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Gao AYL, Lourdin-De Filippis E, Orlowski J, McKinney RA. Roles of Endomembrane Alkali Cation/Proton Exchangers in Synaptic Function and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Front Physiol 2022; 13:892196. [PMID: 35547574 PMCID: PMC9081726 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.892196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Endomembrane alkali cation (Na+, K+)/proton (H+) exchangers (eNHEs) are increasingly associated with neurological disorders. These eNHEs play integral roles in regulating the luminal pH, processing, and trafficking of cargo along the secretory (Golgi and post-Golgi vesicles) and endocytic (early, recycling, and late endosomes) pathways, essential regulatory processes vital for neuronal development and plasticity. Given the complex morphology and compartmentalization of multipolar neurons, the contribution of eNHEs in maintaining optimal pH homeostasis and cargo trafficking is especially significant during periods of structural and functional development and remodeling. While the importance of eNHEs has been demonstrated in a variety of non-neuronal cell types, their involvement in neuronal function is less well understood. In this review, we will discuss their emerging roles in excitatory synaptic function, particularly as it pertains to cellular learning and remodeling. We will also explore their connections to neurodevelopmental conditions, including intellectual disability, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.
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- Andy Y L Gao
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Khayat W, Hackett A, Shaw M, Ilie A, Dudding-Byth T, Kalscheuer VM, Christie L, Corbett MA, Juusola J, Friend KL, Kirmse BM, Gecz J, Field M, Orlowski J. A recurrent missense variant in SLC9A7 causes nonsyndromic X-linked intellectual disability with alteration of Golgi acidification and aberrant glycosylation. Hum Mol Genet 2019; 28:598-614. [PMID: 30335141 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We report two unrelated families with multigenerational nonsyndromic intellectual disability (ID) segregating with a recurrent de novo missense variant (c.1543C>T:p.Leu515Phe) in the alkali cation/proton exchanger gene SLC9A7 (also commonly referred to as NHE7). SLC9A7 is located on human X chromosome at Xp11.3 and has not yet been associated with a human phenotype. The gene is widely transcribed, but especially abundant in brain, skeletal muscle and various secretory tissues. Within cells, SLC9A7 resides in the Golgi apparatus, with prominent enrichment in the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and post-Golgi vesicles. In transfected Chinese hamster ovary AP-1 cells, the Leu515Phe mutant protein was correctly targeted to the TGN/post-Golgi vesicles, but its N-linked oligosaccharide maturation as well as that of a co-transfected secretory membrane glycoprotein, vesicular stomatitis virus G (VSVG) glycoprotein, was reduced compared to cells co-expressing SLC9A7 wild-type and VSVG. This correlated with alkalinization of the TGN/post-Golgi compartments, suggestive of a gain-of-function. Membrane trafficking of glycosylation-deficient Leu515Phe and co-transfected VSVG to the cell surface, however, was relatively unaffected. Mass spectrometry analysis of patient sera also revealed an abnormal N-glycosylation profile for transferrin, a clinical diagnostic marker for congenital disorders of glycosylation. These data implicate a crucial role for SLC9A7 in the regulation of TGN/post-Golgi pH homeostasis and glycosylation of exported cargo, which may underlie the cellular pathophysiology and neurodevelopmental deficits associated with this particular nonsyndromic form of X-linked ID.
