RyRs and IP3Rs, examines their structures/functions, the pathways that they interact with, and their potential as target sites in pest control. Although insects RyRs and IP3Rs share structural similarities, they are phylogenetically distinct, have their own structural organization, regulatory mechanisms, and expression patterns, which explains their functional distinction. Nevertheless, both have great potential as target sites in pest control, with RyRs currently being targeted by commercial insecticide, the diamides.
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IP3R Channels in Male Reproduction. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21239179. [PMID: 33276427 PMCID: PMC7730405 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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As a second messenger in cellular signal transduction, calcium signaling extensively participates in various physiological activities, including spermatogenesis and the regulation of sperm function. Abnormal calcium signaling is highly correlated with male infertility. Calcium signaling is mainly regulated by both extracellular calcium influx and the release of calcium stores. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) is a widely expressed channel for calcium stores. After being activated by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and calcium signaling at a lower concentration, IP3R can regulate the release of Ca2+ from stores into cytoplasm, and eventually trigger downstream events. The closure of the IP3R channel caused by a rise in intracellular calcium signals and the activation of the calcium pump jointly restores the calcium store to a normal level. In this review, we aim to discuss structural features of IP3R channels and the underlying mechanism of IP3R channel-mediated calcium signaling and further focus on the research progress of IP3R expression and function in the male reproductive system. Finally, we propose key directions and strategies for research of IP3R in spermatogenesis and the regulation of sperm function to provide more understanding of the function and mechanism of IP3R channel actions in male reproduction.
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Su X, Dohle W, Mills SJ, Watt JM, Rossi AM, Taylor CW, Potter BVL. Inositol Adenophostin: Convergent Synthesis of a Potent Agonist of d- myo-Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:28793-28811. [PMID: 33195933 PMCID: PMC7659177 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
d-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are Ca2+ channels activated by the intracellular messenger inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3, 1). The glyconucleotide adenophostin A (AdA, 2) is a potent agonist of IP3Rs. A recent synthesis of d-chiro-inositol adenophostin (InsAdA, 5) employed suitably protected chiral building blocks and replaced the d-glucose core by d-chiro-inositol. An alternative approach to fully chiral material is now reported using intrinsic sugar chirality to avoid early isomer resolution, involving the coupling of a protected and activated racemic myo-inositol derivative to a d-ribose derivative. Diastereoisomer separation was achieved after trans-isopropylidene group removal and the absolute ribose-inositol conjugate stereochemistry assigned with reference to the earlier synthesis. Optimization of stannylene-mediated regiospecific benzylation was explored using the model 1,2-O-isopropylidene-3,6-di-O-benzyl-myo-inositol and conditions successfully transferred to one conjugate diastereoisomer with 3:1 selectivity. However, only roughly 1:1 regiospecificity was achieved on the required diastereoisomer. The conjugate regioisomers of benzyl derivatives 39 and 40 were successfully separated and 39 was transformed subsequently to InsAdA after amination, pan-phosphorylation, and deprotection. InsAdA from this synthetic route bound with greater affinity than AdA to IP3R1 and was more potent in releasing Ca2+ from intracellular stores through IP3Rs. It is the most potent full agonist of IP3R1 known and .equipotent with material from the fully chiral synthetic route.
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- Xiangdong Su
- Medicinal
Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K.
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- Medicinal
Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K.
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- Medicinal
Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K.
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- Medicinal
Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K.
- Wolfson
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, U.K.
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- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K.
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- Department
of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U.K.
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- Medicinal
Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K.
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Shipton ML, Riley AM, Rossi AM, Brearley CA, Taylor CW, Potter BVL. Both d- and l-Glucose Polyphosphates Mimic d- myo-Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate: New Synthetic Agonists and Partial Agonists at the Ins(1,4,5)P 3 Receptor. J Med Chem 2020; 63:5442-5457. [PMID: 32286062 PMCID: PMC7260056 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Chiral sugar derivatives are potential
cyclitol surrogates of the
Ca2+-mobilizing intracellular messenger d-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3]. Six novel polyphosphorylated analogues derived from both d- and l-glucose were synthesized. Binding to Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptors [Ins(1,4,5)P3R] and the ability to release
Ca2+ from intracellular stores via type 1 Ins(1,4,5)P3Rs were investigated. β-d-Glucopyranosyl 1,3,4-tris-phosphate,
with similar phosphate regiochemistry and stereochemistry to Ins(1,4,5)P3, and α-d-glucopyranosyl 1,3,4-tris-phosphate
are full agonists, being equipotent and 23-fold less potent than Ins(1,4,5)P3, respectively, in Ca2+-release assays and similar
to Ins(1,4,5)P3 and 15-fold weaker in binding assays. They
can be viewed as truncated analogues of adenophostin A and refine
understanding of structure-activity relationships for this Ins(1,4,5)P3R agonist. l-Glucose-derived ligands, methyl α-l-glucopyranoside 2,3,6-trisphosphate and methyl α-l-glucopyranoside 2,4,6-trisphosphate, are also active, while
their corresponding d-enantiomers, methyl α-d-glucopyranoside 2,3,6-trisphosphate and methyl α-d-glucopyranoside 2,4,6-trisphosphate, are inactive. Interestingly,
both l-glucose-derived ligands are partial agonists: they
are among the least efficacious agonists of Ins(1,4,5)P3R yet identified, providing new leads for antagonist development.
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- Megan L Shipton
- Drug Discovery & Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U. K
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- Drug Discovery & Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U. K
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U. K
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ, U. K
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, U. K
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- Drug Discovery & Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U. K
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Mills SJ, Rossi AM, Konieczny V, Bakowski D, Taylor CW, Potter BVL. d- chiro-Inositol Ribophostin: A Highly Potent Agonist of d- myo-Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors: Synthesis and Biological Activities. J Med Chem 2020; 63:3238-3251. [PMID: 32052631 PMCID: PMC7104261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Analogues
of the Ca2+-releasing intracellular messenger d-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [1, Ins(1,4,5)P3] are important synthetic targets. Replacement
of the α-glucopyranosyl motif in the natural product mimic adenophostin 2 by d-chiro-inositol in d-chiro-inositol adenophostin 4 increased
the potency. Similar modification of the non-nucleotide Ins(1,4,5)P3 mimic ribophostin 6 may increase the activity. d-chiro-Inositol ribophostin 10 was synthesized by coupling as building blocks suitably protected
ribose 12 with l-(+)-3-O-trifluoromethylsulfonyl-6-O-p-methoxybenzyl-1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol 11. Separable
diastereoisomeric 3-O-camphanate esters of (±)-6-O-p-methoxy-benzyl-1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol allowed the preparation
of 11. Selective trans-isopropylidene
deprotection in coupled 13, then monobenzylation gave
separable regioisomers 15 and 16. p-Methoxybenzyl group deprotection of 16, phosphitylation/oxidation,
then deprotection afforded 10, which was a full agonist
in Ca2+-release assays; its potency and binding affinity
for Ins(1,4,5)P3R were similar to those of adenophostin.
Both 4 and 10 elicited a store-operated
Ca2+ current ICRAC in patch-clamped cells, unlike
Ins(1,4,5)P3 consistent with resistance to metabolism. d-chiro-Inositol ribophostin is the most potent
small-molecule Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor agonist without a
nucleobase yet synthesized.
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- Stephen J Mills
- Drug Discovery & Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Centre of Integrative Physiology, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Drug Discovery & Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom
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Rossi AM, Taylor CW. Reliable measurement of free Ca 2+ concentrations in the ER lumen using Mag-Fluo-4. Cell Calcium 2020; 87:102188. [PMID: 32179239 PMCID: PMC7181174 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2020.102188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Mag-Fluo-4 loaded into ER by incubation of cells with Mag-Fluo-4 AM reliably reports ER free [Ca2+]. However, the Ca2+ affinity of Mag-Fluo-4 determined in vitro appears too high to allow measurements of ER luminal [Ca2+]. We use an antibody (QAb) to quench the fluorescence of leaked indicator. Using QAb, we show that indicator within the ER has low affinity and sensitivity across a wide range of [Ca2+]. Incomplete de-esterification of compartmentalized indicator allows it to effectively report ER free [Ca2+].
