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Structural mechanism of human TRPC3 and TRPC6 channel regulation by their intracellular calcium-binding sites

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NEURON
Volume 110, Issue 6, Pages 1023-+

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.12.023

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [91957201, 31870833, 31821091, 31900859]
  2. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2016M600856, 2017T100014, 2019M650324, 2019T120014]
  3. Boya Postdoctoral Fellowship of Peking University
  4. Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences (CLS), Peking University

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In this study, the cryo-EM structures of TRPC3 and TRPC6 channels were determined, revealing the calcium-dependent regulation and the pathogenic mechanism of GOF mutations associated with diseases like FSGS. These findings provide important insights for further research and structure-based drug design.
TRPC3 and TRPC6 channels are calcium-permeable non-selective cation channels that are involved in many physiological processes. The gain-of-function (GOF) mutations of TRPC6 lead to familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in humans, but their pathogenic mechanism remains elusive. Here, we report the cryo-EM structures of human TRPC3 in both high-calcium and low-calcium conditions. Based on these structures and accompanying electrophysiological studies, we identified both inhibitory and activating calcium binding sites in TRPC3 that couple intracellular calcium concentrations to the basal channel activity. These calcium sensors are also structurally and functionally conserved in TRPC6. We uncovered that the GOF mutations of TRPC6 activate the channel by allosterically abolishing the inhibitory effects of intracellular calcium. Furthermore, structures of human TRPC6 in complex with two chemically distinct inhibitors bound at different ligand-binding pockets reveal different conformations of the transmembrane domain, providing templates for further structure-based drug design targeting TRPC6-related diseases such as FSGS.

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