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J Gen Physiol
2018 Mar 05;1503:475-489. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201711962.
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Stac3 enhances expression of human CaV1.1 in Xenopus oocytes and reveals gating pore currents in HypoPP mutant channels.
Wu F
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Quinonez M
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DiFranco M
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Cannon SC
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Mutations of CaV1.1, the pore-forming subunit of the L-type Ca2+ channel in skeletal muscle, are an established cause of hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP). However, functional assessment of HypoPP mutant channels has been hampered by difficulties in achieving sufficient plasma membrane expression in cells that are not of muscle origin. In this study, we show that coexpression of Stac3 dramatically increases the expression of human CaV1.1 (plus α2-δ1b and β1a subunits) at the plasma membrane of Xenopus laevis oocytes. In voltage-clamp studies with the cut-open oocyte clamp, we observe ionic currents on the order of 1 μA and gating charge displacements of ∼0.5-1 nC. Importantly, this high expression level is sufficient to ascertain whether HypoPP mutant channels are leaky because of missense mutations at arginine residues in S4 segments of the voltage sensor domains. We show that R528H and R528G in S4 of domain II both support gating pore currents, but unlike other R/H HypoPP mutations, R528H does not conduct protons. Stac3-enhanced membrane expression of CaV1.1 in oocytes increases the throughput for functional studies of disease-associated mutations and is a new platform for investigating the voltage-dependent properties of CaV1.1 without the complexity of the transverse tubule network in skeletal muscle.
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Figure 1. Coexpression of Stac3 dramatically enhances hCaV1.1 currents in X. laevis oocytes. Each panel shows currents recorded in a cut-open oocyte clamp with 10 mM Ba2+ as the divalent charge carrier. Step depolarizations to â50 mV through 40 mV were applied from a holding potential of â100 mV. Linear leak correction was performed by scaling and subtracting the response to a 20-mV depolarization. (A) Currents from an oocyte injected with RNA for Stac3, α2-δ1b, and β1a subunits; inset shows the same traces at 100Ã. (B) Currents recorded when α1S (hCaV1.1), α2-δ1b, and β1a subunits were expressed, but no Stac3. At high gain (100Ã), slow Ca2+ channel currents were detectable in the absence of Stac3. (C) Maximal inward current observed from oocytes injected with Ca2+ channel subunits with Stac3 (closed triangles) or without Stac3 (open circles). Each symbol represents a separate oocyte, and all were recorded from the same batch. (DâF) Large robust currents were consistently observed in oocytes coexpressing Stac3 with hCaV1.1 (WT or HypoPP mutants), α2-δ1, and β1ab subunits.
Figure 2. Activation of hCaV1.1 currents is hyperpolarized for HypoPP channels. (A and B) The majority of the current recorded from oocytes expressing Stac3, hCaV1.1 α2-δ1b, and β1a subunits was conducted by hCaV1.1, as shown by a block with 10 µM nifedipine (A) or with 4 mM Co2+ (B). Traces show leak-subtracted currents recorded in 10 mM Ba2+ for depolarization to 20 mV from a holding potential of â100 mV. (C) Steady-state I-V relation for Co2+-sensitive current with 10 mM Ba2+ as the charge carrier. Currents were elicited by depolarization from a holding potential of â100 mV. Symbols are mean values, and smooth lines show the Boltzmann fit using the mean values of the parameters. Error bars represent ±SEM. (D) The hyperpolarized shift of activation for HypoPP mutant channels is shown more clearly by plotting relative conductance, G/Gmax = I/[Gmax â (VâErev)], as a function of test potential.
Figure 3. Gating charge displacement had a left-shifted voltage dependence for HypoPP mutant channels. (A) Gating charge displacement currents were recorded in 2 mM Co2+ to block ionic currents. Traces show the superposition of leak-subtracted responses for step depolarizations of â100 to 20 mV in 10-mV increments from a holding potential of â100 mV. (B) The âonâ gating charge, calculated from the area under the charge displacement currents in A, was normalized to the maximum and plotted as a function of test potential. Smooth curves show Boltzmann functions using mean values for the parameters of the fit to each oocyte, and error bars represent ±SEM. The midpoint of activation for Q/Qmax was left shifted by 19 mV for R528H and by 7.4 mV for R528G compared with WT.
