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1.
Cell Mol Life Sci ; 81(1): 374, 2024 Aug 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39210039

RESUMO

Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) is a bioactive lipid present at high concentrations in inflamed and injured tissues where it contributes to the initiation and maintenance of pain. One of its important molecular effectors is the transient receptor potential canonical 5 (TRPC5), but the explicit mechanism of the activation is unknown. Using electrophysiology, mutagenesis and molecular dynamics simulations, we show that LPC-induced activation of TRPC5 is modulated by xanthine ligands and depolarizing voltage, and involves conserved residues within the lateral fenestration of the pore domain. Replacement of W577 with alanine (W577A) rendered the channel insensitive to strong depolarizing voltage, but LPC still activated this mutant at highly depolarizing potentials. Substitution of G606 located directly opposite position 577 with tryptophan rescued the sensitivity of W577A to depolarization. Molecular simulations showed that depolarization widens the lower gate of the channel and this conformational change is prevented by the W577A mutation or removal of resident lipids. We propose a gating scheme in which depolarizing voltage and lipid-pore helix interactions act together to promote TRPC5 channel opening.


Assuntos
Lisofosfatidilcolinas , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Canais de Cátion TRPC , Humanos , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/metabolismo , Lisofosfatidilcolinas/farmacologia , Animais , Ativação do Canal Iônico/efeitos dos fármacos , Células HEK293 , Mutação , Lisofosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Lisofosfolipídeos/farmacologia , Potenciais da Membrana/efeitos dos fármacos
2.
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol ; 325(1): C42-C51, 2023 07 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37212545

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential channels canonical 1 and 4 (TRPC1 and TRPC4) are proteins belonging to the same TRPC channel family, and the two are known to form a heterotetrameric channel. TRPC4 can form a homotetrameric, nonselective cation channel by itself, but the involvement of the TRPC1 subunit changes several major characteristics of the channel. In this study, we focused on the pore region (selectivity filter, pore helix, and S6 helix) of TRPC1 and TRPC4 as a determinant of the identity and characteristics of a heteromeric TRPC1/4 channel: decreased calcium permeability of the channel and outward-rectifying current-voltage (I-V) curve. Mutants and chimeras of the pore residues were created, and their currents were recorded using whole cell patch clamp. The lower gate mutants of TRPC4 exhibited diminished calcium permeability as measured by GCaMP6 fluorescence. Also, chimeric channels substituting the pore region of TRPC1 to TRPC4 were made to locate the pore region that is critical in the production of an outward-rectifying I-V curve characteristic of TRPC1/4 heteromeric channels.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Heteromer research has been a challenging field due to lack of structural studies. Using chimeras and single mutants, we present evidence that the pore region of TRPC1/4 heteromer contributes to determining the channel's characteristics such as calcium permeability, I-V curve, and conductance.


Assuntos
Multimerização Proteica , Humanos , Células HEK293 , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína , Cálcio/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Membrana Celular/química
3.
J Biol Chem ; 297(4): 101126, 2021 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34461097

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential (TRP) cation channels, which are conserved across mammals, flies, fish, sea squirts, worms, and fungi, essentially contribute to cellular Ca2+ signaling. The activity of the unique TRP channel in yeast, TRP yeast channel 1 (TRPY1), relies on the vacuolar and cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration. However, the mechanism(s) of Ca2+-dependent regulation of TRPY1 and possible contribution(s) of Ca2+-binding proteins are yet not well understood. Our results demonstrate a Ca2+-dependent binding of yeast calmodulin (CaM) to TRPY1. TRPY1 activity was increased in the cmd1-6 yeast strain, carrying a non-Ca2+-binding CaM mutant, compared with the parent strain expressing wt CaM (Cmd1). Expression of Cmd1 in cmd1-6 yeast rescued the wt phenotype. In addition, in human embryonic kidney 293 cells, hypertonic shock-induced TRPY1-dependent Ca2+ influx and Ca2+ release were increased by the CaM antagonist ophiobolin A. We found that coexpression of mammalian CaM impeded the activity of TRPY1 by reinforcing effects of endogenous CaM. Finally, inhibition of TRPY1 by Ca2+-CaM required the cytoplasmic amino acid stretch E33-Y92. In summary, our results show that TRPY1 is under inhibitory control of Ca2+-CaM and that mammalian CaM can replace yeast CaM for this inhibition. These findings add TRPY1 to the innumerable cellular proteins, which include a variety of ion channels, that use CaM as a constitutive or dissociable Ca2+-sensing subunit, and contribute to a better understanding of the modulatory mechanisms of Ca2+-CaM.


