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Staudner T, Geiges L, Khamseekaew J, Sure F, Korbmacher C, Ilyaskin AV. Disease-associated missense mutations in the pore loop of polycystin-2 alter its ion channel function in a heterologous expression system. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107574. [PMID: 39009345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024] Open
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Polycystin-2 (PC2) is mutated in ∼15% of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). PC2 belongs to the family of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and can function as a homotetramer. We investigated whether three disease-associated mutations (F629S, C632R, or R638C) localized in the channel's pore loop alter ion channel properties of human PC2 expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Expression of wild-type (WT) PC2 typically resulted in small but measurable Na+ inward currents in the absence of extracellular divalent cations. These currents were no longer observed when individual pore mutations were introduced in WT PC2. Similarly, Na+ inward currents mediated by the F604P gain-of-function (GOF) PC2 construct (PC2 F604P) were abolished by each of the three pore mutations. In contrast, when the mutations were introduced in another GOF construct, PC2 L677A N681A, only C632R had a complete loss-of-function effect, whereas significant residual Na+ inward currents were observed with F629S (∼15%) and R638C (∼30%). Importantly, the R638C mutation also abolished the Ca2+ permeability of PC2 L677A N681A and altered its monovalent cation selectivity. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms by which the R638C mutation affects channel function, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used in combination with functional experiments and site-directed mutagenesis. Our findings suggest that R638C stabilizes ionic interactions between Na+ ions and the selectivity filter residue D643. This probably explains the reduced monovalent cation conductance of the mutant channel. In summary, our data support the concept that altered ion channel properties of PC2 contribute to the pathogenesis of ADPKD.
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- Tobias Staudner
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Erlangen, Germany.
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Gao N, Li M, Wang W, Liu Z, Guo Y. Visual analysis of global research on the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 channel: A literature review from 2002 to 2022. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31001. [PMID: 38770319 PMCID: PMC11103542 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31001] [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: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024] Open
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Background and aims The transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel has become a focus in pain research. However, there are no bibliometric studies that systematically analyze the existing research in this area. This study aimed to provide a systematic review of the existing literature on TRPA1 using a bibliometric analysis. Methods Published literature in the field of TRPA1 was collected from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of publications, countries, institutions, authors, journals, and other entries were conducted using Excel, VOSview, and Citespace software to provide insight into global research hotspots and trends in the TRPA1 field. Results This study included 1189 scientific products published in 398 journals from 52 countries. The United States of America (n = 367) had the most publications, ahead of Japan (n = 212) and China (n = 199). The University of Florence (n = 55) was the most productive institution and Pierangelo Geppetti (n = 46) was the most productive author. PLoS One (n = 40) published the most articles on TRPA1. Pain, cold, inflammation, covalent modification, hyperalgesia, and oxidative stress were the most common keywords used in the studies. Conclusion This study provides the first bibliometric analysis of TRPA1 publications. The physiological functions of TRPA1, TRPA1, and neuropathic pain, TRPA1 as a therapeutic target, and agonists of TRPA1 are trending in TRPA1 research. Neuropathic pain, apoptosis, and sensitization could be focus areas of future research. This study provides important insight in the field of TRPA1 research.
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- Ning Gao
- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100053, China
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García-Ávila M, Tello-Marmolejo J, Rosenbaum T, Islas LD. Permeant cations modulate pore dynamics and gating of TRPV1 ion channels. J Gen Physiol 2024; 156:e202313422. [PMID: 38055192 PMCID: PMC10760480 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202313422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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The transient receptor vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a non-selective ion channel, which is activated by several chemical ligands and heat. We have previously shown that activation of TRPV1 by different ligands results in single-channel openings with different conductance, suggesting that the selectivity filter is highly dynamic. TRPV1 is weakly voltage dependent; here, we sought to explore whether the permeation of different monovalent ions could influence the voltage dependence of this ion channel. By using single-channel recordings, we show that TRPV1 channels undergo rapid transitions to closed states that are directly connected to the open state, which may result from structural fluctuations of their selectivity filter. Moreover, we demonstrate that the rates of these transitions are influenced by the permeant ion, suggesting that ion permeation regulates the voltage dependence of these channels. Our data could be the basis for more detailed MD simulations exploring the permeation mechanism and how the occupancy of different ions alters the three-dimensional structure of the pore of TRPV1 channels.
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- Miriam García-Ávila
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
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Koldsø H, Jensen MØ, Jogini V, Shaw DE. Functional dynamics and allosteric modulation of TRPA1. Structure 2023; 31:1556-1566.e3. [PMID: 37729917 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The cation channel TRPA1 is a potentially important drug target, and characterization of TRPA1 functional dynamics might help guide structure-based drug design. Here, we present results from long-timescale molecular dynamics simulations of TRPA1 with an allosteric activator, allyl isothiocyanate (AITC), in which we observed spontaneous transitions from a closed, non-conducting channel conformation into an open, conducting conformation. Based on these transitions, we propose a gating mechanism in which movement of a regulatory TRP-like domain allosterically translates into pore opening in a manner reminiscent of pore opening in voltage-gated ion channels. In subsequent experiments, we found that mutations that disrupt packing of the S4-S5 linker-TRP-like domain and the S5 and S6 helices also affected channel activity. In simulations, we also observed A-967079, a known allosteric inhibitor, binding between helices S5 and S6, suggesting that A-967079 may suppress activity by stabilizing a non-conducting pore conformation-a finding consistent with our proposed gating mechanism.
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- D. E. Shaw Research, New York, NY 10036, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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The ability to detect stimuli from the environment plays a pivotal role in our survival. The molecules that allow the detection of such signals include ion channels, which are proteins expressed in different cells and organs. Among these ion channels, the transient receptor potential (TRP) family responds to the presence of diverse chemicals, temperature, and osmotic changes, among others. This family of ion channels includes the TRPV or vanilloid subfamily whose members serve several physiological functions. Although these proteins have been studied intensively for the last two decades, owing to their structural and functional complexities, a number of controversies regarding their function still remain. Here, we discuss some salient features of their regulation in light of these controversies and outline some of the efforts pushing the field forward.
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- Tamara Rosenbaum
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience Division, Institute for Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Coyoacán, México;
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Coyoacán, México
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Cabezas-Bratesco D, Mcgee FA, Colenso CK, Zavala K, Granata D, Carnevale V, Opazo JC, Brauchi SE. Sequence and structural conservation reveal fingerprint residues in TRP channels. eLife 2022; 11:73645. [PMID: 35686986 PMCID: PMC9242649 DOI: 10.7554/elife.73645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) proteins are a large family of cation-selective channels, surpassed in variety only by voltage-gated potassium channels. Detailed molecular mechanisms governing how membrane voltage, ligand binding, or temperature can induce conformational changes promoting the open state in TRP channels are still a matter of debate. Aiming to unveil distinctive structural features common to the transmembrane domains within the TRP family, we performed phylogenetic reconstruction, sequence statistics, and structural analysis over a large set of TRP channel genes. Here, we report an exceptionally conserved set of residues. This fingerprint is composed of twelve residues localized at equivalent three-dimensional positions in TRP channels from the different subtypes. Moreover, these amino acids are arranged in three groups, connected by a set of aromatics located at the core of the transmembrane structure. We hypothesize that differences in the connectivity between these different groups of residues harbor the apparent differences in coupling strategies used by TRP subgroups.
