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Oniani T, Vinnenberg L, Chaudhary R, Schreiber JA, Riske K, Williams B, Pape HC, White JA, Junker A, Seebohm G, Meuth SG, Hundehege P, Budde T, Zobeiri M. Effects of Axonal Demyelination, Inflammatory Cytokines and Divalent Cation Chelators on Thalamic HCN Channels and Oscillatory Bursting. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23116285. [PMID: 35682964 PMCID: PMC9181513 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that is characterized by the progressive loss of oligodendrocytes and myelin and is associated with thalamic dysfunction. Cuprizone (CPZ)-induced general demyelination in rodents is a valuable model for studying different aspects of MS pathology. CPZ feeding is associated with the altered distribution and expression of different ion channels along neuronal somata and axons. However, it is largely unknown whether the copper chelator CPZ directly influences ion channels. Therefore, we assessed the effects of different divalent cations (copper; zinc) and trace metal chelators (EDTA; Tricine; the water-soluble derivative of CPZ, BiMPi) on hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels that are major mediators of thalamic function and pathology. In addition, alterations of HCN channels induced by CPZ treatment and MS-related proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1β; IL-6; INF-α; INF-β) were characterized in C57Bl/6J mice. Thus, the hyperpolarization-activated inward current (Ih) was recorded in thalamocortical (TC) neurons and heterologous expression systems (mHCN2 expressing HEK cells; hHCN4 expressing oocytes). A number of electrophysiological characteristics of Ih (potential of half-maximal activation (V0.5); current density; activation kinetics) were unchanged following the extracellular application of trace metals and divalent cation chelators to native neurons, cell cultures or oocytes. Mice were fed a diet containing 0.2% CPZ for 35 days, resulting in general demyelination in the brain. Withdrawal of CPZ from the diet resulted in rapid remyelination, the effects of which were assessed at three time points after stopping CPZ feeding (Day1, Day7, Day25). In TC neurons, Ih was decreased on Day1 and Day25 and revealed a transient increased availability on Day7. In addition, we challenged naive TC neurons with INF-α and IL-1β. It was found that Ih parameters were differentially altered by the application of the two cytokines to thalamic cells, while IL-1β increased the availability of HCN channels (depolarized V0.5; increased current density) and the excitability of TC neurons (depolarized resting membrane potential (RMP); increased the number of action potentials (APs); produced a larger voltage sag; promoted higher input resistance; increased the number of burst spikes; hyperpolarized the AP threshold), INF-α mediated contrary effects. The effect of cytokine modulation on thalamic bursting was further assessed in horizontal slices and a computational model of slow thalamic oscillations. Here, IL-1β and INF-α increased and reduced oscillatory bursting, respectively. We conclude that HCN channels are not directly modulated by trace metals and divalent cation chelators but are subject to modulation by different MS-related cytokines.
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- Tengiz Oniani
- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (T.O.); (R.C.); (H.-C.P.); (M.Z.)
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (L.V.); (P.H.)
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- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (T.O.); (R.C.); (H.-C.P.); (M.Z.)
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Corren-Str. 48, D-48149 Münster, Germany;
- Cellular Electrophysiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute for Genetics of Heart Diseases (IfGH), University Hospital Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 45, D-48149 Münster, Germany;
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- European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Waldeyer-Str. 15, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (K.R.); (A.J.)
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- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Neurophotonics Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA; (B.W.); (J.A.W.)
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- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (T.O.); (R.C.); (H.-C.P.); (M.Z.)
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- Center for Systems Neuroscience, Neurophotonics Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 610 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA; (B.W.); (J.A.W.)
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- European Institute for Molecular Imaging (EIMI), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Waldeyer-Str. 15, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (K.R.); (A.J.)
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- Cellular Electrophysiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Institute for Genetics of Heart Diseases (IfGH), University Hospital Münster, Robert-Koch-Str. 45, D-48149 Münster, Germany;
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- Neurology Clinic, University Clinic Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;
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- Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (L.V.); (P.H.)
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- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (T.O.); (R.C.); (H.-C.P.); (M.Z.)
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Physiology I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, D-48149 Münster, Germany; (T.O.); (R.C.); (H.-C.P.); (M.Z.)
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Pope L, Minor DL. The Polysite Pharmacology of TREK K 2P Channels. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2022; 1349:51-65. [PMID: 35138610 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-4254-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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K2P (KCNK) potassium channels form "background" or "leak" currents that have critical roles in cell excitability control in the brain, cardiovascular system, and somatosensory neurons. Similar to many ion channel families, studies of K2Ps have been limited by poor pharmacology. Of six K2P subfamilies, the thermo- and mechanosensitive TREK subfamily comprising K2P2.1 (TREK-1), K2P4.1 (TRAAK), and K2P10.1 (TREK-2) are the first to have structures determined for each subfamily member. These structural studies have revealed key architectural features that underlie K2P function and have uncovered sites residing at every level of the channel structure with respect to the membrane where small molecules or lipids can control channel function. This polysite pharmacology within a relatively small (~70 kDa) ion channel comprises four structurally defined modulator binding sites that occur above (Keystone inhibitor site), at the level of (K2P modulator pocket), and below (Fenestration and Modulatory lipid sites) the C-type selectivity filter gate that is at the heart of K2P function. Uncovering this rich structural landscape provides the framework for understanding and developing subtype-selective modulators to probe K2P function that may provide leads for drugs for anesthesia, pain, arrhythmia, ischemia, and migraine.
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- Lianne Pope
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, US
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, US. .,Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Contribution of Neuronal and Glial Two-Pore-Domain Potassium Channels in Health and Neurological Disorders. Neural Plast 2021; 2021:8643129. [PMID: 34434230 PMCID: PMC8380499 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8643129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Two-pore-domain potassium (K2P) channels are widespread in the nervous system and play a critical role in maintaining membrane potential in neurons and glia. They have been implicated in many stress-relevant neurological disorders, including pain, sleep disorder, epilepsy, ischemia, and depression. K2P channels give rise to leaky K+ currents, which stabilize cellular membrane potential and regulate cellular excitability. A range of natural and chemical effectors, including temperature, pressure, pH, phospholipids, and intracellular signaling molecules, substantially modulate the activity of K2P channels. In this review, we summarize the contribution of K2P channels to neuronal excitability and to potassium homeostasis in glia. We describe recently discovered functions of K2P channels in glia, such as astrocytic passive conductance and glutamate release, microglial surveillance, and myelin generation by oligodendrocytes. We also discuss the potential role of glial K2P channels in neurological disorders. In the end, we discuss current limitations in K2P channel researches and suggest directions for future studies.
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Cunningham KP, Clapp LH, Mathie A, Veale EL. The Prostacyclin Analogue, Treprostinil, Used in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, is a Potent Antagonist of TREK-1 and TREK-2 Potassium Channels. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:705421. [PMID: 34267666 PMCID: PMC8276018 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.705421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an aggressive vascular remodeling disease that carries a high morbidity and mortality rate. Treprostinil (Remodulin) is a stable prostacyclin analogue with potent vasodilatory and anti-proliferative activity, approved by the FDA and WHO as a treatment for PAH. A limitation of this therapy is the severe subcutaneous site pain and other forms of pain experienced by some patients, which can lead to significant non-compliance. TWIK-related potassium channels (TREK-1 and TREK-2) are highly expressed in sensory neurons, where they play a role in regulating sensory neuron excitability. Downregulation, inhibition or mutation of these channels leads to enhanced pain sensitivity. Using whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiological recordings, we show, for the first time, that treprostinil is a potent antagonist of human TREK-1 and TREK-2 channels but not of TASK-1 channels. An increase in TASK-1 channel current was observed with prolonged incubation, consistent with its therapeutic role in PAH. To investigate treprostinil-induced inhibition of TREK, site-directed mutagenesis of a number of amino acids, identified as important for the action of other regulatory compounds, was carried out. We found that a gain of function mutation of TREK-1 (Y284A) attenuated treprostinil inhibition, while a selective activator of TREK channels, BL-1249, overcame the inhibitory effect of treprostinil. Our data suggests that subcutaneous site pain experienced during treprostinil therapy may result from inhibition of TREK channels near the injection site and that pre-activation of these channels prior to treatment has the potential to alleviate this nociceptive activity.
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- Kevin P Cunningham
- Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent and University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom.,Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent and University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom.,School of Engineering, Arts, Science and Technology, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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- Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent and University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, United Kingdom
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Natale AM, Deal PE, Minor DL. Structural Insights into the Mechanisms and Pharmacology of K 2P Potassium Channels. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166995. [PMID: 33887333 PMCID: PMC8436263 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Leak currents, defined as voltage and time independent flows of ions across cell membranes, are central to cellular electrical excitability control. The K2P (KCNK) potassium channel class comprises an ion channel family that produces potassium leak currents that oppose excitation and stabilize the resting membrane potential in cells in the brain, cardiovascular system, immune system, and sensory organs. Due to their widespread tissue distribution, K2Ps contribute to many physiological and pathophysiological processes including anesthesia, pain, arrythmias, ischemia, hypertension, migraine, intraocular pressure regulation, and lung injury responses. Structural studies of six homomeric K2Ps have established the basic architecture of this channel family, revealed key moving parts involved in K2P function, uncovered the importance of asymmetric pinching and dilation motions in the K2P selectivity filter (SF) C-type gate, and defined two K2P structural classes based on the absence or presence of an intracellular gate. Further, a series of structures characterizing K2P:modulator interactions have revealed a striking polysite pharmacology housed within a relatively modestly sized (~70 kDa) channel. Binding sites for small molecules or lipids that control channel function are found at every layer of the channel structure, starting from its extracellular side through the portion that interacts with the membrane bilayer inner leaflet. This framework provides the basis for understanding how gating cues sensed by different channel parts control function and how small molecules and lipids modulate K2P activity. Such knowledge should catalyze development of new K2P modulators to probe function and treat a wide range of disorders.
