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Regulation of the two-pore domain potassium channel, THIK-1 and THIK-2, by G protein coupled receptors.


ABSTRACT: A member of THIK (two pore domain halothane-inhibited K+) channels, THIK-1, was reported as a target of Gi/o-coupled receptors (Gi/o-Rs) in neurons and microglia. We confirmed that in HEK293T cells the THIK-1 channel is activated by Gi/o-Rs and found that Gq-coupled receptors (Gq-Rs) also activates the channel. The effects of Gi/o-Rs and Gq-Rs were inhibited by the Gi/o inhibitor pertussis toxin and phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, respectively. The effects of Gi/o-Rs were attenuated when consensus Gβγ binding motif at the C-tail of the THIK-1 channel was mutated, suggesting that Gβγ serves as a THIK-1 channel activator upon the stimulation of Gi/o-Rs. As to the effects of Gq-Rs on the THIK-1 channel, a protein kinase C inhibitor and calcium chelators failed to inhibit the effect of a Gq coupled muscarinic M1R. Neither the hydrolysis of phosphatidyl inositol bisphosphate induced by voltage sensitive phosphatase nor the application of a diacylglycerol analogue, OAG, increased the channel current. The mediator of Gq-dependent activation of the THIK-1 channel remained unsolved. The effects of Gi/o- and Gq-Rs on the THIK-2 channel were also investigated, by using a THIK-2 mutant channel whose N-terminal domain is deleted to improve the surface membrane expression. We observed that Gi/o- and Gq-Rs activate the mutated THIK-2 channel, similarly to the THIK-1 channel. Interestingly, heterodimeric channels of THIK-1 and THIK-2 responded to Gi/o-R and Gq-R stimulation. Taken together, Gi/o- or Gq-Rs activates the THIK-1 and THIK-2 channels in a Gβγ or PLC dependent manner, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Tateyama M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10132538 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulation of the two-pore domain potassium channel, THIK-1 and THIK-2, by G protein coupled receptors.

Tateyama Michihiro M   Kubo Yoshihiro Y  

PloS one 20230426 4


A member of THIK (two pore domain halothane-inhibited K+) channels, THIK-1, was reported as a target of Gi/o-coupled receptors (Gi/o-Rs) in neurons and microglia. We confirmed that in HEK293T cells the THIK-1 channel is activated by Gi/o-Rs and found that Gq-coupled receptors (Gq-Rs) also activates the channel. The effects of Gi/o-Rs and Gq-Rs were inhibited by the Gi/o inhibitor pertussis toxin and phospholipase C (PLC) inhibitor, respectively. The effects of Gi/o-Rs were attenuated when consen  ...[more]

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