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States
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- School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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Choudhury K, Kasimova MA, McComas S, Howard RJ, Delemotte L. An open state of a voltage-gated sodium channel involving a π-helix and conserved pore-facing asparagine. Biophys J 2022; 121:11-22. [PMID: 34890580 PMCID: PMC8758419 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels play critical roles in propagating action potentials and otherwise manipulating ionic gradients in excitable cells. These channels open in response to membrane depolarization, selectively permeating sodium ions until rapidly inactivating. Structural characterization of the gating cycle in this channel family has proved challenging, particularly due to the transient nature of the open state. A structure from the bacterium Magnetococcus marinus Nav (NavMs) was initially proposed to be open, based on its pore diameter and voltage-sensor conformation. However, the functional annotation of this model, and the structural details of the open state, remain disputed. In this work, we used molecular modeling and simulations to test possible open-state models of NavMs. The full-length experimental structure, termed here the α-model, was consistently dehydrated at the activation gate, indicating an inability to conduct ions. Based on a spontaneous transition observed in extended simulations, and sequence/structure comparison to other Nav channels, we built an alternative π-model featuring a helix transition and the rotation of a conserved asparagine residue into the activation gate. Pore hydration, ion permeation, and state-dependent drug binding in this model were consistent with an open functional state. This work thus offers both a functional annotation of the full-length NavMs structure and a detailed model for a stable Nav open state, with potential conservation in diverse ion-channel families.
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- Koushik Choudhury
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Solna, Sweden,Corresponding author
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Cai R, Chen XZ. Roles of Intramolecular Interactions in the Regulation of TRP Channels. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2022; 186:29-56. [PMID: 35882668 DOI: 10.1007/112_2022_74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, classified into six (-A, -V, -P, -C, -M, -ML, -N and -Y) subfamilies, are important membrane sensors and mediators of diverse stimuli including pH, light, mechano-force, temperature, pain, taste, and smell. The mammalian TRP superfamily of 28 members share similar membrane topology with six membrane-spanning helices (S1-S6) and cytosolic N-/C-terminus. Abnormal function or expression of TRP channels is associated with cancer, skeletal dysplasia, immunodeficiency, and cardiac, renal, and neuronal diseases. The majority of TRP members share common functional regulators such as phospholipid PIP2, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate (2-APB), and cannabinoid, while other ligands are more specific, such as allyl isothiocyanate (TRPA1), vanilloids (TRPV1), menthol (TRPM8), ADP-ribose (TRPM2), and ML-SA1 (TRPML1). The mechanisms underlying the gating and regulation of TRP channels remain largely unclear. Recent advances in cryogenic electron microscopy provided structural insights into 19 different TRP channels which all revealed close proximity of the C-terminus with the N-terminus and intracellular S4-S5 linker. Further studies found that some highly conserved residues in these regions of TRPV, -P, -C and -M members mediate functionally critical intramolecular interactions (i.e., within one subunit) between these regions. This review provides an overview on (1) intramolecular interactions in TRP channels and their effect on channel function; (2) functional roles of interplays between PIP2 (and other ligands) and TRP intramolecular interactions; and (3) relevance of the ligand-induced modulation of intramolecular interaction to diseases.
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- Ruiqi Cai
- Program in Cell Biology, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Physiology, Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Membrane Protein Disease Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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Cao E. Structural mechanisms of transient receptor potential ion channels. J Gen Physiol 2021; 152:133640. [PMID: 31972006 PMCID: PMC7054860 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201811998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels are evolutionarily ancient sensory proteins that detect and integrate a wide range of physical and chemical stimuli. TRP channels are fundamental for numerous biological processes and are therefore associated with a multitude of inherited and acquired human disorders. In contrast to many other major ion channel families, high-resolution structures of TRP channels were not available before 2013. Remarkably, however, the subsequent “resolution revolution” in cryo-EM has led to an explosion of TRP structures in the last few years. These structures have confirmed that TRP channels assemble as tetramers and resemble voltage-gated ion channels in their overall architecture. But beyond the relatively conserved transmembrane core embedded within the lipid bilayer, each TRP subtype appears to be endowed with a unique set of soluble domains that may confer diverse regulatory mechanisms. Importantly, TRP channel structures have revealed sites and mechanisms of action of numerous synthetic and natural compounds, as well as those for endogenous ligands such as lipids, Ca2+, and calmodulin. Here, I discuss these recent findings with a particular focus on the conserved transmembrane region and how these structures may help to rationally target this important class of ion channels for the treatment of numerous human conditions.
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- Erhu Cao
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
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Elbahnsi A, Delemotte L. Structure and Sequence-based Computational Approaches to Allosteric Signal Transduction: Application to Electromechanical Coupling in Voltage-gated Ion Channels. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:167095. [PMID: 34107281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Allosteric signaling underlies the function of many biomolecules, including membrane proteins such as ion channels. Experimental methods have enabled specific quantitative insights into the coupling between the voltage sensing domain (VSD) and the pore gate of voltage-gated ion channels, located tens of Ångström apart from one another, as well as pinpointed specific residues and domains that participate in electromechanical signal transmission. Nevertheless, an overall atomic-level resolution picture is difficult to obtain from these methods alone. Today, thanks to the cryo-EM resolution revolution, we have access to high resolution structures of many different voltage-gated ion channels in various conformational states, putting a quantitative description of the processes at the basis of these changes within our close reach. Here, we review computational methods that build on structures to detect and characterize allosteric signaling and pathways. We then examine what has been learned so far about electromechanical coupling between VSD and pore using such methods. While no general theory of electromechanical coupling in voltage-gated ion channels integrating results from all these methods is available yet, we outline the types of insights that could be achieved in the near future using the methods that have not yet been put to use in this field of application.
