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Ramu Y, Yamakaze J, Zhou Y, Hoshi T, Lu Z. Blocking Kir6.2 channels with SpTx1 potentiates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from murine pancreatic β cells and lowers blood glucose in diabetic mice. eLife 2022; 11:77026. [PMID: 35212627 PMCID: PMC8880991 DOI: 10.7554/elife.77026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels in pancreatic β cells are comprised of pore-forming subunits (Kir6.2) and modulatory sulfonylurea receptor subunits (SUR1). The ATP sensitivity of these channels enables them to couple metabolic state to insulin secretion in β cells. Antidiabetic sulfonylureas such as glibenclamide target SUR1 and indirectly suppress Kir6.2 activity. Glibenclamide acts as both a primary and a secondary secretagogue to trigger insulin secretion and potentiate glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, respectively. We tested whether blocking Kir6.2 itself causes the same effects as glibenclamide, and found that the Kir6.2 pore-blocking venom toxin SpTx1 acts as a strong secondary, but not a strong primary, secretagogue. SpTx1 triggered a transient rise of plasma insulin and lowered the elevated blood glucose of diabetic mice overexpressing Kir6.2 but did not affect those of nondiabetic mice. This proof-of-concept study suggests that blocking Kir6.2 may serve as an effective treatment for diabetes and other diseases stemming from KATP hyperactivity that cannot be adequately suppressed with sulfonylureas.
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- Yajamana Ramu
- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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Greitzer-Antes D, Xie L, Qin T, Xie H, Zhu D, Dolai S, Liang T, Kang F, Hardy AB, He Y, Kang Y, Gaisano HY. K v2.1 clusters on β-cell plasma membrane act as reservoirs that replenish pools of newcomer insulin granule through their interaction with syntaxin-3. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:6893-6904. [PMID: 29549124 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.002703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The voltage-dependent K+ (Kv) channel Kv2.1 is a major delayed rectifier in many secretory cells, including pancreatic β cells. In addition, Kv2.1 has a direct role in exocytosis at an undefined step, involving SNARE proteins, that is independent of its ion-conducting pore function. Here, we elucidated the precise step in exocytosis. We previously reported that syntaxin-3 (Syn-3) is the key syntaxin that mediates exocytosis of newcomer secretory granules that spend minimal residence time on the plasma membrane before fusion. Using high-resolution total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, we now show that Kv2.1 forms reservoir clusters on the β-cell plasma membrane and binds Syn-3 via its C-terminal C1b domain, which recruits newcomer insulin secretory granules into this large reservoir. Upon glucose stimulation, secretory granules were released from this reservoir to replenish the pool of newcomer secretory granules for subsequent fusion, occurring just adjacent to the plasma membrane Kv2.1 clusters. C1b deletion blocked the aforementioned Kv2.1-Syn-3-mediated events and reduced fusion of newcomer secretory granules. These insights have therapeutic implications, as Kv2.1 overexpression in type-2 diabetes rat islets restored biphasic insulin secretion.
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- Dafna Greitzer-Antes
- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- the Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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- From the Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada and
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Leech CA, Kopp RF, Nelson HA, Nandi J, Roe MW. Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1) Regulates ATP-sensitive Potassium ( KATP) and Store-operated Ca 2+ Channels in MIN6 β-Cells. J Biol Chem 2016; 292:2266-2277. [PMID: 28003364 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.767681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) regulates store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) and other ion channels either as an endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-sensing protein or when present in the plasma membrane. However, the role of STIM1 in insulin-secreting β-cells is unresolved. We report that lowering expression of STIM1, the gene that encodes STIM1, in insulin-secreting MIN6 β-cells with RNA interference inhibits SOCE and ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel activation. The effects of STIM1 knockdown were reversed by transduction of MIN6 cells with an adenovirus gene shuttle vector that expressed human STIM1 Immunoprecipitation studies revealed that STIM1 binds to nucleotide binding fold-1 (NBF1) of the sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) subunit of the KATP channel. Binding of STIM1 to SUR1 was enhanced by poly-lysine. Our data indicate that SOCE and KATP channel activity are regulated by STIM1. This suggests that STIM1 is a multifunctional signaling effector that participates in the control of membrane excitability and Ca2+ signaling events in β-cells.