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- Wujood Khayat
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW, Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School and Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW, Australia
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- Research Group Development and Disease, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW, Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School and Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Genetics and Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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- Adelaide Medical School and Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.,South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Nowycky MC, Wu G, Ledeen RW. Glycobiology of ion transport in the nervous system. ADVANCES IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2014; 9:321-42. [PMID: 25151386 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1154-7_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The nervous system is richly endowed with large transmembrane proteins that mediate ion transport, including gated ion channels as well as energy-consuming pumps and transporters. Transport proteins undergo N-linked glycosylation which can affect expression, location, stability, and function. The N-linked glycans of ion channels are large, contributing between 5 and 50 % of their molecular weight. Many contain a high density of negatively charged sialic acid residues which modulate voltage-dependent gating of ion channels. Changes in the size and chemical composition of glycans are responsible for developmental and cell-specific variability in the biophysical and functional properties of many ion channels. Glycolipids, principally gangliosides, exert considerable influence on some forms of ion transport, either through direct association with ion transport proteins or indirectly through association with proteins that activate transport through appropriate signaling. Examples of both pumps and ion channels have been revealed which depend on ganglioside regulation. While some of these processes are localized in the plasma membrane, ganglioside-regulated ion transport can also occur at various loci within the cell including the nucleus. This chapter will describe ion channel and ion pump structures with a focus on the functional effects of glycosylation on ion channel availability and function, and effects of alterations in glycosylation on nervous system function. It will also summarize highlights of the research on glycolipid/ganglioside-mediated regulation of ion transport.
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- Martha C Nowycky
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, RBHS, New Jersey Medical School, The State University of New Jersey, 185 South Orange Ave., Newark, NJ, 07103, USA,
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Mining the virgin land of neurotoxicology: a novel paradigm of neurotoxic peptides action on glycosylated voltage-gated sodium channels. J Toxicol 2012; 2012:843787. [PMID: 22829817 PMCID: PMC3399347 DOI: 10.1155/2012/843787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Revised: 04/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are important membrane protein carrying on the molecular basis for action potentials (AP) in neuronal firings. Even though the structure-function studies were the most pursued spots, the posttranslation modification processes, such as glycosylation, phosphorylation, and alternative splicing associating with channel functions captured less eyesights. The accumulative research suggested an interaction between the sialic acids chains and ion-permeable pores, giving rise to subtle but significant impacts on channel gating. Sodium channel-specific neurotoxic toxins, a family of long-chain polypeptides originated from venomous animals, are found to potentially share the binding sites adjacent to glycosylated region on VGSCs. Thus, an interaction between toxin and glycosylated VGSC might hopefully join the campaign to approach the role of glycosylation in modulating VGSCs-involved neuronal network activity. This paper will cover the state-of-the-art advances of researches on glycosylation-mediated VGSCs function and the possible underlying mechanisms of interactions between toxin and glycosylated VGSCs, which may therefore, fulfill the knowledge in identifying the pharmacological targets and therapeutic values of VGSCs.
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Jay CM, Levonyak N, Nemunaitis G, Maples PB, Nemunaitis J. Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM2). GENE REGULATION AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2009; 3:181-90. [PMID: 20054407 PMCID: PMC2796972 DOI: 10.4137/grsb.s2594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Hereditary inclusion body myopathy type 2 (HIBM2) is a myopathy characterized by progressive muscle weakness with early adult onset. The disease is the result of a recessive mutation in the Glucosamine (UDP-N-acetyl)-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase gene (GNE), which results in reduced enzyme function and sialic acid levels. A majority of individuals with HIBM2 are from Iranian-Jewish or Japanese decent, but isolated cases have been identified world wide. This article reviews the diagnostic criteria for HIBM2. Current research with a highlight on the biology of the disease and the role of GNE in the sialic acid pathway are assessed. Finally, therapeutic investigations and animal models are discussed with a focus on future studies to better understand the pathology of Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy and move therapeutic agents towards clinical trials.
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Johnson D, Montpetit ML, Stocker PJ, Bennett ES. The Sialic Acid Component of the β1 Subunit Modulates Voltage-gated Sodium Channel Function. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:44303-10. [PMID: 15316006 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m408900200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) are responsible for initiation and propagation of nerve, skeletal muscle, and cardiac action potentials. Nav are composed of a pore-forming alpha subunit and often one to several modulating beta subunits. Previous work showed that terminal sialic acid residues attached to alpha subunits affect channel gating. Here we show that the fully sialylated beta1 subunit induces a uniform, hyperpolarizing shift in steady state and kinetic gating of the cardiac and two neuronal alpha subunit isoforms. Under conditions of reduced sialylation, the beta1-induced gating effect was eliminated. Consistent with this, mutation of beta1 N-glycosylation sites abolished all effects of beta1 on channel gating. Data also suggest an interaction between the cis effect of alpha sialic acids and the trans effect of beta1 sialic acids on channel gating. Thus, beta1 sialic acids had no effect gating on the of the heavily glycosylated skeletal muscle alpha subunit. However, when glycosylation of the skeletal muscle alpha subunit was reduced through chimeragenesis such that alpha sialic acids did not impact gating, beta1 sialic acids caused a significant hyperpolarizing shift in channel gating. Together, the data indicate that beta1 N-linked sialic acids can modulate Nav gating through an apparent saturating electrostatic mechanism. A model is proposed in which a spectrum of differentially sialylated Nav can directly modulate channel gating, thereby impacting cardiac, skeletal muscle, and neuronal excitability.