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- Andrew M Natale
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Khoubza L, Chatelain FC, Feliciangeli S, Lesage F, Bichet D. Physiological roles of heteromerization: focus on the two-pore domain potassium channels. J Physiol 2021; 599:1041-1055. [PMID: 33347640 DOI: 10.1113/jp279870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Potassium channels form the largest family of ion channels with more than 80 members involved in cell excitability and signalling. Most of them exist as homomeric channels, whereas specific conditions are required to obtain heteromeric channels. It is well established that heteromerization of voltage-gated and inward rectifier potassium channels affects their function, increasing the diversity of the native potassium currents. For potassium channels with two pore domains (K2P ), homomerization has long been considered the rule, their polymodal regulation by a wide diversity of physical and chemical stimuli being responsible for the adaptation of the leak potassium currents to cellular needs. This view has recently evolved with the accumulation of evidence of heteromerization between different K2P subunits. Several functional intragroup and intergroup heteromers have recently been identified, which contribute to the functional heterogeneity of this family. K2P heteromerization is involved in the modulation of channel expression and trafficking, promoting functional and signalling diversity. As illustrated in the Abstract Figure, heteromerization of TREK1 and TRAAK provides the cell with more possibilities of regulation. It is becoming increasingly evident that K2P heteromers contribute to important physiological functions including neuronal and cardiac excitability. Since heteromerization also affects the pharmacology of K2P channels, this understanding helps to establish K2P heteromers as new therapeutic targets for physiopathological conditions.
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- Lamyaa Khoubza
- Université côte d'Azur, IPMC CNRS UMR7275, Laboratory of Excellence ICST, 660 route des Lucioles 06650 Valbonne, France
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- Université côte d'Azur, IPMC CNRS UMR7275, Laboratory of Excellence ICST, 660 route des Lucioles 06650 Valbonne, France
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- Université côte d'Azur, IPMC CNRS UMR7275, Laboratory of Excellence ICST, 660 route des Lucioles 06650 Valbonne, France.,Inserm, 101 rue de Tolbiac, 75013, Paris, France
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- Université côte d'Azur, IPMC CNRS UMR7275, Laboratory of Excellence ICST, 660 route des Lucioles 06650 Valbonne, France.,Inserm, 101 rue de Tolbiac, 75013, Paris, France
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- Université côte d'Azur, IPMC CNRS UMR7275, Laboratory of Excellence ICST, 660 route des Lucioles 06650 Valbonne, France
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Pope L, Lolicato M, Minor DL. Polynuclear Ruthenium Amines Inhibit K 2P Channels via a "Finger in the Dam" Mechanism. Cell Chem Biol 2020; 27:511-524.e4. [PMID: 32059793 PMCID: PMC7245552 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The trinuclear ruthenium amine ruthenium red (RuR) inhibits diverse ion channels, including K2P potassium channels, TRPs, the calcium uniporter, CALHMs, ryanodine receptors, and Piezos. Despite this extraordinary array, there is limited information for how RuR engages targets. Here, using X-ray crystallographic and electrophysiological studies of an RuR-sensitive K2P, K2P2.1 (TREK-1) I110D, we show that RuR acts by binding an acidic residue pair comprising the "Keystone inhibitor site" under the K2P CAP domain archway above the channel pore. We further establish that Ru360, a dinuclear ruthenium amine not known to affect K2Ps, inhibits RuR-sensitive K2Ps using the same mechanism. Structural knowledge enabled a generalizable design strategy for creating K2P RuR "super-responders" having nanomolar sensitivity. Together, the data define a "finger in the dam" inhibition mechanism acting at a novel K2P inhibitor binding site. These findings highlight the polysite nature of K2P pharmacology and provide a new framework for K2P inhibitor development.
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- Lianne Pope
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 93858-2330, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 93858-2330, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 93858-2330, USA; Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 93858-2330, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA 93858-2330, USA; Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, CA 93858-2330, USA; Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bio-imaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Thamban T, Agarwaal V, Khosla S. Role of genomic imprinting in mammalian development. J Biosci 2020; 45:20. [PMID: 31965998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Non-mendelian inheritance refers to the group of phenomena and observations related to the inheritance of genetic information that cannot be merely explained by Mendel's laws of inheritance. Phenomenon including Genomic imprinting, X-chromosome Inactivation, Paramutations are some of the best studied examples of non-mendelian inheritance. Genomic imprinting is a process that reversibly marks one of the two homologous loci, chromosome or chromosomal sets during development, resulting in functional non-equivalence of gene expression. Genomic imprinting is known to occur in a few insect species, plants, and placental mammals. Over the years, studies on imprinted genes have contributed immensely to highlighting the role of epigenetic modifications and the epigenetic circuitry during gene expression and development. In this review, we discuss the phenomenon of genomic imprinting in mammals and the role it plays especially during fetoplacental growth and early development.
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- Thushara Thamban
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, India
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Kienitz MC, Niemeyer A, König GM, Kostenis E, Pott L, Rinne A. Biased signaling of Ca 2+-sensing receptors in cardiac myocytes regulates GIRK channel activity. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2019; 130:107-121. [PMID: 30935998 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2019.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ca2+-sensing receptors (CaSRs) belong to the class C of G protein-coupled receptors and are activated by extracellular Ca2+. CaSRs display biased G protein signaling by coupling to different classes of heterotrimeric G proteins depending on agonist and cell type. In this study we used fluorescent biosensors to directly analyze G protein coupling to CaSRs and downstream signaling in living cells. In HEK 293 cells, CaSRs displayed biased signaling: elevation of extracellular Ca2+ or application of the alternative agonist spermine caused activation of Gi- and Gq-proteins. Adult cardiac myocytes express endogenous CaSRs, which have been implicated in regulating Ca2+ signaling and contractility. Biased signaling of CaSRs has not been investigated in these cells. To evaluate efficiencies of Gi- and Gq-signaling via CaSRs in rat atrial myocytes, we measured G protein-activated K+ (GIRK) channels. Activation of GIRK requires binding of Gβγ subunits released from Gi proteins, whereas Gq-signaling results in inhibition of GIRK channel activity. Stimulation of CaSRs by Ca2+ or spermine failed to directly activate Gi and GIRK channels. When GIRK channels were pre-activated via endogenous M2 receptors, stimulation of CaSRs caused pronounced inhibition of GIRK currents. This effect was specific to CaSR activation: GIRK current inhibition was sensitive to NPS-2143, a negative allosteric modulator of CaSRs, and abrogated by FR900359, a direct inhibitor of Gq. GIRK current inhibition was also sensitive to the PKC inhibitor chelerythrine, suggesting that following activation of CaSR and Gq, GIRK currents are modulated by PKC phosphorylation. We conclude from this data that cardiac CaSRs do not activate Gi and affect GIRK currents preferentially via the Gq/PKC pathway.
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- Department of Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Cain SM, Garcia E, Waheed Z, Jones KL, Bushell TJ, Snutch TP. GABA B receptors suppress burst-firing in reticular thalamic neurons. Channels (Austin) 2017; 11:574-586. [PMID: 28742985 DOI: 10.1080/19336950.2017.1358836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Burst-firing in thalamic neurons is known to play a key role in mediating thalamocortical (TC) oscillations that are associated with non-REM sleep and some types of epileptic seizure. Within the TC system the primary output of GABAergic neurons in the reticular thalamic nucleus (RTN) is thought to induce the de-inactivation of T-type calcium channels in thalamic relay (TR) neurons, promoting burst-firing drive to the cortex and the propagation of TC network activity. However, RTN neurons also project back onto other neurons within the RTN. The role of this putative negative feedback upon the RTN itself is less well understood, although is hypothesized to induce de-synchronization of RTN neuron firing leading to the suppression of TC oscillations. Here we tested two hypotheses concerning possible mechanisms underlying TC oscillation modulation. Firstly, we assessed the burst-firing behavior of RTN neurons in response to GABAB receptor activation using acute brain slices. The selective GABAB receptor agonist baclofen was found to induce suppression of burst-firing concurrent with effects on membrane input resistance. Secondly, RTN neurons express CaV3.2 and CaV3.3 T-type calcium channel isoforms known to contribute toward TC burst-firing and we examined the modulation of these channels by GABAB receptor activation. Utilizing exogenously expressed T-type channels we assessed whether GABAB receptor activation could directly alter T-type calcium channel properties. Overall, GABAB receptor activation had only modest effects on CaV3.2 and CaV3.3 isoforms. The only effect that could be predicted to suppress burst-firing was a hyperpolarized shift in the voltage-dependence of inactivation, potentially causing lower channel availability at membrane potentials critical for burst-firing. Conversely, other effects observed such as a hyperpolarized shift in the voltage-dependence of activation of both CaV3.2 and CaV3.3 as well as increased time constant of activation of the CaV3.3 isoform would be expected to enhance burst-firing. Together, we hypothesize that GABAB receptor activation mediates multiple downstream effectors that combined act to suppress burst-firing within the RTN. It appears unlikely that direct GABAB receptor-mediated modulation of T-type calcium channels is the major mechanistic contributor to this suppression.