Assuntos
Sinalização do Cálcio , Cálcio/metabolismo , Calmodulina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Vacúolos/metabolismo , Cálcio/química , Calmodulina/antagonistas & inibidores , Calmodulina/química , Calmodulina/genética , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Domínios Proteicos , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Sesterterpenos/farmacologia , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Vacúolos/química , Vacúolos/genética
4.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 594: 69-73, 2022 02 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35074588

RESUMO

BacMam system utilizes baculovirus to deliver exogenous genes into mammalian cells and is extensively used for recombinant production of eukaryotic proteins. Here, we described the development of a BacMam vector (pBMCL1), which allows convenient tracing of virus production, provides higher infection efficiency towards mammalian cells, minimizes unwanted transcription of toxic genes in insect cells, and provides the capability for co-expression of multiple proteins via a single virus. We demonstrate the successful application of the pBMCL1 vector for the expression of homo-tetrameric human TRPC3 channel and hetero-octameric KATP channel.


Assuntos
Baculoviridae/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Animais , DNA Complementar/metabolismo , Eletrofisiologia , Expressão Gênica , Genes Reporter , Vetores Genéticos , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Insetos , Mesocricetus , Camundongos , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Células Sf9 , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Transdução Genética
5.
Nat Chem Biol ; 14(4): 396-404, 2018 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29556099

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels TRPC3, TRPC6 and TRPC7 are able to sense the lipid messenger diacylglycerol (DAG). The DAG-sensing and lipid-gating processes in these ion channels are still unknown. To gain insights into the lipid-sensing principle, we generated a DAG photoswitch, OptoDArG, that enabled efficient control of TRPC3 by light. A structure-guided mutagenesis screen of the TRPC3 pore domain unveiled a single glycine residue behind the selectivity filter (G652) that is exposed to lipid through a subunit-joining fenestration. Exchange of G652 with larger residues altered the ability of TRPC3 to discriminate between different DAG molecules. Light-controlled activation-deactivation cycling of TRPC3 channels by an OptoDArG-mediated optical 'lipid clamp' identified pore domain fenestrations as pivotal elements of the channel´s lipid-sensing machinery. We provide evidence for a novel concept of lipid sensing by TRPC channels based on a lateral fenestration in the pore domain that accommodates lipid mediators to control gating.


Assuntos
Ativação do Canal Iônico , Lipídeos/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Animais , Cálcio/química , Glicina/química , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Cinética , Luz , Mutagênese , Mutação , Óptica e Fotônica , Fotoquímica , Ligação Proteica , Ratos , Transdução de Sinais , Canais de Cátion TRPV/química
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Bioorg Med Chem ; 28(8): 115430, 2020 04 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32197812

RESUMO

The plausible nitric oxide (NO)-sensing module of TRPC5 was incorporated in a enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) to evaluate its conformational change as an optical response upon the reaction with NO. Two cysteine residues located in the NO-sensing module have been proposed to form a disulfide bond through S-nitrosylation of the thiol group by NO. Modification of the cysteine residues by NO resulted a ratiometric change of EGFP emission through transducing the conformational change of NO-sensing module to the EGFP chromophore. The oxidized form of NO-sensing module fused EGFP changed the intensity of emission spectra upon reduction of the disulfide bond at the NO-reactive module. The NO-sensing module fused EGFP in its reduced form avidly reacted with NO and realized the ratiometric fluorescence intensity changes depending on the formation of disulfide bond. These results support the notion that NO induces a conformational change at the putative NO-sensing segment of TRPC5, and provide a prototype for the genetically encoded cellular NO sensors.


