A regenerative link in the ionic fluxes through the weaver potassium channel underlies the pathophysiology of the mutation.
A regenerative link in the ionic fluxes through the weaver potassium channel underlies the pathophysiology of the mutation.
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通过韦弗钾通道的离子通量的再生联系是突变病理生理学的基础。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.93.26.15429
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Lester,HA
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文献类型:
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作者:
Silverman,SK;Kofuji,P;Dougherty,DA;Davidson,N;Lester,HA
The homozygousweavermouse displays neuronal degeneration in several brain regions. Previous experiments in heterologous expression systems showed that the G protein-gated inward rectifier K+channel (GIRK2) bearing theweaverpore-region GYG-to-SYG mutation (i) is not activated by Gβγsubunits, but instead shows constitutive activation, and (ii) is no longer a K+-selective channel but conducts Na+as well. The present experiments onweaverGIRK2 (wvGIRK2) expressed inXenopusoocytes show that the level of constitutive activation depends on intracellular Na+concentration. In particular, manipulations that decrease intracellular Na+produce a component of Na+-permeable current activated via a G protein pathway. Therefore, constitutive activation may not arise because theweavermutation directly alters the gating transitions of the channel protein. Instead, there may be a regenerative cycle of Na+influx through thewvGIRK2 channel, leading to additional Na+activation. We also show that thewvGIRK2 channel is permeable to Ca2+, providing an additional mechanism for the degeneration that characterizes theweaverphenotype. We further demonstrate that the GIRK4 channel bearing the analogousweavermutation has properties similar to those of thewvGIRK2 channel, providing a glimpse of the selective pressures that have maintained the GYG sequence in nearly all known K+channels.
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影响因子:
3.5
作者:
S. Tucker;M. Pessia;A. Moorhouse;F. Gribble;F. Ashcroft;J. Maylie;J. Adelman
通讯作者:
J. Adelman
影响因子:
7.8
作者:
Liesi, P;Wright, JM
通讯作者:
Wright, JM
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
HEGINBOTHAM, L;LU, Z;MACKINNON, R
通讯作者:
MACKINNON, R
影响因子:
16.2
作者:
WEI, A;SOLARO, C;SALKOFF, L
通讯作者:
SALKOFF, L
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Hartzell, HC
通讯作者:
Hartzell, HC