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Negatively charged residues in the first extracellular loop of the L-type CaV1.2 channel anchor the interaction with the CaV?2?1 auxiliary subunit.

ABSTRACT: Voltage-gated L-type CaV1.2 channels in cardiomyocytes exist as heteromeric complexes. Co-expression of CaV?2?1 with CaV?/CaV?1 proteins reconstitutes the functional properties of native L-type currents, but the interacting domains at the CaV1.2/CaV?2?1 interface are unknown. Here, a homology-based model of CaV1.2 identified protein interfaces between the extracellular domain of CaV?2?1 and the extracellular loops of the CaV?1 protein in repeats I (IS1S2 and IS5S6), II (IIS5S6), and III (IIIS5S6). Insertion of a 9-residue hemagglutinin epitope in IS1S2, but not in IS5S6 or in IIS5S6, prevented the co-immunoprecipitation of CaV1.2 with CaV?2?1. IS1S2 contains a cluster of three conserved negatively charged residues Glu-179, Asp-180, and Asp-181 that could contribute to non-bonded interactions with CaV?2?1. Substitutions of CaV1.2 Asp-181 impaired the co-immunoprecipitation of CaV?/CaV1.2 with CaV?2?1 and the CaV?2?1-dependent shift in voltage-dependent activation gating. In contrast, single substitutions in CaV1.2 in neighboring positions in the same loop (179, 180, and 182-184) did not significantly alter the functional up-regulation of CaV1.2 whole-cell currents. However, a negatively charged residue at position 180 was necessary to convey the CaV?2?1-mediated shift in the activation gating. We also found a more modest contribution from the positively charged Arg-1119 in the extracellular pore region in repeat III of CaV1.2. We conclude that CaV1.2 Asp-181 anchors the physical interaction that facilitates the CaV?2?1-mediated functional modulation of CaV1.2 currents. By stabilizing the first extracellular loop of CaV1.2, CaV?2?1 may up-regulate currents by promoting conformations of the voltage sensor that are associated with the channel's open state.

SUBMITTER: Bourdin B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655503 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Negatively charged residues in the first extracellular loop of the L-type CaV1.2 channel anchor the interaction with the CaVα2δ1 auxiliary subunit.

Bourdin Benoîte B Briot Julie J Tétreault Marie-Philippe MP Sauvé Rémy R Parent Lucie L

The Journal of biological chemistry 20170901 42

Voltage-gated L-type CaV1.2 channels in cardiomyocytes exist as heteromeric complexes. Co-expression of CaVα2δ1 with CaVβ/CaVα1 proteins reconstitutes the functional properties of native L-type currents, but the interacting domains at the CaV1.2/CaVα2δ1 interface are unknown. Here, a homology-based model of CaV1.2 identified protein interfaces between the extracellular domain of CaVα2δ1 and the extracellular ...[more]

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Negatively charged residues in the first extracellular loop of the L-type CaV1.2 channel anchor the interaction with the CaV?2?1 auxiliary subunit.

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Negatively charged residues in the first extracellular loop of the L-type Ca<sub>V</sub>1.2 channel anchor the interaction with the Ca<sub>V</sub>α2δ1 auxiliary subunit.

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