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- Stuart M Cain
- a Michael Smith Laboratories and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada
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- a Michael Smith Laboratories and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada
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- a Michael Smith Laboratories and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada
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- a Michael Smith Laboratories and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada
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- b Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , UK
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- a Michael Smith Laboratories and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada
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Luo Q, Chen L, Cheng X, Ma Y, Li X, Zhang B, Li L, Zhang S, Guo F, Li Y, Yang H. An allosteric ligand-binding site in the extracellular cap of K2P channels. Nat Commun 2017; 8:378. [PMID: 28851868 PMCID: PMC5575254 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00499-3] [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: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channels generate leak currents that are responsible for the maintenance of the resting membrane potential, and they are thus potential drug targets for treating diseases. Here, we identify N-(4-cholorphenyl)-N-(2-(3,4-dihydrosioquinolin-2(1H)-yl)-2-oxoethyl)methanesulfonamide (TKDC) as an inhibitor of the TREK subfamily, including TREK-1, TREK-2 and TRAAK channels. Using TKDC as a chemical probe, a study combining computations, mutagenesis and electrophysiology reveals a K2P allosteric ligand-binding site located in the extracellular cap of the channels. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that ligand-induced allosteric conformational transitions lead to blockage of the ion conductive pathway. Using virtual screening approach, we identify other inhibitors targeting the extracellular allosteric ligand-binding site of these channels. Overall, our results suggest that the allosteric site at the extracellular cap of the K2P channels might be a promising drug target for these membrane proteins. TREKs are members of the two-pore domain potassium (K2P) channels, being important clinical targets. Here the authors identify inhibitors of K2P that bind to an allosteric site located in their extracellular cap, suggesting that it might be a promising drug target for these channels.
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- Qichao Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Translational Research and Therapy for Neuro-Psycho-Diseases & Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai, 201203, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200241, China.
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Hamilton KS, Gopal KV, Moore EJ, Gross GW. Pharmacological response sensitization in nerve cell networks exposed to the antibiotic gentamicin. Eur J Pharmacol 2016; 794:92-99. [PMID: 27864104 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.11.017] [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: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic that is used in clinical, organismic, and agricultural applications to combat gram-negative, aerobic bacteria. The clinical use of gentamicin is widely linked to various toxicities, but there is a void in our knowledge about the neuromodulatory or neurotoxicity effects of gentamicin. This investigation explored the electrophysiologic effects of gentamicin on GABAergic pharmacological profiles in spontaneously active neuronal networks in vitro derived from auditory cortices of E16 mouse embryos and grown on microelectrode arrays. Using the GABAA agonist muscimol as the test substance, responses from networks to dose titrations of muscimol were compared in the presence and absence of 100µM gentamicin (the recommended concentration for cell culture conditions). Spike-rate based EC50 values were generated using sigmoidal fit concentration response curves (CRCs). Exposure to 100µM gentamicin exhibited a muscimol EC50±S.E.M. of 80±6nM (n=10). The EC50 value obtained in the absence of gentamicin was 124±11nM (n=10). The 35% increase in potency suggests network sensitization to muscimol in the presence of gentamicin. Action potential (AP) waveform analyses of neurons exposed to gentamicin demonstrated a concentration-dependent decrease in AP amplitudes (extracellular recordings), possibly reflecting gentamicin effects on voltage-gated ion channels. These in vitro results reveal alteration of pharmacological responses by antibiotics that could have significant influence on the behavior and performance of animals.
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- Kevin S Hamilton
- Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA; Center for Network Neuroscience, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
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- Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA; Center for Network Neuroscience, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
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- Department of Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA; Center for Network Neuroscience, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
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- Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA; Center for Network Neuroscience, University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #305010, Denton, TX 76203, USA.
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Niemeyer MI, Cid LP, González W, Sepúlveda FV. Gating, Regulation, and Structure in K2P K+ Channels: In Varietate Concordia? Mol Pharmacol 2016; 90:309-17. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.116.103895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Perez JD, Rubinstein ND, Dulac C. New Perspectives on Genomic Imprinting, an Essential and Multifaceted Mode of Epigenetic Control in the Developing and Adult Brain. Annu Rev Neurosci 2016; 39:347-84. [PMID: 27145912 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-061010-113708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mammalian evolution entailed multiple innovations in gene regulation, including the emergence of genomic imprinting, an epigenetic regulation leading to the preferential expression of a gene from its maternal or paternal allele. Genomic imprinting is highly prevalent in the brain, yet, until recently, its central roles in neural processes have not been fully appreciated. Here, we provide a comprehensive survey of adult and developmental brain functions influenced by imprinted genes, from neural development and wiring to synaptic function and plasticity, energy balance, social behaviors, emotions, and cognition. We further review the widespread identification of parental biases alongside monoallelic expression in brain tissues, discuss their potential roles in dosage regulation of key neural pathways, and suggest possible mechanisms underlying the dynamic regulation of imprinting in the brain. This review should help provide a better understanding of the significance of genomic imprinting in the normal and pathological brain of mammals including humans.
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- Julio D Perez
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138;
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Limon A, Mamdani F, Hjelm BE, Vawter MP, Sequeira A. Targets of polyamine dysregulation in major depression and suicide: Activity-dependent feedback, excitability, and neurotransmission. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2016; 66:80-91. [PMID: 27108532 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 04/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability worldwide characterized by altered neuronal activity in brain regions involved in the control of stress and emotion. Although multiple lines of evidence suggest that altered stress-coping mechanisms underlie the etiology of MDD, the homeostatic control of neuronal excitability in MDD at the molecular level is not well established. In this review, we examine past and current evidence implicating dysregulation of the polyamine system as a central factor in the homeostatic response to stress and the etiology of MDD. We discuss the cellular effects of abnormal metabolism of polyamines in the context of their role in sensing and modulation of neuronal, electrical, and synaptic activity. Finally, we discuss evidence supporting an allostatic model of depression based on a chronic elevation in polyamine levels resulting in self-sustained stress response mechanisms maintained by maladaptive homeostatic mechanisms.
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- Agenor Limon
- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92627, USA
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92627, USA
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92627, USA
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92627, USA
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- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, CA 92627, USA.
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Hover S, King B, Hall B, Loundras EA, Taqi H, Daly J, Dallas M, Peers C, Schnettler E, McKimmie C, Kohl A, Barr JN, Mankouri J. Modulation of Potassium Channels Inhibits Bunyavirus Infection. J Biol Chem 2015; 291:3411-22. [PMID: 26677217 PMCID: PMC4751384 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.692673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bunyaviruses are considered to be emerging pathogens facilitated by the segmented nature of their genome that allows reassortment between different species to generate novel viruses with altered pathogenicity. Bunyaviruses are transmitted via a diverse range of arthropod vectors, as well as rodents, and have established a global disease range with massive importance in healthcare, animal welfare, and economics. There are no vaccines or anti-viral therapies available to treat human bunyavirus infections and so development of new anti-viral strategies is urgently required. Bunyamwera virus (BUNV; genus Orthobunyavirus) is the model bunyavirus, sharing aspects of its molecular and cellular biology with all Bunyaviridae family members. Here, we show for the first time that BUNV activates and requires cellular potassium (K(+)) channels to infect cells. Time of addition assays using K(+) channel modulating agents demonstrated that K(+) channel function is critical to events shortly after virus entry but prior to viral RNA synthesis/replication. A similar K(+) channel dependence was identified for other bunyaviruses namely Schmallenberg virus (Orthobunyavirus) as well as the more distantly related Hazara virus (Nairovirus). Using a rational pharmacological screening regimen, two-pore domain K(+) channels (K2P) were identified as the K(+) channel family mediating BUNV K(+) channel dependence. As several K2P channel modulators are currently in clinical use, our work suggests they may represent a new and safe drug class for the treatment of potentially lethal bunyavirus disease.