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- Daniel Johnson
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics and Program in Neuroscience, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
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Wang M, Xie Y, Girnita L, Nilsson G, Dricu A, Wejde J, Larsson O. Regulatory role of mevalonate and N-linked glycosylation in proliferation and expression of the EWS/FLI-1 fusion protein in Ewing's sarcoma cells. Exp Cell Res 1999; 246:38-46. [PMID: 9882513 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Ewing's sarcoma cell line RD-ES, which carries the EWS/FLI-1 fusion gene, responded to the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor lovastatin with growth arrest. Replenishment of mevalonate (MVA) to the arrested cells restored cell growth. However, if tunicamycin (TM), which is an inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation, was present together with MVA the cells remained arrested, indicating that N-linked glycosylation is of importance for growth of Ewing's sarcoma cells. Inhibition of the biosynthesis of EWS/FLI-1 fusion protein by treatment with antisense oligonucleotides also led to growth arrest, suggesting that this protein is of importance for cell growth. We investigated whether MVA synthesis and N-linked glycosylation could be involved in regulation of the expression of the EWS/FLI-1 fusion protein, which in fact contains four potential sites for N-linked glycosylation. We found that inhibition of both HMG-CoA reductase and N-linked glycosylation drastically decreased the expression of the fusion protein, which mainly appears in the cell nuclei. There was no significant difference in the inhibitory effect on the fusion protein between the cytoplasm and the cell nuclei, indicating that the transport of the fusion protein to the cell nucleus is not affected. The fusion protein did not exhibit any gel electrophoretic mobility shift after treatment of the cells with lovastatin or TM, and it did not incorporate [3H]glucosamine. Therefore we can conclude that the fusion protein is not a glycoprotein. The decreased expression of the fusion protein following lovastatin or TM treatment was found to be due to a lowered stability of de novo-synthesized fusion protein. The down-regulation of the fusion protein was correlated to growth arrest. Furthermore, the kinetics between the expression of EWS/FLI-1 fusion protein and the initiation of DNA synthesis in MVA-stimulated cells were similar. Taken together, our data suggest that the regulatory role of N-linked glycosylation in the expression of the EWS/FLI-1 fusion protein is important for growth of Ewing's sarcoma cells. Possible mechanisms underlying TM-induced decrease in EWS/FLI-1 expression may involve the breaking of growth factor receptor pathways.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- DNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Down-Regulation/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Glucosamine/metabolism
- Glycosylation/drug effects
- Humans
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases/metabolism
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Lovastatin/pharmacology
- Mevalonic Acid/metabolism
- Mevalonic Acid/pharmacology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/biosynthesis
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/chemistry
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1
- RNA-Binding Protein EWS
- Sarcoma, Ewing/enzymology
- Sarcoma, Ewing/metabolism
- Sarcoma, Ewing/pathology
- Time Factors
- Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
- Transcription Factors/chemistry
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Tunicamycin/pharmacology
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- M Wang
- Cellular and Molecular Tumor Pathology, CCK, R8:04, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, S-171 76, Sweden
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Expression of Kv1.1, a Shaker-like potassium channel, is temporally regulated in embryonic neurons and glia. J Neurosci 1998. [PMID: 9671659 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05682.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Kv1.1, a Shaker-like voltage-gated potassium channel, is strongly expressed in a variety of neurons in adult rodents, in which it appears to be involved in regulating neuronal excitability. Here we show that Kv1.1 is also expressed during embryonic development in the mouse, exhibiting two transient peaks of expression around embryonic day 9.5 (E9.5) and E14.5. Using both in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry, we have identified several cell types and tissues that express Kv1.1 RNA and protein. At E9.5, Kv1.1 RNA and protein are detected transiently in non-neuronal cells in several regions of the early CNS, including rhombomeres 3 and 5 and ventricular zones in the mesencephalon and diencephalon. At E14.5, several cell types in both the CNS and peripheral nervous system express Kv1.1, including neuronal cells (sensory ganglia and outer aspect of cerebral hemispheres) and glial cells (radial glia, satellite cells, and Schwann cell precursors). These data show that Kv1.1 is expressed transiently in a variety of neuronal and non-neuronal cells during restricted periods of embryonic development. Although the functional roles of Kv1.1 in development are not understood, the cell-specific localization and timing of expression suggest this channel may play a role in several developmental processes, including proliferation, migration, or cell-cell adhesion.