Assuntos
Regulação da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Óxido Nítrico/farmacologia , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Escherichia coli , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde , Humanos , Peróxido de Hidrogênio , Imagem Óptica , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química
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Biochem J ; 476(11): 1679-1694, 2019 06 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31118266

RESUMO

In cells, many constituents are able to assemble resulting in large macromolecular machineries possessing very specific biological and physiological functions, e.g. ribosome, spliceosome and proteasome. Assembly of such entities is commonly mediated by transient protein factors. SPAG1 is a multidomain protein, known to participate in the assembly of both the inner and outer dynein arms. These arms are required for the function of sensitive and motile cells. Together with RUVBL1, RUVBL2 and PIH1D2, SPAG1 is a key element of R2SP, a protein complex assisting the quaternary assembly of specific protein clients in a tissue-specific manner and associating with heat shock proteins (HSPs) and regulators. In this study, we have investigated the role of TPR domains of SPAG1 in the recruitment of HSP chaperones by combining biochemical assays, ITC, NMR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. First, we propose that only two, out of the three TPR domains, are able to recruit the protein chaperones HSP70 and HSP90. We then focused on one of these TPR domains and elucidated its 3D structure using NMR spectroscopy. Relying on an NMR-driven docking approach and MD simulations, we deciphered its binding interface with the C-terminal tails of both HSP70 and HSP90. Finally, we addressed the biological function of SPAG1 and specifically demonstrated that a SPAG1 sub-fragment, containing a putative P-loop motif, cannot efficiently bind and hydrolyze GTP in vitro Our data challenge the interpretation of SPAG1 possessing GTPase activity. We propose instead that SPAG1 regulates nucleotide hydrolysis activity of the HSP and RUVBL1/2 partners.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Superfície/química , Antígenos de Superfície/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/química , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Antígenos de Superfície/genética , Proteínas Reguladoras de Apoptose , Proteínas de Transporte/química , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Guanosina Trifosfato/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/química , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/genética , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP70/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP90/química , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP90/genética , Proteínas de Choque Térmico HSP90/metabolismo , Humanos , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Ressonância Magnética Nuclear Biomolecular , Ligação Proteica , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo
8.
J Biol Chem ; 293(41): 16102-16114, 2018 10 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30139744

RESUMO

The transient receptor potential ion channels support Ca2+ permeation in many organs, including the heart, brain, and kidney. Genetic mutations in transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily C member 3 (TRPC3) are associated with neurodegenerative diseases, memory loss, and hypertension. To better understand the conformational changes that regulate TRPC3 function, we solved the cryo-EM structures for the full-length human TRPC3 and its cytoplasmic domain (CPD) in the apo state at 5.8- and 4.0-Å resolution, respectively. These structures revealed that the TRPC3 transmembrane domain resembles those of other TRP channels and that the CPD is a stable module involved in channel assembly and gating. We observed the presence of a C-terminal domain swap at the center of the CPD where horizontal helices (HHs) transition into a coiled-coil bundle. Comparison of TRPC3 structures revealed that the HHs can reside in two distinct positions. Electrophysiological analyses disclosed that shortening the length of the C-terminal loop connecting the HH with the TRP helices increases TRPC3 activity and that elongating the length of the loop has the opposite effect. Our findings indicate that the C-terminal loop affects channel gating by altering the allosteric coupling between the cytoplasmic and transmembrane domains. We propose that molecules that target the HH may represent a promising strategy for controlling TRPC3-associated neurological disorders and hypertension.