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- Samantha Hover
- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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- Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AP, and
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- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Scotland, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Scotland, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Scotland, Glasgow G61 1QH, United Kingdom
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- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
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- From the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT,
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Enhanced GABAA-Mediated Tonic Inhibition in Auditory Thalamus of Rats with Behavioral Evidence of Tinnitus. J Neurosci 2015; 35:9369-80. [PMID: 26109660 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5054-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Accumulating evidence suggests a role for inhibitory neurotransmitter dysfunction in the pathology of tinnitus. Opposing hypotheses proposed either a pathologic decrease or increase of GABAergic inhibition in medial geniculate body (MGB). In thalamus, GABA mediates fast synaptic inhibition via synaptic GABAA receptors (GABAARs) and persistent tonic inhibition via high-affinity extrasynaptic GABAARs. Given that extrasynaptic GABAARs control the firing mode of thalamocortical neurons, we examined tonic GABAAR currents in MGB neurons in vitro, using the following three groups of adult rats: unexposed control (Ctrl); sound exposed with behavioral evidence of tinnitus (Tin); and sound exposed with no behavioral evidence of tinnitus (Non-T). Tonic GABAAR currents were evoked using the selective agonist gaboxadol. Months after a tinnitus-inducing sound exposure, gaboxadol-evoked tonic GABAAR currents showed significant tinnitus-related increases contralateral to the sound exposure. In situ hybridization studies found increased mRNA levels for GABAAR δ-subunits contralateral to the sound exposure. Tin rats showed significant increases in the number of spikes per burst evoked using suprathreshold-injected current steps. In summary, we found little evidence of tinnitus-related decreases in GABAergic neurotransmission. Tinnitus and chronic pain may reflect thalamocortical dysrhythmia, which results from abnormal theta-range resonant interactions between thalamus and cortex, due to neuronal hyperpolarization and the initiation of low-threshold calcium spike bursts (Walton and Llinás, 2010). In agreement with this hypothesis, we found tinnitus-related increases in tonic extrasynaptic GABAAR currents, in action potentials/evoked bursts, and in GABAAR δ-subunit gene expression. These tinnitus-related changes in GABAergic function may be markers for tinnitus pathology in the MGB.
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Ehling P, Bittner S, Meuth SG, Budde T. TASK, TREK & Co.: a mutable potassium channel family for diverse tasks in the brain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13295-015-0007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Rinné S, Kiper AK, Schlichthörl G, Dittmann S, Netter MF, Limberg SH, Silbernagel N, Zuzarte M, Moosdorf R, Wulf H, Schulze-Bahr E, Rolfes C, Decher N. TASK-1 and TASK-3 may form heterodimers in human atrial cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2015; 81:71-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Revised: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Renigunta V, Schlichthörl G, Daut J. Much more than a leak: structure and function of K₂p-channels. Pflugers Arch 2015; 467:867-94. [PMID: 25791628 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-015-1703-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Over the last decade, we have seen an enormous increase in the number of experimental studies on two-pore-domain potassium channels (K2P-channels). The collection of reviews and original articles compiled for this special issue of Pflügers Archiv aims to give an up-to-date summary of what is known about the physiology and pathophysiology of K2P-channels. This introductory overview briefly describes the structure of K2P-channels and their function in different organs. Its main aim is to provide some background information for the 19 reviews and original articles of this special issue of Pflügers Archiv. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review; instead, this introductory overview focuses on some unresolved questions and controversial issues, such as: Do K2P-channels display voltage-dependent gating? Do K2P-channels contribute to the generation of action potentials? What is the functional role of alternative translation initiation? Do K2P-channels have one or two or more gates? We come to the conclusion that we are just beginning to understand the extremely complex regulation of these fascinating channels, which are often inadequately described as 'leak channels'.
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- Vijay Renigunta
- Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Marburg University, 35037, Marburg, Germany
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Sepúlveda FV, Pablo Cid L, Teulon J, Niemeyer MI. Molecular aspects of structure, gating, and physiology of pH-sensitive background K2P and Kir K+-transport channels. Physiol Rev 2015; 95:179-217. [PMID: 25540142 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00016.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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K(+) channels fulfill roles spanning from the control of excitability to the regulation of transepithelial transport. Here we review two groups of K(+) channels, pH-regulated K2P channels and the transport group of Kir channels. After considering advances in the molecular aspects of their gating based on structural and functional studies, we examine their participation in certain chosen physiological and pathophysiological scenarios. Crystal structures of K2P and Kir channels reveal rather unique features with important consequences for the gating mechanisms. Important tasks of these channels are discussed in kidney physiology and disease, K(+) homeostasis in the brain by Kir channel-equipped glia, and central functions in the hearing mechanism in the inner ear and in acid secretion by parietal cells in the stomach. K2P channels fulfill a crucial part in central chemoreception probably by virtue of their pH sensitivity and are central to adrenal secretion of aldosterone. Finally, some unorthodox behaviors of the selectivity filters of K2P channels might explain their normal and pathological functions. Although a great deal has been learned about structure, molecular details of gating, and physiological functions of K2P and Kir K(+)-transport channels, this has been only scratching at the surface. More molecular and animal studies are clearly needed to deepen our knowledge.
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- Francisco V Sepúlveda
- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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- Centro de Estudios Científicos, Valdivia, Chile; UPMC Université Paris 06, Team 3, Paris, France; and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 1138, Paris, France
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Braun G, Lengyel M, Enyedi P, Czirják G. Differential sensitivity of TREK-1, TREK-2 and TRAAK background potassium channels to the polycationic dye ruthenium red. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 172:1728-38. [PMID: 25409575 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pharmacological separation of the background potassium currents of closely related K2P channels is a challenging problem. We previously demonstrated that ruthenium red (RR) inhibits TASK-3 (K2 P 9.1), but not TASK-1 (K2 P 3.1) channels. RR has been extensively used to distinguish between TASK currents in native cells. In the present study, we systematically investigate the RR sensitivity of a more comprehensive set of K2 P channels. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH K(+) currents were measured by two-electrode voltage clamp in Xenopus oocytes and by whole-cell patch clamp in mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. KEY RESULTS RR differentiates between two closely related members of the TREK subfamily. TREK-2 (K2 P 10.1) proved to be highly sensitive to RR (IC50 = 0.2 μM), whereas TREK-1 (K2 P 2.1) was not affected by the compound. We identified aspartate 135 (D135) as the target of the inhibitor in mouse TREK-2c. D135 lines the wall of the extracellular ion pathway (EIP), a tunnel structure through the extracellular cap characteristic for K2 P channels. TREK-1 contains isoleucine in the corresponding position. The mutation of this isoleucine (I110D) rendered TREK-1 sensitive to RR. The third member of the TREK subfamily, TRAAK (K2 P 4.1) was more potently inhibited by ruthenium violet, a contaminant in some RR preparations, than by RR. DRG neurons predominantly express TREK-2 and RR-resistant TREK-1 and TRESK (K2 P 18.1) background K(+) channels. We detected the RR-sensitive leak K(+) current component in DRG neurons. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS We propose that RR may be useful for distinguishing TREK-2 (K2P 10.1) from TREK-1 (K2P 2.1) and other RR-resistant K2 P channels in native cells.
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- G Braun
- Department of Physiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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The role of protein-protein interactions in the intracellular traffic of the potassium channels TASK-1 and TASK-3. Pflugers Arch 2015; 467:1105-20. [PMID: 25559843 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1672-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Revised: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The intracellular transport of membrane proteins is controlled by trafficking signals: Short peptide motifs that mediate the contact with COPI, COPII or various clathrin-associated coat proteins. In addition, many membrane proteins interact with accessory proteins that are involved in the sorting of these proteins to different intracellular compartments. In the K2P channels, TASK-1 and TASK-3, the influence of protein-protein interactions on sorting decisions has been studied in some detail. Both TASK paralogues interact with the adaptor protein 14-3-3; TASK-1 interacts, in addition, with the adaptor protein p11 (S100A10) and the endosomal SNARE protein syntaxin-8. The role of these interacting proteins in controlling the intracellular traffic of the channels and the underlying molecular mechanisms are summarised in this review. In the case of 14-3-3, the interacting protein masks a retention signal in the C-terminus of the channel; in the case of p11, the interacting protein carries a retention signal that localises the channel to the endoplasmic reticulum; and in the case of syntaxin-8, the interacting protein carries an endocytosis signal that complements an endocytosis signal of the channel. These examples illustrate some of the mechanisms by which interacting proteins may determine the itinerary of a membrane protein within a cell and suggest that the intracellular traffic of membrane proteins may be adapted to the specific functions of that protein by multiple protein-protein interactions.
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Involvement of potassium channels in the progression of cancer to a more malignant phenotype. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1848:2477-92. [PMID: 25517985 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Potassium channels are a diverse group of pore-forming transmembrane proteins that selectively facilitate potassium flow through an electrochemical gradient. They participate in the control of the membrane potential and cell excitability in addition to different cell functions such as cell volume regulation, proliferation, cell migration, angiogenesis as well as apoptosis. Because these physiological processes are essential for the correct cell function, K+ channels have been associated with a growing number of diseases including cancer. In fact, different K+ channel families such as the voltage-gated K+ channels, the ether à-go-go K+ channels, the two pore domain K+ channels and the Ca2+-activated K+ channels have been associated to tumor biology. Potassium channels have a role in neoplastic cell-cycle progression and their expression has been found abnormal in many types of tumors and cancer cells. In addition, the expression and activity of specific K+ channels have shown a significant correlation with the tumor malignancy grade. The aim of this overview is to summarize published data on K+ channels that exhibit oncogenic properties and have been linked to a more malignant cancer phenotype. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Membrane channels and transporters in cancers.
