ATP-sensitive K+ channels: paradigm lost, paradigm regained.
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L H Philipson
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Functional expression of an epitope-tagged G protein-coupled K+ channel (GIRK1).
An epitope-tagged form of an inwardly rectifying and G protein-coupled K+ channel (GIRK1-cp) was expressed at high levels in transfected mammalian cells. Immunoblot analysis of transfected human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293) and mouse insulinoma cells (beta TC3) revealed several GIRK1-cp polypeptides, including the major 59-kDa band, corresponding to the predicted mass of the GIRK1 polypeptide plus the epitope tag. Immunohistochemical staining using two anti-tag antibodies showed abundant immunoreactive material, which was predominantly concentrated in the perinuclear area in both transfected cell types. While functional GIRK1-cp message was present in poly(A)+ RNA prepared from HEK293 cells expressing GIRK1-cp protein, appropriate K+ currents could not be detected. In contrast, whole cell recordings made directly from transfected beta TC3 cells expressing GIRK1-cp revealed inwardly rectifying, pertussis toxin-sensitive currents activated by norepinephrine and galanin. Single channel recordings in excised patches of beta TC3 cells expressing GIRK1-cp showed rectifying K+ currents when activated by 50 microM guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate), with a slope conductance of 39.1 +/- 1.0 picosiemens. This is the first report of stable heterologous expression of a functional G protein-coupled K+ channel in mammalian cells. The activity of an epitope-tagged channel in insulinoma cells demonstrates the utility of this system for further biochemical and biophysical analyses of G protein-K+ channel interactions.
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Pas de deux or more: the sulfonylurea receptor and K+ channels.
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Foot disease in diabetes.
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Localization of the Kv1.5 K+ channel protein in explanted cardiac tissue.
The cloned Kv1.5 K+ channel displays similar kinetics and pharmacology to a delayed rectifier channel found in atrial myocytes. To determine whether the Kv1.5 isoform plays a role in the cardiac action potential, it is necessary to confirm the expression of this channel in cardiac myocytes. Using antibodies directed against two distinct channel epitopes, the Kv1.5 isoform was localized in human atrium and ventricle. Kv1.5 was highly localized at intercalated disk regions as determined by colocalization with connexin and N-cadherin specific antibodies. While both antichannel antibodies localized the Kv1.5 protein in cardiac myocytes, only the NH2-terminal antibodies stained vascular smooth muscle. The selective staining of vasculature by this antiserum suggests that epitope accessibility, and perhaps channel structure, varies between cardiac and vascular myocytes. Kv1.5 expression was localized less in newborn tissue, with punctate antibody staining dispersed on the myocyte surface. This increasing organization with age was similar to that observed for connexin. Future work will address whether altered K+ channel localization is associated with cardiac disease in addition to changing with development.
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kappa-Opioid receptor activates an inwardly rectifying K+ channel by a G protein-linked mechanism: coexpression in Xenopus oocytes.
cRNAs encoding the kappa-opioid receptor and an inwardly rectifying, G protein-coupled, K+ channel were coinjected into Xenopus oocytes. The effects of kappa-opioid receptor agonists and antagonists on the membrane currents in these oocytes were studied using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique. The kappa-opioid receptor agonists U69593 and dynorphin A induced a concentration-dependent inward current (EC50 of approximately 0.3 microM and approximately 30 nM, respectively) after coinjection of both cRNAs, whereas the mu-opioid receptor agonist [D-Ala2,N-MePhe4,Gly5-ol]enkephalin (10 microM) and the delta-opioid receptor agonist [D-Pen2,5]enkephalin (1 microM) had no effect. The agonist-induced inward current was reversible upon washing out of the agonists and was inhibited in the presence of the K+ channel blocker Ba2+ (0.1 mM). The specific kappa-opioid receptor antagonist norbinaltorphimine (0.1 microM) and the nonspecific opioid receptor antagonist naloxone (1 microM) abolished the agonist-induced currents. Furthermore, the agonist-induced currents exhibited rapid desensitization in the continuous presence of the agonists or after repeated application. Preincubation of the coinjected oocytes with pertussis toxin (400 ng/ml for 3 days of 1.5 microgram/ml for 24 hr) abolished most of the agonist-induced activation of the inwardly rectifying K+ current. We therefore conclude that specific stimulation of the kappa-opioid receptor can activate the inwardly rectifying K+ channel through a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein.