Assuntos
Ativação do Canal Iônico , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Regulação Alostérica , Repetição de Anquirina , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Mutação , Conformação Proteica em alfa-Hélice , Domínios Proteicos , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética
9.
Pflugers Arch ; 471(8): 1045-1053, 2019 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31222490

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) channels are calcium permeable, non-selective cation channels with wide tissue-specific distribution. Among 7 TRPC channels, TRPC 1/4/5 and TRPC3/6/7 are subdivided based on amino acid sequence homology. TRPC4 and TRPC5 channels exhibit cationic current with homotetrameric form, but they also form heterotetrameric channel such as TRPC1/4 or TRPC1/5 once TRPC1 is incorporated. The expression of TRPC1 is ubiquitous whereas the expressions of TRPC4 and TRPC5 are rather focused in nervous system. With the help of conditional knock-out of TPRC1, 4 and/or 5 genes, TRPC channels made of these constituents are reported to be involved in various pathophysiological functions such as seizure, anxiety-like behaviour, fear, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease and many others. In heterologous expression system, many issues such as activation mechanism, stoichiometry and relative cation permeabilites of homomeric or heteromeric channels have been addressed. In this review, we discussed the role of TRPC1 channel per se in plasma membrane, role of TRPC1 in heterotetrameric conformation (TRPC1/4 or TRPC1/5) and relationship between TRPC1/4/5 channels, calcium influx and voltage-gated calcium channels.


Assuntos
Neurônios/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Animais , Encéfalo/citologia , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Humanos , Potenciais da Membrana , Neurônios/fisiologia , Multimerização Proteica , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética
10.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 29(2): 155-159, 2019 01 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30538066

RESUMO

The transient receptor potential cation channel 5 (TRPC5) has been previously shown to affect podocyte survival in the kidney. As such, inhibitors of TRPC5 are interesting candidates for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Herein, we report the synthesis and biological characterization of a series of N-heterocyclic-1-benzyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole-2-amines as selective TRPC5 inhibitors. Work reported here evaluates the benzimidazole scaffold and substituents resulting in the discovery of AC1903, a TRPC5 inhibitor that is active in multiple animal models of CKD.


Assuntos
Aminas/farmacologia , Compostos Heterocíclicos/farmacologia , Imidazóis/farmacologia , Indazóis/farmacologia , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/tratamento farmacológico , Canais de Cátion TRPC/antagonistas & inibidores , Aminas/síntese química , Aminas/química , Animais , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Desenho de Fármacos , Compostos Heterocíclicos/síntese química , Compostos Heterocíclicos/química , Humanos , Imidazóis/síntese química , Imidazóis/química , Indazóis/síntese química , Indazóis/química , Estrutura Molecular , Insuficiência Renal Crônica/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Canais de Cátion TRPC/síntese química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/farmacologia
11.
Biochem J ; 474(12): 1965-1979, 2017 05 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28546458

RESUMO

Cell surface proteoglycans comprise a transmembrane or membrane-associated core protein to which one or more glycosaminoglycan chains are covalently attached. They are ubiquitous receptors on nearly all animal cell surfaces. In mammals, the cell surface proteoglycans include the six glypicans, CD44, NG2 (CSPG4), neuropilin-1 and four syndecans. A single syndecan is present in invertebrates such as nematodes and insects. Uniquely, syndecans are receptors for many classes of proteins that can bind to the heparan sulphate chains present on syndecan core proteins. These range from cytokines, chemokines, growth factors and morphogens to enzymes and extracellular matrix (ECM) glycoproteins and collagens. Extracellular interactions with other receptors, such as some integrins, are mediated by the core protein. This places syndecans at the nexus of many cellular responses to extracellular cues in development, maintenance, repair and disease. The cytoplasmic domains of syndecans, while having no intrinsic kinase activity, can nevertheless signal through binding proteins. All syndecans appear to be connected to the actin cytoskeleton and can therefore contribute to cell adhesion, notably to the ECM and migration. Recent data now suggest that syndecans can regulate stretch-activated ion channels. The structure and function of the syndecans and the ion channels are reviewed here, along with an analysis of ion channel functions in cell-matrix adhesion. This area sheds new light on the syndecans, not least since evidence suggests that this is an evolutionarily conserved relationship that is also potentially important in the progression of some common diseases where syndecans are implicated.