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1. Sodium channels mediate fast depolarization and conduct electrical impulses throughout nerve, muscle and heart. This paper reviews the links between sodium channel structure and function. 2. Sodium channels have a modular architecture, with distinct regions for the pore and the gates. The separation is far from absolute, however, with extensive interaction among the various parts of the channel. 3. At a molecular level, sodium channels are not static: they move extensively in the course of gating and ion translocation. 4. Sodium channels bind local anaesthetics and various toxins. In some cases, the relevant sites have been partially identified. 5. Sodium channels are subject to regulation at the levels of transcription, subunit interaction and post-translational modification (notably glycosylation and phosphorylation).
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- E Marban
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Krause E, Pfeiffer F, Schmid A, Arndts D, Schulz I. LOE 908 blocks delayed rectifier type potassium channels in PC12 cells and cortical neurons in culture. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 244:659-64. [PMID: 9535721 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effects of (R,S)-(3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxy-isoquinoline-1-yl)-2- phenyl-N,N-di-[2-(2,3,4-trimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]-acetamide (LOE 908) were studied on K+ currents in undifferentiated cells from a phaeochromocytoma cell line (PC12), in cortical neurons from rat in primary culture, in a rat blood lymphoma cell line (RBL-1) and in a kidney cell line (BHK21). In PC12 cells delayed rectifier K+ currents measured in the whole-cell mode of the patch clamp technique were almost completely blocked by 10 microM LOE 908. The IC50 value was 0.7 microM and the Hill coefficient 0.8. After washout of the inhibitor about 80% of the current recovered. In rat cortical neurons in primary culture LOE 908 inhibited tetraethylammonium (TEA, 10 mM)-sensitive delayed rectifying K+ currents (LOE 908: 1 microM, 61 +/- 25% inhibition; 10 microM 103 +/- 19% inhibition). In contrast to the inhibitory action of LOE 908 on delayed rectifying K+ currents, Ca(2+)-activated potassium currents in BHK21 cells were only inhibited by 25 +/- 5% (10 microM LOE 908, n = 5) and no effect of LOE 908 was found on inward-rectifying K+ currents in RBL-1 cells. We conclude that LOE 908 is a K+ channel blocker with selectivity for delayed outward rectifying K+ channels.
