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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) are intracellular Ca2+ channels. Most animal cells express mixtures of the three IP3R subtypes encoded by vertebrate genomes. Adenophostin A (AdA) is the most potent naturally occurring agonist of IP3R and it shares with IP3 the essential features of all IP3R agonists, namely structures equivalent to the 4,5-bisphosphate and 6-hydroxyl of IP3. The two essential phosphate groups contribute to closure of the clam-like IP3-binding core (IBC), and thereby IP3R activation, by binding to each of its sides (the α- and β-domains). Regulation of the three subtypes of IP3R by AdA and its analogues has not been examined in cells expressing defined homogenous populations of IP3R. We measured Ca2+ release evoked by synthetic adenophostin A (AdA) and its analogues in permeabilized DT40 cells devoid of native IP3R and stably expressing single subtypes of mammalian IP3R. The determinants of high-affinity binding of AdA and its analogues were indistinguishable for each IP3R subtype. The results are consistent with a cation-π interaction between the adenine of AdA and a conserved arginine within the IBC α-domain contributing to closure of the IBC. The two complementary contacts between AdA and the α-domain (cation-π interaction and 3″-phosphate) allow activation of IP3R by an analogue of AdA (3″-dephospho-AdA) that lacks a phosphate group equivalent to the essential 5-phosphate of IP3. These data provide the first structure-activity analyses of key AdA analogues using homogenous populations of all mammalian IP3R subtypes. They demonstrate that differences in the Ca2+ signals evoked by AdA analogues are unlikely to be due to selective regulation of IP3R subtypes.  相似文献   

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Plasma membrane large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels and sarcoplasmic reticulum inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP3Rs) are expressed in a wide variety of cell types, including arterial smooth muscle cells. Here, we studied BKCa channel regulation by IP3 and IP3Rs in rat and mouse cerebral artery smooth muscle cells. IP3 activated BKCa channels both in intact cells and in excised inside-out membrane patches. IP3 caused concentration-dependent BKCa channel activation with an apparent dissociation constant (Kd) of ∼4 µM at physiological voltage (−40 mV) and intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i; 10 µM). IP3 also caused a leftward-shift in BKCa channel apparent Ca2+ sensitivity and reduced the Kd for free [Ca2+]i from ∼20 to 12 µM, but did not alter the slope or maximal Po. BAPTA, a fast Ca2+ buffer, or an elevation in extracellular Ca2+ concentration did not alter IP3-induced BKCa channel activation. Heparin, an IP3R inhibitor, and a monoclonal type 1 IP3R (IP3R1) antibody blocked IP3-induced BKCa channel activation. Adenophostin A, an IP3R agonist, also activated BKCa channels. IP3 activated BKCa channels in inside-out patches from wild-type (IP3R1+/+) mouse arterial smooth muscle cells, but had no effect on BKCa channels of IP3R1-deficient (IP3R1−/−) mice. Immunofluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy indicated that IP3R1 is located in close spatial proximity to BKCa α subunits. The IP3R1 monoclonal antibody coimmunoprecipitated IP3R1 and BKCa channel α and β1 subunits from cerebral arteries. In summary, data indicate that IP3R1 activation elevates BKCa channel apparent Ca2+ sensitivity through local molecular coupling in arterial smooth muscle cells.  相似文献   

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Overactivation of ionotropic glutamate receptors induces a Ca2+ overload into the cytoplasm that leads neurons to excitotoxic death, a process that has been linked to several neurodegenerative disorders. While the role of mitochondria and its involvement in excitotoxicity have been widely studied, the contribution of endoplasmic reticulum (ER), another crucial intracellular store in maintaining Ca2+ homeostasis, is not fully understood. In this study, we analyzed the contribution of ER-Ca2+ release through ryanodine (RyR) and IP3 (IP3R) receptors to a neuronal in vitro model of excitotoxicity. NMDA induced a dose-dependent neuronal death, which was significantly decreased by ER-Ca2+ release inhibitors in cortical neurons as well as in organotypic slices. Furthermore, ryanodine and 2APB, RyR and IP3R inhibitors respectively, attenuated NMDA-triggered intracellular Ca2+ increase and oxidative stress, whereas 2APB reduced mitochondrial membrane depolarization and caspase-3 cleavage. Consistent with ER-Ca2+ homeostasis disruption, we observed that NMDA-induced ER stress, characterized here by eIF2α phosphorylation and over-expression of GRP chaperones which were regulated by ER-Ca2+ release inhibitors. These results demonstrate that Ca2+ release from ER contributes to neuronal death by both promoting mitochondrial dysfunction and inducing specific stress and apoptosis pathways during excitotoxicity.  相似文献   

