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Prole DL, Taylor CW. Structure and Function of IP 3 Receptors. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2019; 11:cshperspect.a035063. [PMID: 30745293 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a035063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs), by releasing Ca2+ from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of animal cells, allow Ca2+ to be redistributed from the ER to the cytosol or other organelles, and they initiate store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). For all three IP3R subtypes, binding of IP3 primes them to bind Ca2+, which then triggers channel opening. We are now close to understanding the structural basis of IP3R activation. Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release regulated by IP3 allows IP3Rs to regeneratively propagate Ca2+ signals. The smallest of these regenerative events is a Ca2+ puff, which arises from the nearly simultaneous opening of a small cluster of IP3Rs. Ca2+ puffs are the basic building blocks for all IP3-evoked Ca2+ signals, but only some IP3 clusters, namely those parked alongside the ER-plasma membrane junctions where SOCE occurs, are licensed to respond. The location of these licensed IP3Rs may allow them to selectively regulate SOCE.
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- David L Prole
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom
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Lock JT, Smith IF, Parker I. Spatial-temporal patterning of Ca 2+ signals by the subcellular distribution of IP 3 and IP 3 receptors. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2019; 94:3-10. [PMID: 30703557 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The patterning of cytosolic Ca2+ signals in space and time underlies their ubiquitous ability to specifically regulate numerous cellular processes. Signals mediated by liberation of Ca2+ sequestered in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) through inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) channels constitute a hierarchy of events; ranging from openings of individual IP3 channels, through the concerted openings of several clustered IP3Rs to generate local Ca2+ puffs, to global Ca2+ waves and oscillations that engulf the entire cell. Here, we review recent progress in elucidating how this hierarchy is shaped by an interplay between the functional gating properties of IP3Rs and their spatial distribution within the cell. We focus in particular on the subset of IP3Rs that are organized in stationary clusters and are endowed with the ability to preferentially liberate Ca2+.
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- Jeffrey T Lock
- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
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- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA; Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Thillaiappan NB, Chakraborty P, Hasan G, Taylor CW. IP 3 receptors and Ca 2+ entry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2018; 1866:1092-1100. [PMID: 30448464 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) are the most widely expressed intracellular Ca2+ release channels. Their activation by IP3 and Ca2+ allows Ca2+ to pass rapidly from the ER lumen to the cytosol. The resulting increase in cytosolic [Ca2+] may directly regulate cytosolic effectors or fuel Ca2+ uptake by other organelles, while the decrease in ER luminal [Ca2+] stimulates store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). We are close to understanding the structural basis of both IP3R activation, and the interactions between the ER Ca2+-sensor, STIM, and the plasma membrane Ca2+ channel, Orai, that lead to SOCE. IP3Rs are the usual means through which extracellular stimuli, through ER Ca2+ release, stimulate SOCE. Here, we review evidence that the IP3Rs most likely to respond to IP3 are optimally placed to allow regulation of SOCE. We also consider evidence that IP3Rs may regulate SOCE downstream of their ability to deplete ER Ca2+ stores. Finally, we review evidence that IP3Rs in the plasma membrane can also directly mediate Ca2+ entry in some cells.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, India
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom.
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Ca 2+ signals initiate at immobile IP 3 receptors adjacent to ER-plasma membrane junctions. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1505. [PMID: 29138405 PMCID: PMC5686115 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01644-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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IP3 receptors (IP3Rs) release Ca2+ from the ER when they bind IP3 and Ca2+. The spatial organization of IP3Rs determines both the propagation of Ca2+ signals between IP3Rs and the selective regulation of cellular responses. Here we use gene editing to fluorescently tag endogenous IP3Rs, and super-resolution microscopy to determine the geography of IP3Rs and Ca2+ signals within living cells. We show that native IP3Rs cluster within ER membranes. Most IP3R clusters are mobile, moved by diffusion and microtubule motors. Ca2+ signals are generated by a small population of immobile IP3Rs. These IP3Rs are licensed to respond, but they do not readily mix with mobile IP3Rs. The licensed IP3Rs reside alongside ER-plasma membrane junctions where STIM1, which regulates store-operated Ca2+ entry, accumulates after depletion of Ca2+ stores. IP3Rs tethered close to ER-plasma membrane junctions are licensed to respond and optimally placed to be activated by endogenous IP3 and to regulate Ca2+ entry. IP3 receptors mediate Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum. Here the authors show that only a small fraction of IP3 receptors initiate Ca2+ signals; these immobile IP3 receptors adjacent to the plasma membrane are optimally placed to control STIM1-dependent Ca2+ entry.