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Ehling P, Cerina M, Budde T, Meuth SG, Bittner S. The CNS under pathophysiologic attack--examining the role of K₂p channels. Pflugers Arch 2014; 467:959-72. [PMID: 25482672 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1664-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Members of the two-pore domain K(+) channel (K2P) family are increasingly recognized as being potential targets for therapeutic drugs and could play a role in the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic disorders. Their broad and diverse expression pattern in pleiotropic cell types, importance in cellular function, unique biophysical properties, and sensitivity toward pathophysiologic parameters represent the basis for their involvement in disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). This review will focus on multiple sclerosis (MS) and stroke, as there is growing evidence for the involvement of K2P channels in these two major CNS disorders. In MS, TASK1-3 channels are expressed on T lymphocytes and are part of a signaling network regulating Ca(2+)- dependent pathways that are mandatory for T cell activation, differentiation, and effector functions. In addition, TASK1 channels are involved in neurodegeneration, resulting in autoimmune attack of CNS cells. On the blood-brain barrier, TREK1 channels regulate immune cell trafficking under autoinflammatory conditions. Cerebral ischemia shares some pathophysiologic similarities with MS, including hypoxia and extracellular acidosis. On a cellular level, K2P channels can have both proapoptotic and antiapoptotic effects, either promoting neurodegeneration or protecting neurons from ischemic cell death. TASK1 and TREK1 channels have a neuroprotective effect on stroke development, whereas TASK2 channels have a detrimental effect on neuronal survival under ischemic conditions. Future research in preclinical models is needed to provide a more detailed understanding of the contribution of K2P channel family members to neurologic disorders, before translation to the clinic is an option.
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- Petra Ehling
- Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany,
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Kim D, Kang D. Role of K₂p channels in stimulus-secretion coupling. Pflugers Arch 2014; 467:1001-11. [PMID: 25476848 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1663-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Two-pore domain K(+) (K2P) channels are involved in a variety of physiological processes by virtue of their high basal activity and sensitivity to various biological stimuli. One of these processes is secretion of hormones and transmitters in response to stimuli such as hypoxia, acidosis, and receptor agonists. The rise in intracellular [Ca(2+)] ([Ca(2+)]i) that is critical for the secretory event can be achieved by several mechanisms: (a) inhibition of resting (background) K(+) channels, (b) activation of Na(+)/Ca(2+)-permeable channels, and (c) release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores. Here, we discuss the role of TASK and TREK in stimulus-secretion mechanisms in carotid body chemoreceptor cells and adrenal medullary/cortical cells. Studies show that stimuli such as hypoxia and acidosis cause cell depolarization and transmitter/hormone secretion by inhibition of TASK or TREK. Subsequent elevation of [Ca(2+)]i produced by opening of voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels then activates a Na(+)-permeable cation channel, presumably to help sustain the depolarization and [Ca(2+)]i. Agonists such as angiotensin II may elevate [Ca(2+)]i via multiple mechanisms involving both inhibition of TASK/TREK and Ca(2+) release from internal stores to cause aldosterone secretion. Thus, inhibition of resting (background) K(+) channels and subsequent activation of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channels and Na(+)-permeable non-selective cation channels may be a common ionic mechanism that lead to hormone and transmitter secretion.
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- Donghee Kim
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL, 60064, USA,
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Bista P, Pawlowski M, Cerina M, Ehling P, Leist M, Meuth P, Aissaoui A, Borsotto M, Heurteaux C, Decher N, Pape HC, Oliver D, Meuth SG, Budde T. Differential phospholipase C-dependent modulation of TASK and TREK two-pore domain K+ channels in rat thalamocortical relay neurons. J Physiol 2014; 593:127-44. [PMID: 25556792 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.276527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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KEY POINTS During the behavioural states of sleep and wakefulness thalamocortical relay neurons fire action potentials in high frequency bursts or tonic sequences, respectively. The modulation of specific K(+) channel types, termed TASK and TREK, allows these neurons to switch between the two modes of activity. In this study we show that the signalling lipids phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) and diacylglycerol (DAG), which are components of their membrane environment, switch on and shut off TREK and TASK channels, respectively. These channel modulations contribute to a better understanding of the molecular basis of the effects of neurotransmitters such as ACh which are released by the brainstem arousal system. The present report introduces PIP2 and DAG as new elements of signal transduction in the thalamus. The activity of two-pore domain potassium channels (K2P ) regulates the excitability and firing modes of thalamocortical (TC) neurons. In particular, the inhibition of two-pore domain weakly inwardly rectifying K(+) channel (TWIK)-related acid-sensitive K(+) (TASK) channels and TWIK-related K(+) (TREK) channels, as a consequence of the stimulation of muscarinic ACh receptors (MAChRs) which are coupled to phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLCβ), induces a shift from burst to tonic firing. By using a whole cell patch-clamp approach, the contribution of the membrane-bound second messenger molecules phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2 ) and diacylglycerol (DAG) acting downstream of PLCβ was probed. The standing outward current (ISO ) was used to monitor the current through TASK and TREK channels in TC neurons. By exploiting different manoeuvres to change the intracellular PIP2 level in TC neurons, we here show that the scavenging of PIP2 (by neomycin) results in an increased muscarinic effect on ISO whereas increased availability of PIP2 (inclusion to the patch pipette; histone-based carrier) decreased muscarinic signalling. The degree of muscarinic inhibition specifically depends on phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP) and PIP2 but no other phospholipids (phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylserine). The use of specific blockers revealed that PIP2 is targeting TREK but not TASK channels. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the inhibition of TASK channels is induced by the application of the DAG analogue 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG). Under current clamp conditions the activation of MAChRs and PLCβ as well as the application of OAG resulted in membrane depolarization, while PIP2 application via histone carrier induced a hyperpolarization. These results demonstrate a differential role of PIP2 and DAG in K2P channel modulation in native neurons which allows a fine-tuned inhibition of TREK (via PIP2 depletion) and TASK (via DAG) channels following MAChR stimulation.
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- Pawan Bista
- Institut für Physiologie I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Straße 27a, D-48149, Münster, Germany
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Bista P, Cerina M, Ehling P, Leist M, Pape HC, Meuth SG, Budde T. The role of two-pore-domain background K⁺ (K₂p) channels in the thalamus. Pflugers Arch 2014; 467:895-905. [PMID: 25346156 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1632-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Revised: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/12/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The thalamocortical system is characterized by two fundamentally different activity states, namely synchronized burst firing and tonic action potential generation, which mainly occur during the behavioral states of sleep and wakefulness, respectively. The switch between the two firing modes is crucially governed by the bidirectional modulation of members of the K2P channel family, namely tandem of P domains in a weakly inward rectifying K(+) (TWIK)-related acid-sensitive K(+) (TASK) and TWIK-related K(+) (TREK) channels, in thalamocortical relay (TC) neurons. Several physicochemical stimuli including neurotransmitters, protons, di- and multivalent cations as well as clinically used drugs have been shown to modulate K2P channels in these cells. With respect to modulation of these channels by G-protein-coupled receptors, PLCβ plays a unique role with both substrate breakdown and product synthesis exerting important functions. While the degradation of PIP2 leads to the closure of TREK channels, the production of DAG induces the inhibition of TASK channels. Therefore, TASK and TREK channels were found to be central elements in the control of thalamic activity modes. Since research has yet focused on identifying the muscarinic pathway underling the modulation of TASK and TREK channels in TC neurons, future studies should address other thalamic cell types and members of the K2P channel family.
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- Pawan Bista
- Institut für Physiologie I, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Robert-Koch-Str. 27a, 48149, Münster, Germany
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Nagy D, Gönczi M, Dienes B, Szöőr Á, Fodor J, Nagy Z, Tóth A, Fodor T, Bai P, Szücs G, Rusznák Z, Csernoch L. Silencing the KCNK9 potassium channel (TASK-3) gene disturbs mitochondrial function, causes mitochondrial depolarization, and induces apoptosis of human melanoma cells. Arch Dermatol Res 2014; 306:885-902. [PMID: 25318378 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-014-1511-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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TASK-3 (KCNK9 or K2P9.1) channels are thought to promote proliferation and/or survival of malignantly transformed cells, most likely by increasing their hypoxia tolerance. Based on our previous results that suggested mitochondrial expression of TASK-3 channels, we hypothesized that TASK-3 channels have roles in maintaining mitochondrial activity. In the present work we studied the effect of reduced TASK-3 expression on the mitochondrial function and survival of WM35 and A2058 melanoma cells. TASK-3 knockdown cells had depolarized mitochondrial membrane potential and contained a reduced amount of mitochondrial DNA. Compared to their scrambled shRNA-transfected counterparts, they demonstrated diminished responsiveness to the application of the mitochondrial uncoupler [(3-chlorophenyl)hydrazono]malononitrile (CCCP). These observations indicate impaired mitochondrial function. Further, TASK-3 knockdown cells presented reduced viability, decreased total DNA content, altered cell morphology, and reduced surface area. In contrast to non- and scrambled shRNA-transfected melanoma cell lines, which did not present noteworthy apoptotic activity, almost 50 % of the TASK-3 knockdown cells exhibited strong Annexin-V-specific immunofluorescence signal. Sequestration of cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol, increased caspase 3 activity, and translocation of the apoptosis-inducing factor from mitochondria to cell nuclei were also demonstrated in TASK-3 knockdown cells. Interference with TASK-3 channel expression, therefore, induces caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis of melanoma cells, most likely via causing mitochondrial depolarization. Consequently, TASK-3 channels may be legitimate targets of future melanoma therapies.
