Dynamic regulation of β1 subunit trafficking controls vascular contractility
Dynamic regulation of β1 subunit trafficking controls vascular contractility
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1317527111
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发表时间:
2014-02-11
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Jaggar, Jonathan H.
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作者:
Leo, M. Dennis;Bannister, John P.;Jaggar, Jonathan H.
Ion channels composed of pore-forming and auxiliary subunits control physiological functions in virtually all cell types. A conventional view is that channels assemble with their auxiliary subunits before anterograde plasma membrane trafficking of the protein complex. Whether the multisubunit composition of surface channels is fixed following protein synthesis or flexible and open to acute and, potentially, rapid modulation to control activity and cellular excitability is unclear. Arterial smooth muscle cells (myocytes) express large-conductance Ca2+-activated potassium (BK) channel alpha and auxiliary beta 1 subunits that are functionally significant modulators of arterial contractility. Here, we show that native BK alpha subunits are primarily (similar to 95%) plasma membrane-localized in human and rat arterial myocytes. In contrast, only a small fraction (similar to 10%) of total beta 1 subunits are located at the cell surface. Immunofluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy demonstrated that intracellular beta 1 subunits are stored within Rab11A-postive recycling endosomes. Nitric oxide (NO), acting via cGMP-dependent protein kinase, and cAMP-dependent pathways stimulated rapid (