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Mechanism of clofilium block of the human Kv1.5 delayed rectifier potassium channel.
The effect of clofilium on potassium conductance was studied in excised membrane patches from Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with the Kv1.5/hPCN1 delayed rectifier K+ channel gene. Bath application of clofilium resulted in current inhibition, displaying concentration-dependent acceleration of the apparent channel inactivation in both outside-out and inside-out patches. The steady state half-inhibition concentration in inside-out patches was 140 +/- 80 nM (n = 10), which was less than the half-inhibition concentration of 840 +/- 390 nM (n = 10) observed in outside-out patches. Clofilium accelerated apparent current inactivation but did not influence the kinetics of current activation or deactivation. The rate of onset of channel block induced by clofilium was not voltage dependent. In contrast, the rate of recovery from channel block was slower at more hyperpolarized membrane potentials. Elevation of extracellular K+ levels accelerated recovery from channel block without influencing the rate of onset of block. These data suggest that clofilium may induce channel block by an "activation trap" mechanism. Clofilium may be trapped near the conductivity pore so that permeating K+ ions promote recovery from clofilium-induced block.
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Delayed rectifier K+ channel overexpression in transgenic islets and beta-cells associated with impaired glucose responsiveness.
Glucose stimulation of pancreatic beta-cell insulin secretion is closely coupled to alterations in ion channel conductances and intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i). To further examine this relationship after augmentation of voltage-dependent K+ channel expression, transgenic mice were produced which specifically overexpress a human insulinoma-derived, tetraethylammonium (TEA)-insensitive delayed rectifier K+ channel in their pancreatic beta-cells as shown by immunoblot of isolated islets and immunohistochemical analysis of pancreas sections. Whole-cell current recordings confirmed the presence of high amplitude TEA-resistant K+ currents in transgenic islet cells, whose expression correlated with hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia. Stable overexpression of the channel in insulinoma cells attenuated glucose-activated increases in [Ca2+]i and prevented the induction of TEA-dependent [Ca2+]i oscillations. These results, employing the first ion channel transgenic mouse, demonstrate the importance of membrane potential regulation in excitation-secretion coupling in the pancreatic beta-cell.
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Structure and functional characterization of neuronal alpha 1E calcium channel subtypes.
We have cloned overlapping cDNAs encoding alpha 1E Ca2+ channel subunits from mouse and human brain. We observed that these alpha 1E transcripts were widely distributed in the central nervous system. We also demonstrated the existence of two variants of the human alpha 1E subunit. Comparison of the sequence of these alpha 1E subunits to those from other species suggests that at least four alternatively spliced variants of alpha 1E exist. Expression of human alpha 1E in HEK293 cells and Xenopus oocytes produced high voltage-activated Ca2+ currents that inactivated rapidly (tau approximately 20 ms at 0 mV). The size of the currents obtained were enhanced approximately 40-fold by co-expression with human neuronal alpha 2 and beta Ca2+ channel subunits. alpha 1E currents were insensitive to the drugs and toxins previously used to define other classes of voltage-activated Ca2+ channels. Thus, alpha 1E-mediated Ca2+ channels appear to be a pharmacologically distinct class of voltage-activated Ca2+ channels.
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Defective glucose-dependent endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ sequestration in diabetic mouse islets of Langerhans.
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is a metabolic disease associated with abnormal insulin secretion, the underlying mechanisms of which are unknown. Glucose-dependent signal transduction pathways were investigated in pancreatic islets derived from the db/db mouse, an animal model of NIDDM. After stimulation with glucose (4-12 mM), the changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) were different; unlike control islets, db/db islets lacked an initial reduction of [Ca2+]i and the subsequent [Ca2+]i oscillations following stimulation with 12 mM glucose. The severity of these defects in Ca2+ signaling correlated with the age-dependent development of hyperglycemia. Similarly defective glucose-induced Ca2+ signaling were reproduced in control islets by pre-exposure to thapsigargin, a selective inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca(2+)-ATPase. Estimation of ATPase activities from rates of ATP hydrolysis and by immunoblot hybridization with an antiserum directed against the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase both demonstrated that the ER Ca(2+)-ATPase was almost entirely absent from db/db islets. The effects of inhibition of ER Ca(2+)-ATPase on insulin secretion were also examined; a 4-day exposure of control islets to 1 microM thapsigargin resulted in basal and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion levels similar to those found in db/db islets. These results suggest that aberrant ER Ca2+ sequestration underlies the impaired glucose responses in the db/db mouse and may play a role in defective insulin secretion associated with NIDDM.