Synthetic Ca2+ indicators are widely used to report changes in free [Ca2+], usually in the cytosol but also within organelles. Mag-Fluo-4, loaded into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by incubating cells with Mag-Fluo-4 AM, has been used to measure changes in free [Ca2+] within the ER, where the free [Ca2+] is estimated to be between 100 μM and 1 mM. Many results are consistent with Mag-Fluo-4 reliably reporting changes in free [Ca2+] within the ER, but the results are difficult to reconcile with the affinity of Mag-Fluo-4 for Ca2+ measured in vitro (KDCa ∼22 μM). Using an antibody to quench the fluorescence of indicator that leaked from the ER, we established that the affinity of Mag-Fluo-4 within the ER is much lower (KDCa ∼1 mM) than that measured in vitro. We show that partially de-esterified Mag-Fluo-4 has reduced affinity for Ca2+, suggesting that incomplete de-esterification of Mag-Fluo-4 AM within the ER provides indicators with affinities for Ca2+ that are both appropriate for the ER lumen and capable of reporting a wide range of free [Ca2+].
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- Ana M Rossi
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK
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The multitudinous inositol phosphate family elicits a wide range of molecular effects that regulate countless biological responses. In this review, I provide a methodological viewpoint of the manner in which key advances in the field of inositol phosphate research were made. I also note some of the considerable challenges that still lie ahead.
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- Stephen B Shears
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Analyses of Ligand Binding to IP 3 Receptors Using Fluorescence Polarization. Methods Mol Biol 2019. [PMID: 31773574 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0167-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
Abstract
Fluorescence polarization (FP) can be used to measure binding of a small fluorescent ligand to a larger protein because the ligand rotates more rapidly in its free form than when bound. When excited with plane polarized light, the free fluorescent ligand emits depolarized light, which can be quantified. Upon binding, its rotation is reduced and more of the emitted light remains polarized. This allows FP to be used as a nondestructive assay of ligand binding. Here we describe a fast, high-throughput FP assay to quantify the binding of fluorescently labeled inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) to N-terminal fragments of the IP3 receptor. The assay is fast (1-6 h), it avoids use of radioactive materials and when measurements are performed at different temperatures, it can resolve Gibbs free energy (ΔG°), enthalpy (ΔH°), and entropy (ΔS°) changes of ligand binding.
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Chandran A, Chee X, Prole DL, Rahman T. Exploration of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP 3) regulated dynamics of N-terminal domain of IP 3 receptor reveals early phase molecular events during receptor activation. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2454. [PMID: 30792485 PMCID: PMC6385359 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39301-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate (IP3) binding at the N-terminus (NT) of IP3 receptor (IP3R) allosterically triggers the opening of a Ca2+-conducting pore located ~100 Å away from the IP3-binding core (IBC). However, the precise mechanism of IP3 binding and correlated domain dynamics in the NT that are central to the IP3R activation, remains unknown. Our all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations recapitulate the characteristic twist motion of the suppressor domain (SD) and reveal correlated ‘clam closure’ dynamics of IBC with IP3-binding, complementing existing suggestions on IP3R activation mechanism. Our study further reveals the existence of inter-domain dynamic correlation in the NT and establishes the SD to be critical for the conformational dynamics of IBC. Also, a tripartite interaction involving Glu283-Arg54-Asp444 at the SD – IBC interface seemed critical for IP3R activation. Intriguingly, during the sub-microsecond long simulation, we observed Arg269 undergoing an SD-dependent flipping of hydrogen bonding between the first and fifth phosphate groups of IP3. This seems to play a major role in determining the IP3 binding affinity of IBC in the presence/absence of the SD. Our study thus provides atomistic details of early molecular events occurring within the NT during and following IP3 binding that lead to channel gating.
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- Aneesh Chandran
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK. .,Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK.
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Rossi AM, Taylor CW. IP3 receptors – lessons from analyses ex cellula. J Cell Sci 2018; 132:132/4/jcs222463. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.222463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are widely expressed intracellular channels that release Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We review how studies of IP3Rs removed from their intracellular environment (‘ex cellula’), alongside similar analyses of ryanodine receptors, have contributed to understanding IP3R behaviour. Analyses of permeabilized cells have demonstrated that the ER is the major intracellular Ca2+ store, and that IP3 stimulates Ca2+ release from this store. Radioligand binding confirmed that the 4,5-phosphates of IP3 are essential for activating IP3Rs, and facilitated IP3R purification and cloning, which paved the way for structural analyses. Reconstitution of IP3Rs into lipid bilayers and patch-clamp recording from the nuclear envelope have established that IP3Rs have a large conductance and select weakly between Ca2+ and other cations. Structural analyses are now revealing how IP3 binding to the N-terminus of the tetrameric IP3R opens the pore ∼7 nm away from the IP3-binding core (IBC). Communication between the IBC and pore passes through a nexus of interleaved domains contributed by structures associated with the pore and cytosolic domains, which together contribute to a Ca2+-binding site. These structural analyses provide evidence to support the suggestion that IP3 gates IP3Rs by first stimulating Ca2+ binding, which leads to pore opening and Ca2+ release.
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- Ana M. Rossi
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK
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Cryo-EM reveals ligand induced allostery underlying InsP 3R channel gating. Cell Res 2018; 28:1158-1170. [PMID: 30470765 PMCID: PMC6274648 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-018-0108-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Revised: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) are cation channels that mobilize Ca2+ from intracellular stores in response to a wide range of cellular stimuli. The paradigm of InsP3R activation is the coupled interplay between binding of InsP3 and Ca2+ that switches the ion conduction pathway between closed and open states to enable the passage of Ca2+ through the channel. However, the molecular mechanism of how the receptor senses and decodes ligand-binding signals into gating motion remains unknown. Here, we present the electron cryo-microscopy structure of InsP3R1 from rat cerebellum determined to 4.1 Å resolution in the presence of activating concentrations of Ca2+ and adenophostin A (AdA), a structural mimetic of InsP3 and the most potent known agonist of the channel. Comparison with the 3.9 Å-resolution structure of InsP3R1 in the Apo-state, also reported herein, reveals the binding arrangement of AdA in the tetrameric channel assembly and striking ligand-induced conformational rearrangements within cytoplasmic domains coupled to the dilation of a hydrophobic constriction at the gate. Together, our results provide critical insights into the mechanistic principles by which ligand-binding allosterically gates InsP3R channel.
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Whitfield H, Gilmartin M, Baker K, Riley AM, Godage HY, Potter BVL, Hemmings AM, Brearley CA. A Fluorescent Probe Identifies Active Site Ligands of Inositol Pentakisphosphate 2-Kinase. J Med Chem 2018; 61:8838-8846. [PMID: 30160967 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Inositol pentakisphosphate 2-kinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of the axial 2-OH of myo-inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate for de novo synthesis of myo-inositol hexakisphosphate. Disruption of inositol pentakisphosphate 2-kinase profoundly influences cellular processes, from nuclear mRNA export and phosphate homeostasis in yeast and plants to establishment of left-right asymmetry in zebrafish. We elaborate an active site fluorescent probe that allows high throughput screening of Arabidopsis inositol pentakisphosphate 2-kinase. We show that the probe has a binding constant comparable to the Km values of inositol phosphate substrates of this enzyme and can be used to prospect for novel substrates and inhibitors of inositol phosphate kinases. We identify several micromolar Ki inhibitors and validate this approach by solving the crystal structure of protein in complex with purpurogallin. We additionally solve structures of protein in complexes with epimeric higher inositol phosphates. This probe may find utility in characterization of a wide family of inositol phosphate kinases.
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- Hayley Whitfield
- School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7TJ , U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7TJ , U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7TJ , U.K
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- Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3QT , U.K
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology , University of Bath , Claverton Down , Bath BA2 7AY , U.K
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- Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacology , University of Oxford , Mansfield Road , Oxford OX1 3QT , U.K.,Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology , University of Bath , Claverton Down , Bath BA2 7AY , U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7TJ , U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7TJ , U.K
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Joseph SK, Young MP, Alzayady K, Yule DI, Ali M, Booth DM, Hajnóczky G. Redox regulation of type-I inositol trisphosphate receptors in intact mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:17464-17476. [PMID: 30228182 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 09/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A sensitization of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)-mediated Ca2+ release is associated with oxidative stress in multiple cell types. These effects are thought to be mediated by alterations in the redox state of critical thiols in the IP3R, but this has not been directly demonstrated in intact cells. Here, we utilized a combination of gel-shift assays with MPEG-maleimides and LC-MS/MS to monitor the redox state of recombinant IP3R1 expressed in HEK293 cells. We found that under basal conditions, ∼5 of the 60 cysteines are oxidized in IP3R1. Cell treatment with 50 μm thimerosal altered gel shifts, indicating oxidation of ∼20 cysteines. By contrast, the shifts induced by 0.5 mm H2O2 or other oxidants were much smaller. Monitoring of biotin-maleimide attachment to IP3R1 by LC-MS/MS with 71% coverage of the receptor sequence revealed modification of two cytosolic (Cys-292 and Cys-1415) and two intraluminal cysteines (Cys-2496 and Cys-2533) under basal conditions. The thimerosal treatment modified an additional eleven cysteines, but only three (Cys-206, Cys-767, and Cys-1459) were consistently oxidized in multiple experiments. H2O2 also oxidized Cys-206 and additionally oxidized two residues not modified by thimerosal (Cys-214 and Cys-1397). Potentiation of IP3R channel function by oxidants was measured with cysteine variants transfected into a HEK293 IP3R triple-knockout cell line, indicating that the functionally relevant redox-sensitive cysteines are predominantly clustered within the N-terminal suppressor domain of IP3R. To our knowledge, this study is the first that has used proteomic methods to assess the redox state of individual thiols in IP3R in intact cells.
