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Roles of LRRC26 as an auxiliary ?1-subunit of large-conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels in bronchial smooth muscle cells.

ABSTRACT: In visceral smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the large-conductance Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ (BK) channel is one of the key elements underlying a negative feedback mechanism that is essential for the regulation of intracellular Ca²⁺ concentration. Although leucine-rich repeat-containing (LRRC) proteins have been identified as novel auxiliary ?-subunits of the BK channel (BK?) in several cell types, its physiological roles in SMCs are unclear. The BK? expression patterns in selected SM tissues were examined using real-time PCR analyses and Western blotting. The functional contribution of BK?1 to BK channel activity was examined by whole cell patch-clamp in SMCs and heterologous expression systems. BK?1 expression in mouse bronchial SMCs (mBSMCs) was higher than in other several SMC types. Coimmunoprecipitation and total internal reflection fluorescence imaging analyses revealed molecular interaction between BK? and BK?1 in mBSMCs. Under voltage-clamp, steady-state activation of BK channel currents at pCa 8.0 in mBSMCs occurred in a voltage range comparable to that of reconstituted BK?/BK?1 complex. However, this range was much more negative than in mouse aortic SMCs (mASMCs) or in HEK293 cells expressing BK? alone and ?-subunit (BK?1). Mallotoxin, a selective activator of BK channel that lacks BK?1, dose-dependently activated BK currents in mASMCs but not in mBSMCs. The abundant expression of BK?1 in mBSMCs extensively facilitates BK channel activity to keep the resting membrane potential at negative values and prevents contraction under physiological conditions.

SUBMITTER: Noda S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7052682 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Roles of LRRC26 as an auxiliary γ1-subunit of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in bronchial smooth muscle cells.

Noda Sayuri S Suzuki Yoshiaki Y Yamamura Hisao H Giles Wayne R WR Imaizumi Yuji Y

American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 20191204 2

In visceral smooth muscle cells (SMCs), the large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BK) channel is one of the key elements underlying a negative feedback mechanism that is essential for the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Although leucine-rich repeat-containing (LRRC) proteins have been identified as novel auxiliary γ-subunits of the BK channel (BKγ) in several cell types, its physiological roles in SMCs are unclear. The BKγ expression patterns in se ...[more]

PMID: 31800260

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