Journal
CHANNELS
Volume 3, Issue 5, Pages 343-355Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/chan.3.5.9696
Keywords
voltage-gated calcium channels; CACNB4; Ca2+; nuclear export; hippocampal neurons; cerebellum
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- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P17806-B05, P20059-B05, P17807-B05, P20670, SFB021, W1101-B12]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 20670] Funding Source: researchfish
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Auxiliary beta subunits are critical determinants of membrane expression and gating properties of voltage-gated calcium channels. Mutations in the beta(4) subunit gene cause ataxia and epilepsy. However, the specific function of beta(4) in neurons and its causal relation to neurological diseases are unknown. Here we report the localization of the beta(4) subunit in the nuclei of cerebellar granule and Purkinje cells. beta(4b) was the only beta isoform showing nuclear targeting when expressed in neurons and skeletal myotubes. Its specific nuclear targeting property was mapped to an N-terminal double-arginine motif, which was necessary and sufficient for targeting beta subunits into the nucleus. Spontaneous electrical activity and calcium influx negatively regulated beta(4b) nuclear localization by a CRM-1-dependent nuclear export mechanism. The activity-dependent shuttling of beta(4b) into and out of the nucleus indicates a specific role of this beta subunit in neurons, in communicating the activity of calcium channels to the nucleus.
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