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- Ahmad Elbahnsi
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Å Nilsson JL, Mallet C, Shionoya K, Blomgren A, Sundin AP, Grundemar L, Boudieu L, Blomqvist A, Eschalier A, Nilsson UJ, Zygmunt PM. Paracetamol analogues conjugated by FAAH induce TRPV1-mediated antinociception without causing acute liver toxicity. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 213:113042. [PMID: 33257173 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.113042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Paracetamol, one of the most widely used pain-relieving drugs, is deacetylated to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) that undergoes fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH)-dependent biotransformation into N-arachidonoylphenolamine (AM404), which mediates TRPV1-dependent antinociception in the brain of rodents. However, paracetamol is also converted to the liver-toxic metabolite N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine already at therapeutic doses, urging for safer paracetamol analogues. Primary amine analogues with chemical structures similar to paracetamol were evaluated for their propensity to undergo FAAH-dependent N-arachidonoyl conjugation into TRPV1 activators both in vitro and in vivo in rodents. The antinociceptive and antipyretic activity of paracetamol and primary amine analogues was examined with regard to FAAH and TRPV1 as well as if these analogues produced acute liver toxicity. 5-Amino-2-methoxyphenol (2) and 5-aminoindazole (3) displayed efficient target protein interactions with a dose-dependent antinociceptive effect in the mice formalin test, which in the second phase was dependent on FAAH and TRPV1. No hepatotoxicity of the FAAH substrates transformed into TRPV1 activators was observed. While paracetamol attenuates pyrexia via inhibition of brain cyclooxygenase, its antinociceptive FAAH substrate 4-AP was not antipyretic, suggesting separate mechanisms for the antipyretic and antinociceptive effect of paracetamol. Furthermore, compound 3 reduced fever without a brain cyclooxygenase inhibitory action. The data support our view that analgesics and antipyretics without liver toxicity can be derived from paracetamol. Thus, research into the molecular actions of paracetamol could pave the way for the discovery of analgesics and antipyretics with a better benefit-to-risk ratio.
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- Johan L Å Nilsson
- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Box 117, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INSERM, NEURO-DOL Basics & Clinical Pharmacology of Pain, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France; ANALGESIA Institute, Faculty of Medicine, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85, Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Box 117, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Box 117, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INSERM, NEURO-DOL Basics & Clinical Pharmacology of Pain, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France; ANALGESIA Institute, Faculty of Medicine, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85, Linköping, Sweden
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INSERM, NEURO-DOL Basics & Clinical Pharmacology of Pain, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France; ANALGESIA Institute, Faculty of Medicine, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, SE-214 28, Malmö, Sweden.
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Stein W, Talasu S, Vidal-Gadea A, DeMaegd ML. Physiologists turned Geneticists: Identifying transcripts and genes for neuronal function in the Marbled Crayfish, Procambarus virginalis. JOURNAL OF UNDERGRADUATE NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION : JUNE : A PUBLICATION OF FUN, FACULTY FOR UNDERGRADUATE NEUROSCIENCE 2020; 19:A36-A51. [PMID: 33880091 PMCID: PMC8040847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2000] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The number of undergraduate researchers interested in pursuing neurophysiological research exceeds the research laboratory positions and hands-on course experiences available because these types of experiments often require extensive experience or expensive equipment. In contrast, genetic and molecular tools can more easily incorporate undergraduates with less time or training. With the explosion of newly sequenced genomes and transcriptomes, there is a large pool of untapped molecular and genetic information which would greatly inform neurophysiological processes. Classically trained neurophysiologists often struggle to make use of newly available genetic information for themselves and their trainees, despite the clear advantage of combining genetic and physiological techniques. This is particularly prevalent among researchers working with organisms that historically had no or only few genetic tools available. Combining these two fields will expose undergraduates to a greater variety of research approaches, concepts, and hands-on experiences. The goal of this manuscript is to provide an easily understandable and reproducible workflow that can be applied in both lab and classroom settings to identify genes involved in neuronal function. We outline clear learning objectives that can be acquired by following our workflow and assessed by peer-evaluation. Using our workflow, we identify and validate the sequence of two new Gamma Aminobutyric Acid A (GABAA) receptor subunit homologs in the recently published genome and transcriptome of the marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis. Altogether, this allows undergraduate students to apply their knowledge of the processes of gene expression to functional neuronal outcomes. It also provides them with opportunities to contribute significantly to physiological research, thereby exposing them to interdisciplinary approaches.
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- Wolfgang Stein
- School of Biological Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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- School of Biological Science, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790
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Himmel NJ, Cox DN. Transient receptor potential channels: current perspectives on evolution, structure, function and nomenclature. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20201309. [PMID: 32842926 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The transient receptor potential superfamily of ion channels (TRP channels) is widely recognized for the roles its members play in sensory nervous systems. However, the incredible diversity within the TRP superfamily, and the wide range of sensory capacities found therein, has also allowed TRP channels to function beyond sensing an organism's external environment, and TRP channels have thus become broadly critical to (at least) animal life. TRP channels were originally discovered in Drosophila and have since been broadly studied in animals; however, thanks to a boom in genomic and transcriptomic data, we now know that TRP channels are present in the genomes of a variety of creatures, including green algae, fungi, choanoflagellates and a number of other eukaryotes. As a result, the organization of the TRP superfamily has changed radically from its original description. Moreover, modern comprehensive phylogenetic analyses have brought to light the vertebrate-centricity of much of the TRP literature; much of the nomenclature has been grounded in vertebrate TRP subfamilies, resulting in a glossing over of TRP channels in other taxa. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the function, structure and evolutionary history of TRP channels, and put forth a more complete set of non-vertebrate-centric TRP family, subfamily and other subgroup nomenclature.
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- Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Huffer KE, Aleksandrova AA, Jara-Oseguera A, Forrest LR, Swartz KJ. Global alignment and assessment of TRP channel transmembrane domain structures to explore functional mechanisms. eLife 2020; 9:e58660. [PMID: 32804077 PMCID: PMC7431192 DOI: 10.7554/elife.58660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The recent proliferation of published TRP channel structures provides a foundation for understanding the diverse functional properties of this important family of ion channel proteins. To facilitate mechanistic investigations, we constructed a structure-based alignment of the transmembrane domains of 120 TRP channel structures. Comparison of structures determined in the absence or presence of activating stimuli reveals similar constrictions in the central ion permeation pathway near the intracellular end of the S6 helices, pointing to a conserved cytoplasmic gate and suggesting that most available structures represent non-conducting states. Comparison of the ion selectivity filters toward the extracellular end of the pore supports existing hypotheses for mechanisms of ion selectivity. Also conserved to varying extents are hot spots for interactions with hydrophobic ligands, lipids and ions, as well as discrete alterations in helix conformations. This analysis therefore provides a framework for investigating the structural basis of TRP channel gating mechanisms and pharmacology, and, despite the large number of structures included, reveals the need for additional structural data and for more functional studies to establish the mechanistic basis of TRP channel function.
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- Katherine E Huffer
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Computational Structural Biology Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Computational Structural Biology Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of HealthBethesdaUnited States
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The TRPV3 channel plays a critical role in skin physiology, and mutations in TRPV3 result in the development of a congenital skin disorder, Olmsted syndrome. Here we describe multiple cryo-electron microscopy structures of human TRPV3 reconstituted into lipid nanodiscs, representing distinct functional states during the gating cycle. The ligand-free, closed conformation reveals well-ordered lipids interacting with the channel and two physical constrictions along the ion conduction pore involving both the extracellular selectivity filter and intracellular helix bundle crossing. Both the selectivity filter and bundle crossing expand upon activation, accompanied by substantial structural rearrangements at the cytoplasmic inter-subunit interface. Transition to the inactivated state involves a secondary structure change of the pore-lining helix, which contains a π-helical segment in the closed and open conformations but becomes entirely α-helical upon inactivation. Together with electrophysiological characterization, structures of TRPV3 in a lipid membrane environment provide unique insights into channel activation and inactivation mechanisms.