Assuntos
Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Junções Célula-Matriz/metabolismo , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Modelos Biológicos , Sindecanas/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPM/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Adesão Celular , Movimento Celular , Junções Célula-Matriz/química , Sequência Conservada , Humanos , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Isoformas de Proteínas/química , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Homologia Estrutural de Proteína , Sindecanas/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPM/química
12.
J Mol Cell Cardiol ; 107: 1-12, 2017 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28395930

RESUMO

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) forms discrete junctions with the plasma membrane (PM) that play a critical role in the regulation of Ca2+ signaling during cellular bioenergetics, apoptosis and autophagy. We have previously confirmed that acetylcholine can inhibit ER stress and apoptosis after inflammatory injury. However, limited research has focused on the effects of acetylcholine on ER-PM junctions. In this work, we evaluated the structure and function of the supramolecular sodium-calcium exchanger 1 (NCX1)-transient receptor potential canonical 3 (TRPC3)-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor 1 (IP3R1) complex, which is involved in regulating Ca2+ homeostasis during inflammatory injury. The width of the ER-PM junctions of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was measured in nanometres using transmission electron microscopy and a fluorescent probe for Ca2+. Protein-protein interactions were assessed by immunoprecipitation. Ca2+ concentration was measured using a confocal microscope. An siRNA assay was employed to silence specific proteins. Our results demonstrated that the peripheral ER was translocated to PM junction sites when induced by tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and that NCX1-TRPC3-IP3R1 complexes formed at these sites. After down-regulating the protein expression of NCX1 or IP3R1, we found that the NCX1-mediated inflow of Ca2+ and the release of intracellular Ca2+ stores were reduced in TNF-α-treated cells. We also observed that acetylcholine attenuated the formation of NCX1-TRPC3-IP3R1 complexes and maintained calcium homeostasis in cells treated with TNF-α. Interestingly, the positive effects of acetylcholine were abolished by the selective M3AChR antagonist darifenacin and by AMPK siRNAs. These results indicate that acetylcholine protects endothelial cells from TNF-alpha-induced injury, [Ca2+]cyt overload and ER-PM interactions, which depend on the muscarinic 3 receptor/AMPK pathway, and that acetylcholine may be a new inhibitor for suppressing [Ca2+]cyt overload.


Assuntos
Inflamação/genética , Receptores de Inositol 1,4,5-Trifosfato/genética , Trocador de Sódio e Cálcio/genética , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/metabolismo , Acetilcolina/metabolismo , Apoptose/genética , Cálcio/metabolismo , Sinalização do Cálcio/genética , Retículo Endoplasmático/metabolismo , Estresse do Retículo Endoplasmático , Homeostase/genética , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana/metabolismo , Humanos , Inflamação/metabolismo , Inflamação/patologia , Receptores de Inositol 1,4,5-Trifosfato/química , Complexos Multiproteicos/genética , Complexos Multiproteicos/metabolismo , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , Trocador de Sódio e Cálcio/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química
13.
Proteins ; 85(4): 630-646, 2017 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28066924