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- E Krause
- Physiologisches Institut, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Dus L, Canu N, Zona C, Ciotti MT, Calissano P. NMDA receptor modulation by a conditioned medium derived from rat cerebellar granule cells. Eur J Neurosci 1997; 9:2668-76. [PMID: 9517472 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Our previous studies have shown that the response to the excitotoxic action of glutamate by cultured cerebellar granule cells depends upon the cell density or the volume of medium in which they have been grown: the higher the cell density or the lower the volume, the higher the response to glutamate. We have hypothesized that this variable response is due to the formation in culture of a glutamate-sensitizing activity GSA more abundantly in conditioned medium derived from high-density or low-volume cultures than that present in low-density or high volume cultures and capable of restoring sensitivity in previously resistant granule cells. In order to elucidate the mechanism of action of glutamate-sensitizing activity, we measured the extent and function of NMDA receptors in low- and high-volume cultures and assessed the effect of glutamate-sensitizing activity on the same receptors. We found that under high-volume conditions the extent of MK-801 binding, the amount of NMDA receptor type 1, the currents evoked in whole cells after an NMDA pulse and the response of cultured cells to this ligand were markedly reduced compared with low-volume cultures. Addition of glutamate-sensitizing activity to high-volume cultures increased their glutamate sensitivity, the NMDA-evoked currents, the extent of MK-801 binding and the amount of NMDA receptor type 1 protein present. The corresponding mRNA transcripts, on the contrary, were unchanged in high-volume, low-volume and high-volume GSA-treated cultures.
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- L Dus
- Istituto di Neurobiologia, CNR, Rome, Italy
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Zhang J, Loew LM, Davidson RM. Faster voltage-dependent activation of Na+ channels in growth cones versus somata of neuroblastoma N1E-115 cells. Biophys J 1996; 71:2501-8. [PMID: 8913589 PMCID: PMC1233738 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79443-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Kinetics of voltage-gated ionic channels fundamentally reflect the response of the channels to local electric fields. In this report cell-attached patch-clamp studies reveal that the voltage-dependent activation rate of sodium channels residing in the growth cone membrane differs from that of soma sodium channels in differentiating N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells. Because other electrophysiological properties of these channels do not differ, this finding may be a reflection of the difference in intramembrane electric field in these two regions of the cell. This represents a new mechanism for channels to attain a range of activities both within and between cells.
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- J Zhang
- Neuroscience Program, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030, USA
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Schwalbe RA, Wang Z, Wible BA, Brown AM. Potassium channel structure and function as reported by a single glycosylation sequon. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:15336-40. [PMID: 7797521 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.25.15336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Inwardly rectifying K+ channels (IRKs) are highly K(+)-selective, integral membrane proteins that help maintain resting the membrane potential and cell volume. Integral membrane proteins as a class are frequently N-glycosylated with the attached carbohydrate being extracellular and perhaps modulating function. However, dynamic effects of glycosylation have yet to be demonstrated at the molecular level. ROMK1, a member of the IRK family is particularly suited to the study of glycosylation because it has a single N-glycosylation consensus sequence (Ho, K., Nichols, C. G., Lederer, W. J., Lytton, J., Vassilev, P. M., Kanazirska, M. V., and Herbert, S. C. (1993) Nature 362, 31-38). We show that ROMK1 is expressed in a functional state in the plasmalemma of an insect cell line (Spodoptera frugiperda, Sf9) and has two structures, glycosylated and unglycosylated. To test functionality, glycosylation was abolished by an N117Q mutation or by treatment with tunicamycin. Whole cell currents were greatly reduced in both of the unglycosylated forms compared to wild-type. Single channel currents revealed a dramatic decrease in opening probability, po, as the causative factor. Thus we have shown biochemically that the N-glycosylation sequon is extracellular, a result consistent with present topological models of IRKs, and we conclude that sequon occupancy by carbohydrate stabilizes the open state of ROMK1.
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- R A Schwalbe
- Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44109-1998, USA
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Yorek MA, Stefani MR, Wachtel RE. Elevated levels of glucose and L-fucose reduce 22Na+ uptake and whole cell Na+ current in cultured neuroblastoma cells. J Neurochem 1994; 62:63-9. [PMID: 8263545 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62010063.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Na+ flux was studied in cultured neuroblastoma cells grown in medium containing increased glucose or L-fucose concentrations. Chronic exposure of neuroblastoma cells to 30 mM glucose or 30 mM L-fucose caused a decrease in ouabain-sensitive and veratridine-stimulated 22Na+ uptake compared with cells cultured in unsupplemented medium. The Na+ current, determined by using whole-cell configuration of the patch clamp, was also decreased in these cells. Tetrodotoxin (3 microM), which blocked whole cell Na+ currents, also blocked veratridine-stimulated 22Na+ accumulation. Culturing cells in medium containing 30 mM fructose as an osmotic control had no effect on Na+ flux. Specific [3H]saxitoxin binding was not affected by 30 mM glucose or 30 mM L-fucose compared with cells grown in unsupplemented medium, suggesting that the number of Na+ channels was not decreased. These studies suggest that exposing cultured neuronal cells to conditions that occur in the diabetic milieu alters Na+ transport and Na(+)-channel activity.