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- the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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- From the Department of Medicine and .,the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210
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Arous C, Halban PA. The skeleton in the closet: actin cytoskeletal remodeling in β-cell function. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2015; 309:E611-20. [PMID: 26286869 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00268.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Over the last few decades, biomedical research has considered not only the function of single cells but also the importance of the physical environment within a whole tissue, including cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions. Cytoskeleton organization and focal adhesions are crucial sensors for cells that enable them to rapidly communicate with the physical extracellular environment in response to extracellular stimuli, ensuring proper function and adaptation. The involvement of the microtubular-microfilamentous cytoskeleton in secretion mechanisms was proposed almost 50 years ago, since when the evolution of ever more sensitive and sophisticated methods in microscopy and in cell and molecular biology have led us to become aware of the importance of cytoskeleton remodeling for cell shape regulation and its crucial link with signaling pathways leading to β-cell function. Emerging evidence suggests that dysfunction of cytoskeletal components or extracellular matrix modification influences a number of disorders through potential actin cytoskeleton disruption that could be involved in the initiation of multiple cellular functions. Perturbation of β-cell actin cytoskeleton remodeling could arise secondarily to islet inflammation and fibrosis, possibly accounting in part for impaired β-cell function in type 2 diabetes. This review focuses on the role of actin remodeling in insulin secretion mechanisms and its close relationship with focal adhesions and myosin II.
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- Caroline Arous
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland
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Ma L, Yang F, Zheng J. Application of fluorescence resonance energy transfer in protein studies. J Mol Struct 2014; 1077:87-100. [PMID: 25368432 DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2013.12.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Since the physical process of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) was elucidated more than six decades ago, this peculiar fluorescence phenomenon has turned into a powerful tool for biomedical research due to its compatibility in scale with biological molecules as well as rapid developments in novel fluorophores and optical detection techniques. A wide variety of FRET approaches have been devised, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. Especially in the last decade or so, we are witnessing a flourish of FRET applications in biological investigations, many of which exemplify clever experimental design and rigorous analysis. Here we review the current stage of FRET methods development with the main focus on its applications in protein studies in biological systems, by summarizing the basic components of FRET techniques, most established quantification methods, as well as potential pitfalls, illustrated by example applications.
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- Linlin Ma
- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA ; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Wang C, Geng B, Cui Q, Guan Y, Yang J. Intracellular and extracellular adenosine triphosphate in regulation of insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells (β). J Diabetes 2014; 6:113-9. [PMID: 24134160 DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis and release in mitochondria play critical roles in regulating insulin secretion in pancreatic β cells. Mitochondrial dysfunction is mainly characterized by a decrease in ATP production, which is a central event in the progression of pancreatic β cell dysfunction and diabetes. ATP has been demonstrated to regulate insulin secretion via several pathways: (i) Intracellular ATP directly closes ATP-sensitive potassium channel to open L-type calcium channel, leading to an increase in free cytosolic calcium levels and exocytosis of insulin granules; (ii) A decrease in ATP production is always associated with an increase in production of reactive oxygen species, which exerts deleterious effects on pancreatic β cell survival and insulin secretion; and (iii) ATP can be co-secreted with insulin from pancreatic β cells, and the released ATP functions as an autocrine signal to modulate insulin secretory process via P2 receptors on the cell membrane. In this review, the recent findings regarding the role and mechanism of ATP synthesis and release in regulation of insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells will be summarized and discussed.
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- Chunjiong Wang
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP) channels) link cell metabolism to electrical activity by controlling the cell membrane potential. They participate in many physiological processes but have a particularly important role in systemic glucose homeostasis by regulating hormone secretion from pancreatic islet cells. Glucose-induced closure of K(ATP) channels is crucial for insulin secretion. Emerging data suggest that K(ATP) channels also play a key part in glucagon secretion, although precisely how they do so remains controversial. This Review highlights the role of K(ATP) channels in insulin and glucagon secretion. We discuss how K(ATP) channels might contribute not only to the initiation of insulin release but also to the graded stimulation of insulin secretion that occurs with increasing glucose concentrations. The various hypotheses concerning the role of K(ATP) channels in glucagon release are also reviewed. Furthermore, we illustrate how mutations in K(ATP) channel genes can cause hyposecretion or hypersecretion of insulin, as in neonatal diabetes mellitus and congenital hyperinsulinism, and how defective metabolic regulation of the channel may underlie the hypoinsulinaemia and the hyperglucagonaemia that characterize type 2 diabetes mellitus. Finally, we outline how sulphonylureas, which inhibit K(ATP) channels, stimulate insulin secretion in patients with neonatal diabetes mellitus or type 2 diabetes mellitus, and suggest their potential use to target the glucagon secretory defects found in diabetes mellitus.