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van Goor MK, de Jager L, Cheng Y, van der Wijst J. High-resolution structures of transient receptor potential vanilloid channels: Unveiling a functionally diverse group of ion channels. Protein Sci 2020; 29:1569-1580. [PMID: 32232875 PMCID: PMC7314393 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 03/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels are part of the superfamily of TRP ion channels and play important roles in widespread physiological processes including both neuronal and non‐neuronal pathways. Various diseases such as skeletal abnormalities, chronic pain, and cancer are associated with dysfunction of a TRPV channel. In order to obtain full understanding of disease pathogenesis and create opportunities for therapeutic intervention, it is essential to unravel how these channels function at a molecular level. In the past decade, incredible progress has been made in biochemical sample preparation of large membrane proteins and structural biology techniques, including cryo‐electron microscopy. This has resulted in high resolution structures of all TRPV channels, which has provided novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of channel gating and regulation that will be summarized in this review.
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- Mark K van Goor
- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Chernov-Rogan T, Gianti E, Liu C, Villemure E, Cridland AP, Hu X, Ballini E, Lange W, Deisemann H, Li T, Ward SI, Hackos DH, Magnuson S, Safina B, Klein ML, Volgraf M, Carnevale V, Chen J. TRPA1 modulation by piperidine carboxamides suggests an evolutionarily conserved binding site and gating mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:26008-26019. [PMID: 31796582 PMCID: PMC6926016 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1913929116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel functions as an irritant sensor and is a therapeutic target for treating pain, itch, and respiratory diseases. As a ligand-gated channel, TRPA1 can be activated by electrophilic compounds such as allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) through covalent modification or activated by noncovalent agonists through ligand binding. However, how covalent modification leads to channel opening and, importantly, how noncovalent binding activates TRPA1 are not well-understood. Here we report a class of piperidine carboxamides (PIPCs) as potent, noncovalent agonists of human TRPA1. Based on their species-specific effects on human and rat channels, we identified residues critical for channel activation; we then generated binding modes for TRPA1-PIPC interactions using structural modeling, molecular docking, and mutational analysis. We show that PIPCs bind to a hydrophobic site located at the interface of the pore helix 1 (PH1) and S5 and S6 transmembrane segments. Interestingly, this binding site overlaps with that of known allosteric modulators, such as A-967079 and propofol. Similar binding sites, involving π-helix rearrangements on S6, have been recently reported for other TRP channels, suggesting an evolutionarily conserved mechanism. Finally, we show that for PIPC analogs, predictions from computational modeling are consistent with experimental structure-activity studies, thereby suggesting strategies for rational drug design.
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- Tania Chernov-Rogan
- Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122;
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- Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Ion Channel Group, Evotec AG, 22419 Hamburg, Germany
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- Ion Channel Group, Evotec AG, 22419 Hamburg, Germany
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- Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Charles River, CM19 5TR Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom
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- Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
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- Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122;
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- Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080;
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Jara-Oseguera A, Huffer KE, Swartz KJ. The ion selectivity filter is not an activation gate in TRPV1-3 channels. eLife 2019; 8:51212. [PMID: 31724952 PMCID: PMC6887487 DOI: 10.7554/elife.51212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Activation of TRPV1 channels in sensory neurons results in opening of a cation permeation pathway that triggers the sensation of pain. Opening of TRPV1 has been proposed to involve two gates that appear to prevent ion permeation in the absence of activators: the ion selectivity filter on the external side of the pore and the S6 helices that line the cytosolic half of the pore. Here we measured the access of thiol-reactive ions across the selectivity filters in rodent TRPV1-3 channels. Although our results are consistent with structural evidence that the selectivity filters in these channels are dynamic, they demonstrate that cations can permeate the ion selectivity filters even when channels are closed. Our results suggest that the selectivity filters in TRPV1-3 channels do not function as activation gates but might contribute to coupling structural rearrangements in the external pore to those in the cytosolic S6 gate.
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- Andrés Jara-Oseguera
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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Kasimova MA, Lynagh T, Sheikh ZP, Granata D, Borg CB, Carnevale V, Pless SA. Evolutionarily Conserved Interactions within the Pore Domain of Acid-Sensing Ion Channels. Biophys J 2019; 118:861-872. [PMID: 31630811 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Revised: 08/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Despite the sequence homology between acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) and epithelial sodium channel (ENaCs), these channel families display very different functional characteristics. Whereas ASICs are gated by protons and show a relatively low degree of selectivity for sodium over potassium, ENaCs are constitutively active and display a remarkably high degree of sodium selectivity. To decipher if some of the functional diversity originates from differences within the transmembrane helices (M1 and M2) of both channel families, we turned to a combination of computational and functional interrogations, using statistical coupling analysis and mutational studies on mouse ASIC1a. The coupling analysis suggests that the relative position of M1 and M2 in the upper part of the pore domain is likely to remain constant during the ASIC gating cycle, whereas they may undergo relative movements in the lower part. Interestingly, our data suggest that to account for coupled residue pairs being in close structural proximity, both domain-swapped and nondomain-swapped ASIC M2 conformations need to be considered. Such conformational flexibility is consistent with structural work, which suggested that the lower part of M2 can adopt both domain-swapped and nondomain-swapped conformations. Overall, mutations to residues in the middle and lower pore were more likely to affect gating and/or ion selectivity than those in the upper pore. Indeed, disrupting the putative interaction between a highly conserved Trp/Glu residue pair in the lower pore is detrimental to gating and selectivity, although this interaction might occur in both domain-swapped and nonswapped conformations. Finally, our results suggest that the greater number of larger, aromatic side chains in the ENaC M2 helix may contribute to the constitutive activity of these channels at a resting pH. Together, the data highlight differences in the transmembrane domains of these closely related ion channels that may help explain some of their distinct functional properties.
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- Marina A Kasimova
- Department of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Lin King JV, Emrick JJ, Kelly MJS, Herzig V, King GF, Medzihradszky KF, Julius D. A Cell-Penetrating Scorpion Toxin Enables Mode-Specific Modulation of TRPA1 and Pain. Cell 2019; 178:1362-1374.e16. [PMID: 31447178 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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TRPA1 is a chemosensory ion channel that functions as a sentinel for structurally diverse electrophilic irritants. Channel activation occurs through an unusual mechanism involving covalent modification of cysteine residues clustered within an amino-terminal cytoplasmic domain. Here, we describe a peptidergic scorpion toxin (WaTx) that activates TRPA1 by penetrating the plasma membrane to access the same intracellular site modified by reactive electrophiles. WaTx stabilizes TRPA1 in a biophysically distinct active state characterized by prolonged channel openings and low Ca2+ permeability. Consequently, WaTx elicits acute pain and pain hypersensitivity but fails to trigger efferent release of neuropeptides and neurogenic inflammation typically produced by noxious electrophiles. These findings provide a striking example of convergent evolution whereby chemically disparate animal- and plant-derived irritants target the same key allosteric regulatory site to differentially modulate channel activity. WaTx is a unique pharmacological probe for dissecting TRPA1 function and its contribution to acute and persistent pain.