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Vertebrate genomes code for three subtypes of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors (IP3R1, -2, and -3). Individual IP3R monomers are assembled to form homo- and heterotetrameric channels that mediate Ca2+ release from intracellular stores. IP3R subtypes are regulated differentially by IP3, Ca2+, ATP, and various other cellular factors and events. IP3R subtypes are seldom expressed in isolation in individual cell types, and cells often express different complements of IP3R subtypes. When multiple subtypes of IP3R are co-expressed, the subunit composition of channels cannot be specifically defined. Thus, how the subunit composition of heterotetrameric IP3R channels contributes to shaping the spatio-temporal properties of IP3-mediated Ca2+ signals has been difficult to evaluate. To address this question, we created concatenated IP3R linked by short flexible linkers. Dimeric constructs were expressed in DT40–3KO cells, an IP3R null cell line. The dimeric proteins were localized to membranes, ran as intact dimeric proteins on SDS-PAGE, and migrated as an ∼1100-kDa band on blue native gels exactly as wild type IP3R. Importantly, IP3R channels formed from concatenated dimers were fully functional as indicated by agonist-induced Ca2+ release. Using single channel “on-nucleus” patch clamp, the channels assembled from homodimers were essentially indistinguishable from those formed by the wild type receptor. However, the activity of channels formed from concatenated IP3R1 and IP3R2 heterodimers was dominated by IP3R2 in terms of the characteristics of regulation by ATP. These studies provide the first insight into the regulation of heterotetrameric IP3R of defined composition. Importantly, the results indicate that the properties of these channels are not simply a blend of those of the constituent IP3R monomers.  相似文献   

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HL-1 cells are the adult cardiac cell lines available that continuously divide while maintaining an atrial phenotype. Here we examined the expression and localization of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) subtypes, and investigated how pattern of IP3-induced subcellular local Ca2+ signaling is encoded by multiple IP3R subtypes in HL-1 cells. The type 1 IP3R (IP3R1) was expressed in the perinucleus with a diffuse pattern and the type 2 IP3R (IP3R2) was expressed in the cytosol with a punctate distribution. Extracellular ATP (1 mM) elicited transient intracellular Ca2+ releases accompanied by a Ca2+ oscillation, which was eliminated by the blocker of IP3Rs, 2-APB, and attenuated by ryanodine. Direct introduction of IP3 into the permeabilized cells induced Ca2+ transients with Ca2+ oscillations at ⩾ 20 μM of IP3, which was removed by the inhibition of IP3Rs using 2-APB and heparin. IP3-induced local Ca2+ transients contained two distinct time courses: a rapid oscillation and a monophasic Ca2+ transient. The magnitude of Ca2+ oscillation was significantly larger in the cytosol than in the nucleus, while the monophasic Ca2+ transient was more pronounced in the nucleus. These results provide evidence for the molecular and functional expression of IP3R1 and IP3R2 in HL-1 cells, and suggest that such distinct local Ca2+ signaling may be correlated with the punctate distribution of IP3R2s in the cytosol and the diffuse localization of IP3R1 in the peri-nucleus.  相似文献   

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The behavior of biological systems is determined by the properties of their component molecules, but the interactions are usually too complex to understand fully how molecular behavior generates cellular behavior. Ca2+ signaling by inositol trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) offers an opportunity to understand this relationship because the cellular behavior is defined largely by Ca2+-mediated interactions between IP3R. Ca2+ released by a cluster of IP3R (giving a local Ca2+ puff) diffuses and ignites the behavior of neighboring clusters (to give repetitive global Ca2+ spikes). We use total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy of two mammalian cell lines to define the temporal relationships between Ca2+ puffs (interpuff intervals, IPI) and Ca2+ spikes (interspike intervals) evoked by flash photolysis of caged IP3. We find that IPI are much shorter than interspike intervals, that puff activity is stochastic with a recovery time that is much shorter than the refractory period of the cell, and that IPI are not periodic. We conclude that Ca2+ spikes do not arise from oscillatory dynamics of IP3R clusters, but that repetitive Ca2+ spiking with its longer timescales is an emergent property of the dynamics of the whole cluster array.  相似文献   

