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Facilitation and Ca2+-dependent inactivation are modified by mutation of the Ca(v)1.2 channel IQ motif.


ABSTRACT: The heart muscle responds to physiological needs with a short-term modulation of cardiac contractility. This process is determined mainly by properties of the cardiac L-type Ca(2+) channel (Ca(v)1.2), including facilitation and Ca(2+)-dependent inactivation (CDI). Both facilitation and CDI involve the interaction of calmodulin with the IQ motif of the Ca(v)1.2 channel, especially with Ile-1624. To verify this hypothesis, we created a mouse line in which Ile-1624 was mutated to Glu (Ca(v)1.2(I1624E) mice). Homozygous Ca(v)1.2(I1624E) mice were not viable. Therefore, we inactivated the floxed Ca(v)1.2 gene of heterozygous Ca(v)1.2(I1624E) mice by the ?-myosin heavy chain-MerCreMer system. The resulting I/E mice were studied at day 10 after treatment with tamoxifen. Electrophysiological recordings in ventricular cardiomyocytes revealed a reduced Ca(v)1.2 current (I(Ca)) density in I/E mice. Steady-state inactivation and recovery from inactivation were modified in I/E versus control mice. In addition, voltage-dependent facilitation was almost abolished in I/E mice. The time course of I(Ca) inactivation in I/E mice was not influenced by the use of Ba(2+) as a charge carrier. Using 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid as a chelating agent for intracellular Ca(2+), inactivation of I(Ca) was slowed down in control but not I/E mice. The results show that the I/E mutation abolishes Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent regulation of Ca(v)1.2. The Ca(v)1.2(I1624E) mutation transforms the channel to a phenotype mimicking CDI.

SUBMITTER: Poomvanicha M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3143633 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Facilitation and Ca2+-dependent inactivation are modified by mutation of the Ca(v)1.2 channel IQ motif.

Poomvanicha Montatip M   Wegener Jörg W JW   Blaich Anne A   Fischer Stefanie S   Domes Katrin K   Moosmang Sven S   Hofmann Franz F  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110610 30


The heart muscle responds to physiological needs with a short-term modulation of cardiac contractility. This process is determined mainly by properties of the cardiac L-type Ca(2+) channel (Ca(v)1.2), including facilitation and Ca(2+)-dependent inactivation (CDI). Both facilitation and CDI involve the interaction of calmodulin with the IQ motif of the Ca(v)1.2 channel, especially with Ile-1624. To verify this hypothesis, we created a mouse line in which Ile-1624 was mutated to Glu (Ca(v)1.2(I162  ...[more]

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