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- John V Lin King
- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Oral and Craniofacial Sciences Program, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Zubcevic L, Lee SY. The role of π-helices in TRP channel gating. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2019; 58:314-323. [PMID: 31378426 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels are a large superfamily of polymodal ion channels, which perform important roles in numerous physiological processes. The architecture of their transmembrane (TM) domains closely resembles that of voltage-gated potassium channels (KV). However, recent cryoEM and crystallographic studies of TRP channels have identified π-helices in functionally important regions, and it is increasingly recognized that they utilize a distinct mechanism of gating that relies on α-to-π secondary structure transitions. Here we review our current understanding of the role of π-helices in TRP channel function and their broader impact on different classes of ion channels.
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- Lejla Zubcevic
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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TRPV5 (transient receptor potential vanilloid 5) is a unique calcium-selective TRP channel essential for calcium homeostasis. Unlike other TRPV channels, TRPV5 and its close homolog, TRPV6, do not exhibit thermosensitivity or ligand-dependent activation but are constitutively open at physiological membrane potentials and modulated by calmodulin (CaM) in a calcium-dependent manner. Here we report high-resolution electron cryomicroscopy structures of truncated and full-length TRPV5 in lipid nanodiscs, as well as of a TRPV5 W583A mutant and TRPV5 in complex with CaM. These structures highlight the mechanism of calcium regulation and reveal a flexible stoichiometry of CaM binding to TRPV5.
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Martinez GQ, Gordon SE. Multimerization of Homo sapiens TRPA1 ion channel cytoplasmic domains. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0207835. [PMID: 30794546 PMCID: PMC6386368 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The transient receptor potential Ankyrin-1 (TRPA1) ion channel is modulated by myriad noxious stimuli that interact with multiple regions of the channel, including cysteine-reactive natural extracts from onion and garlic which modify residues in the cytoplasmic domains. The way in which TRPA1 cytoplasmic domain modification is coupled to opening of the ion-conducting pore has yet to be elucidated. The cryo-EM structure of TRPA1 revealed a tetrameric C-terminal coiled-coil surrounded by N-terminal ankyrin repeat domains (ARDs), an architecture shared with the canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) ion channel family. Similarly, structures of the TRP melastatin (TRPM) ion channel family also showed a C-terminal coiled-coil surrounded by N-terminal cytoplasmic domains. This conserved architecture may indicate a common gating mechanism by which modification of cytoplasmic domains can transduce conformational changes to open the ion-conducting pore. We developed an in vitro system in which N-terminal ARDs and C-terminal coiled-coil domains can be expressed in bacteria and maintain the ability to interact. We tested three gating regulators: temperature; the polyphosphate compound IP6; and the covalent modifier allyl isothiocyanate to determine whether they alter N- and C-terminal interactions. We found that none of the modifiers tested abolished ARD-coiled-coil interactions, though there was a significant reduction at 37˚C. We found that coiled-coils tetramerize in a concentration dependent manner, with monomers and trimers observed at lower concentrations. Our system provides a method for examining the mechanism of oligomerization of TRPA1 cytoplasmic domains as well as a system to study the transmission of conformational changes resulting from covalent modification.
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- Gilbert Q. Martinez
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Zhang F, Swartz KJ, Jara-Oseguera A. Conserved allosteric pathways for activation of TRPV3 revealed through engineering vanilloid-sensitivity. eLife 2019; 8:42756. [PMID: 30644819 PMCID: PMC6333442 DOI: 10.7554/elife.42756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV) channel is activated by an array of stimuli, including heat and vanilloid compounds. The TRPV1 homologues TRPV2 and TRPV3 are also activated by heat, but sensitivity to vanilloids and many other agonists is not conserved among TRPV subfamily members. It was recently discovered that four mutations in TRPV2 are sufficient to render the channel sensitive to the TRPV1-specific vanilloid agonist resiniferatoxin (RTx). Here, we show that mutation of six residues in TRPV3 corresponding to the vanilloid site in TRPV1 is sufficient to engineer RTx binding. However, robust activation of TRPV3 by RTx requires facilitation of channel opening by introducing mutations in the pore, temperatures > 30°C, or sensitization with another agonist. Our results demonstrate that the energetics of channel activation can determine the apparent sensitivity to a stimulus and suggest that allosteric pathways for activation are conserved in the TRPV family.
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- Feng Zhang
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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Doñate-Macián P, Crespi-Boixader A, Perálvarez-Marín A. Molecular Evolution Bioinformatics Toward Structural Biology of TRPV1-4 Channels. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1987:1-21. [PMID: 31028670 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9446-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bioinformatics is a very resourceful tool to understand evolution of membrane proteins, such as transient receptor potential channels. Expert bioinformatics users rely on specialized scripting and programming skills. Several web servers and standalone tools are available for nonadvanced users willing to develop projects to understand their system of choice. In this case, we present a desktop-based protocol to develop evostructural hypotheses based on basic bioinformatics skills and resources, specifically for a small subgroup of TRPV channels, which can be further implemented for larger datasets.
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- Pau Doñate-Macián
- Unitat de Biofísica, Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Adaptive and Neural Computation, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- Unitat de Biofísica, Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
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Kasimova MA, Yazici AT, Yudin Y, Granata D, Klein ML, Rohacs T, Carnevale V. A hypothetical molecular mechanism for TRPV1 activation that invokes rotation of an S6 asparagine. J Gen Physiol 2018; 150:1554-1566. [PMID: 30333107 PMCID: PMC6219692 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201812124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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TRPV1 channels comprise four subunits containing six transmembrane segments (S1–S6) that surround a central pore. Kasimova et al. hypothesize that channel opening involves rotation of an S6 asparagine residue toward the pore, as well as associated pore hydration and external cavity dehydration. The transient receptor potential channel vanilloid type 1 (TRPV1) is activated by a variety of endogenous and exogenous stimuli and is involved in nociception and body temperature regulation. Although the structure of TRPV1 has been experimentally determined in both the closed and open states, very little is known about its activation mechanism. In particular, the conformational changes that occur in the pore domain and result in ionic conduction have not yet been identified. Here we suggest a hypothetical molecular mechanism for TRPV1 activation, which involves rotation of a conserved asparagine in S6 from a position facing the S4–S5 linker toward the pore. This rotation is associated with hydration of the pore and dehydration of the four peripheral cavities located between each S6 and S4–S5 linker. In light of our hypothesis, we perform bioinformatics analyses of TRP and other evolutionary related ion channels, evaluate newly available structures, and reexamine previously reported water accessibility and mutagenesis experiments. These analyses provide several independent lines of evidence to support our hypothesis. Finally, we show that our proposed molecular mechanism is compatible with the prevailing theory that the selectivity filter acts as a secondary gate in TRPV1.