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- Suresh K Joseph
- From the MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107,
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- From the MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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- the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, and
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- the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, and
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- the Center for Perinatal Research, Research Institute, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205
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- From the MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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- From the MitoCare Center, Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Taylor EJA, Pantazaka E, Shelley KL, Taylor CW. Prostaglandin E 2 Inhibits Histamine-Evoked Ca 2+ Release in Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells through Hyperactive cAMP Signaling Junctions and Protein Kinase A. Mol Pharmacol 2017; 92:533-545. [PMID: 28877931 PMCID: PMC5635517 DOI: 10.1124/mol.117.109249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In human aortic smooth muscle cells, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) stimulates adenylyl cyclase (AC) and attenuates the increase in intracellular free Ca2+ concentration evoked by activation of histamine H1 receptors. The mechanisms are not resolved. We show that cAMP mediates inhibition of histamine-evoked Ca2+ signals by PGE2. Exchange proteins activated by cAMP were not required, but the effects were attenuated by inhibition of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). PGE2 had no effect on the Ca2+ signals evoked by protease-activated receptors, heterologously expressed muscarinic M3 receptors, or by direct activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors by photolysis of caged IP3. The rate of Ca2+ removal from the cytosol was unaffected by PGE2, but PGE2 attenuated histamine-evoked IP3 accumulation. Substantial inhibition of AC had no effect on the concentration-dependent inhibition of Ca2+ signals by PGE2 or butaprost (to activate EP2 receptors selectively), but it modestly attenuated responses to EP4 receptors, activation of which generated less cAMP than EP2 receptors. We conclude that inhibition of histamine-evoked Ca2+ signals by PGE2 occurs through “hyperactive signaling junctions,” wherein cAMP is locally delivered to PKA at supersaturating concentrations to cause uncoupling of H1 receptors from phospholipase C. This sequence allows digital signaling from PGE2 receptors, through cAMP and PKA, to histamine-evoked Ca2+ signals.
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- Emily J A Taylor
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Casey JP, Hirouchi T, Hisatsune C, Lynch B, Murphy R, Dunne AM, Miyamoto A, Ennis S, van der Spek N, O’Hici B, Mikoshiba K, Lynch SA. A novel gain-of-function mutation in the ITPR1 suppressor domain causes spinocerebellar ataxia with altered Ca2+ signal patterns. J Neurol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-017-8545-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Hisatsune C, Mikoshiba K. IP 3 receptor mutations and brain diseases in human and rodents. J Neurochem 2017; 141:790-807. [PMID: 28211945 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3 R) is a huge Ca2+ channel that is localized at the endoplasmic reticulum. The IP3 R releases Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum upon binding to IP3 , which is produced by various extracellular stimuli through phospholipase C activation. All vertebrate organisms have three subtypes of IP3 R genes, which have distinct properties of IP3 -binding and Ca2+ sensitivity, and are differently regulated by phosphorylation and by their associated proteins. Each cell type expresses the three subtypes of IP3 R in a distinct proportion, which is important for creating and maintaining spatially and temporally appropriate intracellular Ca2+ level patterns for the regulation of specific physiological phenomena. Of the three types of IP3 Rs, the type 1 receptor (IP3 R1) is dominantly expressed in the brain and is important for brain function. Recent emerging evidence suggests that abnormal Ca2+ signals from the IP3 R1 are closely associated with human brain pathology. In this review, we focus on the recent advances in our knowledge of the regulation of IP3 R1 and its functional implication in human brain diseases, as revealed by IP3 R mutation studies and analysis of human disease-associated genes. This article is part of the mini review series "60th Anniversary of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry".
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- Chihiro Hisatsune
- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Science Institute, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Saitama, Japan
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From Stores to Sinks: Structural Mechanisms of Cytosolic Calcium Regulation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 981:215-251. [PMID: 29594864 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55858-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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All eukaryotic cells have adapted the use of the calcium ion (Ca2+) as a universal signaling element through the evolution of a toolkit of Ca2+ sensor, buffer and effector proteins. Among these toolkit components, integral and peripheral proteins decorate biomembranes and coordinate the movement of Ca2+ between compartments, sense these concentration changes and elicit physiological signals. These changes in compartmentalized Ca2+ levels are not mutually exclusive as signals propagate between compartments. For example, agonist induced surface receptor stimulation can lead to transient increases in cytosolic Ca2+ sourced from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stores; the decrease in ER luminal Ca2+ can subsequently signal the opening surface channels which permit the movement of Ca2+ from the extracellular space to the cytosol. Remarkably, the minuscule compartments of mitochondria can function as significant cytosolic Ca2+ sinks by taking up Ca2+ in a coordinated manner. In non-excitable cells, inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) on the ER respond to surface receptor stimulation; stromal interaction molecules (STIMs) sense the ER luminal Ca2+ depletion and activate surface Orai1 channels; surface Orai1 channels selectively permit the movement of Ca2+ from the extracellular space to the cytosol; uptake of Ca2+ into the matrix through the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) further shapes the cytosolic Ca2+ levels. Recent structural elucidations of these key Ca2+ toolkit components have improved our understanding of how they function to orchestrate precise cytosolic Ca2+ levels for specific physiological responses. This chapter reviews the atomic-resolution structures of IP3R, STIM1, Orai1 and MCU elucidated by X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy and NMR and discusses the mechanisms underlying their biological functions in their respective compartments within the cell.
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Structural and dynamic insights into the subtype-specific IP3-binding mechanism of the IP3 receptor. Biochem J 2016; 473:3533-3543. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There are three subtypes of vertebrate inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor (IP3R), a Ca2+-release channel on the ER membrane — IP3R1, IP3R2, and IP3R3 — each of which has a distinctive role in disease development. To determine the subtype-specific IP3-binding mechanism, we compared the thermodynamics, thermal stability, and conformational dynamics between the N-terminal regions of IP3R1 (IP3R1-NT) and IP3R3 (IP3R3-NT) by performing circular dichroism (CD), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). Previously determined crystal structures of IP3R1-NT and HDX-MS results from this study revealed that both IP3R1 and IP3R3 adopt a similar IP3-binding mechanism. However, several regions, including the α- and β-interfaces, of IP3R1-NT and IP3R3-NT show significantly different conformational dynamics upon IP3 binding, which may explain the different IP3-binding affinities between the subtypes. The importance of the interfaces for subtype-specific IP3 binding is also supported by the different dynamic conformations of the two subtypes in the apo-states. Furthermore, IP3R1-NT and IP3R3-NT show different IP3-binding affinities and thermal stabilities, but share similar thermodynamic properties for IP3 binding. These results collectively provide new insights into the mechanism underlying IP3 binding to IP3Rs and the subtype-specific regulatory mechanism.
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Vibhute AM, Pushpanandan P, Varghese M, Koniecnzy V, Taylor CW, Sureshan KM. Synthesis of dimeric analogs of adenophostin A that potently evoke Ca 2+ release through IP 3 receptors. RSC Adv 2016; 6:86346-86351. [PMID: 28066549 PMCID: PMC5171214 DOI: 10.1039/c6ra19413c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Syntheses and Ca2+ release potentials of four dimeric analogs of adenophostin A (AdA) through activation of type 1 IP3R are reported. These analogs are full agonists of IP3R and are equipotent to AdA, the most potent agonist of IP3R.
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are tetrameric intracellular channels through which many extracellular stimuli initiate the Ca2+ signals that regulate diverse cellular responses. There is considerable interest in developing novel ligands of IP3R. Adenophostin A (AdA) is a potent agonist of IP3R and since some dimeric analogs of IP3R ligands are more potent than the corresponding monomer; we considered whether dimeric AdA analogs might provide agonists with increased potency. We previously synthesized traizolophostin, in which a simple triazole replaced the adenine of AdA, and showed it to be equipotent to AdA. Here, we used click chemistry to synthesize four homodimeric analogs of triazolophostin, connected by oligoethylene glycol chains of different lengths. We evaluated the potency of these analogs to release Ca2+ through type 1 IP3R and established that the newly synthesized dimers are equipotent to AdA and triazolophostin.
