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Biophys. J. BioFAST: First Published September 8, 2006. doi:10.1529/biophysj.106.085787
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CHANNELS, RECEPTORS, AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALING

Effect of charge substitutions at residue his142 on voltage gating of connexin43 channels

Junko Shibayama 1, Cristina Gutiérrez 2, Daniel González 2, Fabien Kieken 3, Akiko Seki 4, Jesus Requena Carrión 5, Paul L Sorgen 3, Steven M Taffet 6, Luis C Barrio 2 and Mario Delmar 1*

1 Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
2 Unit of Experimental Neurology, Research Department,
3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
4 Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University
5 Departamento de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
6 Microbiology/Immunology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: delmarm{at}upstate.edu.

Submitted on March 24, 2006
Revised on April 24, 2006
Accepted on 16 August 2006


  Abstract
Previous studies indicate that the carboxyl terminal of connexin43 (Cx43CT) is involved in fast transjunctional voltage gating. Separate studies support the notion of an intramolecular association between Cx43CT and a region of the cytoplasmic loop (amino acids 119-144; referred to as "L2"). Structural analysis of L2 shows two {alpha}-helical domains, each with a histidine residue in its sequence (H126 and H142). Here, we determined the effect of H142 replacement by lysine, alanine and glutamate on the voltage gating of Cx43 channels. Mutation H142E led to a significant reduction in the frequency of occurrence of the residual state and a prolongation of dwell open time. Macroscopically, there was a large reduction in the fast component of voltage gating. These results resembled those observed for a mutant lacking the CT domain. NMR experiments showed that mutation H142E significantly decreased the Cx43CT-L2 interaction and disrupted the secondary structure of L2. Overall, our data support the hypothesis that fast voltage gating involves an intramolecular particle-receptor interaction between CT and L2. Some of the structural constrains of fast voltage gating may be shared with those involved in the chemical gating of Cx43.

Key Words: Cx43, fast voltage gating, gap junctions, residual state




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