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- Marina A Kasimova
- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Hughes TET, Pumroy RA, Yazici AT, Kasimova MA, Fluck EC, Huynh KW, Samanta A, Molugu SK, Zhou ZH, Carnevale V, Rohacs T, Moiseenkova-Bell VY. Structural insights on TRPV5 gating by endogenous modulators. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4198. [PMID: 30305626 PMCID: PMC6179994 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06753-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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TRPV5 is a transient receptor potential channel involved in calcium reabsorption. Here we investigate the interaction of two endogenous modulators with TRPV5. Both phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) and calmodulin (CaM) have been shown to directly bind to TRPV5 and activate or inactivate the channel, respectively. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we determined TRPV5 structures in the presence of dioctanoyl PI(4,5)P2 and CaM. The PI(4,5)P2 structure reveals a binding site between the N-linker, S4-S5 linker and S6 helix of TRPV5. These interactions with PI(4,5)P2 induce conformational rearrangements in the lower gate, opening the channel. The CaM structure reveals two TRPV5 C-terminal peptides anchoring a single CaM molecule and that calcium inhibition is mediated through a cation-π interaction between Lys116 on the C-lobe of calcium-activated CaM and Trp583 at the intracellular gate of TRPV5. Overall, this investigation provides insight into the endogenous modulation of TRPV5, which has the potential to guide drug discovery.
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- Taylor E T Hughes
- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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Han Y, Li B, Yin TT, Xu C, Ombati R, Luo L, Xia Y, Xu L, Zheng J, Zhang Y, Yang F, Wang GD, Yang S, Lai R. Molecular mechanism of the tree shrew's insensitivity to spiciness. PLoS Biol 2018; 16:e2004921. [PMID: 30001322 PMCID: PMC6042686 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2004921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Spicy foods elicit a pungent or hot and painful sensation that repels almost all mammals. Here, we observe that the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis), which possesses a close relationship with primates and can directly and actively consume spicy plants. Our genomic and functional analyses reveal that a single point mutation in the tree shrew’s transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) ion channel (tsV1) lowers its sensitivity to capsaicinoids, which enables the unique feeding behavior of tree shrews with regards to pungent plants. We show that strong selection for this residue in tsV1 might be driven by Piper boehmeriaefolium, a spicy plant that geographically overlaps with the tree shrew and produces Cap2, a capsaicin analog, in abundance. We propose that the mutation in tsV1 is a part of evolutionary adaptation that enables the tree shrew to tolerate pungency, thus widening the range of its diet for better survival. Most mammals cannot tolerate the pungent sensation, such as that evoked by eating chili peppers. Here, we show that unexpectedly, the tree shrew, a mammal closely related to primates, can consume pungent plants. We determined that this tolerance is caused by an amino acid change in the tree shrew’s transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 (TRPV1) ion channel, which lowers the channel’s sensitivity to capsaicinoids—the substances that make plants spicy. We attribute the strong selection for this amino acid to an adaptation to consuming Piper boehmeriaefolium, a spicy plant that geographically overlaps with the tree shrew and produces Cap2, a substance similar to capsaicin, the pungent agent found in chili peppers. Our study suggests an evolutionary and molecular mechanism adopted by the tree shrew to expand its nutritional repertoire.
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- Yalan Han
- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Kunming Primate Research Center, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- Department of Biophysics and Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biophysics and Kidney Disease Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
- * E-mail: (RL); (SY); (GDW); (FY)
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, and Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- * E-mail: (RL); (SY); (GDW); (FY)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- * E-mail: (RL); (SY); (GDW); (FY)
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Key Laboratory of bioactive peptides of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan, China
- * E-mail: (RL); (SY); (GDW); (FY)
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Kádková A, Synytsya V, Krusek J, Zímová L, Vlachová V. Molecular basis of TRPA1 regulation in nociceptive neurons. A review. Physiol Res 2018; 66:425-439. [PMID: 28730837 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential A1 (TRPA1) is an excitatory ion channel that functions as a cellular sensor, detecting a wide range of proalgesic agents such as environmental irritants and endogenous products of inflammation and oxidative stress. Topical application of TRPA1 agonists produces an acute nociceptive response through peripheral release of neuropeptides, purines and other transmitters from activated sensory nerve endings. This, in turn, further regulates TRPA1 activity downstream of G-protein and phospholipase C-coupled signaling cascades. Despite the important physiological relevance of such regulation leading to nociceptor sensitization and consequent pain hypersensitivity, the specific domains through which TRPA1 undergoes post-translational modifications that affect its activation properties are yet to be determined at a molecular level. This review aims at providing an account of our current knowledge on molecular basis of regulation by neuronal inflammatory signaling pathways that converge on the TRPA1 channel protein and through modification of its specific residues influence the extent to which this channel may contribute to pain.
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- A Kádková
- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology CAS, Prague, Czech Republic. or
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Nicoludis JM, Gaudet R. Applications of sequence coevolution in membrane protein biochemistry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2018; 1860:895-908. [PMID: 28993150 PMCID: PMC5807202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recently, protein sequence coevolution analysis has matured into a predictive powerhouse for protein structure and function. Direct methods, which use global statistical models of sequence coevolution, have enabled the prediction of membrane and disordered protein structures, protein complex architectures, and the functional effects of mutations in proteins. The field of membrane protein biochemistry and structural biology has embraced these computational techniques, which provide functional and structural information in an otherwise experimentally-challenging field. Here we review recent applications of protein sequence coevolution analysis to membrane protein structure and function and highlight the promising directions and future obstacles in these fields. We provide insights and guidelines for membrane protein biochemists who wish to apply sequence coevolution analysis to a given experimental system.
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- John M Nicoludis
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States.
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Zimova L, Sinica V, Kadkova A, Vyklicka L, Zima V, Barvik I, Vlachova V. Intracellular cavity of sensor domain controls allosteric gating of TRPA1 channel. Sci Signal 2018; 11:11/514/eaan8621. [PMID: 29363587 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aan8621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) is a temperature-sensitive ion channel activated by various pungent and irritant compounds that can produce pain in humans. Its activation involves an allosteric mechanism whereby electrophilic agonists evoke interactions within cytosolic domains and open the channel pore through an integrated nexus formed by intracellular membrane proximal regions that are densely packed beneath the lower segment of the S1-S4 sensor domain. Studies indicate that this part of the channel may contain residues that form a water-accessible cavity that undergoes changes in solvation during channel gating. We identified conserved polar residues facing the putative lower crevice of the sensor domain that were crucial determinants of the electrophilic, voltage, and calcium sensitivity of the TRPA1 channel. This part of the sensor may also comprise a domain capable of binding to membrane phosphoinositides through which gating of the channel is regulated in a state-dependent manner.
