Fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation of the store-operated Ca2+ current (ISOC) in liver cells:: a role for calmodulin
Fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation of the store-operated Ca2+ current (ISOC) in liver cells:: a role for calmodulin
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DOI:
10.1113/jphysiol.2004.065870
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发表时间:
2004-07-01
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5.5
通讯作者:
Rychkov, GY
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作者:
Litjens, T;Harland, ML;Rychkov, GY
Store-operatedCa(2+) channels (SOCs) provide a major pathway for Ca2+ entry in non-excitable cells. SOCs in immortalized liver cells are highly selective for Ca2+ over other cations and are similar to well-studied Ca2+ release activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels in haematopoietic cell lines. In the present work, employing H4IIE liver cells, we investigated fast inactivation of SOC current (I-SOC), which occurs at membrane potentials below -60 mV. This inactivation was significantly reduced when BAPTA, a faster Ca2+ buffer, was used instead of EGTA, and was completely abolished if Na+ was used as a charge carrier in the absence of divalent cations in the external medium. These results suggested that fast inactivation of SOCs in H4IIE cells was Ca2+ dependent and was similar to the fast inactivation of CRAC channels. Experiments showing that the fast inactivation of I-SOC was not affected by the disruption of actin by latrunculin B indicate that the cytoskeleton is unlikely to be involved. To elucidate the mechanism of Ca2+ dependence, a possible role of calmodulin (CaM) in SOCs' fast inactivation was investigated. The CaM inhibitors Mas-7 and calmidazolium failed to affect I-SOC fast inactivation, whereas over-expression of a CaM inhibitor peptide or a mutant CaM lacking functional EF hands significantly altered the inactivation of I-SOC. Out of two exponential components normally required to approximate kinetics of I-SOC fast inactivation, the faster component was reduced in amplitude by 30%, compared to the control. The results presented suggest that CaM is responsible for at least part of Ca2+-dependent fast inactivation of I-SOC in liver cells. It is hypothesized that CaM is tethered to the channel itself and therefore protected from chemical inhibitors.