scholarly journals Structural Basis For The Coupling Between Activation And Inactivation Gating In Potassium Channels

2009 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 381a ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis G. Cuello ◽  
Vishwanath Jogini ◽  
D. Marien Cortes ◽  
Albert C. Pan ◽  
Dominique G. Gagnon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Inactivation Gating

scholarly journals Inactivation Gating of Kv4 Potassium Channels

1999 ◽  
Vol 113 (5) ◽  
pp. 641-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry H. Jerng ◽  
Mohammad Shahidullah ◽  
Manuel Covarrubias
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Membrane Potentials ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Inactivation Curve ◽  
Double Mutation ◽  
K Channels ◽  
Closed State ◽  
Recovery From Inactivation ◽  
Inactivation Gating

Kv4 channels represent the main class of brain A-type K+ channels that operate in the subthreshold range of membrane potentials (Serodio, P., E. Vega-Saenz de Miera, and B. Rudy. 1996. J. Neurophysiol. 75:2174– 2179), and their function depends critically on inactivation gating. A previous study suggested that the cytoplasmic NH2- and COOH-terminal domains of Kv4.1 channels act in concert to determine the fast phase of the complex time course of macroscopic inactivation (Jerng, H.H., and M. Covarrubias. 1997. Biophys. J. 72:163–174). To investigate the structural basis of slow inactivation gating of these channels, we examined internal residues that may affect the mutually exclusive relationship between inactivation and closed-state blockade by 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) (Campbell, D.L., Y. Qu, R.L. Rasmussen, and H.C. Strauss. 1993. J. Gen. Physiol. 101:603–626; Shieh, C.-C., and G.E. Kirsch. 1994. Biophys. J. 67:2316–2325). A double mutation V[404,406]I in the distal section of the S6 region of the protein drastically slowed channel inactivation and deactivation, and significantly reduced the blockade by 4-AP. In addition, recovery from inactivation was slightly faster, but the pore properties were not significantly affected. Consistent with a more stable open state and disrupted closed state inactivation, V[404,406]I also caused hyperpolarizing and depolarizing shifts of the peak conductance–voltage curve (∼5 mV) and the prepulse inactivation curve (>10 mV), respectively. By contrast, the analogous mutations (V[556,558]I) in a K+ channel that undergoes N- and C-type inactivation (Kv1.4) did not affect macroscopic inactivation but dramatically slowed deactivation and recovery from inactivation, and eliminated open-channel blockade by 4-AP. Mutation of a Kv4-specifc residue in the S4–S5 loop (C322S) of Kv4.1 also altered gating and 4-AP sensitivity in a manner that closely resembles the effects of V[404,406]I. However, this mutant did not exhibit disrupted closed state inactivation. A kinetic model that assumes coupling between channel closing and inactivation at depolarized membrane potentials accounts for the results. We propose that components of the pore's internal vestibule control both closing and inactivation in Kv4 K+ channels.

scholarly journals The Link between Ion Permeation and Inactivation Gating of Kv4 Potassium Channels

2003 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 928-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Shahidullah ◽  
Manuel Covarrubias
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Ion Permeation ◽  
Inactivation Gating

Use of voltage clamp fluorimetry in understanding potassium channel gating: a review of Shaker fluorescence data

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Horne ◽  
D. Fedida
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Potassium Channel ◽  
Voltage Clamp ◽  
Channel Gating ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Channel Activation ◽  
Shaker Potassium Channel ◽  
Inactivation Gating ◽  
Nanosecond Time Resolution ◽  
Shaker Potassium Channels

Voltage clamp fluorimetry (VCF) utilizes fluorescent probes that covalently bind to cysteine residues introduced into proteins and emit light as a function of their environment. Measurement of this emitted light during membrane depolarization reveals changes in the emission level as the environment of the labelled residue changes. This allows for the correlation of channel gating events with movement of specific protein moieties, at nanosecond time resolution. Since the pioneering use of this technique to investigate Shaker potassium channel activation movements, VCF has become an invaluable technique used to understand ion channel gating. This review summarizes the theory and some of the data on the application of the VCF technique. Although its usage has expanded beyond voltage-gated potassium channels and VCF is now used in a number of other voltage- and ligand-gated channels, we will focus on studies conducted in Shaker potassium channels, and what they have told us about channel activation and inactivation gating.

scholarly journals Multitude of ion channels in regulation of transmitter release

1999 ◽  
Vol 354 (1381) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rami Rahamimoff ◽  
Alexander Butkevich ◽  
Dessislava Duridanova ◽  
Ronit Ahdut ◽  
Emanuel Harari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ion Channels ◽  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Nerve Terminal ◽  
Transmitter Release ◽  
Synaptic Vesicles ◽  
Chloride Channels ◽  
Surface Membrane ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Presynaptic Nerve Terminal

