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Trus M, Atlas D. Non-ionotropic voltage-gated calcium channel signaling. Channels (Austin) 2024; 18:2341077. [PMID: 38601983 PMCID: PMC11017947 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2024.2341077] [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: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) are the major conduits for calcium ions (Ca2+) within excitable cells. Recent studies have highlighted the non-ionotropic functionality of VGCCs, revealing their capacity to activate intracellular pathways independently of ion flow. This non-ionotropic signaling mode plays a pivotal role in excitation-coupling processes, including gene transcription through excitation-transcription (ET), synaptic transmission via excitation-secretion (ES), and cardiac contraction through excitation-contraction (EC). However, it is noteworthy that these excitation-coupling processes require extracellular calcium (Ca2+) and Ca2+ occupancy of the channel ion pore. Analogous to the "non-canonical" characterization of the non-ionotropic signaling exhibited by the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA), which requires extracellular Ca2+ without the influx of ions, VGCC activation requires depolarization-triggered conformational change(s) concomitant with Ca2+ binding to the open channel. Here, we discuss the contributions of VGCCs to ES, ET, and EC coupling as Ca2+ binding macromolecules that transduces external stimuli to intracellular input prior to elevating intracellular Ca2+. We emphasize the recognition of calcium ion occupancy within the open ion-pore and its contribution to the excitation coupling processes that precede the influx of calcium. The non-ionotropic activation of VGCCs, triggered by the upstroke of an action potential, provides a conceptual framework to elucidate the mechanistic aspects underlying the microseconds nature of synaptic transmission, cardiac contractility, and the rapid induction of first-wave genes.
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- Michael Trus
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Atlas D. Revisiting the molecular basis of synaptic transmission. Prog Neurobiol 2022; 216:102312. [PMID: 35760141 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102312] [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: 02/23/2022] [Revised: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Measurements of the time elapsed during synaptic transmission has shown that synaptic vesicle (SV) fusion lags behind Ca2+-influx by approximately 60 microseconds (µsec). The conventional model cannot explain this extreme rapidity of the release event. Synaptic transmission occurs at the active zone (AZ), which comprises of two pools of SV, non-releasable "tethered" vesicles, and a readily-releasable pool of channel-associated Ca2+-primed vesicles, "RRP". A recent TIRF study at cerebellar-mossy fiber-terminal, showed that subsequent to an action potential, newly "tethered" vesicles, became fusion-competent in a Ca2+-dependent manner, 300-400 milliseconds after tethering, but were not fused. This time resolution may correspond to priming of tethered vesicles through Ca2+-binding to Syt1/Munc13-1/complexin. It confirms that Ca2+-priming and Ca2+-influx-independent fusion, are two distinct events. Notably, we have established that Ca2+ channel signals evoked-release in an ion flux-independent manner, demonstrated by Ca2+-impermeable channel, or a Ca2+ channel in which Ca2+ is replaced by impermeable La3+. Thus, conformational changes in a channel coupled to RRP appear to directly activate the release machinery and account for a µsec Ca2+-influx-independent vesicle fusion. Rapid vesicle fusion driven by non-ionotropic channel signaling strengthens a conformational-coupling mechanism of synaptic transmission, and contributes to better understanding of neuronal communication vital for brain function.
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- Daphne Atlas
- Dept. of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904 Israel.
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Pretorius M, Huang C. Beta-Cell Adaptation to Pregnancy - Role of Calcium Dynamics. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:853876. [PMID: 35399944 PMCID: PMC8990731 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.853876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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During pregnancy, the mother develops insulin resistance to shunt nutrients to the growing fetus. As a result, the maternal islets of Langerhans undergo several changes to increase insulin secretion in order to maintain glucose homeostasis and prevent the development of gestational diabetes. These changes include an increase in β-cell proliferation and β-cell mass, upregulation of insulin synthesis and insulin content, enhanced cell-to-cell communication, and a lowering of the glucose threshold for insulin secretion, all of which resulting in an increase in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Emerging data suggests that a change in intracellular calcium dynamics occurs in the β-cell during pregnancy as part of the adaptive process. Influx of calcium into β-cells is crucial in the regulation of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Calcium fluxes into and out of the cytosol, endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria are also important in controlling β-cell function and survival. Here, we review calcium dynamics in islets in response to pregnancy-induced changes in hormones and signaling molecules, and how these changes may enhance insulin secretion to stave off gestational diabetes.
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Enhanced expression of β cell Ca V3.1 channels impairs insulin release and glucose homeostasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 117:448-453. [PMID: 31871187 PMCID: PMC6955371 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1908691117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We reveal that increased expression of CaV3.1 channels in rat islets selectively impairs first-phase glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. This deterioration is recapitulated in human islets. Its causal role in diabetes development is clearly manifested in an in vivo diabetic model. Mechanistically, this is due to reduction of phosphorylated FoxO1 in the cytoplasm, elevated FoxO1 nuclear retention, and decreased syntaxin 1A, SNAP-25, and synaptotagmin III in a CaV3.1 channel- and calcineurin-dependent manner. Our findings suggest that elevated expression of CaV3.1 channels in pancreatic islets drives FoxO1-mediated down-regulation of exocytotic proteins resulting in the diabetic phenotypes of impaired insulin secretion and aberrant glucose homeostasis. This causal connection pinpoints β cell CaV3.1 channels as a potential druggable target for antidiabetes therapy. Voltage-gated calcium 3.1 (CaV3.1) channels are absent in healthy mouse β cells and mediate minor T-type Ca2+ currents in healthy rat and human β cells but become evident under diabetic conditions. Whether more active CaV3.1 channels affect insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis remains enigmatic. We addressed this question by enhancing de novo expression of β cell CaV3.1 channels and exploring the consequent impacts on dynamic insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis as well as underlying molecular mechanisms with a series of in vitro and in vivo approaches. We now demonstrate that a recombinant adenovirus encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein–CaV3.1 subunit (Ad-EGFP-CaV3.1) efficiently transduced rat and human islets as well as dispersed islet cells. The resulting CaV3.1 channels conducted typical T-type Ca2+ currents, leading to an enhanced basal cytosolic-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Ad-EGFP-CaV3.1-transduced islets released significantly less insulin under both the basal and first phases following glucose stimulation and could no longer normalize hyperglycemia in recipient rats rendered diabetic by streptozotocin treatment. Furthermore, Ad-EGFP-CaV3.1 transduction reduced phosphorylated FoxO1 in the cytoplasm of INS-1E cells, elevated FoxO1 nuclear retention, and decreased syntaxin 1A, SNAP-25, and synaptotagmin III. These effects were prevented by inhibiting CaV3.1 channels or the Ca2+-dependent phosphatase calcineurin. Enhanced expression of β cell CaV3.1 channels therefore impairs insulin release and glucose homeostasis by means of initial excessive Ca2+ influx, subsequent activation of calcineurin, consequent dephosphorylation and nuclear retention of FoxO1, and eventual FoxO1-mediated down-regulation of β cell exocytotic proteins. The present work thus suggests an elevated expression of CaV3.1 channels plays a significant role in diabetes pathogenesis.
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The SNAP-25 Protein Family. Neuroscience 2019; 420:50-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Szczoczarz A, Marchwińska A, Dyś A, Boblewski K, Lehmann A, Lewko B, Rybczyńska A. Verapamil prevents the effect of calcium-sensing receptor activation on the blood glucose and insulin levels in rats. Pharmacol Rep 2019; 71:478-484. [PMID: 31003161 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2019.01.004] [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: 09/27/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Ca2+ triggered insulin exocytosis in β cells of the pancreatic islets may be the result of Ca2+ influx through L-type voltage dependent calcium channels (VDCC) localized in the plasma membrane, as well as of liberation of Ca2+ from intracellular storages, induced by activation of the calcium receptor (CaR) coupled with the PLC enzyme present in the pancreatic islets. The present study was designated to determine, in in vivo experiments, the effects of CaR activation by R-568 and inhibition of the receptor by NPS 2143 on the plasma glucose and insulin levels in the presence of verapamil, a calcium channel blocker. METHODS Wistar rats, after fasting for 14 h before the experiment, were anesthetized with inactin and loaded ip with 1 g/kg glucose. RESULTS In comparison to the control group, the verapamil-induced blockade of the calcium channels in glucose loaded animals increased the blood glucose level and decreased the insulin level, whereas CaR activation with R-568 induced opposite effects. However, in the presence of verapamil, R-568 did not change the concentration of glucose or insulin versus the control animals. Verapamil infusion did not alter elevated glucose concentration in the NPS 2143 animals. At the same time, verapamil reduced the plasma insulin level and potentiated the drop of insulin concentration induced by NPS 2143. CONCLUSION The observations suggest that under the in vivo conditions, calcium channel blockade may prevent changes in the blood glucose and insulin concentrations induced by the CaR activation.
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- Anna Szczoczarz
- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
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Saddala MS, Lennikov A, Grab DJ, Liu GS, Tang S, Huang H. Proteomics reveals ablation of PlGF increases antioxidant and neuroprotective proteins in the diabetic mouse retina. Sci Rep 2018; 8:16728. [PMID: 30425286 PMCID: PMC6233167 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34955-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Placental growth factor (PlGF or PGF), a member of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) sub-family, plays a crucial role in pathological angiogenesis and inflammation. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms that PlGF mediates regarding the complications of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (DR) remain elusive. Using an LC-MS/MS-based label-free quantification proteomic approach we characterized the alterations in protein expression caused by PlGF ablation in the retinas obtained from C57BL6, Akita, PlGF-/- and Akita.PlGF-/- mice. After extraction and enzymatic digestion with Trypsin/LysC, the retinal proteins were analyzed by Q-Exactive hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified in four comparisons based on Z-score normalization and reproducibility by Pearson's correlation coefficient. The gene ontology (GO), functional pathways, and protein-protein network interaction analysis suggested that several proteins involved in insulin resistance pathways (Gnb1, Gnb2, Gnb4, Gnai2, Gnao1, Snap2, and Gngt1) were significantly down-regulated in PlGF ablated Akita diabetic mice (Akita.PlGF-/- vs. Akita) but up-regulated in Akita vs. C57 and PlGF-/- vs. C57 conditions. Two proteins involved in the antioxidant activity and neural protection pathways, Prdx6 and Map2 respectively, were up-regulated in the Akita.PlGF-/- vs. Akita condition. Overall, we predict that down-regulation of proteins essential for insulin resistance, together with the up-regulation of antioxidant and neuroprotection proteins highlight and epitomize the potential mechanisms important for future anti-PlGF therapies in the treatment of DR.