RESUMO

The transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily is subdivided into several subfamilies on the basis of sequence similarity, which is highly heterogeneous but shows a molecular architecture that resembles the one present in members of the Kv channel superfamily. Because of this diversity, they produce a large variety of channels with different gating and permeability properties. Elucidation of these particular features necessarily requires comparative studies based on structural and functional data. The present study aims to compilate, analyze, and determine, in a coherent way, the relationship between intrinsic side-chain flexibility and the allosteric coupling in members of the TRPV, TRPM, and TRPC families. Based on the recently determined structures of TRPV1 and TRPV2, we have generated protein models for single subunits of TRPV5, TRPM8, and TRPC5 channels. With these models, we focused our attention on the apparently crucial role of the GP dipeptide at the center of the S4-S5 linker and discussed its role in the interaction with the TRP domain, specifically with the highly-conserved Trp during this coupling. Our analysis suggests an important role of the S4-S5L flexibility in the thermosensitivity, where heat-activated channels possess rigid S4-S5 linkers, whereas cold-activated channels have flexible ones. Finally, we also present evidence of the key interaction between the conserved Trp residue of the TRP box and of several residues in the S4-S5L, importantly the central Pro. Proteins 2017; 85:630-646. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Assuntos
Dipeptídeos/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPM/química , Canais de Cátion TRPV/química , Triptofano/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Glicina/química , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Cinética , Camundongos , Modelos Moleculares , Prolina/química , Ligação Proteica , Conformação Proteica em alfa-Hélice , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Ratos , Alinhamento de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Termodinâmica
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Pflugers Arch ; 469(5-6): 693-702, 2017 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28124739

RESUMO

The transient receptor potential (TRP) protein superfamily consists of a diverse group of cation channels that bear structural similarities to the fruit fly Drosophila TRP. The TRP superfamily is distinct from other groups of ion channels in displaying a large diversity in ion selectivity, modes of activation, and physiological functions. Classical TRP (transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC)) channels are activated by stimulation of Gq-PLC-coupled receptors and modulated by phosphorylation. The cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-PKG pathway is involved in the regulation of TRPC3 and TRPC6 channels. Phosphodiesterase (PDE) 5 inhibitor induced muscle relaxation in corporal smooth muscle cells and was used to treat erectile dysfunction by inhibiting cGMP degradation. Here, we report the functional relationship between TRPC4 and cGMP. In human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells overexpressing TRPC4, cGMP selectively activated TRPC4 channels and increased cytosolic calcium level through TRPC4 channel. We investigated phosphorylation sites in TRPC4 channels and identified S688 as an important phosphorylation site for the cGMP-PKG pathway. Cyclic GMP also activated TRPC4-like current with doubly rectifying current-voltage relationship in prostate smooth muscle cell lines. Taken together, these results show that TRPC4 is phosphorylated by the cGMP-PKG pathway and might be an important target for modulating prostate function by PDE5 inhibitors.


Assuntos
GMP Cíclico/metabolismo , Inibidores da Fosfodiesterase 5/farmacologia , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Animais , Cálcio/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Camundongos , Miócitos de Músculo Liso/efeitos dos fármacos , Miócitos de Músculo Liso/metabolismo , Miócitos de Músculo Liso/fisiologia , Fosforilação , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética
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Nature ; 481(7379): 76-80, 2011 Dec 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22139422

RESUMO

Discriminating among sensory stimuli is critical for animal survival. This discrimination is particularly essential when evaluating whether a stimulus is noxious or innocuous. From insects to humans, transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are key transducers of thermal, chemical and other sensory cues. Many TRPs are multimodal receptors that respond to diverse stimuli, but how animals distinguish sensory inputs activating the same TRP is largely unknown. Here we determine how stimuli activating Drosophila TRPA1 are discriminated. Although Drosophila TRPA1 responds to both noxious chemicals and innocuous warming, we find that TRPA1-expressing chemosensory neurons respond to chemicals but not warmth, a specificity conferred by a chemosensory-specific TRPA1 isoform with reduced thermosensitivity compared to the previously described isoform. At the molecular level, this reduction results from a unique region that robustly reduces the channel's thermosensitivity. Cell-type segregation of TRPA1 activity is critical: when the thermosensory isoform is expressed in chemosensors, flies respond to innocuous warming with regurgitation, a nocifensive response. TRPA1 isoform diversity is conserved in malaria mosquitoes, indicating that similar mechanisms may allow discrimination of host-derived warmth--an attractant--from chemical repellents. These findings indicate that reducing thermosensitivity can be critical for TRP channel functional diversification, facilitating their use in contexts in which thermal sensitivity can be maladaptive.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Temperatura Alta , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência Conservada , Culicidae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Drosophila/química , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/citologia , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Humanos , Repelentes de Insetos/farmacologia , Canais Iônicos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Oócitos , Especificidade de Órgãos , Isoformas de Proteínas/química , Isoformas de Proteínas/genética , Isoformas de Proteínas/metabolismo , Células Receptoras Sensoriais/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência , Transdução de Sinais , Canal de Cátion TRPA1 , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Xenopus laevis
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Pflugers Arch ; 468(4): 551-61, 2016 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26631167

