Towards understanding the molecular basis of ion channel modulation by lipids: Mechanistic models and current paradigms.
Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr
; 1859(9 Pt B): 1507-1516, 2017 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Research on ion channel modulation has become a hot topic because of the key roles these membrane proteins play in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. In this respect, lipid modulation adds to the overall modulatory mechanisms as a potential via to find new pharmacological targets for drug design based on interfering with lipid/channel interactions. However, our knowledge in this field is scarce and often circumscribed to the sites where lipids bind and/or its final functional consequences. To fully understand this process it is necessary to improve our knowledge on its molecular basis, from the binding sites to the signalling pathways that derive in structural and functional effects on the ion channel. In this review, we have compiled information about such mechanisms and established a classification into four different modes of action. Afterwards, we have revised in more detail the lipid modulation of Cys-loop receptors and of the potassium channel KcsA, which were chosen as model channels modulated by specific lipids. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Membrane Lipid Therapy Drugs Targeting Biomembranes edited by Pablo V. Escribá.
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Canais Iônicos
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Lipídeos de Membrana
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Proteínas de Membrana
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Humans
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En
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Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr
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2017
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Article