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- Madhu Sudhana Saddala
- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- School of Biomedicine, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
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- The Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America
- The Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
- Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
- Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
- Aier Eye Institute, Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Daraio T, Valladolid-Acebes I, Brismar K, Bark C. SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b differently mediate interactions with Munc18-1 and Gβγ subunits. Neurosci Lett 2018; 674:75-80. [PMID: 29548989 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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SNAP-25 is a protein involved in regulated membrane fusion and part of the SNARE complex. It exists as two splicing variants, SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b, which differ in 9 out of 206 amino acids. SNAP-25 together with Syntaxin 1 and VAMP-2 forms the ternary SNARE complex essential for mediating activity-dependent release of hormones and neurotransmitters. The functional difference between SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b is poorly understood as both can participate in SNARE complexes and mediate membrane fusion. However, we recently demonstrated that SNAP-25b-deficiency results in metabolic disease and increased insulin secretion. Here we investigated if SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b differently affect interactions with other SNAREs and SNARE-interacting proteins in mouse hippocampus. Adult mice almost exclusively express the SNAP-25b protein in hippocampus whereas SNAP-25b-deficient mice only express SNAP-25a. Immunoprecipitation studies showed no significant differences in amount of Syntaxin 1 and VAMP-2 co-precipitated with the different SNAP-25 isoforms. In contrast, Munc18-1, that preferentially interacts with SNAP-25 via Syntaxin 1 and/or the trimeric SNARE complex, demonstrated an increased ability to bind protein-complexes containing SNAP-25b. Moreover, we found that both SNAP-25 isoforms co-precipitated the Gβγ subunits of the heterotrimeric G proteins, an interaction known to play a role in presynaptic inhibition. We have identified Gβ1 and Gβ2 as the interacting partners of both SNAP-25 isoforms in mouse hippocampus, but Gβ2 was less efficiently captured by SNAP-25a. These results implicate that the two SNAP-25 isoforms could differently mediate protein interactions outside the ternary SNARE core complex and thereby contribute to modulate neurotransmission.
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- Teresa Daraio
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hastoy B, Clark A, Rorsman P, Lang J. Fusion pore in exocytosis: More than an exit gate? A β-cell perspective. Cell Calcium 2017; 68:45-61. [PMID: 29129207 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2017.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Secretory vesicle exocytosis is a fundamental biological event and the process by which hormones (like insulin) are released into the blood. Considerable progress has been made in understanding this precisely orchestrated sequence of events from secretory vesicle docked at the cell membrane, hemifusion, to the opening of a membrane fusion pore. The exact biophysical and physiological regulation of these events implies a close interaction between membrane proteins and lipids in a confined space and constrained geometry to ensure appropriate delivery of cargo. We consider some of the still open questions such as the nature of the initiation of the fusion pore, the structure and the role of the Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive-factor Attachment protein REceptor (SNARE) transmembrane domains and their influence on the dynamics and regulation of exocytosis. We discuss how the membrane composition and protein-lipid interactions influence the likelihood of the nascent fusion pore forming. We relate these factors to the hypothesis that fusion pore expansion could be affected in type-2 diabetes via changes in disease-related gene transcription and alterations in the circulating lipid profile. Detailed characterisation of the dynamics of the fusion pore in vitro will contribute to understanding the larger issue of insulin secretory defects in diabetes.
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- Benoit Hastoy
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK.
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK; Metabolic Research, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Goteborg, Medicinaregatan 11, S-41309 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nano-objets (CBMN), CNRS UMR 5248, Université de Bordeaux, Allée de Geoffrey St Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France.
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Daraio T, Bombek LK, Gosak M, Valladolid-Acebes I, Klemen MS, Refai E, Berggren PO, Brismar K, Rupnik MS, Bark C. SNAP-25b-deficiency increases insulin secretion and changes spatiotemporal profile of Ca 2+oscillations in β cell networks. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7744. [PMID: 28798351 PMCID: PMC5552776 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08082-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
SNAP-25 is a protein of the core SNARE complex mediating stimulus-dependent release of insulin from pancreatic β cells. The protein exists as two alternatively spliced isoforms, SNAP-25a and SNAP-25b, differing in 9 out of 206 amino acids, yet their specific roles in pancreatic β cells remain unclear. We explored the effect of SNAP-25b-deficiency on glucose-stimulated insulin release in islets and found increased secretion both in vivo and in vitro. However, slow photo-release of caged Ca2+ in β cells within pancreatic slices showed no significant differences in Ca2+-sensitivity, amplitude or rate of exocytosis between SNAP-25b-deficient and wild-type littermates. Therefore, we next investigated if Ca2+ handling was affected in glucose-stimulated β cells using intracellular Ca2+-imaging and found premature activation and delayed termination of [Ca2+]i elevations. These findings were accompanied by less synchronized Ca2+-oscillations and hence more segregated functional β cell networks in SNAP-25b-deficient mice. Islet gross morphology and architecture were maintained in mutant mice, although sex specific compensatory changes were observed. Thus, our study proposes that SNAP-25b in pancreatic β cells, except for participating in the core SNARE complex, is necessary for accurate regulation of Ca2+-dynamics.
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- Teresa Daraio
- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia.,Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, SI-2000, Maribor, Slovenia. .,Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Xie L, Dolai S, Kang Y, Liang T, Xie H, Qin T, Yang L, Chen L, Gaisano HY. Syntaxin-3 Binds and Regulates Both R- and L-Type Calcium Channels in Insulin-Secreting INS-1 832/13 Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147862. [PMID: 26848587 PMCID: PMC4743851 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Syntaxin (Syn)-1A mediates exocytosis of predocked insulin-containing secretory granules (SGs) during first-phase glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in part via its interaction with plasma membrane (PM)-bound L-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav). In contrast, Syn-3 mediates exocytosis of newcomer SGs that accounts for second-phase GSIS. We now hypothesize that the newcomer SG Syn-3 preferentially binds and modulates R-type Cav opening, which was postulated to mediate second-phase GSIS. Indeed, glucose-stimulation of pancreatic islet β-cell line INS-1 induced a predominant increase in interaction between Syn-3 and Cavα1 pore-forming subunits of R-type Cav2.3 and to lesser extent L-type Cavs, while confirming the preferential interactions between Syn-1A with L-type (Cav1.2, Cav1.3) Cavs. Consistently, direct binding studies employing heterologous HEK cells confirmed that Syn-3 preferentially binds Cav2.3, whereas Syn-1A prefers L-type Cavs. We then used siRNA knockdown (KD) of Syn-3 in INS-1 to study the endogenous modulatory actions of Syn-3 on Cav channels. Syn-3 KD enhanced Ca2+ currents by 46% attributed mostly to R- and L-type Cavs. Interestingly, while the transmembrane domain of Syn-1A is the putative functional domain modulating Cav activity, it is the cytoplasmic domain of Syn-3 that appears to modulate Cav activity. We conclude that Syn-3 may mimic Syn-1A in the ability to bind and modulate Cavs, but preferring Cav2.3 to perhaps participate in triggering fusion of newcomer insulin SGs during second-phase GSIS.
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- Li Xie
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Gilon P, Chae HY, Rutter GA, Ravier MA. Calcium signaling in pancreatic β-cells in health and in Type 2 diabetes. Cell Calcium 2014; 56:340-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2014] [Revised: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yang SN, Shi Y, Yang G, Li Y, Yu J, Berggren PO. Ionic mechanisms in pancreatic β cell signaling. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:4149-77. [PMID: 25052376 PMCID: PMC11113777 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1680-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The function and survival of pancreatic β cells critically rely on complex electrical signaling systems composed of a series of ionic events, namely fluxes of K(+), Na(+), Ca(2+) and Cl(-) across the β cell membranes. These electrical signaling systems not only sense events occurring in the extracellular space and intracellular milieu of pancreatic islet cells, but also control different β cell activities, most notably glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Three major ion fluxes including K(+) efflux through ATP-sensitive K(+) (KATP) channels, the voltage-gated Ca(2+) (CaV) channel-mediated Ca(2+) influx and K(+) efflux through voltage-gated K(+) (KV) channels operate in the β cell. These ion fluxes set the resting membrane potential and the shape, rate and pattern of firing of action potentials under different metabolic conditions. The KATP channel-mediated K(+) efflux determines the resting membrane potential and keeps the excitability of the β cell at low levels. Ca(2+) influx through CaV1 channels, a major type of β cell CaV channels, causes the upstroke or depolarization phase of the action potential and regulates a wide range of β cell functions including the most elementary β cell function, insulin secretion. K(+) efflux mediated by KV2.1 delayed rectifier K(+) channels, a predominant form of β cell KV channels, brings about the downstroke or repolarization phase of the action potential, which acts as a brake for insulin secretion owing to shutting down the CaV channel-mediated Ca(2+) entry. These three ion channel-mediated ion fluxes are the most important ionic events in β cell signaling. This review concisely discusses various ionic mechanisms in β cell signaling and highlights KATP channel-, CaV1 channel- and KV2.1 channel-mediated ion fluxes.