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- Amol M Vibhute
- School of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala 695016 , India . ; http://kms514.wix.com/kmsgroup
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- School of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala 695016 , India . ; http://kms514.wix.com/kmsgroup
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- School of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala 695016 , India . ; http://kms514.wix.com/kmsgroup
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- Department of Pharmacology , University of Cambridge , Tennis Court Road , Cambridge , CB2 1PD , UK
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- Department of Pharmacology , University of Cambridge , Tennis Court Road , Cambridge , CB2 1PD , UK
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- School of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala 695016 , India . ; http://kms514.wix.com/kmsgroup
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Vibhute AM, Konieczny V, Taylor CW, Sureshan KM. Triazolophostins: a library of novel and potent agonists of IP3 receptors. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 13:6698-710. [PMID: 25869535 PMCID: PMC4533600 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob00440c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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IP3R initiate most cellular Ca2+ signaling. AdA is the most potent agonist of IP3R. The structural complexity of AdA makes synthesis of its analogs cumbersome. We report an easy method for generating a library of potent triazole-based analogs of AdA, triazolophostins, which are the most potent AdA analogs devoid of a nucleobase.
IP3 receptors are channels that mediate the release of Ca2+ from the intracellular stores of cells stimulated by hormones or neurotransmitters. Adenophostin A (AdA) is the most potent agonist of IP3 receptors, with the β-anomeric adenine contributing to the increased potency. The potency of AdA and its stability towards the enzymes that degrade IP3 have aroused interest in AdA analogs for biological studies. The complex structure of AdA poses problems that have necessitated optimization of synthetic conditions for each analog. Such lengthy one-at-a-time syntheses limit access to AdA analogs. We have addressed this problem by synthesizing a library of triazole-based AdA analogs, triazolophostins, by employing click chemistry. An advanced intermediate having all the necessary phosphates and a β-azide at the anomeric position was reacted with various alkynes under Cu(i) catalysis to yield triazoles, which upon deprotection gave triazolophostins. All eleven triazolophostins synthesized are more potent than IP3 and some are equipotent with AdA in functional analyses of IP3 receptors. We show that a triazole ring can replace adenine without compromising the potency of AdA and provide facile routes to novel AdA analogs.
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- Amol M Vibhute
- School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695016, India.
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Konieczny V, Stefanakis JG, Sitsanidis ED, Ioannidou NAT, Papadopoulos NV, Fylaktakidou KC, Taylor CW, Koumbis AE. Synthesis of inositol phosphate-based competitive antagonists of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:2504-14. [PMID: 26818818 DOI: 10.1039/c5ob02623g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are intracellular Ca(2+) channels that are widely expressed in animal cells, where they mediate the release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores evoked by extracellular stimuli. A diverse array of synthetic agonists of IP3Rs has defined structure-activity relationships, but existing antagonists have severe limitations. We combined analyses of Ca(2+) release with equilibrium competition binding to IP3R to show that (1,3,4,6)IP4 is a full agonist of IP3R1 with lower affinity than (1,4,5)IP3. Systematic manipulation of this meso-compound via a versatile synthetic scheme provided a family of dimeric analogs of 2-O-butyryl-(1,3,4,6)IP4 and (1,3,4,5,6)IP5 that compete with (1,4,5)IP3 for binding to IP3R without evoking Ca(2+) release. These novel analogs are the first inositol phosphate-based competitive antagonists of IP3Rs with affinities comparable to that of the only commonly used competitive antagonist, heparin, the utility of which is limited by off-target effects.
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- Vera Konieczny
- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Laboratory of Organic, Bioorganic and Natural Product Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK.
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Guo K, Li CH, Wang XY, He DJ, Zheng P. Germ stem cells are active in postnatal mouse ovary under physiological conditions. Mol Hum Reprod 2016; 22:316-28. [PMID: 26916381 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaw015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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STUDY HYPOTHESIS Are active ovarian germ stem cells present in postnatal mouse ovaries under physiological conditions? STUDY FINDING Active ovarian germ stem cells exist and function in adult mouse ovaries under physiological conditions. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY In vitro studies suggested the existence of germ stem cells in postnatal ovaries of mouse, pig and human. However, in vivo studies provided evidence against the existence of active germ stem cells in postnatal mouse ovaries. Thus, it remains controversial whether such germ stem cells really exist and function in vivo in postnatal mammalian ovaries. STUDY DESIGN, SAMPLES/MATERIALS, METHODS Octamer-binding transcription factor 4 (Oct4)-MerCreMer transgenic mice were crossed with R26R-enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) mice to establish a tamoxifen-inducible tracing system so that Oct4-expressing potential ovarian germ stem cells in young adult mice (5-6 weeks old) can be labeled with EYFP. The germ cell activities of DNA replication, mitotic division, entry into meiosis and progression to primordial follicle stage were investigated by means of immunofluorescent staining of ovarian tissues collected at different time points post-tamoxifen injection (1 day, 3 days, 2 months and 4 months). Meiosis entry and primordial follicle formation were also measured by EYFP-labeled single-cell RT-PCR. Germ cell proliferation and mitotic division were examined through 5-bromodeoxyuridine triphosphate incorporation assay. At each time point, ovaries from two to three animals were used for each set of experiment. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE By labeling the Oct4-expressing small germ cells and tracing their fates for up to 4 months, we observed persistent meiosis entry and primordial follicle replenishment. Furthermore, we captured the transient processes of mitotic DNA replication as well as mitotic division of the marked germ cells at various time periods after tracing. These lines of evidence unambiguously support the presence of active germ stem cells in postnatal ovaries and their function in replenishing primordial follicle pool under physiological conditions. Moreover, we pointed out that Oct4(+) deleted in azoospermia-like (Dazl)(-) but not Oct4(+)Dazl(+) or Oct4(+) DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) Box Polypeptide 4 (Ddx4)(+) cells contain a population of germ stem cells in mouse ovary. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION This study was conducted in mice. Whether or not the results are applicable to human remain unclear. The future work should aim at identifying the specific ovarian germ stem cell marker and evaluating the significance of these stem cells to normal ovarian function. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Clarifying the existence of active germ stem cells and their functional significance in postnatal mammalian ovaries could provide new insights in understanding the mechanism of ovarian aging and failure. LARGE SCALE DATA Not applicable. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTERESTS This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (grant number 2012CBA01300) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China to P.Z. (31571484). No competing interests are reported.
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- Kun Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 32 Jiao Chang Dong Lu, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
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Synthetic compounds open up new avenues to interrogate and manipulate intracellular Ca2+ signalling pathways. They may ultimately lead to drug-like analogues to intervene in disease. Recent advances in chemical biology tools available to probe Ca2+ signalling are described, with a particular focus on those synthetic analogues from our group that have enhanced biological understanding or represent a step towards more drug-like molecules. Adenophostin (AdA) is the most potent known agonist at the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) and synthetic analogues provide a binding model for receptor activation and channel opening. 2-O-Modified inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) derivatives that are partial agonists at the IP3R reveal key conformational changes of the receptor upon ligand binding. Biphenyl polyphosphates illustrate that simple non-inositol surrogates can be engineered to give prototype IP3R agonists or antagonists and act as templates for protein co-crystallization. Cyclic adenosine 5'-diphosphoribose (cADPR) can be selectively modified using total synthesis, generating chemically and biologically stable tools to investigate Ca2+ release via the ryanodine receptor (RyR) and to interfere with cADPR synthesis and degradation. The first neutral analogues with a synthetic pyrophosphate bioisostere surprisingly retain the ability to release Ca2+, suggesting a new route to membrane-permeant tools. Adenosine 5'-diphosphoribose (ADPR) activates the Ca2+-, Na+- and K+-permeable transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) cation channel. Synthetic ADPR analogues provide the first structure-activity relationship (SAR) for this emerging messenger and the first functional antagonists. An analogue based on the nicotinic acid motif of nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NAADP) antagonizes NAADP-mediated Ca2+ release in vitro and is effective in vivo against induced heart arrhythmia and autoimmune disease, illustrating the therapeutic potential of targeted small molecules.