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Single-molecule tracking of inositol trisphosphate receptors reveals different motilities and distributions. Biophys J 2015; 107:834-45. [PMID: 25140418 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Puffs are local Ca(2+) signals that arise by Ca(2+) liberation from the endoplasmic reticulum through the concerted opening of tightly clustered inositol trisphosphate receptors/channels (IP3Rs). The locations of puff sites observed by Ca(2+) imaging remain static over several minutes, whereas fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments employing overexpression of fluorescently tagged IP3Rs have shown that the majority of IP3Rs are freely motile. To address this discrepancy, we applied single-molecule imaging to locate and track type 1 IP3Rs tagged with a photoswitchable fluorescent protein and expressed in COS-7 cells. We found that ∼ 70% of the IP3R1 molecules were freely motile, undergoing random walk motility with an apparent diffusion coefficient of ∼ 0.095 μm s(-1), whereas the remaining molecules were essentially immotile. A fraction of the immotile IP3Rs were organized in clusters, with dimensions (a few hundred nanometers across) comparable to those previously estimated for the IP3R clusters underlying functional puff sites. No short-term (seconds) changes in overall motility or in clustering of immotile IP3Rs were apparent following activation of IP3/Ca(2+) signaling. We conclude that stable clusters of small numbers of immotile IP3Rs may underlie local Ca(2+) release sites, whereas the more numerous motile IP3Rs appear to be functionally silent.
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The versatility of Ca2+ as an intracellular messenger stems largely from the impressive, but complex, spatiotemporal organization of the Ca2+ signals. For example, the latter when initiated by IP3 (inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate) in many cells manifest hierarchical recruitment of elementary Ca2+ release events ('blips' and then 'puffs') en route to global regenerative Ca2+ waves as the cellular IP3 concentration rises. The spacing of IP3Rs (IP3 receptors) and their regulation by Ca2+ are key determinants of these spatially organized Ca2+ signals, but neither is adequately understood. IP3Rs have been proposed to be pre-assembled into clusters, but their composition, geometry and whether clustering affects IP3R behaviour are unknown. Using patch-clamp recording from the outer nuclear envelope of DT40 cells expressing rat IP3R1 or IP3R3, we have recently shown that low concentrations of IP3 cause IP3Rs to aggregate rapidly and reversibly into small clusters of approximately four IP3Rs. At resting cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations, clustered IP3Rs open independently, but with lower open probability, shorter open duration and lesser IP3-sensitivity than lone IP3Rs. This inhibitory influence of clustering on IP3R is reversed when the [Ca2+]i (cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration) increases. The gating of clustered IP3Rs exposed to increased [Ca2+]i is coupled: they are more likely to open and close together, and their simultaneous openings are prolonged. Dynamic clustering of IP3Rs by IP3 thus exposes them to local Ca2+ rises and increases their propensity for a CICR (Ca2+-induced Ca2+ rise), thereby facilitating hierarchical recruitment of the elementary events that underlie all IP3-evoked Ca2+ signals.
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Lusche DF, Wessels D, Scherer A, Daniels K, Kuhl S, Soll DR. The IplA Ca2+ channel of Dictyostelium discoideum is necessary for chemotaxis mediated through Ca2+, but not through cAMP, and has a fundamental role in natural aggregation. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:1770-83. [PMID: 22375061 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.098301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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During aggregation of Dictyostelium discoideum, nondissipating, symmetrical, outwardly moving waves of cAMP direct cells towards aggregation centers. It has been assumed that the spatial and temporal characteristics of the front and back of each cAMP wave regulate both chemokinesis and chemotaxis. However, during the period preceding aggregation, cells acquire not only the capacity to chemotax in a spatial gradient of cAMP, but also in a spatial gradient of Ca(2+). The null mutant of the putative IplA Ca(2+) channel gene, iplA(-), undergoes normal chemotaxis in spatial gradients of cAMP and normal chemokinetic responses to increasing temporal gradients of cAMP, both generated in vitro. However, iplA(-) cells lose the capacity to undergo chemotaxis in response to a spatial gradient of Ca(2+), suggesting that IplA is either the Ca(2+) chemotaxis receptor or an essential component of the Ca(2+) chemotaxis regulatory pathway. In response to natural chemotactic waves generated by wild-type cells, the chemokinetic response of iplA(-) cells to the temporal dynamics of the cAMP wave is intact, but the capacity to reorient in the direction of the aggregation center at the onset of each wave is lost. These results suggest that transient Ca(2+) gradients formed between cells at the onset of each natural cAMP wave augment reorientation towards the aggregation center. If this hypothesis proves correct, it will provide a more complex contextual framework for interpreting D. discoideum chemotaxis.