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- Frances M Ashcroft
- Henry Wellcome Centre for Gene Function, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK
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Xie L, Kang Y, Liang T, Dolai S, Xie H, Parsaud L, Lopez JA, He Y, Chidambaram S, Lam PP, James DE, Sugita S, Gaisano HY. RalA GTPase tethers insulin granules to L- and R-type calcium channels through binding α2 δ-1 subunit. Traffic 2013; 14:428-39. [PMID: 23346930 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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RalA GTPase has been implicated in the regulated delivery of exocytotic vesicles to the plasma membrane (PM) in mammalian cells. We had reported that RalA regulates biphasic insulin secretion, which we have now determined to be contributed by RalA direct interaction with voltage-gated calcium (Cav ) channels. RalA knockdown (KD) in INS-1 cells and primary rat β-cells resulted in a reduction in Ca(2+) currents arising specifically from L-(Cav 1.2 and Cav 1.3) and R-type (Cav 2.3) Ca(2+) channels. Restoration of RalA expression in RalA KD cells rescued these defects in Ca(2+) currents. RalA co-immunoprecipitated with the Cav α2 δ-1 auxiliary subunit known to bind the three Cav s. Moreover, the functional molecular interactions between Cav α2 δ-1 and RalA on the PM shown by total internal reflection fluorescent microscopy/FRET analysis could be induced by glucose stimulation. KD of RalA inhibited trafficking of α2 δ-1 to insulin granules without affecting the localization of the other Cav subunits. Furthermore, we confirmed that RalA and α2 δ-1 functionally interact since RalA KD-induced inhibition of Cav currents could not be recovered by RalA when α2 δ-1 was simultaneously knocked down. These data provide a mechanism for RalA function in insulin secretion, whereby RalA binds α2 δ-1 on insulin granules to tether these granules to PM Ca(2+) channels. This acts as a chaperoning step prior to and in preparation for sequential assembly of exocyst and excitosome complexes that mediate biphasic insulin secretion.
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- Li Xie
- Department of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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Lang V, Youssef N, Light PE. The molecular genetics of sulfonylurea receptors in the pathogenesis and treatment of insulin secretory disorders and type 2 diabetes. Curr Diab Rep 2011; 11:543-51. [PMID: 21968738 DOI: 10.1007/s11892-011-0233-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Sulfonylurea receptors (SURs) form an integral part of the ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel complex that is present in most excitable cell types. K(ATP) channels couple cellular metabolism to electrical activity and provide a wide range of cellular functions including stimulus secretion coupling in pancreatic β cells. K(ATP) channels are composed of SURs and inward rectifier potassium channel (Kir6.x) subunits encoded by the ABCC8/9 and KCNJ8/11 genes, respectively. Recent advances in the genetics, molecular biology, and pharmacology of SURs have led to an increased understanding of these channels in the etiology and treatment of rare genetic insulin secretory disorders. Furthermore, common genetic variants in these genes are associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes. In this review we summarize the molecular biology, pharmacology, and physiology of SURs and K(ATP) channels, highlighting recent advances in their genetics and understanding of rare insulin secretory disorders and susceptibility to type 2 diabetes.
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- Veronica Lang
- Department of Pharmacology, Alberta Diabetes Institute and Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
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Chao C, Liang T, Kang Y, Lin X, Xie H, Feng ZP, Gaisano HY. Syntaxin-1A inhibits KATP channels by interacting with specific conserved motifs within sulfonylurea receptor 2A. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 51:790-802. [PMID: 21884702 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We previously demonstrated that syntaxin (Syn)-1A is present in the sarcolemma of rat cardiomyocytes and binds sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) 2A nucleotide binding folds (NBFs) to inhibit ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel. Here, we examined for the precise domains within the NBFs of SUR2A that may interact with Syn-1A. Specifically, we tested truncated NBF protein segments encompassing the conserved motifs Walker A (W(A)), signature/Linker (L), and Walker B (W(B)). In vitro binding results indicate that the domains encompassing W(A) and L of NBF-1 and all three conserved motifs of NBF-2 bound Syn-1A. Electrophysiological studies, employing inside-out patch-clamp recordings from SUR2A/Kir6.2 expressing HEK cells and mouse cardiomyocytes, show that W(B) and L of NBF-1 and all three NBF-2 truncated protein segments reduced Syn-1A inhibition of SUR2A/K(ATP) channels. Remarkably, these same NBF-1 and -2 truncated proteins could independently disrupt the intimate FRET interactions of full length SUR2A (-mCherry) and Syn-1A (-EGFP). These results taken together indicate that Syn-1A possibly maintains inhibition of cardiac ventricular K(ATP) channels by binding to large regions of NBF-1 and NBF-2 to stabilize the NBF-1-NBF-2 heterodimer formation and prevent ATP-binding and ATP hydrolysis. Since K(ATP) channels are closely coupled to metabolic states, we postulate that these very intimate Syn-1A-SUR2A interactions are critically important for myocardial protection during stress, in which profound changes in metabolic factors (pH, ATP) could modulate these Syn-1A-SUR2A interactions.
