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Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site

The extracellular Ca(2+) concentration changes locally under certain physiological and pathological conditions. Such variations affect the function of ion channels of the nervous system and consequently also neuronal signalling. We investigated here the mechanisms by which Ca(2+) controls the activi...

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Autores principales: Roy, Sophie, Johner, Niklaus, Trendafilov, Viktor, Gautschi, Ivan, Bignucolo, Olivier, Molton, Ophélie, Bernèche, Simon, Kellenberger, Stephan
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Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36541099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220243
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author Roy, Sophie
Johner, Niklaus
Trendafilov, Viktor
Gautschi, Ivan
Bignucolo, Olivier
Molton, Ophélie
Bernèche, Simon
Kellenberger, Stephan
author_facet Roy, Sophie
Johner, Niklaus
Trendafilov, Viktor
Gautschi, Ivan
Bignucolo, Olivier
Molton, Ophélie
Bernèche, Simon
Kellenberger, Stephan
author_sort Roy, Sophie
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description The extracellular Ca(2+) concentration changes locally under certain physiological and pathological conditions. Such variations affect the function of ion channels of the nervous system and consequently also neuronal signalling. We investigated here the mechanisms by which Ca(2+) controls the activity of acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC) 3. ASICs are neuronal, H(+)-gated Na(+) channels involved in several physiological and pathological processes, including the expression of fear, learning, pain sensation and neurodegeneration after ischaemic stroke. It was previously shown that Ca(2+) negatively modulates the ASIC pH dependence. While protons are default activators of ASIC3, this channel can also be activated at pH7.4 by the removal of the extracellular Ca(2+). Two previous studies concluded that low pH opens ASIC3 by displacing Ca(2+) ions that block the channel pore at physiological pH. We show here that an acidic residue, distant from the pore, together with pore residues, controls the modulation of ASIC3 by Ca(2+). Our study identifies a new regulatory site in ASIC3 and demonstrates that ASIC3 activation involves an allosteric mechanism together with Ca(2+) unbinding from the channel pore. We provide a molecular analysis of a regulatory mechanism found in many ion channels.
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spelling pubmed-97686712022-12-23 Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site Roy, Sophie Johner, Niklaus Trendafilov, Viktor Gautschi, Ivan Bignucolo, Olivier Molton, Ophélie Bernèche, Simon Kellenberger, Stephan Open Biol Research The extracellular Ca(2+) concentration changes locally under certain physiological and pathological conditions. Such variations affect the function of ion channels of the nervous system and consequently also neuronal signalling. We investigated here the mechanisms by which Ca(2+) controls the activity of acid-sensing ion channel (ASIC) 3. ASICs are neuronal, H(+)-gated Na(+) channels involved in several physiological and pathological processes, including the expression of fear, learning, pain sensation and neurodegeneration after ischaemic stroke. It was previously shown that Ca(2+) negatively modulates the ASIC pH dependence. While protons are default activators of ASIC3, this channel can also be activated at pH7.4 by the removal of the extracellular Ca(2+). Two previous studies concluded that low pH opens ASIC3 by displacing Ca(2+) ions that block the channel pore at physiological pH. We show here that an acidic residue, distant from the pore, together with pore residues, controls the modulation of ASIC3 by Ca(2+). Our study identifies a new regulatory site in ASIC3 and demonstrates that ASIC3 activation involves an allosteric mechanism together with Ca(2+) unbinding from the channel pore. We provide a molecular analysis of a regulatory mechanism found in many ion channels. The Royal Society 2022-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9768671/ /pubmed/36541099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220243 Text en © 2022 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research
Roy, Sophie
Johner, Niklaus
Trendafilov, Viktor
Gautschi, Ivan
Bignucolo, Olivier
Molton, Ophélie
Bernèche, Simon
Kellenberger, Stephan
Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
title Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
title_full Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
title_fullStr Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
title_full_unstemmed Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
title_short Calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
title_sort calcium regulates acid-sensing ion channel 3 activation by competing with protons in the channel pore and at an allosteric binding site
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9768671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36541099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.220243
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