cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of the tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-dependent sodium channel SNS
cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of the tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-dependent sodium channel SNS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0433v.x
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发表时间:
1999-04-15
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Moss, SJ
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作者:
Fitzgerald, EM;Okuse, K;Moss, SJ
1. Protein kinase A (PKA) modulation of tetrodotoxin-resistant (TTX-r) voltage-gated sodium channels may underly the hyperalgesic responses of mammalian sensory neurones. We have therefore examined PKA phosphorylation of the cloned a-subunit of the rat sensory neurone-specific TTX-r channel SNS. Phosphorylation of SNS was compared with that of a mutant channel, SNS(SA), in which all five PKA consensus sites (RXXS) within the intra cellular I-II loop had been eliminated by site-directed mutagenesis (serine to alanine).2. In vitro PKA phosphorylation and tryptic peptide mapping of SNS and mutant SNS(SA) I-II loops expressed as glutathione-X-transferase (GST) fusion proteins confirmed that the five mutated serines were the major PKA substrates within the SNS I-II loop.3. SNS and SNS(XA) channels were transiently expressed in COS-7 cells and their electrophysiological properties compared. In wild-type SNS channels, forskolin and 8-bromo cAMP produced effects consistent with PKA phosphorylation. Mutant SNS(SA) currents, however, were not significantly affected by either agent. Thus, elimination of the I-II loop PKA consensus sites caused a marked reduction in PKA modulation of wild-type channels.4. Under control conditions, the voltage dependence of activation of SNS(XA) current was shifted to depolarized potentials compared with SNS. This was associated with a slowing of SNS(XA) current inactivation at hyperpolarized potentials and suggested a tonic PKA phosphorylation of wild-type channels under basal conditions.5. We conclude that the major substrates involved in functional PKA modulation of the SNS channel, are located within the intracellular I-II loop.