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Lu YQ, He XC, Zheng P. Decrease in expression of maternal effect gene Mater is associated with maternal ageing in mice. Mol Hum Reprod 2016; 22:252-60. [PMID: 26769260 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaw001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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STUDY HYPOTHESIS What factors in mouse oocytes are involved in the ageing-related decline in oocyte quality? STUDY FINDING The maternal effect gene Mater is involved in ageing-related oocyte quality decline in mice. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Premature loss of centromere cohesion is a hallmark of ageing-related oocyte quality decline; the maternal effect gene Mater (maternal antigen that embryos require, also known as Nlrp5) is required for preimplantation embryo development beyond the 2-cell stage, and mRNA expression of Mater decreases with maternal ageing. STUDY DESIGN, SAMPLES/MATERIALS, METHODS Mater protein expression level in mature oocytes from 7 young (5-8 weeks old) to 7 old mice (41-68 weeks old) was compared by immunoblotting analysis. Wild-type and Mater-null mice were used to examine whether Mater is necessary for maintaining normal centromere cohesion by means of cytogenetic karyotyping, time-lapse confocal microscopy and immunofluorescence staining. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Mater protein is decreased in mature oocytes from old versus young mice (P = 0.0022). Depletion of Mater from oocytes leads to a reduction in centromere cohesion, manifested by precocious sister chromatid separation, enlargement of sister centromere distance and misalignment of chromosomes in the metaphase plate during meiosis I and II. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION This study was conducted in mice. Whether or not the results are applicable to human remains further elucidation. In addition, we were unable to confirm if the strain of mice (C57BL/6XSv129) at the age of 41-68 weeks old has the 'cohesin-loss' phenotype. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Investigating Mater's functional mechanisms could provide fresh insights into understanding how the ageing-related oocyte quality decline occurs. LARGE SCALE DATA N/A. STUDY FUNDING AND COMPETING INTERESTS This work was supported by the research grant from Chinese NSFC to P.Z. (31071274). We have no conflict of interests to declare.
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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Wu L, Viola CM, Brzozowski AM, Davies GJ. Structural characterization of human heparanase reveals insights into substrate recognition. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2015; 22:1016-22. [PMID: 26575439 PMCID: PMC5008439 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Heparan sulfate (HS) is a glycosaminoglycan that forms a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM). Breakdown of HS is carried out by heparanase (HPSE), an endo-β-glucuronidase of the glycoside hydrolase 79 (GH79) family. Overexpression of HPSE results in breakdown of extracellular HS and release of stored growth factors and hence is strongly linked to cancer metastasis. Here we present crystal structures of human HPSE at 1.6-Å to 1.9-Å resolution that reveal how an endo-acting binding cleft is exposed by proteolytic activation of latent proHPSE. We used oligosaccharide complexes to map the substrate-binding and sulfate-recognition motifs. These data shed light on the structure and interactions of a key enzyme involved in ECM maintenance and provide a starting point for the design of HPSE inhibitors for use as biochemical tools and anticancer therapeutics.
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- Liang Wu
- Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
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Mak DOD, Foskett JK. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors in the endoplasmic reticulum: A single-channel point of view. Cell Calcium 2014; 58:67-78. [PMID: 25555684 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Revised: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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As an intracellular Ca(2+) release channel at the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, the ubiquitous inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptor (InsP3R) plays a crucial role in the generation, propagation and regulation of intracellular Ca(2+) signals that regulate numerous physiological and pathophysiological processes. This review provides a concise account of the fundamental single-channel properties of the InsP3R channel: its conductance properties and its regulation by InsP3 and Ca(2+), its physiological ligands, studied using nuclear patch clamp electrophysiology.
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- Don-On Daniel Mak
- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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Aberrant calcium signaling by transglutaminase-mediated posttranslational modification of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E3966-75. [PMID: 25201980 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409730111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) in the endoplasmic reticulum mediates calcium signaling that impinges on intracellular processes. IP3Rs are allosteric proteins comprising four subunits that form an ion channel activated by binding of IP3 at a distance. Defective allostery in IP3R is considered crucial to cellular dysfunction, but the specific mechanism remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that a pleiotropic enzyme transglutaminase type 2 targets the allosteric coupling domain of IP3R type 1 (IP3R1) and negatively regulates IP3R1-mediated calcium signaling and autophagy by locking the subunit configurations. The control point of this regulation is the covalent posttranslational modification of the Gln2746 residue that transglutaminase type 2 tethers to the adjacent subunit. Modification of Gln2746 and IP3R1 function was observed in Huntington disease models, suggesting a pathological role of this modification in the neurodegenerative disease. Our study reveals that cellular signaling is regulated by a new mode of posttranslational modification that chronically and enzymatically blocks allosteric changes in the ligand-gated channels that relate to disease states.
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In the 30 years since IP3 (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate) was first shown to release Ca2+ from intracellular stores, the importance of spatially organized interactions within IP3-regulated signalling pathways has been universally recognized. Recent evidence that addresses three different levels of the structural determinants of IP3-evoked Ca2+ signalling is described in the present review. High-resolution structures of the N-terminal region of the IP3R (IP3 receptor) have established that the two essential phosphate groups of IP3 bind to opposite sides of the IP3-binding site, pulling its two domains together. This conformational change is proposed to disrupt an interaction between adjacent subunits within the tetrameric IP3R that normally holds the channel in a closed state. Similar structural changes are thought to allow gating of ryanodine receptors. cAMP increases the sensitivity of IP3Rs and thereby potentiates the Ca2+ signals evoked by receptors that stimulate IP3 formation. We speculate that both IP3 and cAMP are delivered to IP3Rs within signalling junctions, wherein the associated IP3Rs are exposed to a saturating concentration of either messenger. The concentration-dependent effects of extracellular stimuli come from recruitment of junctions rather than from a graded increase in the activity of individual junctions. IP3Rs within 'IP3 junctions' respond directly to receptors that stimulate phospholipase C, whereas extra-junctional IP3Rs are exposed to suboptimal concentrations of IP3 and open only when they are sensitized by cAMP. These results highlight the importance of selective delivery of diffusible messengers to IP3Rs. The spatial organization of IP3Rs also allows them to direct Ca2+ to specific intracellular targets that include other IP3Rs, mitochondria and Ca2+-regulated channels and enzymes. IP3Rs also interact functionally with lysosomes because Ca2+ released by IP3Rs, but not that entering cells via store-operated Ca2+ entry pathways, is selectively accumulated by lysosomes. This Ca2+ uptake shapes the Ca2+ signals evoked by IP3 and it may regulate lysosomal behaviour.
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Saleem H, Tovey SC, Molinski TF, Taylor CW. Interactions of antagonists with subtypes of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:3298-312. [PMID: 24628114 PMCID: PMC4080982 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3 Rs) are intracellular Ca(2+) channels. Interactions of the commonly used antagonists of IP3Rs with IP3R subtypes are poorly understood. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH IP3-evoked Ca(2+) release from permeabilized DT40 cells stably expressing single subtypes of mammalian IP3R was measured using a luminal Ca(2+) indicator. The effects of commonly used antagonists on IP3-evoked Ca(2+) release and (3) H-IP3 binding were characterized. KEY RESULTS Functional analyses showed that heparin was a competitive antagonist of all IP3R subtypes with different affinities for each (IP3R3 > IP3R1 ≥ IP3R2). This sequence did not match the affinities for heparin binding to the isolated N-terminal from each IP3R subtype. 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB) and high concentrations of caffeine selectively inhibited IP3R1 without affecting IP3 binding. Neither Xestospongin C nor Xestospongin D effectively inhibited IP3-evoked Ca(2+) release via any IP3R subtype. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Heparin competes with IP3, but its access to the IP3-binding core is substantially hindered by additional IP3R residues. These interactions may contribute to its modest selectivity for IP3R3. Practicable concentrations of caffeine and 2-APB inhibit only IP3R1. Xestospongins do not appear to be effective antagonists of IP3Rs.
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- Huma Saleem
- Department of Pharmacology, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK
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Fedorenko OA, Popugaeva E, Enomoto M, Stathopulos PB, Ikura M, Bezprozvanny I. Intracellular calcium channels: inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. Eur J Pharmacol 2013; 739:39-48. [PMID: 24300389 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.10.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs) are the major intracellular Ca(2+)-release channels in cells. Activity of InsP3Rs is essential for elementary and global Ca(2+) events in the cell. There are three InsP3Rs isoforms that are present in mammalian cells. In this review we will focus primarily on InsP3R type 1. The InsP3R1 is a predominant isoform in neurons and it is the most extensively studied isoform. Combination of biophysical and structural methods revealed key mechanisms of InsP3R function and modulation. Cell biological and biochemical studies lead to identification of a large number of InsP3R-binding proteins. InsP3Rs are involved in the regulation of numerous physiological processes, including learning and memory, proliferation, differentiation, development and cell death. Malfunction of InsP3R1 play a role in a number of neurodegenerative disorders and other disease states. InsP3Rs represent a potentially valuable drug target for treatment of these disorders and for modulating activity of neurons and other cells. Future studies will provide better understanding of physiological functions of InsP3Rs in health and disease.