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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) plays a crucial role in generating Ca2+ signaling and three subtypes of IP3R have been identified. In spite of a high degree of similarity among these subtypes, their effects on spatio-temporal Ca2+ patterns are specific and diverse; therefore the physiological significance of the differential expression levels of IP3R subtypes in various tissues remains unknown. Here, we examined the relative contribution of the specific subtype of IP3Rs to the agonist-induced Ca2+ signaling and contraction in IP3R-deficient vascular smooth muscle cells and found that IP3R1 deficient cells exclusively showed less sensitivity to the agonist, compared to those from the other genotypes. We also found that IP3R1 dominantly expressed in vascular aortae on a consistent basis, and that phenylephrine (PE)-induced aortic muscle contraction was reduced specifically in IP3R1-deficient aortae. Taken together, we concluded that IP3R1 plays a predominant role in the function of the vascular smooth muscle in vivo.  相似文献   

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The store-operated, calcium release-activated calcium current ICRAC is activated by the depletion of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-sensitive stores. The significantly different dose–response relationships of IP3-mediated Ca2+ release and CRAC channel activation indicate that ICRAC is activated by a functionally, and possibly physically, distinct sub-compartment of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the so-called CRAC store. Vertebrate genomes contain three IP3 receptor (IP3R) genes and most cells express at least two subtypes, but the functional relevance of various IP3R subtypes with respect to store-operated Ca2+ entry is completely unknown. We here demonstrate in avian B cells (chicken DT40) that IP3R type II and type III participate in IP3-induced activation of ICRAC, but IP3R type I does not. This suggests that the expression pattern of IP3R contributes to the formation of specialized CRAC stores in B cells.  相似文献   

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The ability of cells to maintain low levels of Ca2+ under resting conditions and to create rapid and transient increases in Ca2+ upon stimulation is a fundamental property of cellular Ca2+ signaling mechanism. An increase of cytosolic Ca2+ level in response to diverse stimuli is largely accounted for by the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) present in the endoplasmic reticulum membranes of virtually all eukaryotic cells. Extensive information is currently available on the function of IP3Rs and their interaction with modulators. Very little, however, is known about their molecular architecture and therefore most critical issues surrounding gating of IP3R channels are still ambiguous, including the central question of how opening of the IP3R pore is initiated by IP3 and Ca2+. Membrane proteins such as IP3R channels have proven to be exceptionally difficult targets for structural analysis due to their large size, their location in the membrane environment, and their dynamic nature. To date, a 3D structure of complete IP3R channel is determined by single-particle cryo-EM at intermediate resolution, and the best crystal structures of IP3R are limited to a soluble portion of the cytoplasmic region representing ∼15% of the entire channel protein. Together these efforts provide the important structural information for this class of ion channels and serve as the basis for further studies aiming at understanding of the IP3R function.  相似文献   

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Background

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3R) are expressed in almost all animal cells. Three mammalian genes encode closely related IP3R subunits, which assemble into homo- or hetero-tetramers to form intracellular Ca2 + channels.

Scope of the review

In this brief review, we first consider a variety of complementary methods that allow the links between IP3 binding and channel gating to be defined. How does IP3 binding to the IP3-binding core in each IP3R subunit cause opening of a cation-selective pore formed by residues towards the C-terminal? We then describe methods that allow IP3, Ca2 + signals and IP3R mobility to be examined in intact cells. A final section briefly considers genetic analyses of IP3R signalling.

Major conclusions

All IP3R are regulated by both IP3 and Ca2 +. This allows them to initiate and regeneratively propagate intracellular Ca2 + signals. The elementary Ca2 + release events evoked by IP3 in intact cells are mediated by very small numbers of active IP3R and the Ca2 +-mediated interactions between them. The spatial organization of these Ca2 + signals and their stochastic dependence on so few IP3Rs highlight the need for methods that allow the spatial organization of IP3R signalling to be addressed with single-molecule resolution.