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- M A Yorek
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52246
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Zona C, Ragozzino D, Ciotti MT, Mercanti D, Avoli M, Brancati A, Calissano P. Sodium, calcium and late potassium currents are reduced in cerebellar granule cells cultured in the presence of a protein complex conferring resistance to excitatory amino acids. Eur J Neurosci 1993; 5:1479-84. [PMID: 8287194 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1993.tb00215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Whole-cell, patch-clamp recordings were used to study voltage-gated currents generated by cerebellar granule cells that were cultured in medium containing either 10% fetal calf serum (hereafter termed S + granules) or neurite outgrowth and adhesion complex (NOAC, hereafter called NOAC granules). NOAC is a protein complex found in rabbit serum that renders granules resistant to the excitotoxic action of excitatory amino acids. During depolarizing commands both S+ and NOAC granules generated Na+ and Ca2+ inward currents and an early and a late K+ outward currents. However, Na+ and Ca2+ inward currents and late outward K+ currents recorded in NOAC granules were smaller than those seen in S+ granules. Furthermore, although of similar amplitude, early K+ currents displayed different kinetics in the two types of neurons. Thus, these data demonstrate that the electrophysiological properties of cerebellar granules, and probably of other neuronal populations, depend upon serum components and raise the possibility that an analogous modulation might be operative in vivo, and play a role in development, synaptic plasticity or neuropathological processes.
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- C Zona
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, II Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
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Li C, Peoples RW, Li Z, Weight FF. Zn2+ potentiates excitatory action of ATP on mammalian neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:8264-7. [PMID: 7690146 PMCID: PMC47329 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.17.8264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Despite the increasing recognition that ATP is an important extracellular excitatory mediator in the nervous system, the regulation of ATP receptors is poorly understood. Because the extracellular Zn2+ concentration is regulated in a variety of biological tissues, we studied modulation of the ATP-gated cation channel by Zn2+ in mammalian neurons using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. In approximately 73% of cells tested, the amplitude of ATP-activated membrane ion current increased up to 5-fold in the presence of micromolar concentrations of Zn2+. The characteristics of this action suggest that Zn2+ increases the apparent affinity of the receptor for ATP. In addition, Zn2+ increased membrane depolarization and action potential firing elicited by ATP. These observations suggest that Zn2+ may play a physiological role in regulating the excitatory action of ATP on mammalian neurons.
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- C Li
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852
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Larsson O, Carlberg M, Zetterberg A. Selective killing induced by an inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation. J Cell Sci 1993; 106 ( Pt 1):299-307. [PMID: 8270632 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.106.1.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Treatment with a low dose (0.5 microgram/ml) of tunicamycin (an inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation) blocked the cell cycle progression of both normal Balb/c 3T3 cells (A31) and their SV40-transformed derivatives (SVA31) specifically in early G1 (0-3 h after mitosis). Upon release after an 8-h treatment the A31 cells returned to the cell cycle via a 9-h recovery phase, indicating that they were arrested in G0. The A31 cells were fully viable after this treatment. In contrast, the postmitotic SVA31 cells, which were unable to arrest in G0, did not divide after the removal of tunicamycin. Instead, these cells died but this did not occur until 22–34 h after release from the treatment. SVA31 cells that had passed the postmitotic phase of G1 survived during the parental generation and divided normally. However, a large portion of these cells died during the next cycle, and in total during a 48-h period approximately 50% of the cells were killed as a consequence of an 8-h exposure to tunicamycin. In contrast, treatment with inhibitors of protein synthesis and HMG CoA reductase activity as well as inhibitors of modification of N-linked oligosaccharide chains did not result in cell death.
