Journal
CIRCULATION RESEARCH
Volume 104, Issue 12, Pages 1382-U251Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.196972
Keywords
ion channels; mouse models; amino terminal inhibitory module; auxiliary subunit; Ca(V)1.2
Funding
- US Public Health Service/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL-67101, HL-28958, HL-76116, HL-088089, HL-071165]
- Heart Rhythm Society
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Complex modulation of voltage-gated Ca2+ currents through the interplay among Ca2+ channels and various Ca2+-binding proteins is increasingly being recognized. The K+ channel interacting protein 2 (KChIP2), originally identified as an auxiliary subunit for K(V)4.2 and a component of the transient outward K+ channel (I-to), is a Ca2+-binding protein whose regulatory functions do not appear restricted to K(V)4.2. Consequently, we hypothesized that KChIP2 is a direct regulator of the cardiac L-type Ca2+ current (I-Ca,I-L). We found that I-Ca,I-L density from KChIP2(-/-) myocytes is reduced by 28% compared to I-Ca,I-L recorded from wild-type myocytes (P < 0.05). This reduction in current density results from loss of a direct effect on the Ca2+ channel current, as shown in a transfected cell line devoid of confounding cardiac ion currents. I-Ca,I-L regulation by KChIP2 was independent of Ca2+ binding to KChIP2. Biochemical analysis suggested a direct interaction between KChIP2 and the Ca(V)1.2 alpha(1C) subunit N terminus. We found that KChIP2 binds to the N-terminal inhibitory module of alpha(1C) and augments I-Ca,I-L current density without increasing Ca(V)1.2 protein expression or trafficking to the plasma membrane. We propose a model in which KChIP2 impedes the N-terminal inhibitory module of Ca(V)1.2, resulting in increased I-Ca,I-L. In the context of recent reports that KChIP2 modulates multiple K-V and Na-V currents, these results suggest that KChIP2 is a multimodal regulator of cardiac ionic currents. (Circ Res. 2009; 104: 1382-1389.)
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