General significance

A variety of complementary methods provide insight into the structural basis of IP3R activation and the contributions of IP3-evoked Ca2 + signals to cellular physiology. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Biochemical, biophysical and genetic approaches to intracellular calcium signaling.  相似文献   

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Ca2+ transfer from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to mitochondria can trigger apoptotic pathways by inducing release of mitochondrial pro-apoptotic factors. Three different types of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) serve to discharge Ca2+ from ER, but possess some peculiarities, especially in apoptosis induction. The anti-apoptotic protein Akt can phosphorylate all IP3R isoforms and protect cells from apoptosis, reducing ER Ca2+ release. However, it has not been elucidated which IP3R subtypes mediate these effects. Here, we show that Akt activation in COS7 cells, which lack of IP3R I, strongly suppresses IP3-mediated Ca2+ release and apoptosis. Conversely, in SH-SY 5Y cells, which are type III-deficient, Akt is unable to modulate ER Ca2+ flux, losing its anti-apoptotic activity. In SH-SY 5Y-expressing subtype III, Akt recovers its protective function on cell death, by reduction of Ca2+ release. Moreover, regulating Ca2+ flux to mitochondria, Akt maintains the mitochondrial integrity and delays the trigger of apoptosis, in a type III-dependent mechanism. These results demonstrate a specific activity of Akt on IP3R III, leading to diminished Ca2+ transfer to mitochondria and protection from apoptosis, suggesting an additional level of cell death regulation mediated by Akt.  相似文献   

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by a severe and progressive destruction of muscle fibers associated with altered Ca2+ homeostasis. We have previously shown that the IP3 receptor (IP3R) plays a role in elevating basal cytoplasmic Ca2+ and that pharmacological blockade of IP3R restores muscle function. Moreover, we have shown that the IP3R pathway negatively regulates autophagy by controlling mitochondrial Ca2+ levels. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether IP3R is involved in abnormal mitochondrial Ca2+ levels, mitochondrial dynamics, or autophagy and mitophagy observed in adult DMD skeletal muscle. Here, we show that the elevated basal autophagy and autophagic flux levels were normalized when IP3R was downregulated in mdx fibers. Pharmacological blockade of IP3R in mdx fibers restored both increased mitochondrial Ca2+ levels and mitochondrial membrane potential under resting conditions. Interestingly, mdx mitochondria changed from a fission to an elongated state after IP3R knockdown, and the elevated mitophagy levels in mdx fibers were normalized. To our knowledge, this is the first study associating IP3R1 activity with changes in autophagy, mitochondrial Ca2+ levels, mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial dynamics, and mitophagy in adult mouse skeletal muscle. Moreover, these results suggest that increased IP3R activity in mdx fibers plays an important role in the pathophysiology of DMD. Overall, these results lead us to propose the use of specific IP3R blockers as a new pharmacological treatment for DMD, given their ability to restore both autophagy/mitophagy and mitochondrial function.  相似文献   

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Induction of apoptotic cell death is emerging as a promising strategy for prevention and treatment of obesity because removing of adipocytes via apoptosis may result in reducing body fat and a long-lasting maintenance of weight loss. However, the mechanisms controlling adipocyte apoptosis are unknown and even the ability of adipocytes to undergo apoptosis has not been conclusively demonstrated. We have shown previously that the specific Ca2+ signal, sustained increase in intracellular Ca2+, triggers apoptotic cell death via activation of Ca2+-dependent proteases and that the apoptosis-inducing effect of the hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) is mediated through Ca2+ signaling. Here, we report that 1,25(OH)2D3 induces apoptosis in mature mouse 3T3-L1 adipocytes via activation of Ca2+-dependent calpain and Ca2+/calpain-dependent caspase-12. Treatment of adipocytes with 1,25(OH)2D3 induced, in concentration- and time-dependent fashion, a sustained increase in the basal level of intracellular Ca2+. The increase in Ca2+ was associated with induction of apoptosis and activation of μ-calpain and caspase-12. Our results demonstrate that Ca2+-mediated apoptosis can be induced in mature adipocytes and that the apoptotic molecular targets activated by 1,25(OH)2D3 in these cells are Ca2+-dependent calpain and caspase-12. These findings provide rationale for evaluating the role of vitamin D in prevention and treatment of obesity.  相似文献   