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- Olena A Fedorenko
- Department of Brain Physiology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, 01024 Kiev, Ukraine; State Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 01024 Kiev, Ukraine
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration, Department of Medical Physics, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, M5G1L7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, M5G1L7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, M5G1L7 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Neurodegeneration, Department of Medical Physics, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia; Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Stathopulos PB, Seo MD, Enomoto M, Amador FJ, Ishiyama N, Ikura M. Themes and variations in ER/SR calcium release channels: structure and function. Physiology (Bethesda) 2013; 27:331-42. [PMID: 23223627 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00013.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Calcium (Ca(2+)) release from reticular stores is a vital regulatory signal in eukaryotes. Recent structural data on large NH(2)-terminal regions of IP(3)Rs and RyRs and their tetrameric arrangement in the full-length context reveal striking mechanistic similarities in Ca(2+) release channel function. A common ancestor found in unicellular genomes underscores the fundamentality of these elements to Ca(2+) release channels.
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- Peter B Stathopulos
- Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tovey SC, Taylor CW. High-throughput functional assays of IP3-evoked Ca2+ release. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2013; 2013:930-7. [PMID: 24086049 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot073072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This protocol describes procedures for high-throughput functional analyses of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) in permeabilized cells. The methods are applicable to native IP3Rs in a variety of cells and to recombinant IP3Rs stably expressed in DT40 cells in which gene disruption has abolished expression of endogenous IP3Rs. A low-affinity Ca(2+)-indicator (Mag-Fluo-4) trapped within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of permeabilized cells is used to report changes in luminal free Ca(2+) concentration. A fluorescence plate-reader equipped to allow automated additions permits rapid measurements of the Ca(2+) release evoked by IP3R. The procedure can be completed in 2-3 h.
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- Stephen C Tovey
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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Mak DOD, Vais H, Cheung KH, Foskett JK. Patch-clamp electrophysiology of intracellular Ca2+ channels. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2013; 2013:787-97. [PMID: 24003191 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top066217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The modulation of cytoplasmic free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) is a universal intracellular signaling pathway that regulates numerous cellular physiological processes. Ubiquitous intracellular Ca(2+)-release channels localized to the endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) and ryanodine receptor (RyR) channels-play a central role in [Ca(2+)]i signaling in all animal cells. Despite their intracellular localization, electrophysiological studies of the single-channel permeation and gating properties of these Ca(2+)-release channels using the powerful patch-clamp approach have been possible by application of this technique to isolated nuclei because the channels are present in membranes of the nuclear envelope. Here we provide a concise description of how nuclear patch-clamp experiments have been used to study single-channel properties of different InsP3R channels in the outer nuclear membrane. We compare this with other methods for studying intracellular Ca(2+) release. We also briefly describe application of the technique to InsP3R channels in the inner nuclear membrane and to channels in the outer nuclear membrane of HEK293 cells expressing recombinant RyR.
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- Don-On Daniel Mak
- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Subtype-selective regulation of IP(3) receptors by thimerosal via cysteine residues within the IP(3)-binding core and suppressor domain. Biochem J 2013; 451:177-84. [PMID: 23282150 PMCID: PMC3610541 DOI: 10.1042/bj20121600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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IP3R (IP3 [inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate] receptors) and ryanodine receptors are the most widely expressed intracellular Ca2+ channels and both are regulated by thiol reagents. In DT40 cells stably expressing single subtypes of mammalian IP3R, low concentrations of thimerosal (also known as thiomersal), which oxidizes thiols to form a thiomercurylethyl complex, increased the sensitivity of IP3-evoked Ca2+ release via IP3R1 and IP3R2, but inhibited IP3R3. Activation of IP3R is initiated by IP3 binding to the IBC (IP3-binding core; residues 224–604) and proceeds via re-arrangement of an interface between the IBC and SD (suppressor domain; residues 1–223). Thimerosal (100 μM) stimulated IP3 binding to the isolated NT (N-terminal; residues 1–604) of IP3R1 and IP3R2, but not to that of IP3R3. Binding of a competitive antagonist (heparin) or partial agonist (dimeric-IP3) to NT1 was unaffected by thiomersal, suggesting that the effect of thimerosal is specifically related to IP3R activation. IP3 binding to NT1 in which all cysteine residues were replaced by alanine was insensitive to thimerosal, so too were NT1 in which cysteine residues were replaced in either the SD or IBC. This demonstrates that thimerosal interacts directly with cysteine in both the SD and IBC. Chimaeric proteins in which the SD of the IP3R was replaced by the structurally related A domain of a ryanodine receptor were functional, but thimerosal inhibited both IP3 binding to the chimaeric NT and IP3-evoked Ca2+ release from the chimaeric IP3R. This is the first systematic analysis of the effects of a thiol reagent on each IP3R subtype. We conclude that thimerosal selectively sensitizes IP3R1 and IP3R2 to IP3 by modifying cysteine residues within both the SD and IBC and thereby stabilizing an active conformation of the receptor.
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CaBP1, a neuronal Ca2+ sensor protein, inhibits inositol trisphosphate receptors by clamping intersubunit interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:8507-12. [PMID: 23650371 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220847110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Calcium-binding protein 1 (CaBP1) is a neuron-specific member of the calmodulin superfamily that regulates several Ca(2+) channels, including inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3Rs). CaBP1 alone does not affect InsP3R activity, but it inhibits InsP3-evoked Ca(2+) release by slowing the rate of InsP3R opening. The inhibition is enhanced by Ca(2+) binding to both the InsP3R and CaBP1. CaBP1 binds via its C lobe to the cytosolic N-terminal region (NT; residues 1-604) of InsP3R1. NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancement analysis demonstrates that a cluster of hydrophobic residues (V101, L104, and V162) within the C lobe of CaBP1 that are exposed after Ca(2+) binding interact with a complementary cluster of hydrophobic residues (L302, I364, and L393) in the β-domain of the InsP3-binding core. These residues are essential for CaBP1 binding to the NT and for inhibition of InsP3R activity by CaBP1. Docking analyses and paramagnetic relaxation enhancement structural restraints suggest that CaBP1 forms an extended tetrameric turret attached by the tetrameric NT to the cytosolic vestibule of the InsP3R pore. InsP3 activates InsP3Rs by initiating conformational changes that lead to disruption of an intersubunit interaction between a "hot-spot" loop in the suppressor domain (residues 1-223) and the InsP3-binding core β-domain. Targeted cross-linking of residues that contribute to this interface show that InsP3 attenuates cross-linking, whereas CaBP1 promotes it. We conclude that CaBP1 inhibits InsP3R activity by restricting the intersubunit movements that initiate gating.
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Zhang D, Liu X, Chan JD, Marchant JS. Characterization of a flatworm inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate receptor (IP₃R) reveals a role in reproductive physiology. Cell Calcium 2013; 53:307-14. [PMID: 23481272 PMCID: PMC3665645 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2013.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP₃Rs) are intracellular Ca²⁺ channels that elevate cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ in response to the second messenger IP3. Here, we describe the identification and in vivo functional characterization of the planarian IP₃R, the first intracellular Ca²⁺ channel to be defined in flatworms. A single IP₃R gene in Dugesia japonica encoded a 2666 amino acid protein (Dj.IP₃R) that shared well conserved structural features with vertebrate IP₃R counterparts. Expression of an NH₂-terminal Dj.IP₃R region (amino acid residues 223-585) recovered high affinity ³H-IP₃ binding (0.9±0.1 nM) which was abolished by a single point mutation of an arginine residue (R495L) important for IP₃ coordination. In situ hybridization revealed that Dj.IP₃R mRNA was most strongly expressed in the pharynx and optical nerve system as well as the reproductive system in sexualized planarians. Consistent with this observed tissue distribution, in vivo RNAi of Dj.IP₃R resulted in a decreased egg-laying behavior suggesting Dj.IP₃R plays an upstream role in planarian reproductive physiology.