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- Shao-Nian Yang
- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden,
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Caceres PS, Mendez M, Ortiz PA. Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) but Not VAMP3 mediates cAMP-stimulated trafficking of the renal Na+-K+-2Cl- co-transporter NKCC2 in thick ascending limbs. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:23951-62. [PMID: 25008321 PMCID: PMC4156046 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.589333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In the kidney, epithelial cells of the thick ascending limb (TAL) reabsorb NaCl via the apical Na+/K+/2Cl− co-transporter NKCC2. Steady-state surface NKCC2 levels in the apical membrane are maintained by a balance between exocytic delivery, endocytosis, and recycling. cAMP is the second messenger of hormones that enhance NaCl absorption. cAMP stimulates NKCC2 exocytic delivery via protein kinase A (PKA), increasing steady-state surface NKCC2. However, the molecular mechanism involved has not been studied. We found that several members of the SNARE family of membrane fusion proteins are expressed in TALs. Here we report that NKCC2 co-immunoprecipitates with VAMP2 in rat TALs, and they co-localize in discrete domains at the apical surface. cAMP stimulation enhanced VAMP2 exocytic delivery to the plasma membrane of renal cells, and stimulation of PKA enhanced VAMP2-NKCC2 co-immunoprecipitation in TALs. In vivo silencing of VAMP2 but not VAMP3 in TALs blunted cAMP-stimulated steady-state surface NKCC2 expression and completely blocked cAMP-stimulated NKCC2 exocytic delivery. VAMP2 was not involved in constitutive NKCC2 delivery. We concluded that VAMP2 but not VAMP3 selectively mediates cAMP-stimulated NKCC2 exocytic delivery and surface expression in TALs. We also demonstrated that cAMP stimulation enhances VAMP2 exocytosis and promotes VAMP2 interaction with NKCC2.
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- Paulo S Caceres
- From the Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202 and the Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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- From the Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202 and
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- From the Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202 and the Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Garcia EA, Trivellin G, Aflorei ED, Powell M, Grieve J, Alusi G, Pobereskin L, Shariati B, Cudlip S, Roncaroli F, Mendoza N, Grossman AB, Harper EA, Korbonits M. Characterization of SNARE proteins in human pituitary adenomas: targeted secretion inhibitors as a new strategy for the treatment of acromegaly? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013; 98:E1918-26. [PMID: 24152687 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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CONTEXT Targeted secretion inhibitors (TSIs), a new class of recombinant biotherapeutic proteins engineered from botulinum toxin, represent a novel approach for treating diseases with excess secretion. They inhibit hormone secretion from targeted cell types through cleavage of SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor-activating protein receptor) proteins. qGHRH-LH(N)/D is a TSI targeting pituitary somatotroph through binding to the GHRH-receptor and cleavage of the vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) family of SNARE proteins. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to study SNARE protein expression in pituitary adenomas and to inhibit GH secretion from somatotropinomas using qGHRH-LH(N)/D. DESIGN We analyzed human pituitary adenoma analysis for SNARE expression and response to qGHRH-LH(N)/D treatment. SETTING The study was conducted in University Hospitals. PATIENTS We used pituitary adenoma samples from 25 acromegaly and 47 nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma patients. OUTCOME Vesicle-SNARE (VAMP1-3), target-SNARE (syntaxin1, SNAP-23, and SNAP-25), and GHRH-receptor detection with RT-qPCR, immunocytochemistry, and immunoblotting. Assessment of TSI catalytic activity on VAMPs and release of GH from adenoma cells. RESULTS SNARE proteins were variably expressed in pituitary samples. In vitro evidence using recombinant GFP-VAMP2&3 or pituitary adenoma lysates suggested sufficient catalytic activity of qGHRH-LH(N)/D to degrade VAMPs, but was unable to inhibit GH secretion in somatotropinoma cell cultures. CONCLUSIONS SNARE proteins are present in human pituitary somatotroph adenomas that can be targeted by TSIs to inhibit GH secretion. qGHRH-LH(N)/D was unable to inhibit GH secretion from human somatotroph adenoma cells. Further studies are required to understand how the SNARE proteins drive GH secretion in human somatotrophs to allow the development of novel TSIs with a potential therapeutic benefit.
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- Edwin A Garcia
- Cancer Research UK Centre, Somers Building, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK.
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Atlas D. The Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Functions as the Molecular Switch of Synaptic Transmission. Annu Rev Biochem 2013; 82:607-35. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-080411-121438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Daphne Atlas
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel;
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Takahashi R, Yunoki T, Naito S, Yoshimura N. Differential effects of botulinum neurotoxin A on bladder contractile responses to activation of efferent nerves, smooth muscles and afferent nerves in rats. J Urol 2012; 188:1993-9. [PMID: 22999538 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the mechanisms of botulinum neurotoxin A (Metabiologics, Madison, Wisconsin) induced inhibition of bladder activity we examined the effect of botulinum neurotoxin A on detrusor contractile responses to the activation of L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels, and efferent and afferent nerve terminals in the rat bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rat bladder strips were incubated for 3 hours with different concentrations of botulinum neurotoxin A (0.3 to 100 nM). We examined the effect of botulinum neurotoxin A on detrusor contractility in response to activation of L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels, and efferent and afferent nerve terminals induced by 70 mM KCl, electrical field stimulation and 1 μM capsaicin, respectively. RESULTS Botulinum neurotoxin A inhibited electrical field stimulation induced contractions at a concentration of 10 nM or higher. The maximal inhibition at 100 nM was 70% compared to that of control strips. KCl induced contractions, which were sensitive to nifedipine, were significantly inhibited by incubation with botulinum neurotoxin A at a concentration of 3 nM or higher. Maximal inhibition at 100 nM was 30% compared to that of control strips. Capsaicin induced contractions were not inhibited by 3-hour incubation but they were significantly inhibited by overnight incubation with 100 nM botulinum neurotoxin A (30% compared to control strips). Carbachol induced contractions were not altered by incubation with botulinum neurotoxin A. CONCLUSIONS The order of inhibitory potency of botulinum neurotoxin A was efferent nerve terminals >L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels >afferent nerve terminals. Since the inhibitory effects on L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels and efferent nerve terminals were observed at similar botulinum neurotoxin A concentrations, the inhibitory effect of botulinum neurotoxin A on L-type voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels may have an important role in regulating and stabilizing bladder activity.
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- Ryosuke Takahashi
- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Chen PC, Bruederle CE, Gaisano HY, Shyng SL. Syntaxin 1A regulates surface expression of beta-cell ATP-sensitive potassium channels. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 300:C506-16. [PMID: 21209369 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00429.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The pancreatic ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel consisting of four inwardly rectifying potassium channel 6.2 (Kir6.2) and four sulfonylurea receptor SUR1 subunits plays a key role in insulin secretion by linking glucose metabolism to membrane excitability. Syntaxin 1A (Syn-1A) is a plasma membrane protein important for membrane fusion during exocytosis of insulin granules. Here, we show that Syn-1A and K(ATP) channels endogenously expressed in the insulin-secreting cell INS-1 interact. Upregulation of Syn-1A by overexpression in INS-1 leads to a decrease, whereas downregulation of Syn-1A by small interfering RNA (siRNA) leads to an increase, in surface expression of K(ATP) channels. Using COSm6 cells as a heterologous expression system for mechanistic investigation, we found that Syn-1A interacts with SUR1 but not Kir6.2. Furthermore, Syn-1A decreases surface expression of K(ATP) channels via two mechanisms. One mechanism involves accelerated endocytosis of surface channels. The other involves decreased biogenesis and processing of channels in the early secretory pathway. This regulation is K(ATP) channel specific as Syn-1A has no effect on another inward rectifier potassium channel Kir3.1/3.4. Our results demonstrate that in addition to a previously documented role in modulating K(ATP) channel gating, Syn-1A also regulates K(ATP) channel expression in β-cells. We propose that physiological or pathological changes in Syn-1A expression may modulate insulin secretion by altering glucose-secretion coupling via changes in K(ATP) channel expression.
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- Pei-Chun Chen
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science Univ., 3181 S. W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Drews G, Krippeit-Drews P, Düfer M. Electrophysiology of islet cells. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 654:115-63. [PMID: 20217497 DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3271-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Stimulus-Secretion Coupling (SSC) of pancreatic islet cells comprises electrical activity. Changes of the membrane potential (V(m)) are regulated by metabolism-dependent alterations in ion channel activity. This coupling is best explored in beta-cells. The effect of glucose is directly linked to mitochondrial metabolism as the ATP/ADP ratio determines the open probability of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels (K(ATP) channels). Nucleotide sensitivity and concentration in the direct vicinity of the channels are controlled by several factors including phospholipids, fatty acids, and kinases, e.g., creatine and adenylate kinase. Closure of K(ATP) channels leads to depolarization of beta-cells via a yet unknown depolarizing current. Ca(2+) influx during action potentials (APs) results in an increase of the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](c)) that triggers exocytosis. APs are elicited by the opening of voltage-dependent Na(+) and/or Ca(2+) channels and repolarized by voltage- and/or Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels. At a constant stimulatory glucose concentration APs are clustered in bursts that are interrupted by hyperpolarized interburst phases. Bursting electrical activity induces parallel fluctuations in [Ca(2+)](c) and insulin secretion. Bursts are terminated by I(Kslow) consisting of currents through Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels and K(ATP) channels. This review focuses on structure, characteristics, physiological function, and regulation of ion channels in beta-cells. Information about pharmacological drugs acting on K(ATP) channels, K(ATP) channelopathies, and influence of oxidative stress on K(ATP) channel function is provided. One focus is the outstanding significance of L-type Ca(2+) channels for insulin secretion. The role of less well characterized beta-cell channels including voltage-dependent Na(+) channels, volume sensitive anion channels (VSACs), transient receptor potential (TRP)-related channels, and hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels is discussed. A model of beta-cell oscillations provides insight in the interplay of the different channels to induce and maintain electrical activity. Regulation of beta-cell electrical activity by hormones and the autonomous nervous system is discussed. alpha- and delta-cells are also equipped with K(ATP) channels, voltage-dependent Na(+), K(+), and Ca(2+) channels. Yet the SSC of these cells is less clear and is not necessarily dependent on K(ATP) channel closure. Different ion channels of alpha- and delta-cells are introduced and SSC in alpha-cells is described in special respect of paracrine effects of insulin and GABA secreted from beta-cells.