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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) is an important second messenger produced via G-protein-coupled receptor- or receptor tyrosine kinase-mediated pathways. IP3 levels induce Ca2+ release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via IP3 receptor (IP3R) located in the ER membrane. The resultant spatiotemporal pattern of Ca2+ signals regulates diverse cellular functions, including fertilization, gene expression, synaptic plasticity, and cell death. Therefore, monitoring and manipulating IP3 levels is important to elucidate not only the functions of IP3-mediated pathways but also the encoding mechanism of IP3R as a converter of intracellular signals from IP3 to Ca2+.  相似文献   

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Disrupting inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor (IP3R)/B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) complexes using a cell-permeable peptide (stabilized TAT-fused IP3R-derived peptide (TAT-IDPS)) that selectively targets the BH4 domain of Bcl-2 but not that of B-cell lymphoma 2-extra large (Bcl-Xl) potentiated pro-apoptotic Ca2+ signaling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells. However, the molecular mechanisms rendering cancer cells but not normal cells particularly sensitive to disrupting IP3R/Bcl-2 complexes are poorly understood. Therefore, we studied the effect of TAT-IDPS in a more heterogeneous Bcl-2-dependent cancer model using a set of ‘primed to death'' diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DL-BCL) cell lines containing elevated Bcl-2 levels. We discovered a large heterogeneity in the apoptotic responses of these cells to TAT-IDPS with SU-DHL-4 being most sensitive and OCI-LY-1 being most resistant. This sensitivity strongly correlated with the ability of TAT-IDPS to promote IP3R-mediated Ca2+ release. Although total IP3R-expression levels were very similar among SU-DHL-4 and OCI-LY-1, we discovered that the IP3R2-protein level was the highest for SU-DHL-4 and the lowest for OCI-LY-1. Strikingly, TAT-IDPS-induced Ca2+ rise and apoptosis in the different DL-BCL cell lines strongly correlated with their IP3R2-protein level, but not with IP3R1-, IP3R3- or total IP3R-expression levels. Inhibiting or knocking down IP3R2 activity in SU-DHL-4-reduced TAT-IDPS-induced apoptosis, which is compatible with its ability to dissociate Bcl-2 from IP3R2 and to promote IP3-induced pro-apoptotic Ca2+ signaling. Thus, certain chronically activated B-cell lymphoma cells are addicted to high Bcl-2 levels for their survival not only to neutralize pro-apoptotic Bcl-2-family members but also to suppress IP3R hyperactivity. In particular, cancer cells expressing high levels of IP3R2 are addicted to IP3R/Bcl-2 complex formation and disruption of these complexes using peptide tools results in pro-apoptotic Ca2+ signaling and cell death.  相似文献   

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The Molecular, structural and functional characteristics of the intracellular Ca2+ release channel activated by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3), also named IP3 receptor (IP3R), are described here. We also discuss the differences in primary structure, expression and modulation of the receptor subtypes and their physiological roles. The similarity and differences between the IP3R and the other intracellular Ca2+ channel, the ryanodine receptor, are briefly presented.  相似文献   

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Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) induced Ca2+ release in digitonin permeabilized rat pancreatic acinar cells is specifically inhibited by decavanadate. The Ca2+ release induced with 0.18 μM IP3 is half maximally inhibited with approximately 5 μM decavanadate. Complete inhibition is achieved with around 20 μM decavanadate. Removal of decavanadate from the permeabilized cells fully restores sensitivity towards IP3, indicating the reversibility of the inhibition. Oligovanadate, which inhibits ATP dependent Ca2+ uptake into intracellular stores, does not influence IP3 induced Ca2+ release. In order to reveal the mechanism underlying the effects of the different vanadate species, binding of IP3 to the same cellular preparations was investigated. We found that binding of IP3 to a high affinity receptor site (Kd approx. 1.2 nM) could be abolished by decavanadate but not by oligovanadate. With 0.5 μM decavanadate, IP3 binding was half maximally inhibited. A similar potency of decavanadate was also found with adrenal cortex microsomes which bind IP3 with the same affinity (Kd approx. 1.4 nM) as permeabilized pancreatic acinar cells. Labelled IP3 was displaced from these subcellular membranes with similar kinetics by unlabelled IP3 and decavanadate. The data suggest that the inhibitory action of decavanadate on IP3 induced Ca2+ release is a consequence of its effect on binding of IP3 to its receptor.  相似文献   