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- Dan Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN 55455, USA
- The Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota Medical School, MN 55455, USA
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Chavda AP, Prole DL, Taylor CW. A bead aggregation assay for detection of low-affinity protein-protein interactions reveals interactions between N-terminal domains of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60609. [PMID: 23555994 PMCID: PMC3608601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Interactions between proteins are a hallmark of all cellular activities. Such interactions often occur with low affinity, a feature that allows them to be rapidly reversible, but it makes them difficult to detect using conventional methods such as yeast 2-hybrid analyses, co-immunoprecipitation or analytical ultracentrifugation. We developed a simple and economical bead aggregation assay to study low-affinity interactions between proteins. By coating beads with interacting proteins, the weak interactions between many proteins are sufficient to allow stable aggregation of beads, an avidity effect. The aggregation is easily measured to allow quantification of protein-protein interactions under a variety of controlled conditions. We use this assay to demonstrate low-affinity interactions between the N-terminal domains of an intracellular Ca2+ channel, the type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor. This simple bead aggregation assay may have widespread application in the study of low-affinity interactions between macromolecules.
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- Alap P. Chavda
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Tovey SC, Taylor CW. Cyclic AMP directs inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate-evoked Ca2+ signalling to different intracellular Ca2+ stores. J Cell Sci 2013; 126:2305-13. [PMID: 23525004 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.126144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Cholesterol depletion reversibly abolishes carbachol-evoked Ca(2+) release from inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate (IP3)-sensitive stores, without affecting the distribution of IP3 receptors (IP3R) or endoplasmic reticulum, IP3 formation or responses to photolysis of caged IP3. Receptors that stimulate cAMP formation do not alone evoke Ca(2+) signals, but they potentiate those evoked by carbachol. We show that these potentiated signals are entirely unaffected by cholesterol depletion and that, within individual cells, different IP3-sensitive Ca(2+) stores are released by carbachol alone and by carbachol combined with receptors that stimulate cAMP formation. We suggest that muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in lipid rafts deliver IP3 at high concentration to associated IP3R, stimulating them to release Ca(2+). Muscarinic receptors outside rafts are less closely associated with IP3R and provide insufficient local IP3 to activate IP3R directly. These IP3R, probably type 2 IP3R within a discrete Ca(2+) store, are activated only when their sensitivity is increased by cAMP. Sensitization of IP3R by cAMP extends the effective range of signalling by phospholipase C, allowing muscarinic receptors that are otherwise ineffective to recruit additional IP3-sensitive Ca(2+) stores.
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- Stephen C Tovey
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, UK
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Binding of IP3 (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate) to the IP3-binding core (residues 224–604) of IP3Rs (IP3 receptors) initiates opening of these ubiquitous intracellular Ca2+ channels. The mechanisms are unresolved, but require conformational changes to pass through the suppressor domain (residues 1–223). A calmodulin-binding peptide derived from myosin light chain kinase uncouples these events. We identified a similar conserved 1-8-14 calmodulin-binding motif within the suppressor domain of IP3R1 and, using peptides and mutagenesis, we demonstrate that it is essential for IP3R activation, whether assessed by IP3-evoked Ca2+ release or patch-clamp recoding of nuclear IP3R. Mimetic peptides specifically inhibit activation of IP3R by uncoupling the IP3-binding core from the suppressor domain. Mutations of key hydrophobic residues within the endogenous 1-8-14 motif mimic the peptides. Our results show that an endogenous 1-8-14 motif mediates conformational changes that are essential for IP3R activation. The inhibitory effects of calmodulin and related proteins may result from disruption of this essential interaction.
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Saleem H, Tovey SC, Rahman T, Riley AM, Potter BVL, Taylor CW. Stimulation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor subtypes by analogues of IP3. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54877. [PMID: 23372785 PMCID: PMC3556037 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Most animal cells express mixtures of the three subtypes of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R) encoded by vertebrate genomes. Activation of each subtype by different agonists has not hitherto been examined in cells expressing defined homogenous populations of IP(3)R. Here we measure Ca(2+) release evoked by synthetic analogues of IP(3) using a Ca(2+) indicator within the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum of permeabilized DT40 cells stably expressing single subtypes of mammalian IP(3)R. Phosphorylation of (1,4,5)IP(3) to (1,3,4,5)IP(4) reduced potency by ~100-fold. Relative to (1,4,5)IP(3), the potencies of IP(3) analogues modified at the 1-position (malachite green (1,4,5)IP(3)), 2-position (2-deoxy(1,4,5)IP(3)) or 3-position (3-deoxy(1,4,5)IP(3), (1,3,4,5)IP(4)) were similar for each IP(3)R subtype. The potency of an analogue, (1,4,6)IP(3), in which the orientations of the 2- and 3-hydroxyl groups were inverted, was also reduced similarly for all three IP(3)R subtypes. Most analogues of IP(3) interact similarly with the three IP(3)R subtypes, but the decrease in potency accompanying removal of the 1-phosphate from (1,4,5)IP(3) was least for IP(3)R3. Addition of a large chromophore (malachite green) to the 1-phosphate of (1,4,5)IP(3) only modestly reduced potency suggesting that similar analogues could be used to measure (1,4,5)IP(3) binding optically. These data provide the first structure-activity analyses of key IP(3) analogues using homogenous populations of each mammalian IP(3)R subtype. They demonstrate broadly similar structure-activity relationships for all mammalian IP(3)R subtypes and establish the potential utility of (1,4,5)IP(3) analogues with chromophores attached to the 1-position.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Gene Expression
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/chemistry
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/chemistry
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/genetics
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Ligands
- Mice
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Docking Simulation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Structure
- Protein Binding
- Rats
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Structure-Activity Relationship
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- Huma Saleem
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Wolfson Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Bhanumathy C, da Fonseca PCA, Morris EP, Joseph SK. Identification of functionally critical residues in the channel domain of inositol trisphosphate receptors. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:43674-84. [PMID: 23086950 PMCID: PMC3527953 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.415786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We have combined alanine mutagenesis and functional assays to identify amino acid residues in the channel domain that are critical for inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R) channel function. The residues selected were highly conserved in all three IP(3)R isoforms and were located in the cytosolic end of the S6 pore-lining helix and proximal portion of the C-tail. Two adjacent hydrophobic amino acids (Ile-2588 and Ile-2589) at the putative cytosolic interface of the S6 helix inactivated channel function and could be candidates for the channel gate. Of five negatively charged residues mutated, none completely eliminated channel function. Of five positively charged residues mutated, only one inactivated the channel (Arg-2596). In addition to the previously identified role of a pair of cysteines in the C-tail (Cys-2610 and Cys-2613), a pair of highly conserved histidines (His-2630 and His-2635) were also essential for channel function. Expression of the H2630A and H2635A mutants (but not R2596A) produced receptors with destabilized interactions between the N-terminal fragment and the channel domain. A previously unrecognized association between the cytosolic C-tail and the TM 4,5-loop was demonstrated using GST pulldown assays. However, none of the mutations in the C-tail interfered with this interaction or altered the ability of the C-tail to assemble into dimers. Our present findings and recent information on IP(3)R structure from electron microscopy and crystallography are incorporated into a revised model of channel gating.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- COS Cells
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- HEK293 Cells
- Humans
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/chemistry
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/genetics
- Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors/metabolism
- Ion Channel Gating/physiology
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation, Missense
- Protein Multimerization/physiology
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Rats
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- Cunnigaiper Bhanumathy
- From the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 and
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- the Institute for Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
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- the Institute for Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, London, SW3 6JB, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pathology & Cell Biology, Rm. 230A JAH, 1020 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107. Tel.: 215-503-1222; E-mail:
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Mills SJ, Luyten T, Erneux C, Parys JB, Potter BVL. Multivalent benzene polyphosphate derivatives are non-Ca 2+-mobilizing Ins(1,4,5)P 3 receptor antagonists. MESSENGER (LOS ANGELES, CALIF. : PRINT) 2012; 1:167-181. [PMID: 24749014 PMCID: PMC3988618 DOI: 10.1166/msr.2012.1016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P31] mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ through the Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor [InsP3R]. Although some progress has been made in the design of synthetic InsP3R partial agonists and antagonists, there are still few examples of useful small molecule competitive antagonists. A "multivalent" approach is explored and new dimeric polyphosphorylated aromatic derivatives were designed, synthesized and biologically evaluated. The established weak InsP3R ligand benzene 1,2,4-trisphosphate [Bz(1,2,4)P32] is dimerized through its 5-position in two different ways, first directly as the biphenyl derivative biphenyl 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexakisphosphate, [BiPh(2,2',4,4',5,5')P68] and with its regioisomeric biphenyl 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexakisphosphate [BiPh(3,3',4,4',5,5')P611]. Secondly, a linker motif is introduced in a flexible ethylene-bridged dimer (9) with its corresponding 1,2-bisphosphate dimer (10), both loosely analogous to the very weak antagonist 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA 7). In permeabilized L15 fibroblasts overexpressing type 1 InsP3R, BiPh(2,2',4,4',5,5')P6 (8) inhibits Ins(1,4,5)P3-induced Ca2+ release in a apparently competitive fashion [IC50 187 nM] and the Bz(1,2,4)P3 dimer (9) is only slightly weaker [IC50 380 nM]. Compounds were also evaluated against type I Ins(1,4,5)P3 5-phosphatase. All compounds are resistant to dephosphorylation, with BiPh(2,2',4,4',5,5')P6 (8), being the most effective inhibitor of any biphenyl derivative synthesized to date [IC50 480 nM] and the Bz(1,2,4)P3 ethylene dimer (9) weaker [IC50 3.55 μM]. BiPh(3,3',4,4',5,5')P6 (11) also inhibits 5-phosphatase [IC50 730 nM] and exhibits unexpected Ca2+ releasing activity [EC50 800 nM]. Thus, relocation of only a single mirrored phenyl phosphate group in (11) from that of antagonist (8) does not markedly change enzyme inhibitory activity, but elicits a dramatic switch in Ca2+-releasing activity. Such new agents demonstrate the power of the multivalent approach and may be useful to investigate the chemical biology of signaling through InsP3R and as templates for further design.