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- Dénes Nagy
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt 98, PO Box 22, 4012, Debrecen, Hungary
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The field of mitochondrial ion channels has recently seen substantial progress, including the molecular identification of some of the channels. An integrative approach using genetics, electrophysiology, pharmacology, and cell biology to clarify the roles of these channels has thus become possible. It is by now clear that many of these channels are important for energy supply by the mitochondria and have a major impact on the fate of the entire cell as well. The purpose of this review is to provide an up-to-date overview of the electrophysiological properties, molecular identity, and pathophysiological functions of the mitochondrial ion channels studied so far and to highlight possible therapeutic perspectives based on current information.
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Weiger TM, Hermann A. Cell proliferation, potassium channels, polyamines and their interactions: a mini review. Amino Acids 2013; 46:681-8. [PMID: 23820618 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1536-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Polyamines, which are obligatory molecules involved in cell cycling and proliferation, are subject to a change in their free intracellular concentrations during the cell cycle. Potassium (K(+)) channels are also considered, but less well recognized, to be necessary for cell proliferation by either hyperpolarizing or depolarizing cells during the cell cycle. A block of polyamine synthesis as well as block or knockout of K(+) channels can halt cell proliferation. K(+) channels like BK (maxi calcium (Ca(2+))-activated K(+)), Kir (inward rectifier), M-type K(+)-and TASK (two-pore domain K(+)) channels or the delayed rectifier K(+) channels are modulated in their electrical properties by polyamines. Polyamines are most effective in blocking these channels when applied to the intracellular face of these channels except for TASK channels where they act only from the extracellular side. Quinidine, a general K(+) channel blocker, was found to reduce putrescine concentrations, to block the ornithine decarboxylase and halt cell proliferation. From these results, the question arises if there is an interaction between polyamines, K(+) channels and proliferation. It might be speculated that a decrease of intracellular polyamines allows more K(+) channels to be active, thus inducing hyperpolarization, while an increase of the polyamine concentration may block K(+) channel activity leading to depolarization of the membrane potential. On the other hand, a block or a deletion of K(+) channels may cause a decrease of the polyamine concentration in cells. More research is needed to test these hypotheses.
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- Thomas M Weiger
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020, Salzburg, Austria,
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Ischemia-induced synaptic plasticity drives sustained expression of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors in the hippocampus. Neuropharmacology 2013; 65:114-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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González W, Zúñiga L, Cid LP, Arévalo B, Niemeyer MI, Sepúlveda FV. An extracellular ion pathway plays a central role in the cooperative gating of a K(2P) K+ channel by extracellular pH. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:5984-91. [PMID: 23319597 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.445528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proton-gated TASK-3 K(+) channel belongs to the K(2P) family of proteins that underlie the K(+) leak setting the membrane potential in all cells. TASK-3 is under cooperative gating control by extracellular [H(+)]. Use of recently solved K(2P) structures allows us to explore the molecular mechanism of TASK-3 cooperative pH gating. Tunnel-like side portals define an extracellular ion pathway to the selectivity filter. We use a combination of molecular modeling and functional assays to show that pH-sensing histidine residues and K(+) ions mutually interact electrostatically in the confines of the extracellular ion pathway. K(+) ions modulate the pK(a) of sensing histidine side chains whose charge states in turn determine the open/closed transition of the channel pore. Cooperativity, and therefore steep dependence of TASK-3 K(+) channel activity on extracellular pH, is dependent on an effect of the permeant ion on the channel pH(o) sensors.
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- Wendy González
- Centro de Estudios Científicos (CECs), 5110466 Valdivia, Chile
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Andronic J, Bobak N, Bittner S, Ehling P, Kleinschnitz C, Herrmann AM, Zimmermann H, Sauer M, Wiendl H, Budde T, Meuth SG, Sukhorukov VL. Identification of two-pore domain potassium channels as potent modulators of osmotic volume regulation in human T lymphocytes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1828:699-707. [PMID: 23041580 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Revised: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 09/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Many functions of T lymphocytes are closely related to cell volume homeostasis and regulation, which utilize a complex network of membrane channels for anions and cations. Among the various potassium channels, the voltage-gated K(V)1.3 is well known to contribute greatly to the osmoregulation and particularly to the potassium release during the regulatory volume decrease (RVD) of T cells faced with hypotonic environment. Here we address a putative role of the newly identified two-pore domain (K(2P)) channels in the RVD of human CD4(+) T lymphocytes, using a series of potent well known channel blockers. In the present study, the pharmacological profiles of RVD inhibition revealed K(2P)5.1 and K(2P)18.1 as the most important K(2P) channels involved in the RVD of both naïve and stimulated T cells. The impact of chemical inhibition of K(2P)5.1 and K(2P)18.1 on the RVD was comparable to that of K(V)1.3. K(2P)9.1 also notably contributed to the RVD of T cells but the extent of this contribution and its dependence on the activation status could not be unambiguously resolved. In summary, our data provide first evidence that the RVD-related potassium efflux from human T lymphocytes relies on K(2P) channels.
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- Joseph Andronic
- University of Wuerzburg, Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie und Biophysik, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Abitbol K, McLean H, Bessiron T, Daniel H. A new signalling pathway for parallel fibre presynaptic type 4 metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR4) in the rat cerebellar cortex. J Physiol 2012; 590:2977-94. [PMID: 22570379 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.232074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In the rodent cerebellum, pharmacological activation of mGluR4 acutely depresses excitatory synaptic transmission at parallel fibre–Purkinje cell synapses. This depression involves the inhibition of presynaptic calcium (Ca2+) influx that ultimately controls glutamate release. In this study, we investigate the molecular basis of mGluR4-mediated inhibition of presynaptic Ca2+ transients. Our results demonstrate that the mGluR4 effect does not depend on selective inhibition of a specific type of presynaptic voltage-gated Ca2+ channel, but rather involves modulation of all classes of Ca2+ channels present in the presynaptic terminals. In addition, this inhibitory effect does not involve the activation of G protein-activated inwardly rectifying potassium channels, TEA-sensitive potassium channels or two-pore-domain potassium channels. Furthermore, this inhibition does not require pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins, and is independent of any effect on adenylyl cyclases, protein kinase A, mitogen-activated protein kinases or phosphoinositol-3 kinase activity. Interestingly we found that mGluR4 inhibition of presynaptic Ca2+ influx employs a newly defined signalling pathway, notably that involving the activation of phospholipase C and ultimately protein kinase C.
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- Karine Abitbol
- Pharmacology and Biochemistry of the synapse, CNRS UMR 8619, Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Paris-Sud XI, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Limberg SH, Netter MF, Rolfes C, Rinné S, Schlichthörl G, Zuzarte M, Vassiliou T, Moosdorf R, Wulf H, Daut J, Sachse FB, Decher N. TASK-1 channels may modulate action potential duration of human atrial cardiomyocytes. Cell Physiol Biochem 2011; 28:613-24. [PMID: 22178873 DOI: 10.1159/000335757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Atrial fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia in the elderly, and potassium channels with atrium-specific expression have been discussed as targets to treat atrial fibrillation. Our aim was to characterize TASK-1 channels in human heart and to functionally describe the role of the atrial whole cell current I(TASK-1). METHODS AND RESULTS Using quantitative PCR, we show that TASK-1 is predominantly expressed in the atria, auricles and atrio-ventricular node of the human heart. Single channel recordings show the functional expression of TASK-1 in right human auricles. In addition, we describe for the first time the whole cell current carried by TASK-1 channels (I(TASK-1)) in human atrial tissue. We show that I(TASK-1) contributes to the sustained outward current I(Ksus) and that I(TASK-1) is a major component of the background conductance in human atrial cardiomyocytes. Using patch clamp recordings and mathematical modeling of action potentials, we demonstrate that modulation of I(TASK-1) can alter human atrial action potential duration. CONCLUSION Due to the lack of ventricular expression and the ability to alter human atrial action potential duration, TASK-1 might be a drug target for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
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- Sven H Limberg
- Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung vegetative Physiologie, Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 1-2, Marburg, Germany
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Identification of the muscarinic pathway underlying cessation of sleep-related burst activity in rat thalamocortical relay neurons. Pflugers Arch 2011; 463:89-102. [PMID: 22083644 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-1056-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Modulation of the standing outward current (I (SO)) by muscarinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptor (MAChR) stimulation is fundamental for the state-dependent change in activity mode of thalamocortical relay (TC) neurons. Here, we probe the contribution of MAChR subtypes, G proteins, phospholipase C (PLC), and two pore domain K(+) (K(2P)) channels to this signaling cascade. By the use of spadin and A293 as specific blockers, we identify TWIK-related K(+) (TREK)-1 channel as new targets and confirm TWIK-related acid-sensitve K(+) (TASK)-1 channels as known effectors of muscarinic signaling in TC neurons. These findings were confirmed using a high affinity blocker of TASK-3 and TREK-1, namely, tetrahexylammonium chloride. It was found that the effect of muscarinic stimulation was inhibited by M(1)AChR-(pirenzepine, MT-7) and M(3)AChR-specific (4-DAMP) antagonists, phosphoinositide-specific PLCβ (PI-PLC) inhibitors (U73122, ET-18-OCH(3)), but not the phosphatidylcholine-specific PLC (PC-PLC) blocker D609. By comparison, depleting guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP) in the intracellular milieu nearly completely abolished the effect of MAChR stimulation. The block of TASK and TREK channels was accompanied by a reduction of the muscarinic effect on I (SO). Current-clamp recordings revealed a membrane depolarization following MAChR stimulation, which was sufficient to switch TC neurons from burst to tonic firing under control conditions but not during block of M(1)AChR/M(3)AChR and in the absence of intracellular GTP. These findings point to a critical role of G proteins and PLC as well as TASK and TREK channels in the muscarinic modulation of thalamic activity modes.