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Human G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channel (GIRK1) gene (KCNJ3): localization to chromosome 2 and identification of a simple tandem repeat polymorphism.
The gene encoding the human G-protein-coupled inwardly rectifying potassium channel designated GIRK1 (gene symbol, KCNJ3) was mapped to chromosome 2 by analyzing its segregation in a panel of human-hamster somatic cell hybrids. This assignment was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes, and the gene was further localized to band 2q24.1. A highly informative simple tandem repeat DNA polymorphism of the form (CA)n was identified and used to localize KCNJ3 within the genetic map of the long arm of chromosome 2.
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Dependence on NADH produced during glycolysis for beta-cell glucose signaling.
An increase in cytosolic ATP following glucose metabolism by pancreatic beta-cells is the key signal initiating insulin secretion by causing blockade of ATP-dependent K+ channels (KATP). This induces membrane depolarization, leading to an elevation in cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and insulin secretion. In this report we identify the critical metabolic step by which glucose initiates changes in beta-cell KATP channel activity, membrane potential, and [Ca2+]i. The signal stems from the glycolytic production of NADH during the oxidation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, which is subsequently processed into ATP by mitochondria via the operation of discrete shuttle systems.
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Structural determinant for assembly of mammalian K+ channels.
K+ channel function is regulated through the assembly of channel subunit isoforms into either homo- or heterotetrameric structures each characterized by distinct pharmacologic and kinetic properties. In studying the molecular basis of subunit association in mammalian Shaker-like K+ channels, we constructed deletion mutants of the inactivating K+ channel hKv1.4 alone and in tandem with hKv1.5 and examined the functional properties electrophysiologically in Xenopus oocytes. Deletion of 255 amino acids in the amino-terminal domain of hKv1.4 prevented the formation of hybrid channels within the subfamily but had no effect on homomultimerization or voltage-dependent gating. The amino-terminal deletion mutant of Kv2.1, a noninactivating K+ channel from a distantly related subfamily also forms functional homomultimeric channels. Although members of different K+ channel subfamilies do not coassemble, coexpression of the amino-terminal deletion mutants of hKv1.4 and Kv2.1 resulted in the formation of functional hybrid channels. These results demonstrate that the amino-terminal region of mammalian K+ channels subserves two functions. It provides a recognition site necessary for hetero- but not homomultimeric channel assembly within a subfamily and prevents coassembly between subfamilies.
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Glutamate receptor agonists stimulate diverse calcium responses in different types of cultured rat cortical glial cells.
We examined the effects of different types of glutamate receptor agonists on the intracellular calcium concentration, ([Ca2+]i), in cultured rat cortical glial cells. The cells in these cultures were characterized immunocytochemically using antibodies against glial fibrillary acidic protein, A2B5, and OX-42. The metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist (1S,3R)-1-aminocyclopentane-1,3- dicarboxylic acid produced Ca2+ mobilization from intracellular stores in all classes of cells. Agonists at non-NMDA glutamate receptors also produced large increases in [Ca2+]i, primarily in cells of the O-2A lineage. Disruption of intracellular Ca2+ stores with thapsigargin showed that increases in [Ca2+]i produced by activating AMPA/kainate receptors were primarily due to Ca2+ influx rather than Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release. Agonists at NMDA receptors were ineffective. Electrophysiological studies revealed that cells of the O-2A lineage exhibited moderate inward currents in response to kainate in Na(+)-containing solutions, but only small inward currents and outward rectification in Na(+)-free solutions. However, in the presence of cyclothiazide, the kainate-induced currents were increased in size and a rightward shift of the reversal potential with increased [Ca2+]o could be demonstrated. Activation of cells by kainate, but not by depolarizing stimuli, stimulated the uptake of Co2+. Polymerase chain reaction studies showed that the glutamate receptor subunits GluR1-4 and GluR6 were all expressed in these cultures, but GluR5 was absent. The nature of the Ca2+ uptake pathway activated by non-NMDA receptor agonists in the O-2A lineage population is discussed. It is considered most likely that the O-2A lineage cells express both non-NMDA receptors that are relatively impermeable to divalent cations, as well as a smaller population that are Ca2+ permeable.