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- O Larsson
- Department of Tumor Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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The functional activity of ion channels and other membrane proteins requires that the proteins be correctly assembled in a transmembrane configuration. Thus, the functional expression of ion channels, neurotransmitter receptors and complex membrane-limited signalling mechanisms from complementary DNA has required the injection of messenger RNA or transfection of DNA into Xenopus oocytes or other target cells that are capable of processing newly translated protein into the surface membrane. These approaches, combined with voltage-clamp analysis of ion channel currents, have been especially powerful in the identification of structure-function relationships in ion channels. But oocytes express endogenous ion channels, neurotransmitter receptors and receptor-channel subunits, complicating the interpretation of results in mRNA-injected eggs. Furthermore, it is difficult to control experimentally the membrane lipids and post-translational modifications that underlie the regulation and modulation of ion channels in intact cells. A cell-free system for ion channel expression is ideal for good experimental control of protein expression and modulatory processes. Here we combine cell-free protein translation, microsomal membrane processing of nascent channel proteins, and reconstitution of newly synthesized ion channels into planar lipid bilayers to synthesize, glycosylate, process into membranes, and record in vitro the activity of functional Shaker potassium channels.
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- R L Rosenberg
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Alboim SV, Bak A, Sampson SR. Tunicamycin reduces Na(+)-K(+)-pump expression in cultured skeletal muscle. J Cell Physiol 1992; 150:640-6. [PMID: 1311332 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041500325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to examine effects of tunicamycin (TM), which inhibits core glycosylation of the beta-subunit, on functional expression of the Na(+)-K+ pump in primary cultures of embryonic chick skeletal muscle. Measurements were made of specific-[3H]-ouabain binding, ouabain-sensitive 86Rb uptake, resting membrane potential (Em), and electrogenic pump contribution to Em (Ep) of single myotubes with intracellular microelectrodes. Growth of 4-6-day-old skeletal myotubes in the presence of TM (1 microgram/ml) for 21-24 hr reduced the number of Na(+)-K+ pumps to 60-90% of control. Na(+)-K+ pump activity, the level of resting Em and Ep were also reduced significantly by TM. In addition, TM completely blocked the hyperpolarization of Em induced in single myotubes by cooling to 10 degrees C and then re-warming to 37 degrees C. Effects of tunicamycin were compared with those of tetrodotoxin (TTX; 2 x 10(-7) M for 24 hr), which blocks voltage-dependent Na+ channels. TM produced significantly greater decreases in ouabain-binding and Em than did TTX, findings that indicate that reduced Na(+)-K+ pump expression was not exclusively secondary to decreased intracellular Na+, the primary regulator of pump synthesis in cultured muscle. Similarly, effects of TM were significantly greater than those of cycloheximide, which inhibits protein synthesis by 95%. These findings demonstrate that effects were not due to inhibition of protein synthesis. We conclude that glycosylation of the Na(+)-K+ pump beta-subunit is required for full physiological expression of pump activity in skeletal muscle.
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- S V Alboim
- Health Sciences Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Tunicamycin increases desensitization of acetylcholine receptors in cultured mouse muscle cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:1808-11. [PMID: 2000386 PMCID: PMC51114 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.5.1808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Whole-cell currents activated by acetylcholine (AcCho) were recorded in C2 mouse myotubes before and after prolonged treatment with tunicamycin, an inhibitor of glycosylation. In control cells the AcCho-induced currents decayed slowly even in the continuous presence of AcCho. After 24 hr of treatment with tunicamycin AcCho still elicited currents, but their size was significantly reduced and their decay was greatly accelerated. The binding of 125I-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin, a specific and irreversible antagonist of muscle AcCho receptors, was greatly reduced after tunicamycin treatment, and an equivalent reduction was observed after a long-lasting application of the AcCho agonist carbachol. We suggest that, after inhibition of glycosylation by tunicamycin, AcCho receptors are expressed correctly on the plasma membrane but these receptors desensitize more rapidly and are less efficient in binding alpha-bungarotoxin.
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