Journal
JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 130, Issue 6, Pages 1122-1133Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.196253
Keywords
VSOAC; VSOR; Swelling-activated chloride channel; I-Cl,I- vol; I-Cl,I- swell; Gliotransmission
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- European Research Council [294435]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [JE 164/12-1, Exc257 'Neurocure']
- European Research Council (ERC) [294435] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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In response to swelling, mammalian cells release chloride and organic osmolytes through volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs). VRACs are heteromers of LRRC8A and other LRRC8 isoforms (LRRC8B to LRRC8E), which are co-expressed in HEK293 and most other cells. The spectrum of VRAC substrates and its dependence on particular LRRC8 isoforms remains largely unknown. We show that, besides the osmolytes taurine and myo-inositol, LRRC8 channels transport the neurotransmitters glutamate, aspartate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and the co-activator D-serine. HEK293 cells engineered to express defined subsets of LRRC8 isoforms were used to elucidate the subunit-dependence of transport. Whereas LRRC8D was crucial for the translocation of overall neutral compounds like myo-inositol, taurine and GABA, and sustained the transport of positively charged lysine, flux of negatively charged aspartate was equally well supported by LRRC8E. Disruption of LRRC8B or LRRC8C failed to decrease the transport rates of all investigated substrates, but their inclusion into LRRC8 heteromers influenced the substrate preference of VRAC. This suggested that individual VRACs can contain three or more different LRRC8 subunits, a conclusion confirmed by sequential co-immunoprecipitations. Our work suggests a composition-dependent role of VRACs in extracellular signal transduction.
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