| Autor: |
Hilber, K, Sandtner, W, Kudlacek, O, Glaaser, I W, Weisz, E, Kyle, J W, French, R J, Fozzard, H A, Dudley, S C, Todt, H |
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Journal of Biological Chemistry; July 2001, Vol. 276 Issue: 30 p27831-9, 9p |
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Amino acids located in the outer vestibule of the voltage-gated Na+ channel determine the permeation properties of the channel. Recently, residues lining the outer pore have also been implicated in channel gating. The domain (D) IV P-loop residue alanine 1529 forms a part of the putative selectivity filter of the adult rat skeletal muscle (mu1) Na+ channel. Here we report that replacement of alanine 1529 by aspartic acid enhances entry to an ultra-slow inactivated state. Ultra-slow inactivation is characterized by recovery time constants on the order of approximately 100 s from prolonged depolarizations and by the fact that entry to this state can be reduced by binding to the pore of a mutant mu-conotoxin GIIIA, suggesting that ultra-slow inactivation may reflect a structural rearrangement of the outer vestibule. The voltage dependence of ultra-slow inactivation in DIV-A1529D is U-shaped, with a local maximum near -60 mV, whereas activation is maximal only above -20 mV. Furthermore, a train of brief depolarizations produces more ultra-slow inactivation than a single maintained depolarization of the same duration. These data suggest that ultra-slow inactivation emanates from "partially activated" closed states and that the P-loop in DIV may undergo a conformational change during channel activation, which is accentuated by DIV-A1529D. |
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