Identification and characterization of hydrophobic gate residues in TRP channels.
Identification and characterization of hydrophobic gate residues in TRP channels.
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TRP 通道中疏水门残基的鉴定和表征。
DOI:
10.1096/fj.201700599rr
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2018
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Chen Xing-Zhen
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作者:
Zheng Wang;Hu Ruikun;Cai Ruiqi;Hofmann Laura;Hu Qiaolin;Fatehi Mohammad;Long Wentong;Kong Tim;Tang Jingfeng;Light Peter;Flockerzi Veit;Cao Ying;Chen Xing-Zhen
Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels, subdivided into 6 subfamilies in mammals, have essential roles in sensory physiology. They respond to remarkably diverse stimuli, comprising thermal, chemical, and mechanical modalities, through opening or closing of channel gates. In this study, we systematically substituted the hydrophobic residues within the distal fragment of pore‐lining helix S6 with hydrophilic residues and, based onXenopusoocyte and mammalian cell electrophysiology and a hydrophobic gate theory, identified hydrophobic gates in TRPV6/V5/V4/C4/ M8. We found that channel activity drastically increased when TRPV6Ala616 or Met617or TRPV5Ala576 or Met577, but not any of their adjacent residues, was substituted with hydrophilic residues. Channel activity strongly correlated with the hydrophilicity of the residues at those sites, suggesting that consecutive hydrophobic residues TRPV6Ala616‐Met617and TRPV5Ala576‐Met577form a double‐residue gate in each channel. By the same strategy, we identified a hydrophobic single‐residue gate in TRPV4Iso715, TRPC4Iso617, and TRPM8Val976. In support of the hydrophobic gate theory, hydrophilic substitution at the gate site, which removes the hydrophobic gate seal, substantially increased the activity of TRP channels in low‐activity states but had little effect on the function of activated channels. The double‐residue gate channels were more sensitive to small changes in the gate's hydrophobicity or size than single‐residue gate channels. The unconventional double‐reside gating mechanism in TRP channels may have been evolved to respond especially to physiologic stimuli that trigger relatively small gate conformational changes.—Zheng, W., Hu, R., Cai, R., Hofmann, L., Hu, Q., Fatehi, M., Long, W., Kong, T., Tang, J., Light, P., Flockerzi, V., Cao, Y., Chen, X.‐Z. Identification and characterization of hydrophobic gate residues in TRP channels.FASEB J.32, 639–653 (2018). www.fasebj.org