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Crunelli V, Lörincz ML, Errington AC, Hughes SW. Activity of cortical and thalamic neurons during the slow (<1 Hz) rhythm in the mouse in vivo. Pflugers Arch 2011; 463:73-88. [PMID: 21892727 PMCID: PMC3256325 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-1011-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2011] [Revised: 07/28/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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During NREM sleep and under certain types of anaesthesia, the mammalian brain exhibits a distinctive slow (<1 Hz) rhythm. At the cellular level, this rhythm correlates with so-called UP and DOWN membrane potential states. In the neocortex, these UP and DOWN states correspond to periods of intense network activity and widespread neuronal silence, respectively, whereas in thalamocortical (TC) neurons, UP/DOWN states take on a more stereotypical oscillatory form, with UP states commencing with a low-threshold Ca2+ potential (LTCP). Whilst these properties are now well recognised for neurons in cats and rats, whether or not they are also shared by neurons in the mouse is not fully known. To address this issue, we obtained intracellular recordings from neocortical and TC neurons during the slow (<1 Hz) rhythm in anaesthetised mice. We show that UP/DOWN states in this species are broadly similar to those observed in cats and rats, with UP states in neocortical neurons being characterised by a combination of action potential output and intense synaptic activity, whereas UP states in TC neurons always commence with an LTCP. In some neocortical and TC neurons, we observed ‘spikelets’ during UP states, supporting the possible presence of electrical coupling. Lastly, we show that, upon tonic depolarisation, UP/DOWN states in TC neurons are replaced by rhythmic high-threshold bursting at ~5 Hz, as predicted by in vitro studies. Thus, UP/DOWN state generation appears to be an elemental and conserved process in mammals that underlies the slow (<1 Hz) rhythm in several species, including humans.
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- Vincenzo Crunelli
- Neuroscience Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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Zhao H, Simasko SM. Role of transient receptor potential channels in cholecystokinin-induced activation of cultured vagal afferent neurons. Endocrinology 2010; 151:5237-46. [PMID: 20881249 PMCID: PMC2954709 DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Cholecystokinin (CCK), an endogenous brain-gut peptide, is released after food intake and promotes the process of satiation via activation of the vagus nerve. In vitro, CCK increases cytosolic calcium concentrations and produces membrane depolarization in a subpopulation of vagal afferent neurons. However, the specific mechanisms and ionic conductances that mediate these effects remain unclear. In this study we used calcium imaging, electrophysiological measurements, and single cell PCR analysis on cultured vagal afferent neurons to address this issue directly. A cocktail of blockers of voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCC) failed to block CCK-induced calcium responses. In addition, SKF96365, a compound that blocks both VDCC and the C family of transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, also failed to prevent responses to CCK. Together these results suggest that CCK-induced calcium influx is not subsequent to the membrane depolarization. Ruthenium red, an inhibitor of the TRPV family and TRPA1, blocked both depolarizing responses to CCK and CCK-induced calcium increases, but had no effect on the KCl-induced calcium response. Selective block of TRPV1 and TRPA1 channels with SB366791 and HC030031, respectively, had minor effects on the CCK-induced response. Application of 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, an activator of select TRPV channels but a blocker of several TRPC channels, either had no effect or enhanced the responses to CCK. Further, results from PCR experiments revealed a significant clustering of TRPV2-5 in neurons expressing CCK1 receptors. These observations demonstrate that CCK-induced increases in cytosolic calcium and membrane depolarization of vagal afferent neurons are likely mediated by TRPV channels, excluding TRPV1.
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- Huan Zhao
- Program in Neuroscience, Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
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Two pore domain potassium channels in cerebral ischemia: a focus on K2P9.1 (TASK3, KCNK9). EXPERIMENTAL & TRANSLATIONAL STROKE MEDICINE 2010; 2:14. [PMID: 20646278 PMCID: PMC2912796 DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-2-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Recently, members of the two-pore domain potassium channel family (K2P channels) could be shown to be involved in mechanisms contributing to neuronal damage after cerebral ischemia. K2P3.1-/- animals showed larger infarct volumes and a worse functional outcome following experimentally induced ischemic stroke. Here, we question the role of the closely related K2P channel K2P9.1. Methods We combine electrophysiological recordings in brain-slice preparations of wildtype and K2P9.1-/- mice with an in vivo model of cerebral ischemia (transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO)) to depict a functional impact of K2P9.1 in stroke formation. Results Patch-clamp recordings reveal that currents mediated through K2P9.1 can be obtained in slice preparations of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) as a model of central nervous relay neurons. Current characteristics are indicative of K2P9.1 as they display an increase upon removal of extracellular divalent cations, an outward rectification and a reversal potential close to the potassium equilibrium potential. Lowering extracellular pH values from 7.35 to 6.0 showed comparable current reductions in neurons from wildtype and K2P9.1-/- mice (68.31 ± 9.80% and 69.92 ± 11.65%, respectively). These results could be translated in an in vivo model of cerebral ischemia where infarct volumes and functional outcomes showed a none significant tendency towards smaller infarct volumes in K2P9.1-/- animals compared to wildtype mice 24 hours after 60 min of tMCAO induction (60.50 ± 17.31 mm3 and 47.10 ± 19.26 mm3, respectively). Conclusions Together with findings from earlier studies on K2P2.1-/- and K2P3.1-/- mice, the results of the present study on K2P9.1-/- mice indicate a differential contribution of K2P channel subtypes to the diverse and complex in vivo effects in rodent models of cerebral ischemia.
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Enyedi P, Czirják G. Molecular background of leak K+ currents: two-pore domain potassium channels. Physiol Rev 2010; 90:559-605. [PMID: 20393194 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00029.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 620] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Two-pore domain K(+) (K(2P)) channels give rise to leak (also called background) K(+) currents. The well-known role of background K(+) currents is to stabilize the negative resting membrane potential and counterbalance depolarization. However, it has become apparent in the past decade (during the detailed examination of the cloned and corresponding native K(2P) channel types) that this primary hyperpolarizing action is not performed passively. The K(2P) channels are regulated by a wide variety of voltage-independent factors. Basic physicochemical parameters (e.g., pH, temperature, membrane stretch) and also several intracellular signaling pathways substantially and specifically modulate the different members of the six K(2P) channel subfamilies (TWIK, TREK, TASK, TALK, THIK, and TRESK). The deep implication in diverse physiological processes, the circumscribed expression pattern of the different channels, and the interesting pharmacological profile brought the K(2P) channel family into the spotlight. In this review, we focus on the physiological roles of K(2P) channels in the most extensively investigated cell types, with special emphasis on the molecular mechanisms of channel regulation.
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- Péter Enyedi
- Department of Physiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Bittner S, Meuth SG, Göbel K, Melzer N, Herrmann AM, Simon OJ, Weishaupt A, Budde T, Bayliss DA, Bendszus M, Wiendl H. TASK1 modulates inflammation and neurodegeneration in autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 132:2501-16. [PMID: 19570851 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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We provide evidence that TWIK-related acid-sensitive potassium channel 1 (TASK1), a member of the family of two-pore domain potassium channels relevant for setting the resting membrane potential and balancing neuronal excitability that is expressed on T cells and neurons, is a key modulator of T cell immunity and neurodegeneration in autoimmune central nervous system inflammation. After induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an experimental model mimicking multiple sclerosis, TASK1(-/-) mice showed a significantly reduced clinical severity and markedly reduced axonal degeneration compared with wild-type controls. T cells from TASK1(-/-) mice displayed impaired T cell proliferation and cytokine production, while the immune repertoire is otherwise normal. In addition to these effects on systemic T cell responses, TASK1 exhibits an independent neuroprotective effect which was demonstrated using both a model of acutely prepared brain slices cocultured with activated T cells as well as in vitro cultivation experiments with isolated optic nerves. Anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid and inhibitor of TASK channels, reduced outward currents and inhibited effector functions of T cells (IFN-gamma production and proliferation); an effect completely abrogated in TASK1(-/-) mice. Accordingly, preventive blockade of TASK1 significantly ameliorated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis after immunization. Therapeutic application of anandamide significantly reduced disease severity and was capable of lowering progressive loss of brain parenchymal volume as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging. These data support the identification and characterization of TASK1 as potential molecular target for the therapy of inflammatory and degenerative central nervous system disorders.
