期刊
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.896532
关键词
structural biology; cryo-EM; cell volume homeostasis; VRAC; LRRC8
资金
- JSPS KAKENHI [19K23833]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19K23833] Funding Source: KAKEN
Members of the LRRC8 protein family, as the pore-forming components of VRAC, play a critical role in regulating cell swelling by releasing chloride ions or other osmolytes. Recent advances in cryo-EM have provided valuable insights into the molecular mechanisms of LRRC8, including its overall architectures and the mechanisms underlying pore inhibition and allosteric modulation.
Members of the leucine-rich repeat-containing 8 (LRRC8) protein family, composed of five LRRC8A-E isoforms, are pore-forming components of the volume-regulated anion channel (VRAC), which is activated by cell swelling and releases chloride ions (Cl-) or other osmolytes to counteract cell swelling. Although the LRRC8 protein family was identified as the molecular entity of VRAC only in 2014, due to recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), various LRRC8 structures, including homo-hexameric LRRC8A and LRRC8D structures, as well as inhibitor-bound and synthetic single-domain antibody-bound homo-hexameric LRRC8A structures, have been reported, thus extending our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of this protein family. In this review, we describe the important features of LRRC8 provided by these structures, particularly the overall architectures, and the suggested mechanisms underlying pore inhibition and allosteric modulation by targeting the intracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) domain.
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