Conserved Gating Elements in TRPC4 and TRPC5 Channels.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Beck, Andreas; Speicher, Tilman; Stoerger, Christof; Sell, Thomas; Dettmer, Viviane; Jusoh, Siti A.; Abdulmughni, Ammar; Cavalié, Adolfo; Philipp, Stephan E.; Zhu, Michael X.; Helms, Volkhard; Wissenbach, Ulrich; Flockerzi, Veit
- Source
- Journal of Biological Chemistry. 7/5/2013, Vol. 288 Issue 27, p19471-19483. 13p.
- Subject
- *TRP channels
*PHOSPHOINOSITIDES
*GLYCINE
*CELL death
*GENE expression
RISK factors
- Language
- ISSN
- 0021-9258
TRPC4 and TRPC5 proteins share 65% amino acid sequence identity and form Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channels. They are activated by stimulation of receptors coupled to the phosphoinositide signaling cascade. Replacing a conserved glycine residue within the cytosolic S4-S5 linker of both proteins by a serine residue forces the channels into an open conformation. Expression of the TRPC4G503S and TRPC5G504S mutants causes cell death, which could be prevented by buffering the Ca2+ of the culture medium. Current-voltage relationships of the TRPC4G503S and TRPC5G504S mutant ion channels resemble that of fully activated TRPC4 and TRPC5 wild-type channels, respectively. Modeling the structure of the transmembrane domains and the pore region (S4-S6) of TRPC4 predicts a conserved serine residue within the C-terminal sequence of the predicted S6 helix as a potential interaction site. Introduction of a second mutation (S623A) into TRPC4G503S suppressed the constitutive activation and partially rescued its function. These results indicate that the S4-S5 linker is a critical constituent of TRPC4/C5 channel gating and that disturbance of its sequence allows channel opening independent of any sensor domain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]