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- Gisela Drews
- Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Atlas D. Signaling role of the voltage-gated calcium channel as the molecular on/off-switch of secretion. Cell Signal 2010; 22:1597-603. [PMID: 20388539 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2010.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCC) are involved in a large variety of cellular Ca(2+) signaling processes, including exocytosis, a Ca(2+) dependent release of neurotransmitters and hormones. Great progress has been made in understanding the mode of action of VGCC in exocytosis, a process distinguished by two sequential yet independent Ca(2+) binding reactions. First, Ca(2+) binds at the selectivity filter, the EEEE motif of the VGCC, and second, subsequent to a brief and intense Ca(2+) inflow to synaptotagmin, a vesicular protein. Inquiry into the functional and physical interactions of the channels with synaptic proteins has demonstrated that exocytosis is triggered during the initial Ca(2+) binding at the channel pore, prior to Ca(2+) entry. Accordingly, a cycle of secretion begins by an incoming stimulus that releases vesicles from a releasable pool upon Ca(2+) binding at the pore, and at the same time, the transient increase in [Ca(2+)](i) primes a fresh set of non-releasable vesicles, to be fused by the next incoming stimulus. We propose a model, in which the Ca(2+) binding at the EEEE motif and the consequent conformational changes in the channel are the primary event in triggering secretion, while synaptotagmin acts as a vesicle docking protein. Thus, the channel serves as the molecular On/Off signaling switch, where the predominance of a conformational change in Ca(2+)-bound channel provides for the fast secretory process.
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- Daphne Atlas
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 919104, Israel.
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Kuo CL, Oyler G, Shoemaker CB. Lipid and cationic polymer based transduction of botulinum holotoxin, or toxin protease alone, extends the target cell range and improves the efficiency of intoxication. Toxicon 2009; 55:619-29. [PMID: 19852976 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/14/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) heavy chain (Hc) facilitates receptor-mediated endocytosis into neuronal cells and transport of the light chain (Lc) protease to the cytosol where neurotransmission is inhibited as a result of SNARE protein cleavage. Here we show that the role of BoNT Hc in cell intoxication can be replaced by commercial lipid-based and polycationic polymer DNA transfection reagents. BoNT "transduction" by these reagents permits efficient intoxication of neuronal cells as well as some non-neuronal cell lines normally refractory to BoNT. Surprisingly, the reagents facilitate delivery of recombinant BoNT Lc protease to the cytosol of both neuronal and non-neuronal cells in the absence of BoNT Hc, and with sensitivities approaching that of BoNT holotoxin. Transduction of BoNT, as with natural intoxication, is inhibited by bafilomycin A1, methylamine and ammonium chloride indicating that both pathways require endosome acidification. DNA transfection reagents facilitate intoxication by holotoxins, or isolated Lc proteases, of all three BoNT serotypes tested (A, B, E). These results suggest that lipid and cationic polymer transfection reagents facilitate cytosolic delivery of BoNT holotoxins and isolated Lc proteases by an endosomal uptake pathway.
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- Chueh-Ling Kuo
- Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA
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Distribution of the SNAP25 and SNAP23 synaptosomal-associated protein isoforms in rat cerebellar cortex. Neuroscience 2009; 164:1084-96. [PMID: 19735702 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.08.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP25) is a component of the fusion complex that mediates synaptic vesicle exocytosis, regulates calcium dynamics and neuronal plasticity. Despite its crucial role in vesicle release, SNAP25 is not distributed homogenously within the brain. It seems to be virtually absent in mature inhibitory terminals and is observed in a subtype of excitatory neurons defined by the expression of vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VGluT1). Since a complementary distribution of VGluT1 and VGluT2 in excitatory synapses is correlated with different probabilities of release (Pr), we evaluated whether SNAP25 localization is associated with specific synaptic properties. In the cerebellum, climbing fiber (CF) and parallel fiber (PF) inputs, which impinge onto the same Purkinje cell (PC), have very different functional properties. In the cerebellum of adult rats, using confocal and electron microscopy, we observed that VGluT2-positive CFs, characterized by a high Pr, only weakly express SNAP25, while VGluT1-positive PFs that show a low Pr abundantly express SNAP25. Moreover, SNAP25 was less profuse in the VGluT2-positive rosettes of mossy fibers (MFs) and was almost absent in inhibitory terminals. We extended our analysis to the SNAP23 homolog; this is expressed at different levels in both gamma-aminobutyric acid-containing terminals (GABAergic) and glutamatergic terminals of the cerebellar cortex. In conclusion, the preferential localization of SNAP25 in specific synaptic boutons suggests a correlation between SNAP25 and the Pr. This evidence supports the hypothesis that SNAP25 has a modulatory role in shaping synaptic responses.
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Vikman J, Svensson H, Huang YC, Kang Y, Andersson SA, Gaisano HY, Eliasson L. Truncation of SNAP-25 reduces the stimulatory action of cAMP on rapid exocytosis in insulin-secreting cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2009; 297:E452-61. [PMID: 19509185 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90585.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Synaptosomal protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) is important for Ca(2+)-dependent fusion of large dense core vesicles (LDCVs) in insulin-secreting cells. Exocytosis is further enhanced by cAMP-increasing agents such as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and this augmentation includes interaction with both PKA and cAMP-GEFII. To investigate the coupling between SNAP-25- and cAMP-dependent stimulation of insulin exocytosis, we have used capacitance measurements, protein-binding assays, and Western blot analysis. In insulin-secreting INS-1 cells overexpressing wild-type SNAP-25 (SNAP-25(WT)), rapid exocytosis was stimulated more than threefold by cAMP, similar to the situation in nontransfected cells. However, cAMP failed to potentiate rapid exocytosis in INS-1 cells overexpressing a truncated form of SNAP-25 (SNAP-25(1-197)) or Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A). Close dissection of the exocytotic response revealed that the inability of cAMP to stimulate exocytosis in the presence of a truncated SNAP-25 was confined to the release of primed LDCVs within the readily releasable pool, especially from the immediately releasable pool, whereas cAMP enhanced mobilization of granules from the reserve pool in both SNAP-25(1-197) (P < 0.01) and SNAP-25(WT) (P < 0.05) cells. This was supported by hormone release measurements. Augmentation of the immediately releasable pool by cAMP has been suggested to act through the cAMP-GEFII-dependent, PKA-independent pathway. Indeed, we were able to verify an interaction between SNAP-25 with both cAMP-GEFII and RIM2, two proteins involved in the PKA-independent pathway. Thus we hypothesize that SNAP-25 is a necessary partner in the complex mediating cAMP-enhanced rapid exocytosis in insulin-secreting cells.
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- Jenny Vikman
- Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Biomedical Center, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Lund, Sweden
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Jacobo SMP, Guerra ML, Jarrard RE, Przybyla JA, Liu G, Watts VJ, Hockerman GH. The intracellular II-III loops of Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 uncouple L-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels from glucagon-like peptide-1 potentiation of insulin secretion in INS-1 cells via displacement from lipid rafts. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2009; 330:283-93. [PMID: 19351867 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.109.150672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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L-type Ca(2+) channels play a key role in the integration of physiological signals regulating insulin secretion that probably requires their localization to specific subdomains of the plasma membrane. We investigated the role of the intracellular II-III loop domains of the L-type channels Ca(v)1.2 and 1.3 in coupling of Ca(2+) influx with glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) potentiated by the incretin hormone glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1. In INS-1 cell lines expressing the Ca(v)1.2/II-III or Ca(v)1.3/II-III peptides, GLP-1 potentiation of GSIS was inhibited markedly, coincident with a decrease in GLP-1-stimulated cAMP accumulation and the redistribution of Ca(v)1.2 and Ca(v)1.3 out of lipid rafts. Neither the Ca(v)1.2/II-III nor the Ca(v)1.3/II-III peptide decreased L-type current density compared with untransfected INS-1 cells. GLP-1 potentiation of GSIS was restored by the L-type channel agonist 2,5-dimethyl-4-[2-(phenylmethyl)benzoyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (FPL-64176). In contrast, potentiation of GSIS by 8-bromo-cAMP (8-Br-cAMP) was inhibited in Ca(v)1.2/II-III but not Ca(v)1.3/II-III cells. These differences may involve unique protein-protein interactions because the Ca(v)1.2/II-III peptide, but not the Ca(v)1.3/II-III peptide, immunoprecipitates Rab3-interacting molecule (RIM) 2 from INS-1 cell lysates. RIM2, and its binding partner Piccolo, localize to lipid rafts, and they may serve as anchors for Ca(v)1.2 localization to lipid rafts in INS-1 cells. These findings suggest that the II-III interdomain loops of Ca(v)1.2, and possibly Ca(v)1.3, direct these channels to membrane microdomains in which the proteins that mediate potentiation of GSIS by GLP-1 and 8-Br-cAMP assemble.
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- Sarah Melissa P Jacobo
- Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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SNAP-25(1-180) enhances insulin secretion by blocking Kv2.1 channels in rat pancreatic islet beta-cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 379:812-6. [PMID: 19103161 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2008] [Accepted: 12/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Voltage-gated outward K(+) currents from pancreatic islet beta-cells are known to repolarize the action potential during a glucose stimulus, and consequently to modulate Ca(2+) entry and insulin secretion. The voltage gated K(+) (Kv) channel, Kv2.1, which is expressed in rat islet beta-cells, mediates over 60% of the Kv outward K(+) currents. A novel peptidyl inhibitor of Kv2.1/Kv2.2 channels, guangxitoxin (GxTX)-1, has been shown to enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Here, we show that SNAP-25(1-180) (S180), an N-terminal SNAP-25 domain, but not SNAP-25(1-206) (S206), inhibits Kv current and enhances glucose-dependent insulin secretion from rat pancreatic islet beta-cells, and furthermore, this enhancement was induced by the blockade of the Kv2.1 current. This study indicates that the Kv2.1 channel is a potential target for novel therapeutic agent design for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. This target may possess advantages over currently-used therapies, which modulate insulin secretion in a glucose-independent manner.