Figure 4. Larger inward currents, consistent with an anomalous gating pore conductance, were observed for R528H and R528G HypoPP mutant channels. (A) Exemplary traces shown for currents recorded in response to test potentials of â120 to 20 mV in 10-mV increments from a holding potential of â100 mV. At the more depolarized test potentials, the onset of Ba2+ current conducted by the conventional pore of CaV1.1 channels was detected (green traces). No leak subtraction was performed. (B) Isochronal current, measured in the interval of 3â4 ms after the onset of the test pulse (shaded bars in A), is plotted as a function of test potential. Inward currents at hyperpolarized potentials were larger for R528H and R528G than WT. Error bars represent ±SEM. (C) The slope conductance, based on a linear fit of the I-V relation on the interval of â120 to â20 mV, was larger for oocytes expressing R528H and R528G than for WT. Symbols show responses for individual oocytes, and horizontal lines show the mean values.
Figure 5. The D296K hCaV1.1 subunit conducts Ba2+ poorly and is nonconducting in Ca2+. (A) Steady-state current amplitude recorded in 10 mM external Ba2+ (no added Ca2+) for a series of 250-ms test depolarizations from a holding potential of â100 mV. Current amplitude is greatly reduced for D296K compared with WT channels, but the voltage dependence of activation is similar. (B) In 10 mM external Ca2+ (no Ba2+), no inward current was detected for D296K channels. Subtraction of a linearly scaled leak response to a depolarization from â100 to â80 mV was used to remove the nonspecific leakage current. Error bars represent ±SEM.
Figure 6. Block of DK/R528H gating pore current by Co2+. (A) Currents recorded from an oocyte expressing DK/R528H channels in Ca2+ (left) or Ca2+ plus Co2+ (right). The oocyte was held at â100 mV, and currents elicited by test pulses from â120 to 20 mV are shown. Capacitance was partially cancelled by the amplifier, but no analogue or digital leak subtraction was performed. (B) Representative steady-state I-V relation for individual oocytes expressing DK/WT, DK/R528H, or DK/R528G. Closed symbols show control response in 6 mM Ca2+; open symbols show control response after bath exchange to 4 mM Ca2+ and 2 mM Co2+. (C) The Co2+-sensitive current was calculated from the difference of responses in 6 mM Ca2+ minus those in 4 mM Ca2+ plus 2 mM Co2+. Symbols show mean with SEM error bars for n = 9 DK/WT-, 9 DK/R528H-, and 6 DK/R528G-expressing oocytes.
Figure 7. The gating pore current in DK/R528H channels is carried primarily by Na+. (A) Steady-state currents elicited by 20 msâstep depolarizations from a holding potential of â100 mV in oocytes expressing DK/R528H channels. Currents were initially recorded in external 96 mM Na+ (closed squares). The bath was exchanged with a 110-mM NMDG solution, and then currents were recorded again (open circles). Finally, the external pH was decreased to 6.5, and the pulse protocol was repeated a third time (open triangles). Symbols show means with SEM error bars; n = 5 oocytes. (B) Steady-state current recorded in external Na+ with a symmetrical pH gradient of 7.0 (closed squares), and then repeated after the lower chamber bathing the permeabilized segment of the oocyte was replaced by Mes-buffered solution with pH 5.0. Symbols show mean for DK/WT- (black, n = 3) and DK/R528H- (red, n = 6) expressing oocytes.
Figure 8. The DK/R528G gating pore is permeable to guanidinium. (A) Currents were recorded from DK/R528G channels in 110 mM NMDG and then in 60 mM NMDG plus 60 mM guanidinium. Traces show responses elicited by step depolarizations of â120 to 10 mV in 5-mV increments from a holding potential of â100 mV. No leak subtraction was used. (B) The steady-state current recorded in NMDG was subtracted from the current in guanidinium plus NMDG and plotted as a function of test potential. Symbols show mean values for oocytes expressing DK/WT (n = 5), DK/R528H (n = 4), or DK/R528G (n = 5) channels. Error bars represent ±SEM.
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