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- Stephen J Mills
- Wolfson Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Herestraat 49, Bus 802, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire (IRIBHM), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg O/N-1, Herestraat 49, Bus 802, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Professor B. V. L. Potter, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK. University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, Tel: +44 1225 386639; Fax: +44 1225 386114;
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Handy GA, Peercy BE. Extending the IP3 receptor model to include competition with partial agonists. J Theor Biol 2012; 310:97-104. [PMID: 22713857 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptor is a Ca(2+) channel located in the endoplasmic reticulum and is regulated by IP(3) and Ca(2+). This channel is critical to calcium signaling in cell types as varied as neurons and pancreatic beta cells to mast cells. De Young and Keizer (1992) created an eight-state, nine-variable model of the IP(3) receptor. In their model, they accounted for three binding sites, a site for IP(3), activating Ca(2+), and deactivating Ca(2+). The receptor is only open if IP(3) and activating Ca(2+) is bound. Li and Rinzel followed up this paper in 1994 by introducing a reduction that made it into a two variable system. A recent publication by Rossi et al. (2009) studied the effect of introducing IP(3)-like molecules, referred to as partial agonists (PA), into the cell to determine the structure-function relationship between IP(3) and its receptor. Initial results suggest a competitive model, where IP(3) and PA fight for the same binding site. We extend the original eight-state model to a 12-state model in order to illustrate this competition, and perform a similar reduction to that of Li and Rinzel in the first modeling study we are aware of considering PA effect on an IP(3) receptor. Using this reduction we solve for the equilibrium open probability for calcium release in the model. We replicate graphs provided by the Rossi paper, and find that optimizing the subunit affinities for IP(3) and PA yields a good fit to the data. We plug our extended reduced model into a full cell model, in order to analyze the effects PA have on whole cell properties specifically the propagation of calcium waves in two dimensions. We conclude that PA creates qualitatively different calcium dynamics than would simply reducing IP(3), but that effectively PA can act as an IP(3) knockdown.
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- Gregory A Handy
- 1000 Hilltop Circle, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
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Structural and functional conservation of key domains in InsP3 and ryanodine receptors. Nature 2012; 483:108-12. [PMID: 22286060 PMCID: PMC3378505 DOI: 10.1038/nature10751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (InsP3R) and ryanodine receptors (RyR) are tetrameric intracellular Ca2+ channels1. For each, the pore is formed by C-terminal transmembrane domains and regulated by signals detected by the large cytosolic structures. InsP3R gating is initiated by InsP3 binding to the InsP3-binding core (IBC, residues 224-604 of InsP3R1)2 and it requires the suppressor domain (SD, residues 1-223)2-8. We present structures of the N-terminal region (NT) of InsP3R1 with (3.6 Å) and without (3.0 Å) InsP3 bound. The arrangement of the three NT domains, the SD, IBC-β and IBC-α, identifies two discrete interfaces (α and β) between the IBC and SD. Similar interfaces occur between equivalent domains (A, B and C) in RyR19. The orientations of the three domains docked into a tetrameric structure of InsP3R10 and of the ABC domains in RyR9 are remarkably similar. The importance of the α-interface for activation of InsP3R and RyR is confirmed by mutagenesis and, for RyR, by disease-causing mutations9,11,12. InsP3 causes partial closure of the clam-like IBC, disrupting the β-interface and pulling the SD towards the IBC. This reorients an exposed SD loop (HS-loop) that is essential for InsP3R activation7. The loop is conserved in RyR and includes mutations associated with malignant hyperthermia and central core disease9,11,12. The HS-loop interacts with an adjacent NT, suggesting that activation re-arranges inter-subunit interactions. The A-domain of RyR functionally replaced the SD in a full-length InsP3R, and an InsP3R in which its C-terminal transmembrane region was replaced by that from RyR1 was gated by InsP3 and blocked by ryanodine. Activation mechanisms are conserved between InsP3R and RyR. Allosteric modulation of two similar domain interfaces within an N-terminal subunit re-orients the first domain (SD or A-domain), allowing it, via interactions of the second domain of an adjacent subunit (IBC-β or B-domain), to gate the pore.
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Manoel EA, Pais KC, Cunha AG, Coelho MAZ, Freire DM, Simas AB. On the kinetic resolution of sterically hindered myo-inositol derivatives in organic media by lipases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The Ca(2) (+) signals evoked by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) are built from elementary Ca(2) (+) release events involving progressive recruitment of IP(3) receptors (IP(3)R), intracellular Ca(2) (+) channels that are expressed in almost all animal cells. The smallest events ('blips') result from opening of single IP(3)R. Larger events ('puffs') reflect the near-synchronous opening of a small cluster of IP(3)R. These puffs become more frequent as the stimulus intensity increases and they eventually trigger regenerative Ca(2) (+) waves that propagate across the cell. This hierarchical recruitment of IP(3)R is important in allowing Ca(2) (+) signals to be delivered locally to specific target proteins or more globally to the entire cell. Co-regulation of IP(3)R by Ca(2) (+) and IP(3), the ability of a single IP(3)R rapidly to mediate a large efflux of Ca(2) (+) from the endoplasmic reticulum, and the assembly of IP(3)R into clusters are key features that allow IP(3)R to propagate Ca(2) (+) signals regeneratively. We review these properties of IP(3)R and the structural basis of IP(3)R behavior.
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- Colin W Taylor
- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK,
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Rossi AM, Tovey SC, Rahman T, Prole DL, Taylor CW. Analysis of IP3 receptors in and out of cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2011; 1820:1214-27. [PMID: 22033379 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2011.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) are expressed in almost all animal cells. Three mammalian genes encode closely related IP3R subunits, which assemble into homo- or hetero-tetramers to form intracellular Ca2+ channels. SCOPE OF THE REVIEW In this brief review, we first consider a variety of complementary methods that allow the links between IP3 binding and channel gating to be defined. How does IP3 binding to the IP3-binding core in each IP3R subunit cause opening of a cation-selective pore formed by residues towards the C-terminal? We then describe methods that allow IP3, Ca2+ signals and IP3R mobility to be examined in intact cells. A final section briefly considers genetic analyses of IP3R signalling. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS All IP3R are regulated by both IP3 and Ca2+. This allows them to initiate and regeneratively propagate intracellular Ca2+ signals. The elementary Ca2+ release events evoked by IP3 in intact cells are mediated by very small numbers of active IP3R and the Ca2+-mediated interactions between them. The spatial organization of these Ca2+ signals and their stochastic dependence on so few IP3Rs highlight the need for methods that allow the spatial organization of IP3R signalling to be addressed with single-molecule resolution. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE A variety of complementary methods provide insight into the structural basis of IP3R activation and the contributions of IP3-evoked Ca2+ signals to cellular physiology. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Biochemical, biophysical and genetic approaches to intracellular calcium signaling.
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Lin CC, Baek K, Lu Z. Apo and InsP₃-bound crystal structures of the ligand-binding domain of an InsP₃ receptor. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2011; 18:1172-4. [PMID: 21892169 PMCID: PMC3242432 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report the crystal structures of the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of a rat inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (InsP(3)R) in its apo and InsP(3)-bound conformations. Comparison of these two conformations reveals that LBD's first β-trefoil fold (β-TF1) and armadillo repeat fold (ARF) move together as a unit relative to its second β-trefoil fold (β-TF2). Whereas apo LBD may spontaneously transition between gating conformations, InsP(3) binding shifts this equilibrium toward the active state.
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- Chun-Chi Lin
- Department of Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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