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- Stefan Bittner
- University of Wuerzburg, Department of Neurology, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Kim D, Cavanaugh EJ, Kim I, Carroll JL. Heteromeric TASK-1/TASK-3 is the major oxygen-sensitive background K+ channel in rat carotid body glomus cells. J Physiol 2009; 587:2963-75. [PMID: 19403596 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.171181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Carotid body (CB) glomus cells from rat express a TASK-like background K+ channel that is believed to play a critical role in the regulation of excitability and hypoxia-induced increase in respiration. Here we studied the kinetic behaviour of single channel openings from rat CB cells to determine the molecular identity of the 'TASK-like' K+ channels. In outside-out patches, the TASK-like background K+ channel in CB cells was inhibited >90% by a reduction of pH(o) from 7.3 to 5.8. In cell-attached patches with 140 mM KCl and 1 mM Mg2+ in the bath and pipette solutions, two main open levels with conductance levels of approximately 14 pS and approximately 32 pS were recorded at a membrane potential of -60 mV. The K+ channels showed kinetic properties similar to TASK-1 (approximately 14 pS), TASK-3 (approximately 32 pS) and TASK-1/3 heteromer (approximately 32 pS). The presence of three TASK isoforms was tested by reducing [Mg2+](o) to approximately 0 mM, which had no effect on the conductance of TASK-1, but increased those of TASK-1/3 and TASK-3 to 42 pS and 74 pS, respectively. In CB cells, the reduction of [Mg2+](o) to approximately 0 mM also caused the appearance of approximately 42 pS (TASK-1/3-like) and approximately 74 pS (TASK-3-like) channels, in addition to the approximately 14 pS (TASK-1-like) channel. The 42 pS channel was the most abundant, contributing approximately 75% of the current produced by TASK-like channels. Ruthenium red (5 microM) had no effect on TASK-1 and TASK-1/3, but inhibited TASK-3 by 87%. In CB cells, ruthenium red caused approximately 12% inhibition of TASK-like activity. Methanandamide reduced the activity of all three TASKs by 80-90%, and that of TASK-like channels in CB cell also by approximately 80%. In CB cells, hypoxia caused inhibition of TASK-like channels, including TASK-1/3-like channels. These results show that TASK-1, TASK-1/3 and TASK-3 are all functionally expressed in isolated CB cells, and that the TASK-1/3 heteromer provides the major part of the oxygen-sensitive TASK-like background K+ conductance.
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- Donghee Kim
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, The Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
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Molecular Biology of Background K Channels: Insights from K2P Knockout Mice. J Mol Biol 2009; 385:1331-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2008] [Revised: 11/07/2008] [Accepted: 11/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Brenner T, O'Shaughnessy KM. Both TASK-3 and TREK-1 two-pore loop K channels are expressed in H295R cells and modulate their membrane potential and aldosterone secretion. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2008; 295:E1480-6. [PMID: 18854423 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90652.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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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The rate of aldosterone synthesis by adrenal glomerulosa cells relies on the selective permeability of the glomerulosa cell to K(+) ions. In rodent and bovine adrenal glomerulosa cells, this background potassium current is provided by a two-pore loop potassium (K2P) channel: largely TASK-3 in the rat and TREK-1 in the cow. The nature of the K2P channel in the human adrenal cortex is not known, and we have addressed this issue here using the H295R human adrenal cell line. We show that these cells express mRNA and protein for both TASK-3 and TREK-1 K2P channels. Using a potentiometric dye (FMP), we also show that TASK-3 and TREK-1 channel modulators can affect the membrane potential of H295R cells. Transfecting H295R cells with TASK-3 or TREK-1 dominant-negative mutants (TASK-3 G95E or TREK-1 G144E) produced depolarization of H295R cells and altered K-stimulated aldosterone secretion. Finally, transfection of a constitutively active mutant of Galpha(q) into H295R cells (GTPase-deficient Galpha(q)-QL) depolarized them and increased basal aldosterone secretion. Taken together, our data support both TASK-3 and TREK-1 as being functionally operational in the H295R cell line. This suggests that human adrenal glomerulosa cells may utilize both of these K2P channels for their background potassium current.
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- Tanja Brenner
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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KUCHERYAVYKH YURIYV, SHUBA YAROSLAVM, ANTONOV SERGEIM, INYUSHIN MIKHAILY, CUBANO LUIS, PEARSON WADEL, KURATA HARLEY, REICHENBACH ANDREAS, VEH RÜDIGERW, NICHOLS COLING, EATON MISTYJ, SKATCHKOV SERGUEIN. Complex rectification of Müller cell Kir currents. Glia 2008; 56:775-90. [PMID: 18293411 PMCID: PMC9930535 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Although Kir4.1 channels are the major inwardly rectifying channels in glial cells and are widely accepted to support K+- and glutamate-uptake in the nervous system, the properties of Kir4.1 channels during vital changes of K+ and polyamines remain poorly understood. Therefore, the present study examined the voltage-dependence of K+ conductance with varying physiological and pathophysiological external [K+] and intrapipette spermine ([SP]) concentrations in Müller glial cells and in tsA201 cells expressing recombinant Kir4.1 channels. Two different types of [SP] block were characterized: "fast" and "slow." Fast block was steeply voltage-dependent, with only a low sensitivity to spermine and strong dependence on extracellular potassium concentration, [K+]o. Slow block had a strong voltage sensitivity that begins closer to resting membrane potential and was essentially [K+]o-independent, but with a higher spermine- and [K+]i-sensitivity. Using a modified Woodhull model and fitting i/V curves from whole cell recordings, we have calculated free [SP](in) in Müller glial cells as 0.81 +/- 0.24 mM. This is much higher than has been estimated previously in neurons. Biphasic block properties underlie a significantly varying extent of rectification with [K+] and [SP]. While confirming similar properties of glial Kir and recombinant Kir4.1, the results also suggest mechanisms underlying K+ buffering in glial cells: When [K+]o is rapidly increased, as would occur during neuronal excitation, "fast block" would be relieved, promoting potassium influx to glial cells. Increase in [K+]in would then lead to relief of "slow block," further promoting K+-influx.
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- YURIY V. KUCHERYAVYKH
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR
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- International Center of Molecular Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, 01024 Ukraine
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- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194223 Russia
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- Department of Physiology, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Leipzig University, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Integrative Neuroanatomy, Charité, Philipstrasse 12, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR
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- Department of Biochemistry, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR,Department of Physiology, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamón, PR,Correspondence to: S. N. Skatchkov, Departments of Biochemistry and Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, Box 60-327, Bayamón, Puerto Rico, USA 00960-6032.
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Clarke CE, Veale EL, Wyse K, Vandenberg JI, Mathie A. The M1P1 loop of TASK3 K2P channels apposes the selectivity filter and influences channel function. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:16985-92. [PMID: 18417474 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801368200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Channels of the two-pore domain potassium (K2P) family contain two pore domains rather than one and an unusually long pre-pore extracellular linker called the M1P1 loop. The TASK (TASK1, TASK3, and TASK5) subfamily of K2P channels is regulated by a number of different pharmacological and physiological mediators. At pH 7.4 TASK3 channels are selectively blocked by zinc in a manner that is both pH(o)- and [K](o)(-)dependent. Mutation of both the Glu-70 residue in the M1P1 loop and the His-98 residue in the pore region abolished block, suggesting the two residues may contribute to a zinc binding site. Mutation of one Glu-70 residue and one His-98 residue to cysteine in TASK3 fixed concatamer channels gave currents that were enhanced by dithiothreitol and then potently blocked by cadmium, suggesting that spontaneous disulfide bridges could be formed between these two residues. Swapping the M1P1 loops of TASK1 and TASK3 channels showed that the M1P1 loop is also involved in channel regulation by pH. Therefore, the TASK3 M1P1 loop lies close to the pore, regulating TASK3 channel activity.
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- Catherine E Clarke
- Medway School of Pharmacy, Universities of Kent and Greenwich at Medway, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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Meuth SG, Bittner S, Meuth P, Simon OJ, Budde T, Wiendl H. TWIK-related acid-sensitive K+ channel 1 (TASK1) and TASK3 critically influence T lymphocyte effector functions. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:14559-70. [PMID: 18375952 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800637200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Two major K(+) channels are expressed in T cells, (i) the voltage-dependent K(V)1.3 channel and (ii) the Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channel KCa 3.1 (IKCa channel). Both critically influence T cell effector functions in vitro and animal models in vivo. Here we identify and characterize TWIK-related acid-sensitive potassium channel 1 (TASK1) and TASK3 as an important third K(+) conductance on T lymphocytes. T lymphocytes constitutively express TASK1 and -3 protein. Application of semi-selective TASK blockers resulted in a significant reduction of cytokine production and cell proliferation. Interference with TASK channels on CD3(+) T cells revealed a dose-dependent reduction ( approximately 40%) of an outward current in patch clamp recordings indicative of TASK channels, a finding confirmed by computational modeling. In vivo relevance of our findings was addressed in an experimental model of multiple sclerosis, adoptive transfer experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Pretreatment of myelin basic protein-specific encephalitogenic T lymphocytes with TASK modulators was associated with significant amelioration of the disease course in Lewis rats. These data introduce K(2)P channels as novel potassium conductance on T lymphocytes critically influencing T cell effector function and identify a possible molecular target for immunomodulation in T cell-mediated autoimmune disorders.
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- Sven G Meuth
- Department of Neurology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
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