Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are differentially modulated by anions dependent on their subunit composition
| Autor: | Christopher J. Benson, Anne Marie S. Harding, Peter M. Snyder, Nobuyoshi Kusama, Mamta Gautam |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Sensory Receptor Cells Physiology Chemistry Extramural Protein subunit Sodium channel Primary Cell Culture CHO Cells Articles Cell Biology Rats Acid Sensing Ion Channels Mice Protein Subunits Biochemistry Mutagenesis Cricetinae Ganglia Spinal Extracellular Biophysics Animals Ion channel Acid-sensing ion channel |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 304:C89-C101 |
| ISSN: | 1522-1563 0363-6143 |
| DOI: | 10.1152/ajpcell.00216.2012 |
| Popis: | Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are sodium channels gated by extracellular protons. ASIC1a channels possess intersubunit Cl−-binding sites in the extracellular domain, which are highly conserved between ASIC subunits. We previously found that anions modulate ASIC1a gating via these sites. Here we investigated the effect of anion substitution on native ASICs in rat sensory neurons and heterologously expressed ASIC2a and ASIC3 channels by whole cell patch clamp. Similar to ASIC1a, anions modulated the kinetics of desensitization of other ASIC channels. However, unlike ASIC1a, anions also modulated the pH dependence of activation. Moreover, the order of efficacy of different anions to modulate ASIC2a and -3 was very different from that of ASIC1a. More surprising, mutations of conserved residues that form an intersubunit Cl−-binding site in ASIC1a only partially abrogated the effects of anion modulation of ASIC2a and had no effect on anion modulation of ASIC3. The effects of anions on native ASICs in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons mimicked those in heterologously expressed ASIC1a/3 heteromeric channels. Our data show that anions modulate a variety of ASIC properties and are dependent on the subunit composition, and the mechanism of modulation for ASIC2a and -3 is distinct from that of ASIC1a. We speculate that modulation of ASIC gating by Cl− is a novel mechanism to sense shifts in extracellular fluid composition. |
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