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- Daniel F Lusche
- W M Keck Dynamic Image Analysis Facility, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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The Ca(2) (+) signals evoked by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3)) are built from elementary Ca(2) (+) release events involving progressive recruitment of IP(3) receptors (IP(3)R), intracellular Ca(2) (+) channels that are expressed in almost all animal cells. The smallest events ('blips') result from opening of single IP(3)R. Larger events ('puffs') reflect the near-synchronous opening of a small cluster of IP(3)R. These puffs become more frequent as the stimulus intensity increases and they eventually trigger regenerative Ca(2) (+) waves that propagate across the cell. This hierarchical recruitment of IP(3)R is important in allowing Ca(2) (+) signals to be delivered locally to specific target proteins or more globally to the entire cell. Co-regulation of IP(3)R by Ca(2) (+) and IP(3), the ability of a single IP(3)R rapidly to mediate a large efflux of Ca(2) (+) from the endoplasmic reticulum, and the assembly of IP(3)R into clusters are key features that allow IP(3)R to propagate Ca(2) (+) signals regeneratively. We review these properties of IP(3)R and the structural basis of IP(3)R behavior.
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- Colin W Taylor
- Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road, CB2 1PD, Cambridge, UK,
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Wei F, Yang D, Straube R, Shuai J. Brownian diffusion of ion channels in different membrane patch geometries. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 83:021919. [PMID: 21405875 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.021919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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We asymptotically calculate the spatially averaged mean first passage time (MFPT) of a diffusing channel protein in a finite membrane patch containing a small absorbing anchor site. Different two-dimensional membrane geometries are considered including a circular, a square-shaped, a rectangular, and a cylindrical domain. The asymptotic expressions are found to be in excellent agreement with results from Monte Carlo simulations if the radius of the diffusing protein is sufficiently small. For a larger radius, a simple correction to the asymptotic expressions is proposed. We show that the average MFPT for a circle and a square-shaped domain of the same area are approximately equal as long as the anchor site is close to the center of the domain. We also discuss how the average MFPT depends on the aspect ratio of a rectangular and a cylindrical domain. Among such domains with a fixed area, a minimal MFPT is obtained for the square-shaped domain.
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- Fang Wei
- Department of Physics, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Tanimura A. The Development of FRET-Based IP3 Biosensors and Their Use for Monitoring IP3 Dynamics during Ca2+ Oscillations and Ca2+ Waves in Non-Excitable Cells. J Oral Biosci 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1349-0079(11)80013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Parker I, Smith IF. Recording single-channel activity of inositol trisphosphate receptors in intact cells with a microscope, not a patch clamp. J Gen Physiol 2010; 136:119-27. [PMID: 20660654 PMCID: PMC2912063 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200910390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Optical single-channel recording is a novel tool for the study of individual Ca2+-permeable channels within intact cells under minimally perturbed physiological conditions. As applied to the functioning and spatial organization of IP3Rs, this approach complements our existing knowledge, which derives largely from reduced systems - such as reconstitution into lipid bilayers and patch clamping of IP3Rs on the membrane of excised nuclei - where the spatial arrangement and interactions among IP3Rs via CICR are disrupted. The ability to image the activity of single IP3R channels with millisecond resolution together with localization of their positions with a precision of a few tens of nanometers both raises several intriguing questions and holds promise of answers. In particular, what mechanism underlies the anchoring of puffs and blips to static locations; why do these Ca2+ release events appear to involve only a very small fraction of the IP3Rs within a cell; and how can we reconcile the relative immotility of functional IP3Rs with numerous studies reporting free diffusion of IP3R protein in the ER membrane?
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- Ian Parker
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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Cárdenas C, Escobar M, García A, Osorio-Reich M, Härtel S, Foskett JK, Franzini-Armstrong C. Visualization of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors on the nuclear envelope outer membrane by freeze-drying and rotary shadowing for electron microscopy. J Struct Biol 2010; 171:372-81. [PMID: 20457258 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The receptors for the second messenger InsP(3) comprise a family of closely related ion channels that release Ca(2+) from intracellular stores, most prominently the endoplasmic reticulum and its extension into the nuclear envelope. The precise sub-cellular localization of InsP(3)Rs and the spatial relationships among them are important for the initiation, spatial and temporal properties and propagation of local and global Ca(2+) signals, but the spatial organization of InsP(3)Rs in Ca(2+) stores is poorly characterized. Using nuclei isolated from insect Sf9 cells and freeze-dry rotary shadowing, we have addressed this by directly visualizing the cytoplasmic domain of InsP(3)R located on the cytoplasmic side of the nuclear envelope. Identification of approximately 15 nm structures as the cytoplasmic domain of InsP(3)R was indirectly supported by a marked increase in their frequency after transient transfections with cDNAs for rat types 1 and 3 InsP(3)R, and directly confirmed by gold labeling either with heparin or a specific anti-InsP(3)R antibody. Over-expression of InsP(3)R did not result in the formation of arrays or clusters with channels touching each other. Gold-labeling suggests that the channel amino terminus resides near the center of the cytoplasmic tetrameric quaternary structure. The combination of nuclear isolation with freeze-drying and rotary shadow techniques allows direct visualization of InsP(3)Rs in native nuclear envelopes and can be used to determine their spatial distribution and density.
