期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 111, 期 51, 页码 18381-18386出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411127112
关键词
fluorometry; Ca2+ entry; allostery; gating mechanism; CaV1.2
资金
- National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [P01HL078931]
- General Medicine Grant [R01GM110276]
- American Heart Association [12BGIA10560007]
- Scientist Development Grant [14SDG20300018]
- Postdoctoral Fellowship [14POST18780018]
- Chilean Government Grants [FONDECYT1120864, ACT1104]
- Millennium Scientific Initiative of the Chilean Ministry of Economy
Excitation-evoked Ca2+ influx is the fastest and most ubiquitous chemical trigger for cellular processes, including neurotransmitter release, muscle contraction, and gene expression. The voltage dependence and timing of Ca2+ entry are thought to be functions of voltage-gated calcium (CaV) channels composed of a central pore regulated by four nonidentical voltage-sensing domains (VSDs I-IV). Currently, the individual voltage dependence and the contribution to pore opening of each VSD remain largely unknown. Using an optical approach (voltage-clamp fluorometry) to track the movement of the individual voltage sensors, we discovered that the four VSDs of Ca(V)1.2 channels undergo voltage-evoked conformational rearrangements, each exhibiting distinct voltage-and time-dependent properties over a wide range of potentials and kinetics. The voltage dependence and fast kinetic components in the activation of VSDs II and III were compatible with the ionic current properties, suggesting that these voltage sensors are involved in CaV1.2 activation. This view is supported by an obligatory model, in which activation of VSDs II and III is necessary to open the pore. When these data were interpreted in view of an allosteric model, where pore opening is intrinsically independent but biased by VSD activation, VSDs II and III were each found to supply similar to 50 meV (similar to 2 kT), amounting to similar to 85% of the total energy, toward stabilizing the open state, with a smaller contribution from VSD I (similar to 16 meV). VSD IV did not appear to participate in channel opening.
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