The presynaptic nerve terminal is of key importance in the communication in the nervous system. Its primary role is to release transmitter quanta on the arrival of an appropriate stimulus. The structural basis of these transmitter quanta are the synaptic vesicles that fuse with the surface membrane of the nerve terminal, to release their content of neurotransmitter molecules and other vesicular components. We subdivide the control of quantal release into two major classes: the processes that take place before the fusion of the synaptic vesicle with the surface membrane (the pre–fusion control) and the processes that occur after the fusion of the vesicle (the post–fusion control). The pre–fusion control is the main determinant of transmitter release. It is achieved by a wide variety of cellular components, among them the ion channels. There are reports of several hundred different ion channel molecules at the surface membrane of the nerve terminal, that for convenience can be grouped into eight major categories. They are the voltage–dependent calcium channels, the potassium channels, the calcium–gated potassium channels, the sodium channels, the chloride channels, the non–selective channels, the ligand gated channels and the stretch–activated channels. There are several categories of intracellular channels in the mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum and the synaptic vesicles. We speculate that the vesicle channels may be of an importance in the post–fusion control of transmitter release.

Structural Basis of Binding and Inhibition of Novel Tarantula Toxins in Mammalian Voltage-Dependent Potassium Channels

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1217-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Shuan Shiau ◽  
Po-Tsang Huang ◽  
Horng-Huei Liou ◽  
Yen-Chywan Liaw ◽  
Yuh-Yuan Shiau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Voltage Dependent

Organization of tight junctions in the choroid plexus epithelium

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-337
Author(s):  
B. Van Deurs ◽  
J. K. Koehler
Keyword(s):  
Choroid Plexus ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Barrier Properties ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Choroid Plexus Epithelium ◽  
Solid Nitrogen ◽  
Special Composition

The choroid plexus epithelium constitutes a blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier, and is involved in regulation of the special composition of the CSF. The epithelium is provided with an ouabain-sensitive Na/K-pump located at the apical surface, actively pumping ions into the CSF. The choroid plexus epithelium has been described as “leaky” with a low transepithelial resistance, and a passive transepithelial flux following a paracellular route (intercellular spaces and cell junctions) also takes place. The present report describes the structural basis for these “barrier” properties of the choroid plexus epithelium as revealed by freeze fracture.Choroid plexus from the lateral, third and fourth ventricles of rats were used. The tissue was fixed in glutaraldehyde and stored in 30% glycerol. Freezing was performed either in liquid nitrogen-cooled Freon 22, or directly in a mixture of liquid and solid nitrogen prepared in a special vacuum chamber. The latter method was always used, and considered necessary, when preparations of complementary (double) replicas were made.

High resolution spot scan imaging of frozen, hydrated actin bundles with 400kV electrons

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 512-513
Author(s):  
J. Jakana ◽  
M.F. Schmid ◽  
P. Matsudaira ◽  
W. Chiu
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Eukaryotic Cells ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Actin Bundle ◽  
Actin Bundles ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Macromolecular Assembly

Actin is a protein found in all eukaryotic cells. In its polymerized form, the cells use it for motility, cytokinesis and for cytoskeletal support. An example of this latter class is the actin bundle in the acrosomal process from the Limulus sperm. The different functions actin performs seem to arise from its interaction with the actin binding proteins. A 3-dimensional structure of this macromolecular assembly is essential to provide a structural basis for understanding this interaction in relationship to its development and functions.

Electron Microscopy and image reconstruction reveal the structural basis for spectrin's elastic properties

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 510-511
Author(s):  
Amy M. McGough ◽  
Robert Josephs
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Elastic Properties ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Quaternary Structure ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Membrane Skeleton ◽  
Projection Algorithm ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Iterative Approximation ◽  
Membrane Skeletons

The remarkable deformability of the erythrocyte derives in large part from the elastic properties of spectrin, the major component of the membrane skeleton. It is generally accepted that spectrin's elasticity arises from marked conformational changes which include variations in its overall length (1). In this work the structure of spectrin in partially expanded membrane skeletons was studied by electron microscopy to determine the molecular basis for spectrin's elastic properties. Spectrin molecules were analysed with respect to three features: length, conformation, and quaternary structure. The results of these studies lead to a model of how spectrin mediates the elastic deformation of the erythrocyte.Membrane skeletons were isolated from erythrocyte membrane ghosts, negatively stained, and examined by transmission electron microscopy (2). Particle lengths and end-to-end distances were measured from enlarged prints using the computer program MACMEASURE. Spectrin conformation (straightness) was assessed by calculating the particles’ correlation length by iterative approximation (3). Digitised spectrin images were correlation averaged or Fourier filtered to improve their signal-to-noise ratios. Three-dimensional reconstructions were performed using a suite of programs which were based on the filtered back-projection algorithm and executed on a cluster of Microvax 3200 workstations (4).

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