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- Cesar Cárdenas
- Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085, USA
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Smith IF, Wiltgen SM, Shuai J, Parker I. Ca(2+) puffs originate from preestablished stable clusters of inositol trisphosphate receptors. Sci Signal 2009; 2:ra77. [PMID: 19934435 PMCID: PMC2897231 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Intracellular calcium ion (Ca(2+)) signaling crucially depends on the clustered organization of inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP(3)Rs) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. These ligand-gated ion channels liberate Ca(2+) to generate local signals known as Ca(2+) puffs. We tested the hypothesis that IP(3) itself elicits rapid clustering of IP(3)Rs by using flash photolysis of caged IP(3) in conjunction with high-resolution Ca(2+) imaging to monitor the activity and localization of individual IP(3)Rs within intact mammalian cells. Our results indicate that Ca(2+) puffs arising with latencies as short as 100 to 200 ms after photorelease of IP(3) already involve at least four IP(3)R channels, and that this number does not subsequently grow. Moreover, single active IP(3)Rs show limited mobility, and stochastic simulations suggest that aggregation of IP(3)Rs at puff sites by a diffusional trapping mechanism would require many seconds. We thus conclude that puff sites represent preestablished, stable clusters of IP(3)Rs and that functional IP(3)Rs are not readily diffusible within the ER membrane.
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- Ian F Smith
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-4550, USA.
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Taylor CW, Rahman T, Tovey SC, Dedos SG, Taylor EJA, Velamakanni S. IP3 receptors: some lessons from DT40 cells. Immunol Rev 2009; 231:23-44. [PMID: 19754888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2009.00807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) are intracellular Ca2+ channels that are regulated by IP3 and Ca2+ and are modulated by many additional signals. These properties allow them to initiate and, via Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release, regeneratively propagate Ca2+ signals evoked by receptors that stimulate formation of IP3. The ubiquitous expression of IP3R highlights their importance, but it also presents problems when attempting to resolve the behavior of defined IP3R. DT40 cells are a pre-B-lymphocyte cell line in which high rates of homologous recombination afford unrivalled opportunities to disrupt endogenous genes. DT40-knockout cells with both alleles of each of the three IP3R genes disrupted provide the only null-background for analysis of homogenous recombinant IP3R. We review the properties of DT40 cells and consider three areas where they have contributed to understanding IP3R behavior. Patch-clamp recording from the nuclear envelope and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores loaded with a low-affinity Ca2+ indicator address the mechanisms leading to activation of IP(3)R. We show that IP3 causes intracellular IP3R to cluster and re-tune their responses to IP3 and Ca2+, better equipping them to mediate regenerative Ca2+ signals. Finally, we show that DT40 cells reliably count very few IP3R into the plasma membrane, where they mediate about half the Ca2+ entry evoked by the B-cell antigen receptor.
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- Colin W Taylor
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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Diambra L, Marchant JS. Localization and socialization: experimental insights into the functional architecture of IP3 receptors. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2009; 19:037103. [PMID: 19792028 PMCID: PMC2771704 DOI: 10.1063/1.3147425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP(3))-evoked Ca(2+) signals display great spatiotemporal malleability. This malleability depends on diversity in both the cellular organization and in situ functionality of IP(3) receptors (IP(3)Rs) that regulate Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Recent experimental data imply that these considerations are not independent, such that-as with other ion channels-the local organization of IP(3)Rs impacts their functionality, and reciprocally IP(3)R activity impacts their organization within native ER membranes. Here, we (i) review experimental data that lead to our understanding of the "functional architecture" of IP(3)Rs within the ER, (ii) propose an updated terminology to span the organizational hierarchy of IP(3)Rs observed in intact cells, and (iii) speculate on the physiological significance of IP(3)R socialization in Ca(2+) dynamics, and consequently the emerging need for modeling studies to move beyond gridded, planar, and static simulations of IP(3)R clustering even over short experimental timescales.
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- Luis Diambra
- Laboratorio de Biología de Sistemas, CREG-UNLP, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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