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- Lucie Zimova
- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Biomolecular Physics, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 12116 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Biomolecular Physics, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 12116 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences, 14220 Prague, Czech Republic.
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Steinberg X, Kasimova MA, Cabezas-Bratesco D, Galpin JD, Ladron-de-Guevara E, Villa F, Carnevale V, Islas L, Ahern CA, Brauchi SE. Conformational dynamics in TRPV1 channels reported by an encoded coumarin amino acid. eLife 2017; 6:e28626. [PMID: 29206105 PMCID: PMC5716661 DOI: 10.7554/elife.28626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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TRPV1 channels support the detection of noxious and nociceptive input. Currently available functional and structural data suggest that TRPV1 channels have two gates within their permeation pathway: one formed by a 'bundle-crossing' at the intracellular entrance and a second constriction at the selectivity filter. To describe conformational changes associated with channel gating, the fluorescent non-canonical amino acid coumarin-tyrosine was genetically encoded at Y671, a residue proximal to the selectivity filter. Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy was performed to image the conformational dynamics of the channels in live cells. Photon counts and optical fluctuations from coumarin encoded within TRPV1 tetramers correlates with channel activation by capsaicin, providing an optical marker of conformational dynamics at the selectivity filter. In agreement with the fluorescence data, molecular dynamics simulations display alternating solvent exposure of Y671 in the closed and open states. Overall, the data point to a dynamic selectivity filter that may serve as a gate for permeation.
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- Ximena Steinberg
- Physiology Department, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad Austral de ChileValdiviaChile
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- Institute for Computational Molecular ScienceTemple UniversityPhiladelphiaUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsUniversity of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de MedicinaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCiudad de MéxicoMexico
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB)Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)MilanoItaly
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- Institute for Computational Molecular ScienceTemple UniversityPhiladelphiaUnited States
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de MedicinaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCiudad de MéxicoMexico
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and BiophysicsUniversity of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Physiology Department, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad Austral de ChileValdiviaChile
- Millennium Nucleus of Ion Channels-associated Diseases (MiNICAD)Iniciativa Cientifica MilenioSantiagoChile
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Patterns of coevolving amino acids unveil structural and dynamical domains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E10612-E10621. [PMID: 29183970 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1712021114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Patterns of interacting amino acids are so preserved within protein families that the sole analysis of evolutionary comutations can identify pairs of contacting residues. It is also known that evolution conserves functional dynamics, i.e., the concerted motion or displacement of large protein regions or domains. Is it, therefore, possible to use a pure sequence-based analysis to identify these dynamical domains? To address this question, we introduce here a general coevolutionary coupling analysis strategy and apply it to a curated sequence database of hundreds of protein families. For most families, the sequence-based method partitions amino acids into a few clusters. When viewed in the context of the native structure, these clusters have the signature characteristics of viable protein domains: They are spatially separated but individually compact. They have a direct functional bearing too, as shown for various reference cases. We conclude that even large-scale structural and functionally related properties can be recovered from inference methods applied to evolutionary-related sequences. The method introduced here is available as a software package and web server (spectrus.sissa.it/spectrus-evo_webserver).
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A conserved gating element in TRPV6 channels. Cell Calcium 2017; 63:24-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Marsakova L, Barvik I, Zima V, Zimova L, Vlachova V. The First Extracellular Linker Is Important for Several Aspects of the Gating Mechanism of Human TRPA1 Channel. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:16. [PMID: 28197074 PMCID: PMC5281607 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) is an excitatory ion channel involved in pain, inflammation and itching. This channel gates in response to many irritant and proalgesic agents, and can be modulated by calcium and depolarizing voltage. While the closed-state structure of TRPA1 has been recently resolved, also having its open state is essential for understanding how this channel works. Here we use molecular dynamics simulations combined with electrophysiological measurements and systematic mutagenesis to predict and explore the conformational changes coupled to the expansion of the presumptive channel's lower gate. We show that, upon opening, the upper part of the sensor module approaches the pore domain of an adjacent subunit and the conformational dynamics of the first extracellular flexible loop may govern the voltage-dependence of multimodal gating, thereby serving to stabilize the open state of the channel. These results are generally important in understanding the structure and function of TRPA1 and offer new insights into the gating mechanism of TRPA1 and related channels.
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- Lenka Marsakova
- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czechia
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- Division of Biomolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Physics, Charles University Prague, Czechia
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- Division of Biomolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Physics, Charles University Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Cellular Neurophysiology, Institute of Physiology Czech Academy of Sciences Prague, Czechia
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Species-Related Differences in the Properties of TRPC4 Channels in Intestinal Myocytes of Rodents. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11062-016-9592-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bidaux G, Sgobba M, Lemonnier L, Borowiec AS, Noyer L, Jovanovic S, Zholos AV, Haider S. Functional and Modeling Studies of the Transmembrane Region of the TRPM8 Channel. Biophys J 2016; 109:1840-51. [PMID: 26536261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channel family act as polymodal cellular sensors, which aid in regulating Ca(2+) homeostasis. Within the TRP family, TRPM8 is the cold receptor that forms a nonselective homotetrameric cation channel. In the absence of TRPM8 crystal structure, little is known about the relationship between structure and function. Inferences of TRPM8 structure have come from mutagenesis experiments coupled to electrophysiology, mainly regarding the fourth transmembrane helix (S4), which constitutes a moderate voltage-sensing domain, and about cold sensor and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate binding sites, which are both located in the C-terminus of TRPM8. In this study, we use a combination of molecular modeling and experimental techniques to examine the structure of the TRPM8 transmembrane and pore helix region including the conducting conformation of the selectivity filter. The model is consistent with a large amount of functional data and was further tested by mutagenesis. We present structural insight into the role of residues involved in intra- and intersubunit interactions and their link with the channel activity, sensitivity to icilin, menthol and cold, and impact on channel oligomerization.
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- Gabriel Bidaux
- Inserm, U1003, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Laboratoire Biophotonique Cellulaire Fonctionnelle. Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Inserm, U1003, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm, U1003, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Inserm, U1003, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire, Equipe labellisée par la Ligue contre le Cancer, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Laboratory of Excellence, Ion Channels Science and Therapeutics, Université de Lille 1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Department of Biophysics, Educational and Scientific Centre, "Institute of Biology" Taras Shevchenko, Kiev National University, Kiev, Ukraine.
