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The intracellular loop between domains I and II of the B type calcium channel confers aspects of G protein sensitivity to the E type calcium channel

Page, KM; Stephens, GJ; Berrow, NS; Dolphin, AC; (1997) The intracellular loop between domains I and II of the B type calcium channel confers aspects of G protein sensitivity to the E type calcium channel. Journal of Neuroscience , 17 1330 - 1338. Green open access

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Abstract

Neuronal voltage-dependent calcium channels undergo inhibitory modulation by G-protein activation, generally involving both kinetic slowing and steady-state inhibition. We have shown previously that the b-subunit of neuronal calcium channels plays an important role in this process, because when it is absent, greater receptor-mediated inhibition is observed (Campbell et al., 1995b). We therefore hypothesized that the calcium channel b-subunits normally may occlude G-proteinmediated inhibition. Calcium channel b-subunits bind to the cytoplasmic loop between transmembrane domains I and II of the a1-subunits (Pragnell et al., 1994). We have examined the hypothesis that this loop is involved in G-protein-mediated inhibition by making chimeras containing the I–II loop of a1B or a1A inserted into a1E (a1EBE and a1EAE, respectively). This strategy was adopted because a1B (the molecular counterpart of N-type channels) and, to a lesser extent, a1A (P/Q-type) are G-protein-modulated, whereas this has not been observed to any great extent for a1E. Although a1B, coexpressed with a2-d and b1b transiently expressed in COS-7 cells, showed both kinetic slowing and steady-state inhibition when recorded with GTPgS in the patch pipette, both of which were reversed with a depolarizing prepulse, the chimera a1EBE (and, to a smaller extent, a1EAE) showed only kinetic slowing in the presence of GTPgS, and this also was reversed by a depolarizing prepulse. These results indicate that the I–II loop may be the molecular substrate of kinetic slowing but that the steady-state inhibition shown by a1B may involve a separate site on this calcium channel.

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Title: The intracellular loop between domains I and II of the B type calcium channel confers aspects of G protein sensitivity to the E type calcium channel
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Language: English
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Keywords: calcium
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Neuro, Physiology and Pharmacology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/131340
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