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Vikman J, Jimenez‐Feltström J, Nyman P, Eliasson L. Insulin secretion is highly sensitive to desorption of plasma membrane cholesterol. FASEB J 2008; 23:58-67. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-105734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Jenny Vikman
- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöUnit of Islet Cell Exocytosis, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research CentreMalmöSweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöUnit of Islet Cell Exocytosis, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research CentreMalmöSweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöUnit of Islet Cell Exocytosis, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research CentreMalmöSweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences in MalmöUnit of Islet Cell Exocytosis, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Clinical Research CentreMalmöSweden
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The synaptic split of SNAP-25: different roles in glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons? Neuroscience 2008; 158:223-30. [PMID: 18514426 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 02/25/2008] [Accepted: 03/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Garbelli R, Inverardi F, Medici V, Amadeo A, Verderio C, Matteoli M, Frassoni C. Heterogeneous expression of SNAP-25 in rat and human brain. J Comp Neurol 2008; 506:373-86. [PMID: 18041776 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Synaptosomal associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) is a SNARE component of the exocytotic apparatus involved in the release of neurotransmitter. We used multiple-labeling immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, and ultrastructural immunocytochemistry to examine the expression of SNAP-25 in excitatory and inhibitory terminals from different rat and human brain areas. Glutamatergic and GABAergic terminals were identified by staining for the vesicular glutamate transporter (vGLUT1), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD67), or the vesicular GABA transporter (vGAT). In all examined areas GABAergic terminals did not display detectable levels of SNAP-25, whereas glutamatergic terminals expressed the protein to a variable extent. Codistribution analysis revealed a high colocalization between pixels detecting SNAP-25 labeling and pixels detecting vGLUT1 immunoreactivity. On the contrary, a low degree of pixel colocalization, comparable to that between two unrelated antigens, was detected between SNAP-25 and vGAT, thus suggesting a random overlap of immunofluorescence signals. Our immunofluorescence evidence was supported by ultrastructural data, which clearly confirmed that SNAP-25 was undetectable in GABAergic terminals identified by both their typical morphology and specific staining for GABA. Interestingly, our ultrastructural results confirmed that a subset of glutamatergic synapses do not contain detectable levels of SNAP-25. The present study extends our previous findings obtained in rodent hippocampus and provides evidence that SNAP-25 expression is highly variable between different axon terminals both in rat and human brain. The heterogeneous distribution of SNAP-25 may have important implications not only in relation to the function of the protein as a SNARE but also in the control of network excitability.
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- Rita Garbelli
- Clinical Epileptology and Experimental Neurophysiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Neurologico C Besta, via Celoria 11, Milano, Italy
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Pozzi D, Condliffe S, Bozzi Y, Chikhladze M, Grumelli C, Proux-Gillardeaux V, Takahashi M, Franceschetti S, Verderio C, Matteoli M. Activity-dependent phosphorylation of Ser187 is required for SNAP-25-negative modulation of neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:323-8. [PMID: 18162553 PMCID: PMC2224210 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706211105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) is a SNARE protein that regulates neurotransmission by the formation of a complex with syntaxin 1 and synaptobrevin/VAMP2. SNAP-25 also reduces neuronal calcium responses to stimuli, but neither the functional relevance nor the molecular mechanisms of this modulation have been clarified. In this study, we demonstrate that hippocampal slices from Snap25(+/-) mice display a significantly larger facilitation and that higher calcium peaks are reached after depolarization by Snap25(-/-) and Snap25(+/-) cultured neurons compared with wild type. We also show that SNAP-25b modulates calcium dynamics by inhibiting voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) and that PKC phosphorylation of SNAP-25 at ser187 is essential for this process, as indicated by the use of phosphomimetic (S187E) or nonphosphorylated (S187A) mutants. Neuronal activity is the trigger that induces the transient phosphorylation of SNAP-25 at ser187. Indeed, enhancement of network activity increases the levels of phosphorylated SNAP-25, whereas network inhibition reduces the extent of protein phosphorylation. A transient peak of SNAP-25 phosphorylation also is detectable in rat hippocampus in vivo after i.p. injection with kainate to induce seizures. These findings demonstrate that differences in the expression levels of SNAP-25 impact on calcium dynamics and neuronal plasticity, and that SNAP-25 phosphorylation, by promoting inhibition of VGCCs, may mediate a negative feedback modulation of neuronal activity during intense activation.
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- Davide Pozzi
- *Department of Medical Pharmacology and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche–Institute of Neuroscience, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy
- Italian Institute of Technology, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy
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- *Department of Medical Pharmacology and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche–Institute of Neuroscience, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Neuroscience, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56100 Pisa, Italy
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- Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- *Department of Medical Pharmacology and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche–Institute of Neuroscience, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan
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- *Department of Medical Pharmacology and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche–Institute of Neuroscience, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy
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- *Department of Medical Pharmacology and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche–Institute of Neuroscience, University of Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milan, Italy
- **Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Fondazione Don C. Gnocchi, 20129 Milan, Italy; and
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Berggren PO, Barker CJ. A key role for phosphorylated inositol compounds in pancreatic β-cell stimulus–secretion coupling. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 48:276-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.advenzreg.2007.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Botulinum neurotoxin A and neurotoxin E cleavage products of synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kd exhibit distinct actions on pancreatic islet beta-cell Kv2.1 channel gating. Pancreas 2008; 36:10-7. [PMID: 18192874 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0b013e31812eee28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kd (SNAP-25) regulates pancreatic islet beta-cell-delayed rectifier K channels (Kv2.1) in addition to insulin exocytosis. Botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A) and E (BoNT/E) cleavage and presumed deletion of SNAP-25 have been used to examine SNAP-25 function. We hypothesized that proteolytic products of SNAP-25 (206 amino acids) resulting from BoNT/A and BoNT/E cleavage, SNAP-25(1-197) and SNAP-25(1-180), have independent actions on beta-cell Kv gating. METHODS We examined by confocal microscopy and immunoblotting BoNT/A and BoNT/E cleavage of SNAP-25 to these N-terminal fragments, and the consequent effects of these BoNTs and SNAP-25 fragments on Kv currents in rat beta cells and MIN6 cells by patch clamp electrophysiology. RESULTS Confocal microscopy and immunoblotting showed that MIN6 cells transfected with BoNT/A or BoNT/E generated SNAP-25(1-197) and SNAP-25(1-180) fragments that were retained in the cytosol. Both BoNTs caused increased rate of channel activation and slowed channel inactivation, mimicked by these SNAP-25 fragments, but not full-length SNAP-25. These SNAP-25 fragments potentiated tetraethylammonium block of beta-cell Kv currents. CONCLUSIONS BoNT/A or BoNT/E treatment of beta cells generates N-terminal SNAP-25 fragments that are retained in beta cells to directly influence Kv channel gating in a manner distinct from full-length SNAP-25, contributing to overall actions of these BoNTs on insulin secretion.
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Leung YM, Kwan EP, Ng B, Kang Y, Gaisano HY. SNAREing voltage-gated K+ and ATP-sensitive K+ channels: tuning beta-cell excitability with syntaxin-1A and other exocytotic proteins. Endocr Rev 2007; 28:653-63. [PMID: 17878408 DOI: 10.1210/er.2007-0010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The three SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins, syntaxin, SNAP25 (synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa), and synaptobrevin, constitute the minimal machinery for exocytosis in secretory cells such as neurons and neuroendocrine cells by forming a series of complexes prior to and during vesicle fusion. It was subsequently found that these SNARE proteins not only participate in vesicle fusion, but also tether with voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels to form an excitosome that precisely regulates calcium entry at the site of exocytosis. In pancreatic islet beta-cells, ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel closure by high ATP concentration leads to membrane depolarization, voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channel opening, and insulin secretion, whereas subsequent opening of voltage-gated K(+) (Kv) channels repolarizes the cell to terminate exocytosis. We have obtained evidence that syntaxin-1A physically interacts with Kv2.1 (the predominant Kv in beta-cells) and the sulfonylurea receptor subunit of beta-cell K(ATP) channel to modify their gating behaviors. A model has proposed that the conformational changes of syntaxin-1A during exocytosis induce distinct functional modulations of K(ATP) and Kv2.1 channels in a manner that optimally regulates cell excitability and insulin secretion. Other proteins involved in exocytosis, such as Munc-13, tomosyn, rab3a-interacting molecule, and guanyl nucleotide exchange factor II, have also been implicated in direct or indirect regulation of beta-cell ion channel activities and excitability. This review discusses this interesting aspect that exocytotic proteins not only promote secretion per se, but also fine-tune beta-cell excitability via modulation of ion channel gating.
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- Yuk M Leung
- Departmnet of Physiology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan.
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Neshatian L, Leung YM, Kang Y, Gao X, Xie H, Tsushima RG, Gaisano HY, Diamant NE. Distinct modulation of Kv1.2 channel gating by wild type, but not open form, of syntaxin-1A. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007; 292:G1233-42. [PMID: 17234891 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00473.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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SNARE proteins, syntaxin-1A (Syn-1A) and SNAP-25, inhibit delayed rectifier K(+) channels, K(v)1.1 and K(v)2.1, in secretory cells. We showed previously that the mutant open conformation of Syn-1A (Syn-1A L165A/E166A) inhibits K(v)2.1 channels more optimally than wild-type Syn-1A. In this report we examined whether Syn-1A in its wild-type and open conformations would exhibit similar differential actions on the gating of K(v)1.2, a major delayed rectifier K(+) channel in nonsecretory smooth muscle cells and some neuronal tissues. In coexpression and acute dialysis studies, wild-type Syn-1A inhibited K(v)1.2 current magnitude. Of interest, wild-type Syn-1A caused a right shift in the activation curves of K(v)1.2 without affecting its steady-state availability, an inhibition profile opposite to its effects on K(v)2.1 (steady-state availability reduction without changes in voltage dependence of activation). Also, although both wild-type and open-form Syn-1A bound equally well to K(v)1.2 in an expression system, open-form Syn-1A failed to reduce K(v)1.2 current magnitude or affect its gating. This is in contrast to the reported more potent effect of open-form Syn-1A on K(v)2.1 channels in secretory cells. This finding together with the absence of Munc18 and/or 13-1 in smooth muscles suggested that a change to an open conformation Syn-1A, normally facilitated by Munc18/13-1, is not required in nonsecretory smooth muscle cells. Taken together with previous reports, our results demonstrate the multiplicity of gating inhibition of different K(v) channels by Syn-1A and is compatible with versatility of Syn-1A modulation of repolarization in various secretory and nonsecretory (smooth muscle) cell types.