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Alternative splicing of human inwardly rectifying K+ channel ROMK1 mRNA.
Recent studies have identified a new family of inwardly rectifying K+ channels, members of which are known by the acronyms ROMK1, IRK1, and GIRK1. We have isolated cDNAs encoding the human homologue of ROMK1 from an adult kidney cDNA library. The sequences of the human kidney ROMK1 cDNA clones indicated that they were derived from at least two types of mRNAs, human ROMK1A and human ROMK1B, differing in sequence at their 5' ends. The isolation of the human ROMK1 gene, localized to chromosome band 11q24 by fluorescence in situ hybridization, indicated that the different ROMK1 transcripts were generated by alternative splicing. Human ROMK1A mRNA was predicted to encode a protein of 389 amino acids, having 93% identity with the 391-residue rat ROMK1 protein, and expression studies in Xenopus oocytes indicated that it encoded a Ba(2+)-sensitive inwardly rectifying K+ channel with properties similar to those reported for cloned rat ROMK1. Human ROMK1B mRNA was predicted to encode a protein of 372 amino acids whose sequence was truncated at the amino terminus but otherwise identical to that of the human ROMK1A protein. Translation of human ROMK1B mRNA was predicted to initiate at a codon corresponding to Met-18 of human ROMK1A mRNA. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction amplification of human kidney mRNA revealed human ROMK1A and -B transcripts as well as a third type of transcript, human ROMK1C mRNA, which was predicted to encode a protein identical to human ROMK1B. Human ROMK1A, -B, and -C transcripts were identified in kidney, whereas only human ROMK1A mRNA could be detected in pancreatic islets and other tissues in which human ROMK1 was expressed at low levels. Thus, tissue-specific alternative splicing of human ROMK1 mRNA may result in the expression of a family of ROMK1 proteins.
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Functional and biochemical characterization of the human potassium channel Kv1.5 with a transplanted carboxyl-terminal epitope in stable mammalian cell lines.
The role of the C-terminal domain of the hPCN1/Kv1.5 delayed rectifier K+ channel was investigated in transfected stable cell lines employing antipeptide and anti-epitope antibodies against hPCN1-cp, an epitope-fusion gene carrying additional sequences encoding a 32 amino acid C-terminal extension. Both wild-type and chimeric genes showed high levels of K+ channel expression. Detailed electrophysiologic characterization showed there to be no significant effect of the C-terminal extension on channel activity. Immunoblots of whole-cell and membrane preparations demonstrated primarily intact protein in which the C-terminal extension was not cleaved from the peptide chain. Two bands were visualized from cells transfected with either the wild-type or chimeric channels; the slower migrating band was a non-N-glycosylated form. The epitope-fusion method will be a useful adjunct to studying the role of functional domains in ion channels, and may provide a means for rapid affinity purification of channel protein.
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Assignment of human potassium channel gene KCNA4 (Kv1.4, PCN2) to chromosome 11q13.4-->q14.1.
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Human, rodent, and canine pancreatic beta-cells express a sodium channel alpha 1-subunit related to a fetal brain isoform.
Voltage-dependent, tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na+ currents have been identified by the patch-clamp technique in rodent, canine, and human pancreatic beta-cells, but their exact role in insulin secretion remains uncertain. Misler et al. (Diabetes 41:1221-28, 1992) recently reviewed data showing that human and rat beta-cell action potentials differ, in that trains of Na(+)-dependent action potentials are seen in human (and canine) cells, but the vast majority of rat beta-cell Na+ channels are inactivated. We have now identified Na+ channel alpha 1-subunit mRNAs expressed in normal adult human, canine, and rat islets, and two insulinoma cell lines, by mRNA amplification (reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction). cDNA sequencing showed that all amplified human islet products and the majority of rodent islet cDNAs are most closely related to the rat brain III alpha 1-subunit isoform, previously found to be expressed primarily in fetal rat brain. Canine islets expressed both brain II and brain III isoforms. Reverse transcription followed by polymerase chain reaction experiments with hamster and mouse insulinoma cell lines also showed expression of the message related to the rat brain III isoform. In situ hybridization of human pancreas sections using a partial human Na+ channel III cDNA probe showed the message to be expressed in the majority of islet cells, and not in the acinar tissue, confirming its presence in pancreatic beta-cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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