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Poveda JA, Giudici AM, Renart ML, Millet O, Morales A, González-Ros JM, Oakes V, Furini S, Domene C. Modulation of the potassium channel KcsA by anionic phospholipids: Role of arginines at the non-annular lipid binding sites. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr 2019; 1861:183029. [PMID: 31351058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
The role of arginines R64 and R89 at non-annular lipid binding sites of KcsA, on the modulation of channel activity by anionic lipids has been investigated. In wild-type (WT) KcsA reconstituted into asolectin lipid membranes, addition of phosphatidic acid (PA) drastically reduces inactivation in macroscopic current recordings. Consistent to this, PA increases current amplitude, mean open time and open probability at the single channel level. Moreover, kinetic analysis reveals that addition of PA causes longer open channel lifetimes and decreased closing rate constants. Effects akin to those of PA on WT-KcsA are observed when R64 and/or R89 are mutated to alanine, regardless of the added anionic lipids. We interpret these results as a consequence of interactions between the arginines and the anionic PA bound to the non-annular sites. NMR data shows indeed that at least R64 is involved in binding PA. Moreover, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations predict that R64, R89 and surrounding residues such as T61, mediate persistent binding of PA to the non-annular sites. Channel inactivation depends on interactions within the inactivation triad (E71-D80-W67) behind the selectivity filter. Therefore, it is expected that such interactions are affected when PA binds the arginines at the non-annular sites. In support of this, MD simulations reveal that PA binding prevents interaction between R89 and D80, which seems critical to the effectiveness of the inactivation triad. This mechanism depends on the stability of the bound lipid, favoring anionic headgroups such as that of PA, which thrive on the positive charge of the arginines.
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Affiliation(s)
- José A Poveda
- Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE) and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, E-03202, Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE) and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, E-03202, Alicante, Spain
| | - M Lourdes Renart
- Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE) and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, E-03202, Alicante, Spain
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- Structural Biology Unit, CICbioGUNE, Bizkaia Technology Park, Derio, 48160, Vizcaya, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
| | - José M González-Ros
- Instituto de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación en Biotecnología Sanitaria de Elche (IDiBE) and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular (IBMC), Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, E-03202, Alicante, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, 1 South Bldg., Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, 1 South Bldg., Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom; Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3TA, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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A survey of nearly two hundred reports shows that rapid estrogenic actions can be detected across a range of kinds of estrogens, a range of doses, on a wide range of tissue, cell and ion channel types. Striking is the fact that preparations of estrogenic agents that do not permeate the cell membrane almost always mimic the actions of the estrogenic agents that do permeate the membrane. All kinds of estrogens, ranging from natural ones, through receptor modulators, endocrine disruptors, phytoestrogens, agonists, and antagonists to novel G-1 and STX, have been reported to be effective. For actions on specific types of ion channels, the possibility of opposing actions, in different cases, is the rule, not the exception. With this variety there is no single, specific action mechanism for estrogens per se, although in some cases estrogens can act directly or via some signaling pathways to affect ion channels. We infer that estrogens can bind a large number of substrates/receptors at the membrane surface. As against the variety of subsequent routes of action, this initial step of the estrogen's binding action is the key.
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- Lee-Ming Kow
- The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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