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- Leila Neshatian
- Department of Medicine and Physiology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Zhao Y, Sharp GWG, Straub SG. The inhibitors of protein acylation, cerulenin and tunicamycin, increase voltage-dependent Ca(2+) currents in the insulin-secreting INS 832/13 cell. Biochem Pharmacol 2007; 74:273-80. [PMID: 17548064 PMCID: PMC2065765 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2006] [Revised: 03/23/2007] [Accepted: 04/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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As it has been suggested that protein acylation plays a role in nutrient stimulus-secretion coupling in the pancreatic beta-cell, we examined the insulin-secreting INS 832/13 beta-cell line for evidence that protein acylation was involved. The perforated whole-cell configuration was employed to voltage-clamp INS 832/13 cells. Voltage pulses were applied and Ca(2+) currents measured in the presence and absence of the protein acylation inhibitors cerulenin and tunicamycin. Both inhibitors enhanced the peak amplitude of I(Ca,L). Both increased the peak inward current in the range between -40 and +30mV and shifted the apparent maximum current by 10mV in the hyperpolarizing direction without affecting the activation threshold of -40mV. The two drugs had qualitatively and quantitatively similar effects. Steady-state activation curves revealed that cerulenin and tunicamycin shifted the activation curves in the hyperpolarization direction. Activation time constants were significantly reduced in the presence of both drugs. The Ca(2+) charge influx was increased by the drugs at all potentials tested. In contrast to these effects on the L-type Ca(2+) channel, the two inhibitors of protein acylation had no effect on the ATP-sensitive K(+) channel. The results suggest that protein acylation exerts a tonic inhibitory effect on L-type Ca(2+) channel function in the insulin-secreting beta-cell.
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- Ying Zhao
- Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401 USA
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Marshall C, Hitman GA, Cassell PG, Turner MD. Effect of glucolipotoxicity and rosiglitazone upon insulin secretion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 356:756-62. [PMID: 17379187 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2007] [Accepted: 03/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Type 2 diabetes is characterised by elevated blood glucose and fatty acid concentrations, and aberrant expression of exocytotic soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins. Restoration of normoglycaemia is often accomplished through use of the thiazolidinedione drug rosiglitazone (RSG), although little is known of its actions on the pancreas. Here we report that high glucose resulted in 96.6+/-0.2% inhibition of secretagogue-stimulated insulin secretion and 44.9+/-6.2% reduction in beta-cell insulin content. High glucose and lipid resulted in altered target-SNARE expression, syntaxin 1 becoming barely detectable whilst SNAP-25 was greatly up-regulated. RSG intervention further increased the expression of SNAP-25, but did not up-regulate syntaxin 1 expression. In summary, high glucose results in almost total attenuation of stimulated insulin secretion, partial depletion of beta-cell insulin stores and dysregulation of SNARE protein expression. RSG up-regulates SNAP-25 expression, but crucially not syntaxin 1 and hence fails to enhance insulin secretion.
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- Catriona Marshall
- Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, Whitechapel, London E1 2AT, UK
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Saxena SK, Singh M, Kaur S, George C. Distinct domain-dependent effect of syntaxin1A on amiloride-sensitive sodium channel (ENaC) currents in HT-29 colonic epithelial cells. Int J Biol Sci 2006; 3:47-56. [PMID: 17200691 PMCID: PMC1657084 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.3.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), a plasma membrane protein mediates sodium reabsorption in epithelial tissues, including the distal nephron and colon. Syntaxin1A, a trafficking protein of the t-SNARE family has been reported to inhibit ENaC in the Xenopus oocyte expression and artificial lipid bilayer systems. The present report describes the regulation of the epithelial sodium channel by syntaxin1A in a human cell line that is physiologically relevant as it expresses both components and also responds to aldosterone stimulation. In order to evaluate the physiological significance of syntaxin1A interaction with natively expressed ENaC, we over-expressed HT-29 with syntaxin1A constructs comprising various motifs. Unexpectedly, we observed the augmentation of amiloride-sensitive currents with wild-type syntaxin1A full-length construct (1-288) in this cell line. Both γENaC and neutralizing syntaxin1A antibodies blocked native expression as amiloride-sensitive sodium currents were inhibited while munc18-1 antibody reversed this effect. The coiled-coiled domain H3 (194-266) of syntaxin1A inhibited, however the inclusion of the transmembrane domain to this motif (194-288) augmented amiloride sensitive currents. More so, data suggest that ENaC interacts with multiple syntaxin1A domains, which differentially regulate channel function. This functional modulation is the consequence of the physical enhancement of ENaC at the cell surface in cells over-expressed with syntaxin(s). Our data further suggest that syntaxin1A up-regulates ENaC function by multiple mechanisms that include PKA, PLC, PI3 and MAP Kinase (p42/44) signaling systems. We propose that syntaxin1A possesses distinct inhibitory and stimulatory domains that interact with ENaC subunits, which critically determines the overall ENaC functionality/regulation under distinct physiological conditions.
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- Sunil K Saxena
- Center for Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA.
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Yang SN, Berggren PO. The role of voltage-gated calcium channels in pancreatic beta-cell physiology and pathophysiology. Endocr Rev 2006; 27:621-76. [PMID: 16868246 DOI: 10.1210/er.2005-0888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Voltage-gated calcium (CaV) channels are ubiquitously expressed in various cell types throughout the body. In principle, the molecular identity, biophysical profile, and pharmacological property of CaV channels are independent of the cell type where they reside, whereas these channels execute unique functions in different cell types, such as muscle contraction, neurotransmitter release, and hormone secretion. At least six CaValpha1 subunits, including CaV1.2, CaV1.3, CaV2.1, CaV2.2, CaV2.3, and CaV3.1, have been identified in pancreatic beta-cells. These pore-forming subunits complex with certain auxiliary subunits to conduct L-, P/Q-, N-, R-, and T-type CaV currents, respectively. beta-Cell CaV channels take center stage in insulin secretion and play an important role in beta-cell physiology and pathophysiology. CaV3 channels become expressed in diabetes-prone mouse beta-cells. Point mutation in the human CaV1.2 gene results in excessive insulin secretion. Trinucleotide expansion in the human CaV1.3 and CaV2.1 gene is revealed in a subgroup of patients with type 2 diabetes. beta-Cell CaV channels are regulated by a wide range of mechanisms, either shared by other cell types or specific to beta-cells, to always guarantee a satisfactory concentration of Ca2+. Inappropriate regulation of beta-cell CaV channels causes beta-cell dysfunction and even death manifested in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. This review summarizes current knowledge of CaV channels in beta-cell physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Shao-Nian Yang
- The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology L1:03, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
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García AG, García-De-Diego AM, Gandía L, Borges R, García-Sancho J. Calcium Signaling and Exocytosis in Adrenal Chromaffin Cells. Physiol Rev 2006; 86:1093-131. [PMID: 17015485 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00039.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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At a given cytosolic domain of a chromaffin cell, the rate and amplitude of the Ca2+concentration ([Ca2+]c) depends on at least four efficient regulatory systems: 1) plasmalemmal calcium channels, 2) endoplasmic reticulum, 3) mitochondria, and 4) chromaffin vesicles. Different mammalian species express different levels of the L, N, P/Q, and R subtypes of high-voltage-activated calcium channels; in bovine and humans, P/Q channels predominate, whereas in felines and murine species, L-type channels predominate. The calcium channels in chromaffin cells are regulated by G proteins coupled to purinergic and opiate receptors, as well as by voltage and the local changes of [Ca2+]c. Chromaffin cells have been particularly useful in studying calcium channel current autoregulation by materials coreleased with catecholamines, such as ATP and opiates. Depending on the preparation (cultured cells, adrenal slices) and the stimulation pattern (action potentials, depolarizing pulses, high K+, acetylcholine), the role of each calcium channel in controlling catecholamine release can change drastically. Targeted aequorin and confocal microscopy shows that Ca2+entry through calcium channels can refill the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to nearly millimolar concentrations, and causes the release of Ca2+(CICR). Depending on its degree of filling, the ER may act as a sink or source of Ca2+that modulates catecholamine release. Targeted aequorins with different Ca2+affinities show that mitochondria undergo surprisingly rapid millimolar Ca2+transients, upon stimulation of chromaffin cells with ACh, high K+, or caffeine. Physiological stimuli generate [Ca2+]cmicrodomains in which the local subplasmalemmal [Ca2+]crises abruptly from 0.1 to ∼50 μM, triggering CICR, mitochondrial Ca2+uptake, and exocytosis at nearby secretory active sites. The fact that protonophores abolish mitochondrial Ca2+uptake, and increase catecholamine release three- to fivefold, support the earlier observation. This increase is probably due to acceleration of vesicle transport from a reserve pool to a ready-release vesicle pool; this transport might be controlled by Ca2+redistribution to the cytoskeleton, through CICR, and/or mitochondrial Ca2+release. We propose that chromaffin cells have developed functional triads that are formed by calcium channels, the ER, and the mitochondria and locally control the [Ca2+]cthat regulate the early and late steps of exocytosis.