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) 4 channels are calcium-permeable, nonselective cation channels and are widely expressed in mammalian tissue, especially in the GI tract and brain. TRPC4 channels are known to be involved in neurogenic contraction of ileal smooth muscle cells via generating cationic current after muscarinic stimulation (muscarinic cationic current (mIcat)). Polyamines exist in numerous tissues and are believed to be involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, scar formation, wound healing, and carcinogenesis. Besides, physiological polyamines are essential to maintain inward rectification of cardiac potassium channels (Kir2.1). At membrane potentials more positive than equilibrium potential, intracellular polyamines plug the cytosolic surface of the Kir2.1 so that potassium ions cannot pass through the pore. Recently, it was reported that polyamines inhibit not only cardiac potassium channels but also nonselective cation channels that mediate the generation of mIcat. Here, we report that TRPC4, a definite mIcat mediator, is inhibited by intracellular spermine with great extent. The inhibition was specific to TRPC4 and TRPC5 channels but was not effective to TRPC1/4, TRPC1/5, and TRPC3 channels. For this inhibition to occur, we found that glutamates at 728th and 729th position of TRPC4 channels are essential whereby we conclude that spermine blocks the TRPC4 channel with electrostatic interaction between negative amino acids at the C-terminus of the channel.


Assuntos
Espermina/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Potenciais de Ação , Animais , Sítios de Ligação , Ácido Glutâmico/química , Ácido Glutâmico/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Camundongos , Canais de Potássio Corretores do Fluxo de Internalização/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Eletricidade Estática , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 474(3): 476-481, 2016 06 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27131740

RESUMO

Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) family contains a non-selective cation channel, and four TRPC subunits form a functional tetrameric channel. TRPC4/5 channels form not only the homotetrameric channel but also a heterotetrameric channel with TRPC1. We investigated the interaction domain required for TRPC1/4 or TRPC1/5 heteromultimeric channels using FRET and the patch-clamp technique. TRPC1 only localized at the plasma membrane (PM) when it was coexpressed with TRPC4 or TRPC5. The TRPC1/4 or TRPC1/5 heteromultimeric showed the typical outward rectifying I/V curve. When TRPC1 and TRPC4 form a heteromeric channel, the N-terminal coiled-coil domain (CCD) and C-terminal 725-745 region of TRPC1 interact with the N-terminal CCD and C-terminal 700-728 region of TRPC4. However, when TRPC1 and TRPC5 form a heteromeric channel, the N-terminal CCD and C-terminal 673-725 region of TRPC1 interact with the N-terminal CCD and C-terminal 707-735 region of TRPC5. In conclusion, the N-terminal CCD of TRPC channels is essential for the heteromultimeric structure of TRPC channels, whereas specific C-terminal regions are required for unique heteromerization between subgroups of TRPC channels.


Assuntos
Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação , Ligação Proteica , Domínios Proteicos , Mapeamento de Interação de Proteínas/métodos , Multimerização Proteica/fisiologia
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 26(3): 899-902, 2016 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26750258

RESUMO

A series of twenty resveratrol analogues was synthesized and tested on TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels. None was able to significantly modulate TRPV1 channels. Conversely, most of them exhibited remarkably higher TRPA1 modulating activity than resveratrol. Optimal potency was observed with ortho monoxygenated stilbenes 6 and 17.


