TY - JOUR
T1 - Calmodulin regulation of NaV1.4 current
T2 - Role of binding to the carboxyl terminus
AU - Biswas, Subrata
AU - Deschênes, Isabelle
AU - DiSilvestre, Deborah
AU - Tian, Yanli
AU - Halperin, Victoria L.
AU - Tomaselli, Gordon F.
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Calmodulin (CaM) regulates steady-state inactivation of sodium currents (NaV1.4) in skeletal muscle. Defects in Na current inactivation are associated with pathological muscle conditions such as myotonia and paralysis. The mechanisms of CaM modulation of expression and function of the Na channel are incompletely understood. A physical association between CaM and the intact C terminus of NaV1.4 has not previously been demonstrated. FRET reveals channel conformation-independent association of CaM with the C terminus of NaV1.4 (CT-NaV1.4) in mammalian cells. Mutation of the NaV1.4 CaM-binding IQ motif (NaV1.4IQ/AA ) reduces cell surface expression of NaV1.4 channels and eliminates CaM modulation of gating. Truncations of the CT that include the IQ region abolish Na current. NaV1.4 channels with one CaM fused to the CT by variable length glycine linkers exhibit CaM modulation of gating only with linker lengths that allowed CaM to reach IQ region. Thus one CaM is sufficient to modulate Na current, and CaM acts as an ancillary subunit of NaV1.4 channels that binds to the CT in a conformation-independent fashion, modulating the voltage dependence of inactivation and facilitating trafficking to the surface membrane.
AB - Calmodulin (CaM) regulates steady-state inactivation of sodium currents (NaV1.4) in skeletal muscle. Defects in Na current inactivation are associated with pathological muscle conditions such as myotonia and paralysis. The mechanisms of CaM modulation of expression and function of the Na channel are incompletely understood. A physical association between CaM and the intact C terminus of NaV1.4 has not previously been demonstrated. FRET reveals channel conformation-independent association of CaM with the C terminus of NaV1.4 (CT-NaV1.4) in mammalian cells. Mutation of the NaV1.4 CaM-binding IQ motif (NaV1.4IQ/AA ) reduces cell surface expression of NaV1.4 channels and eliminates CaM modulation of gating. Truncations of the CT that include the IQ region abolish Na current. NaV1.4 channels with one CaM fused to the CT by variable length glycine linkers exhibit CaM modulation of gating only with linker lengths that allowed CaM to reach IQ region. Thus one CaM is sufficient to modulate Na current, and CaM acts as an ancillary subunit of NaV1.4 channels that binds to the CT in a conformation-independent fashion, modulating the voltage dependence of inactivation and facilitating trafficking to the surface membrane.
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U2 - 10.1085/jgp.200709863
DO - 10.1085/jgp.200709863
M3 - Article
C2 - 18270170
AN - SCOPUS:40849092710
SN - 0022-1295
VL - 131
SP - 197
EP - 209
JO - Journal of General Physiology
JF - Journal of General Physiology
IS - 3
ER -