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MESH Headings
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/chemistry
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Adenosine Triphosphate/biosynthesis
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Conserved Sequence
- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- HEK293 Cells
- Humans
- KATP Channels/chemistry
- KATP Channels/genetics
- KATP Channels/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Myocytes, Cardiac/cytology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Oligopeptides/chemistry
- Oligopeptides/genetics
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Plasmids
- Potassium/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/chemistry
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptors, Drug/chemistry
- Receptors, Drug/genetics
- Receptors, Drug/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Sulfonylurea Receptors
- Syntaxin 1/chemistry
- Syntaxin 1/genetics
- Syntaxin 1/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Christin Chao
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Room 7368, Medical Sciences Building, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Quan Y, Barszczyk A, Feng ZP, Sun HS. Current understanding of K ATP channels in neonatal diseases: focus on insulin secretion disorders. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2011; 32:765-80. [PMID: 21602835 PMCID: PMC4009965 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2011.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are cell metabolic sensors that couple cell metabolic status to electric activity, thus regulating many cellular functions. In pancreatic beta cells, K(ATP) channels modulate insulin secretion in response to fluctuations in plasma glucose level, and play an important role in glucose homeostasis. Recent studies show that gain-of-function and loss-of-function mutations in K(ATP) channel subunits cause neonatal diabetes mellitus and congenital hyperinsulinism respectively. These findings lead to significant changes in the diagnosis and treatment for neonatal insulin secretion disorders. This review describes the physiological and pathophysiological functions of K(ATP) channels in glucose homeostasis, their specific roles in neonatal diabetes mellitus and congenital hyperinsulinism, as well as future perspectives of K(ATP) channels in neonatal diseases.
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- Yi Quan
- Departments of Physiology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Physiology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
- Departments of Surgery, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
- Departments of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
- Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A8
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Chang N, Liang T, Lin X, Kang Y, Xie H, Feng ZP, Gaisano HY. Syntaxin-1A interacts with distinct domains within nucleotide-binding folds of sulfonylurea receptor 1 to inhibit beta-cell ATP-sensitive potassium channels. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:23308-18. [PMID: 21540180 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.217950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel regulates pancreatic β-cell function by linking metabolic status to electrical activity. Syntaxin-1A (Syn-1A), a SNARE protein mediating exocytotic fusion, binds and inhibits the K(ATP) channel via the nucleotide-binding folds (NBFs) of its sulfonylurea receptor-1 (SUR1) regulatory subunit. In this study, we elucidated the precise regions within the NBFs required for Syn-1A-mediated K(ATP) inhibition, using in vitro binding assays, whole cell patch clamp and FRET assay. Specifically, NBF1 and NBF2 were each divided into three subregions, Walker A (W(A)), signature sequence linker, and Walker B (W(B)), to make GST fusion proteins. In vitro binding assays revealed that Syn-1A associates with W(A) and W(B) regions of both NBFs. Patch clamp recordings on INS-1 and primary rat β-cells showed that Syn-1A-mediated channel inhibition was reversed by co-addition of NBF1-W(B) (not NBF1-W(A)), NBF2-W(A), and NBF2-W(B). The findings were corroborated by FRET studies showing that these truncates disrupted Syn-1A interactions with full-length SUR1. To further identify the binding sites, series single-site mutations were made in the Walker motifs of the NBFs. Only NBF1-W(A) (K719M) or NBF2-W(A) (K1385M) mutant no longer bound to Syn-1A; K1385M failed to disrupt Syn-1A-mediated inhibition of K(ATP) channels. These data suggest that NBF1-W(A) (Lys-719) and NBF2-W(A) (Lys-1385) are critical for Syn-1A-K(ATP) channel interaction. Taken together, Syn-1A intimately and functionally associates with the SUR1-NBF1/2 dimer via direct interactions with W(A) motifs and sites adjacent to W(B) motifs of NBF1 and NBF2 but transduces its inhibitory actions on K(ATP) channel activity via some but not all of these NBF domains.
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- Nathan Chang
- Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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