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Svobodova B, Groschner K. Reprint of "Mechanisms of lipid regulation and lipid gating in TRPC channels". Cell Calcium 2016; 60:133-41. [PMID: 27431463 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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TRPC proteins form cation channels that integrate and relay cellular signals by mechanisms involving lipid recognition and lipid-dependent gating. The lipohilic/amphiphilic molecules that function as cellular activators or modulators of TRPC proteins span a wide range of chemical structures. In this context, cellular redox balance is likely linked to the lipid recognition/gating features of TRPC channels. Both classical ligand-protein interactions as well as indirect and promiscuous sensory mechanisms have been proposed. Some of the recognition processes are suggested to involve ancillary lipid-binding scaffolds or regulators as well as dynamic protein-protein interactions determined by bilayer architecture. A complex interplay of protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions is likely to govern the gating and/or plasma membrane recruitment of TRPC channels, thereby providing a distinguished platform for signal integration and coincident signal detection. Both the primary molecular event(s) of lipid recognition by TRPC channels as well as the transformation of these events into distinct gating movements is poorly understood at the molecular level, and it remains elusive whether lipid sensing in TRPCs is conferred to a distinct sensor domain. Recent structural information on the molecular action of lipophilic activators in distantly related members of the TRP superfamily encourages speculations on TRPC gating mechanisms involved in lipid recognition/gating. This review aims to provide an update on the current understanding of the lipid-dependent control of TRPC channels with focus on the TRPC lipid sensing, signal-integration hub and a short discussion of potential links to redox signaling.
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- Barbora Svobodova
- Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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N-terminal tetrapeptide T/SPLH motifs contribute to multimodal activation of human TRPA1 channel. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28700. [PMID: 27345869 PMCID: PMC4922051 DOI: 10.1038/srep28700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Human transient receptor potential ankyrin channel 1 (TRPA1) is a polymodal sensor implicated in pain, inflammation and itching. An important locus for TRPA1 regulation is the cytoplasmic N-terminal domain, through which various exogenous electrophilic compounds such as allyl-isothiocyanate from mustard oil or cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon activate primary afferent nociceptors. This major region is comprised of a tandem set of 17 ankyrin repeats (AR1-AR17), five of them contain a strictly conserved T/SPLH tetrapeptide motif, a hallmark of an important and evolutionarily conserved contribution to conformational stability. Here, we characterize the functional consequences of putatively stabilizing and destabilizing mutations in these important structural units and identify AR2, AR6, and AR11-13 to be distinctly involved in the allosteric activation of TRPA1 by chemical irritants, cytoplasmic calcium, and membrane voltage. Considering the potential involvement of the T/SP motifs as putative phosphorylation sites, we also show that proline-directed Ser/Thr kinase CDK5 modulates the activity of TRPA1, and that T673 outside the AR-domain is its only possible target. Our data suggest that the most strictly conserved N-terminal ARs define the energetics of the TRPA1 channel gate and contribute to chemical-, calcium- and voltage-dependence.
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Velisetty P, Borbiro I, Kasimova MA, Liu L, Badheka D, Carnevale V, Rohacs T. A molecular determinant of phosphoinositide affinity in mammalian TRPV channels. Sci Rep 2016; 6:27652. [PMID: 27291418 PMCID: PMC4904367 DOI: 10.1038/srep27652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] is an important cofactor for ion channels. Affinity for this lipid is a major determinant of channel inhibition by depletion of PI(4,5)P2 upon phospholipase C (PLC) activation. Little is known about what determines PI(4,5)P2 affinity in mammalian ion channels. Here we report that two members of the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid (TRPV) ion channel family, TRPV5 and TRPV6 lack a positively charged residue in the TM4-TM5 loop that was shown to interact with PI(4,5)P2 in TRPV1, which shows high affinity for this lipid. When this positively charged residue was introduced to either TRPV6 or TRPV5, they displayed markedly higher affinities for PI(4,5)P2, and were largely resistant to inhibition by PI(4,5)P2 depletion. Furthermore, Ca(2+)-induced inactivation of TRPV6 was essentially eliminated in the G488R mutant, showing the importance of PLC-mediated PI(4,5)P2 depletion in this process. Computational modeling shows that the introduced positive charge interacts with PI(4,5)P2 in TRPV6.
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- Phanindra Velisetty
- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Mechanisms of lipid regulation and lipid gating in TRPC channels. Cell Calcium 2016; 59:271-9. [PMID: 27125985 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2016.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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TRPC proteins form cation channels that integrate and relay cellular signals by mechanisms involving lipid recognition and lipid-dependent gating. The lipohilic/amphiphilic molecules that function as cellular activators or modulators of TRPC proteins span a wide range of chemical structures. In this context, cellular redox balance is likely linked to the lipid recognition/gating features of TRPC channels. Both classical ligand-protein interactions as well as indirect and promiscuous sensory mechanisms have been proposed. Some of the recognition processes are suggested to involve ancillary lipid-binding scaffolds or regulators as well as dynamic protein-protein interactions determined by bilayer architecture. A complex interplay of protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions is likely to govern the gating and/or plasma membrane recruitment of TRPC channels, thereby providing a distinguished platform for signal integration and coincident signal detection. Both the primary molecular event(s) of lipid recognition by TRPC channels as well as the transformation of these events into distinct gating movements is poorly understood at the molecular level, and it remains elusive whether lipid sensing in TRPCs is conferred to a distinct sensor domain. Recent structural information on the molecular action of lipophilic activators in distantly related members of the TRP superfamily encourages speculations on TRPC gating mechanisms involved in lipid recognition/gating. This review aims to provide an update on the current understanding of the lipid-dependent control of TRPC channels with focus on the TRPC lipid sensing, signal-integration hub and a short discussion of potential links to redox signaling.
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Kasimova M, Granata D, Carnevale V. Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2016; 78:261-86. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctm.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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McMackin MZ, Lewin MR, Tabuena DR, Arreola FE, Moffatt C, Fuse M. Use of von Frey filaments to assess nociceptive sensitization in the hornworm, Manduca sexta. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 257:139-46. [PMID: 26432932 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The hornworm Manduca sexta exhibits a defensive strike to noxious assaults, a response that is robust and is easily observed by experimenters. Von Frey filaments and methods typical for studying nociception in other animals were used to assess the strike response in M. sexta. NEW METHODS A series of von Frey filaments was applied to the body wall in ascending order and the data generated were used to determine the strike threshold by (i) the up-and-down method, (ii) the first response method, and (iii) the simplified up-and-down order method (SUDO). The effect of a noxious pinch on strike threshold was assessed. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS To our knowledge none of these methods has been used on M. sexta previously, making the use of the up-and-down and SUDO methods the first in an invertebrate. The use of the first response method has been used in other invertebrates, and the method appears equally suited to M. sexta. RESULTS All three methods were successful in monitoring the threshold sensitivity to touch, which was lowered (sensitized) by tissue damage induced with a pinch. Sensitization lasted 19h. CONCLUSIONS All three methods of assessing nociception were successfully applied to quantify the defensive strike response in M. sexta, although the SUDO method required empirical assessment of which filament to start the test sequence with. The results revealed both short- and long-term sensitization. These methods should prove to be useful for quantifying sensitization in M. sexta.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marissa Zubia McMackin
- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
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- Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Director Center for Exploration and Travel Health, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
| | - Megumi Fuse
- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.
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