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Sustained elevation of intracellular calcium by Ca2+ release–activated Ca2+ channels is required for lymphocyte activation. Sustained Ca2+ entry requires endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+ depletion and prolonged activation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)/Ca2+ release channels. However, a major isoform in lymphocyte ER, IP3R1, is inhibited by elevated levels of cytosolic Ca2+, and the mechanism that enables the prolonged activation of IP3R1 required for lymphocyte activation is unclear. We show that IP3R1 binds to the scaffolding protein linker of activated T cells and colocalizes with the T cell receptor during activation, resulting in persistent phosphorylation of IP3R1 at Tyr353. This phosphorylation increases the sensitivity of the channel to activation by IP3 and renders the channel less sensitive to Ca2+-induced inactivation. Expression of a mutant IP3R1-Y353F channel in lymphocytes causes defective Ca2+ signaling and decreased nuclear factor of activated T cells activation. Thus, tyrosine phosphorylation of IP3R1-Y353 may have an important function in maintaining elevated cytosolic Ca2+ levels during lymphocyte activation.  相似文献   

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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) stimulate cytoplasmic [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]c) signaling, but the exact role of the IP3 receptors (IP3R) in this process remains unclear. IP3Rs serve as a potential target of ROS produced by both ER and mitochondrial enzymes, which might locally expose IP3Rs at the ER-mitochondrial associations. Also, IP3Rs contain multiple reactive thiols, common molecular targets of ROS. Therefore, we have examined the effect of superoxide anion (O2) on IP3R-mediated Ca2+ signaling. In human HepG2, rat RBL-2H3, and chicken DT40 cells, we observed [Ca2+]c spikes and frequency-modulated oscillations evoked by a O2 donor, xanthine (X) + xanthine oxidase (XO), dose-dependently. The [Ca2+]c signal was mediated by ER Ca2+ mobilization. X+XO added to permeabilized cells promoted the [Ca2+]c rise evoked by submaximal doses of IP3, indicating that O2 directly sensitizes IP3R-mediated Ca2+ release. In response to X+XO, DT40 cells lacking two of three IP3R isoforms (DKO) expressing either type 1 (DKO1) or type 2 IP3Rs (DKO2) showed a [Ca2+]c signal, whereas DKO expressing type 3 IP3R (DKO3) did not. By contrast, IgM that stimulates IP3 formation, elicited a [Ca2+]c signal in every DKO. X+XO also facilitated the Ca2+ release evoked by submaximal IP3 in permeabilized DKO1 and DKO2 but was ineffective in DKO3 or in DT40 lacking every IP3R (TKO). However, X+XO could also facilitate the effect of suboptimal IP3 in TKO transfected with rat IP3R3. Although in silico studies failed to identify a thiol missing in the chicken IP3R3, an X+XO-induced redox change was documented only in the rat IP3R3. Thus, ROS seem to specifically sensitize IP3Rs through a thiol group(s) within the IP3R, which is probably inaccessible in the chicken IP3R3.  相似文献   

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The N-terminal ∼220-amino acid region of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor (IP3R)/Ca2+ release channel has been referred to as the suppressor/coupling domain because it is required for both IP3 binding suppression and IP3-induced channel gating. Measurements of IP3-induced Ca2+ fluxes of mutagenized mouse type 1 IP3R (IP3R1) showed that the residues responsible for IP3 binding suppression in this domain were not essential for channel opening. On the other hand, a single amino acid substitution of Tyr-167 to alanine completely impaired IP3-induced Ca2+ release without reducing the IP3 binding activity. The corresponding residue in type 3 IP3R (IP3R3), Trp-168, was also critical for channel opening. Limited trypsin digestion experiments showed that the trypsin sensitivities of the C-terminal gatekeeper domain differed markedly between the wild-type channel and the Tyr-167 mutant under the optimal conditions for channel opening. These results strongly suggest that the Tyr/Trp residue (Tyr-167 in IP3R1 and Trp-168 in IP3R3) is critical for the functional coupling between IP3 binding and channel gating by maintaining the structural integrity of the C-terminal gatekeeper domain at least under activation gating.  相似文献   

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