Assuntos
Estilbenos/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Animais , Cálcio/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Transporte de Íons/efeitos dos fármacos , Ligação Proteica , Ratos , Resveratrol , Estilbenos/metabolismo , Estilbenos/farmacologia , Canal de Cátion TRPA1 , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética
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Nature ; 464(7288): 597-600, 2010 Mar 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20237474

RESUMO

Chemical nociception, the detection of tissue-damaging chemicals, is important for animal survival and causes human pain and inflammation, but its evolutionary origins are largely unknown. Reactive electrophiles are a class of noxious compounds humans find pungent and irritating, such as allyl isothiocyanate (in wasabi) and acrolein (in cigarette smoke). Diverse animals, from insects to humans, find reactive electrophiles aversive, but whether this reflects conservation of an ancient sensory modality has been unclear. Here we identify the molecular basis of reactive electrophile detection in flies. We demonstrate that Drosophila TRPA1 (Transient receptor potential A1), the Drosophila melanogaster orthologue of the human irritant sensor, acts in gustatory chemosensors to inhibit reactive electrophile ingestion. We show that fly and mosquito TRPA1 orthologues are molecular sensors of electrophiles, using a mechanism conserved with vertebrate TRPA1s. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that invertebrate and vertebrate TRPA1s share a common ancestor that possessed critical characteristics required for electrophile detection. These findings support emergence of TRPA1-based electrophile detection in a common bilaterian ancestor, with widespread conservation throughout vertebrate and invertebrate evolution. Such conservation contrasts with the evolutionary divergence of canonical olfactory and gustatory receptors and may relate to electrophile toxicity. We propose that human pain perception relies on an ancient chemical sensor conserved across approximately 500 million years of animal evolution.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Drosophila/metabolismo , Drosophila melanogaster/metabolismo , Células Receptoras Sensoriais/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPC/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência Conservada , Proteínas de Drosophila/química , Proteínas de Drosophila/genética , Drosophila melanogaster/classificação , Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Evolução Molecular , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Canais Iônicos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Filogenia , Canal de Cátion TRPA1 , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Percepção Gustatória/fisiologia
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Mol Cell ; 32(3): 439-48, 2008 Nov 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18995841

RESUMO

The receptor-evoked Ca(2+) signal includes activation of the store-operated channels (SOCs) TRPCs and the Orais. Although both are gated by STIM1, it is not known how STIM1 gates the channels and whether STIM1 gates the TRPCs and Orais by the same mechanism. Here, we report the molecular mechanism by which STIM1 gates TRPC1, which involves interaction between two conserved, negatively charged aspartates in TRPC1((639)DD(640)) with the positively charged STIM1((684)KK(685)) in STIM1 polybasic domain. Charge swapping and functional analysis revealed that exact orientation of the charges on TRPC1 and STIM1 are required, but all positive-negative charge combinations on TRPC1 and STIM1, except STIM1((684)EE(685))+TRPC1((639)RR(640)), are functional as long as they are reciprocal, indicating that STIM1 gates TRPC1 by intermolecular electrostatic interaction. Similar gating was observed with TRPC3((697)DD(698)). STIM1 gates Orai1 by a different mechanism since the polybasic and S/P domains of STIM1 are not required for activation of Orai1 by STIM1.


Assuntos
Canais de Cálcio/fisiologia , Cálcio/fisiologia , Proteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Proteínas de Neoplasias/fisiologia , Canais de Cátion TRPC/fisiologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Biotinilação , Linhagem Celular , Membrana Celular/fisiologia , Retículo Endoplasmático/fisiologia , Humanos , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Rim , Proteínas de Membrana/química , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Proteínas de Neoplasias/química , Proteína ORAI1 , Eletricidade Estática , Molécula 1 de Interação Estromal , Canais de Cátion TRPC/química , Canais de Cátion TRPC/genética , Transfecção
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