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- Antonio G García
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando, Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, and Servicio de Farmacología Clínica e Instituto Universitario de Investigación Gerontológica y Metabólica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
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Kataoka M, Kuwahara R, Matsuo R, Sekiguchi M, Inokuchi K, Takahashi M. Development- and activity-dependent regulation of SNAP-25 phosphorylation in rat brain. Neurosci Lett 2006; 407:258-62. [PMID: 16978778 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.08.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2006] [Revised: 08/21/2006] [Accepted: 08/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Synaptosomal-associated protein of 25kDa (SNAP-25), a member of the SNARE proteins essential for neurotransmitter release, is phosphorylated at Ser(187) in PC12 cells and in the rat brain in a protein kinase C-dependent manner. It remains unclear how the phosphorylation of SNAP-25 is regulated during development and by neuronal activity. We studied the mode of SNAP-25 phosphorylation at Ser(187) in the rat brain using an anti-phosphorylated SNAP-25 antibody. Both the expression and phosphorylation of SNAP-25 increased remarkably during the early postnatal period, but their onsets were quite different. SNAP-25 expression was detected as early as embryonic Day 18, whereas the phosphorylation of SNAP-25 could not be detected until postnatal Day 4. A delay in the onset of phosphorylation was also observed in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. The phosphorylation of SNAP-25 was regulated in a neuronal activity-dependent manner and, in the rat hippocampus, decreased by introducing seizures with kainic acid. These results clearly indicated that the phosphorylation of SNAP-25 at Ser(187) is regulated in development- and neuronal activity-dependent manners, and is likely to play important roles in higher brain functions.
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- Masakazu Kataoka
- Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University, Wakasato 4-17-1, Nagano-shi, Nagano, Japan
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He Y, Kang Y, Leung YM, Xia F, Gao X, Xie H, Gaisano H, Tsushima R. Modulation of Kv2.1 channel gating and TEA sensitivity by distinct domains of SNAP-25. Biochem J 2006; 396:363-9. [PMID: 16478442 PMCID: PMC1462716 DOI: 10.1042/bj20051478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Distinct domains within the SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor) proteins, STX1A (syntaxin 1A) and SNAP-25 (synaptosome-associated protein-25 kDa), regulate hormone secretion by their actions on the cell's exocytotic machinery, as well as voltage-gated Ca2+ and K+ channels. We examined the action of distinct domains within SNAP-25 on Kv2.1 (voltage gated K+ 2.1) channel gating. Dialysis of N-terminal SNAP-25 domains, S197 (SNAP-25(1-197)) and S180 (SNAP-25(1-180)), but not S206 (full-length SNAP-25(1-206)) increased the rate of Kv2.1 channel activation and slowed channel inactivation. Remarkably, these N-terminal SNAP-25 domains, acting on the Kv2.1 cytoplasmic N-terminus, potentiated the external TEA (tetraethylammonium)-mediated block of Kv2.1. To further examine whether these are effects of the channel pore domain, internal K+ was replaced with Na+ and external K+ was decreased from 4 to 1 mM, which decreased the IC50 of the TEA block from 6.8+/-0.9 mM to >100 mM. Under these conditions S180 completely restored TEA sensitivity (7.9+/-1.5 mM). SNAP-25 C-terminal domains, SNAP-25(198-206) and SNAP-25(181-197), had no effect on Kv2.1 gating kinetics. We conclude that different domains within SNAP-25 can form distinct complexes with Kv2.1 to execute a fine allosteric regulation of channel gating and the architecture of the outer pore structure in order to modulate cell excitability.
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- Yan He
- *School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
- Correspondence may be addressed to either of these authors (email and )
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- †Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
- Correspondence may be addressed to either of these authors (email and )
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Crump SM, Correll RN, Schroder EA, Lester WC, Finlin BS, Andres DA, Satin J. L-type calcium channel alpha-subunit and protein kinase inhibitors modulate Rem-mediated regulation of current. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H1959-71. [PMID: 16648185 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00956.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiac voltage-gated L-type Ca channels (Ca(V)) are multiprotein complexes, including accessory subunits such as Ca(V)beta2 that increase current expression. Recently, members of the Rad and Gem/Kir-related family of small GTPases have been shown to decrease current, although the mechanism remains poorly defined. In this study, we evaluated the contribution of the L-type Ca channel alpha-subunit (Ca(V)1.2) to Ca(V)beta2-Rem inhibition of Ca channel current. Specifically, we addressed whether protein kinase A (PKA) modulation of the Ca channel modifies Ca(V)beta2-Rem inhibition of Ca channel current. We first tested the effect of Rem on Ca(V)1.2 in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK-293) cells using the whole cell patch-clamp configuration. Rem coexpression with Ca(V)1.2 reduces Ba current expression under basal conditions, and Ca(V)beta2a coexpression enhances Rem block of Ca(V)1.2 current. Surprisingly, PKA inhibition by 133 nM H-89 or 50 microM Rp-cAMP-S partially relieved the Rem-mediated inhibition of current activity both with and without Ca(V)beta2a. To test whether the H-89 action was a consequence of the phosphorylation status of Ca(V)1.2, we examined Rem regulation of the PKA-insensitive Ca(V)1.2 serine 1928 (S1928) to alanine mutation (Ca(V)1.2-S1928A). Ca(V)1.2-S1928A current was not inhibited by Rem and when coexpression with Ca(V)beta2a was not completely blocked by Rem coexpression, suggesting that the phosphorylation of S1928 contributes to Rem-mediated Ca channel modulation. As a model for native Ca channel complexes, we tested the ability of Rem overexpression in HIT-T15 cells and embryonic ventricular myocytes to interfere with native current. We find that native current is also sensitive to Rem block and that H-89 pretreatment relieves the ability of Rem to regulate Ca current. We conclude that Rem is capable of regulating L-type current, that release of Rem block is modulated by cellular kinase pathways, and that the Ca(V)1.2 COOH terminus contributes to Rem-dependent channel inhibition.
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- Shawn M Crump
- Dept. of Physiology, MS-508, Univ. of Kentucky College of Medicine, 800 Rose St. Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA
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Saxena SK, George CM, Pinskiy V, McConnell B. Epithelial sodium channel is regulated by SNAP-23/syntaxin 1A interplay. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 343:1279-85. [PMID: 16581026 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2006] [Accepted: 03/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sodium-selective amiloride-sensitive epithelial channel (ENaC) located in the apical membrane is involved in the reabsorption of sodium in tight epithelia. The soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive attachment receptors (SNAREs) mediate vesicle trafficking in a variety of cell systems. Syntaxin (a t-SNARE) has been shown to interact with and functionally regulate a number of ion channels including ENaC. In this study, we investigated the role of SNAP-23, another SNARE protein, on ENaC activity in the HT-29 colonic epithelial cell system and Xenopus oocytes. Recording of amiloride-sensitive currents in both systems suggest that SNAP-23 modulates channel function, though a much higher concentration is required to inhibit ENaC in Xenopus oocytes. The introduction of Botulinum toxin A (a neurotoxin which cleaves SNAP-23), but not Botulinum toxin B or heat-inactivated Botulinum toxin A, reversed the inhibitory effect of SNAP-23 on amiloride-sensitive currents. However, syntaxin 1A and SNAP-23 combined portray a complex scenario that suggests that this channel interacts within a quaternary complex. Synaptotagmin expression neither interacts with, nor showed any effect on amiloride-sensitive currents when co-expressed with ENaC. Pull down assays suggest mild interaction between ENaC and SNAP-23, which gets stronger in the presence of syntaxin 1A. Data further suggest that SNAP-23 possibly interacts with the N-terminal alphaENaC. These functional and biochemical approaches provide evidence for a complex relationship between ENaC and the exocytotic machinery. Our data suggest that SNARE protein interplay defines the fine regulation of sodium channel function.
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- Sunil K Saxena
- Center for Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA.
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Ostenson CG, Gaisano H, Sheu L, Tibell A, Bartfai T. Impaired gene and protein expression of exocytotic soluble N-ethylmaleimide attachment protein receptor complex proteins in pancreatic islets of type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes 2006; 55:435-40. [PMID: 16443778 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.55.02.06.db04-1575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Exocytosis of insulin is dependent on the soluble N-ethylmaleimide attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex proteins in the B-cells. We assessed insulin release as well as gene and protein expression of SNARE complex protein in isolated pancreatic islets of type 2 diabetic patients (n = 4) and nondiabetic control subjects (n = 4). In islets from the diabetic patients, insulin responses to 8.3 and 16.7 mmol/l glucose were markedly reduced compared with control islets (4.7 +/- 0.3 and 8.4 +/- 1.8 vs. 17.5 +/- 0.1 and 24.3 +/- 1.2 microU . islet(-1) . h(-1), respectively; P < 0.001). Western blot analysis revealed decreased amounts of islet SNARE complex and SNARE-modulating proteins in diabetes: syntaxin-1A (21 +/- 5% of control levels), SNAP-25 (12 +/- 4%), VAMP-2 (7 +/- 4%), nSec1 (Munc 18; 34 +/- 13%), Munc 13-1 (27 +/- 4%), and synaptophysin (64 +/- 7%). Microarray gene chip analysis, confirmed by quantitative PCR, showed that gene expression was decreased in diabetes islets: syntaxin-1A (27 +/- 2% of control levels), SNAP-25 (31 +/- 7%), VAMP-2 (18 +/- 3%), nSec1 (27 +/- 5%), synaptotagmin V (24 +/- 2%), and synaptophysin (12 +/- 2%). In conclusion, these data support the view that decreased islet RNA and protein expression of SNARE and SNARE-modulating proteins plays a role in impaired insulin secretion in type 2 diabetic patients. It remains unclear, however, to which extent this defect is primary or secondary to, e.g., glucotoxicity.
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- Claes-Goran Ostenson
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Leung Y, Kang Y, Xia F, Sheu L, Gao X, Xie H, Tsushima R, Gaisano H. Open form of syntaxin-1A is a more potent inhibitor than wild-type syntaxin-1A of Kv2.1 channels. Biochem J 2005; 387:195-202. [PMID: 15518587 PMCID: PMC1134947 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have shown that SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive fusion protein attachment protein receptor) proteins not only participate directly in exocytosis, but also regulate the dominant membrane-repolarizing Kv channels (voltage-gated K+ channels), such as Kv2.1, in pancreatic beta-cells. In a recent report, we demonstrated that WT (wild-type) Syn-1A (syntaxin-1A) inhibits Kv2.1 channel trafficking and gating through binding to the cytoplasmic C-terminus of Kv2.1. During beta-cell exocytosis, Syn-1A converts from a closed form into an open form which reveals its active H3 domain to bind its SNARE partners SNAP-25 (synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa) and synaptobrevin. In the present study, we compared the effects of the WT Syn-1A and a mutant open form Syn-1A (L165A, E166A) on Kv2.1 channel trafficking and gating. When co-expressed in HEK-293 cells (human embryonic kidney-293 cells), the open form Syn-1A decreased Kv2.1 current density more than (P<0.05) the WT Syn-1A (166+/-35 and 371+/-93 pA/pF respectively; control=911+/-91 pA/pF). Confocal microscopy and biotinylation experiments showed that both the WT and open form Syn-1A inhibited Kv2.1 expression at the plasma membrane to a similar extent, suggesting that the stronger reduction of Kv2.1 current density by the open form compared with the WT Syn-1A is probably due to a stronger direct inhibition of channel activity. Consistently, dialysis of the recombinant open form Syn-1A protein into Kv2.1-expressing HEK-293 cells caused stronger inhibition of Kv2.1 current amplitude (P<0.05) than the WT Syn-1A protein (73+/-2 and 82+/-3% of the control respectively). We found that the H3 but not H(ABC) domain is the putative active domain of Syn-1A, which bound to and inhibited the Kv2.1 channel. When co-expressed in HEK-293 cells, the open-form Syn-1A slowed down Kv2.1 channel activation (tau=12.3+/-0.8 ms) much more than (P<0.05) WT Syn-1A (tau=7.9+/-0.8 ms; control tau=5.5+/-0.6 ms). In addition, only the open form Syn-1A, but not the WT Syn-1A, caused a significant (P<0.05) left-shift in the steady-state inactivation curve (V(1/2)=33.1+/-1.3 and -29.4+/-1.1 mV respectively; control V(1/2)=-24.8+/-2 mV). The present study therefore indicates that the open form of Syn-1A is more potent than the WT Syn-1A in inhibiting the Kv2.1 channel. Such stronger inhibition by the open form of Syn-1A may limit K+ efflux and thus decelerate membrane repolarization during exocytosis, leading to optimization of insulin release.
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- Yuk M. Leung
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
- Correspondence may be addressed to either of the authors (email and )
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A8
- Correspondence may be addressed to either of the authors (email and )
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Ma Z, Portwood N, Foss A, Grill V, Björklund A. Evidence that insulin secretion influences SNAP-25 through proteasomal activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 329:1118-26. [PMID: 15752769 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Regulation of SNARE proteins by glucose in pancreatic islets is complex and insufficiently clarified. We aimed to study effects of glucose per se separate from enhancing effects on exocytosis. A 24h culture of rat islets at elevated glucose (27 mmol/L) increased t-SNARES (SNAP-25, syntaxin) (Western blotting). Co-culture with diazoxide, which inhibits glucose-induced insulin secretion, reversed these effects. Effects on SNAP-25 were similar in human and rat islets. Effects of diazoxide were mimicked by blocking secretion with somatostatin (rat islets). Blocking secretion by cooling abolished both glucose and diazoxide effects on SNAP-25. Total SNAP-25 mRNA as well as isoforms alpha and beta were increased by 24-h elevated glucose. Diazoxide failed to reverse the glucose effects on mRNA. However, effects of diazoxide on SNAP-25 protein were nullified by proteasome inhibitors (ALLN, MG-132, and epoxomicin) but not by lysosomal inhibition (NH(4)Cl). Exocytosis per se modifies SNAREs by a process linked to proteasomal activation.
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- Zuheng Ma
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Rolf Luft Center of Diabetes Research, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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Müller DJ, Klempan TA, De Luca V, Sicard T, Volavka J, Czobor P, Sheitman BB, Lindenmayer JP, Citrome L, McEvoy JP, Lieberman JA, Honer WG, Kennedy JL. The SNAP-25 gene may be associated with clinical response and weight gain in antipsychotic treatment of schizophrenia. Neurosci Lett 2005; 379:81-9. [PMID: 15823421 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2004] [Revised: 12/13/2004] [Accepted: 12/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The synaptosomal-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) is an essential component of the core complex that mediates presynaptic vesicle trafficking. Thus, SNAP-25 is directly involved in the release of neurotransmitters. Quantitative alterations of SNAP-25 expression have been reported in brain regions and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of schizophrenics and in haloperidol treated rats. This observed altered expression may be influenced by genetic variants of SNAP-25. We hypothesized that polymorphisms of the SNAP-25 gene (sites DdeI, MnlI and TaiI in the 3'UTR) are associated with antipsychotic drug response and induced weight gain. A sample of 59 patients with prior suboptimal response to antipsychotic treatment and diagnosed with DSM-IV schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder was examined. Patients were administered clozapine, haloperidol, olanzapine or risperidone for up to 14 weeks. Clinical response was defined as the difference between the baseline and the endpoint total scores on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Weight was assessed at baseline and at study endpoint. ANOVA revealed that the MnlI and TaiI polymorphisms were associated with response (F[2,53] = 4.57, p = 0.01 and F[2,52] = 3.53, p = 0.03) and with weight gain (F[2,52] = 4.28, p = 0.01 and F[2,51] = 3.38, p = 0.04). When covariates were included, the MnlI polymorphism remained significantly associated with changes of PANSS scores, but not with weight gain. The DdeI polymorphism was not associated with response or weight gain. These findings suggest that SNAP-25 gene variants affect clinical response in patients with prior poor response to antipsychotics. Weight changes do not seem to be associated with polymorphism of the SNAP-25 gene, however, replication in independent samples is warranted.
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- Daniel J Müller
- Neurogenetics Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street R30, Toronto, Ont. M5T 1R8, Canada.
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Finlin BS, Mosley AL, Crump SM, Correll RN, Ozcan S, Satin J, Andres DA. Regulation of L-type Ca2+ channel activity and insulin secretion by the Rem2 GTPase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:41864-71. [PMID: 15728182 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414261200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Voltage-dependent calcium (Ca2+) channels are involved in many specialized cellular functions and are controlled by a diversity of intracellular signals. Recently, members of the RGK family of small GTPases (Rem, Rem2, Rad, Gem/Kir) have been identified as novel contributors to the regulation of L-type calcium channel activity. In this study, microarray analysis of the mouse insulinoma MIN6 cell line revealed that the transcription of Rem2 gene is strongly induced by exposure to high glucose, which was confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR and RNase protection analysis. Because elevation of intracellular Ca2+ in pancreatic beta-cells is essential for insulin secretion, we tested the hypothesis that Rem2 attenuates Ca2+ currents to regulate insulin secretion. Co-expression of Rem2 with CaV 1.2 or CaV1.3 L-type Ca + channels in a heterologous expression system completely inhibits de novo Ca2+ current expression. In addition, ectopic overexpression of Rem2 both inhibited L-type Ca2+ channel activity and prevented glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cell lines. Co-immunoprecipitation studies demonstrate that Rem2 associates with a variety of CaVbeta subunits. Importantly, surface biotinylation studies demonstrate that the membrane distribution of Ca2+ channels was not reduced at a time when channel activity was potently inhibited by Rem2 expression, indicating that Rem2 modulates channel function without interfering with membrane trafficking. Taken together, these data suggest that inhibition of L-type Ca2+ channels by Rem2 signaling may represent a new and potentially important mechanism for regulating Ca2+-triggered exocytosis in hormone-secreting cells, including insulin secretion in pancreatic beta-cells.
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- Brian S Finlin
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
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Yang SN, Berggren PO. CaV2.3 channel and PKClambda: new players in insulin secretion. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:16-20. [PMID: 15630435 PMCID: PMC539207 DOI: 10.1172/jci23970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Insulin secretion is critically dependent on the proper function of a complex molecular network. Ca(V)2.3-knockout (Ca(V)2.3(-/-)) and PKClambda-knockout (PKClambda(-/-)) mouse models now suggest that these 2 players, the Ca(v)2.3 channel and PKClambda, are important constituents of this molecular network. Subsequent to glucose stimulation, insulin is released from the pancreatic beta cell in a biphasic pattern, i.e., a rapid initial phase followed by a slower, more sustained phase. Interestingly, Ca(2+) influx through the Ca(V)2.3 channel regulates only the second phase of insulin secretion. PKClambda seems to enter the beta cell nucleus and in turn modulates the expression of several genes critical for beta cell secretory function. Studies by Hashimoto et al. and Jing et al. in this issue of the JCI set out to answer the question of why numerous isoforms of proteins with similar functions are present in the beta cell. This is important, since it has been difficult to understand the modulatory and/or regulatory roles of different isoforms of proteins in defined subcellular compartments and at various times during the secretory process in both beta cell physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Shao-Nian Yang
- The Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Karolinska Diabetes Center, Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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The beta-cell is equipped with at least six voltage-gated Ca2+ (CaV) channel alpha1-subunits designated CaV1.2, CaV1.3, CaV2.1, CaV2.2, CaV2.3, and CaV3.1. These principal subunits, together with certain auxiliary subunits, assemble into different types of CaV channels conducting L-, P/Q-, N-, R-, and T-type Ca2+ currents, respectively. The beta-cell shares customary mechanisms of CaV channel regulation with other excitable cells, such as protein phosphorylation, Ca2+-dependent inactivation, and G protein modulation. However, the beta-cell displays some characteristic features to bring these mechanisms into play. In islet beta-cells, CaV channels can be highly phosphorylated under basal conditions and thus marginally respond to further phosphorylation. In beta-cell lines, CaV channels can be surrounded by tonically activated protein phosphatases dominating over protein kinases; thus their activity is dramatically enhanced by inhibition of protein phosphatases. During the last 10 years, we have revealed some novel mechanisms of beta-cell CaV channel regulation under physiological and pathophysiological conditions, including the involvement of exocytotic proteins, inositol hexakisphosphate, and type 1 diabetic serum. This minireview highlights characteristic features of customary mechanisms of CaV channel regulation in beta-cells and also reviews our studies on newly identified mechanisms of beta-cell CaV channel regulation.
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- Shao-Nian Yang
- The Rolf Luft Center for Diabetes Research, Karolinska Diabetes Center, Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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