title: ATPase activity of the sulfonylurea receptor: a catalytic function for the KATP channel complex.
abstract: ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels are unique metabolic sensors formed by association of Kir6.2, an inwardly rectifying K+ channel, and the sulfonylurea receptor SUR, an ATP binding cassette protein. We identified an ATPase activity in immunoprecipitates of cardiac KATP channels and in purified fusion proteins containing nucleotide binding domains NBD1 and NBD2 of the cardiac SUR2A isoform. NBD2 hydrolyzed ATP with a twofold higher rate compared to NBD1. The ATPase required Mg2+ and was insensitive to ouabain, oligomycin, thapsigargin, or levamisole. K1348A and D1469N mutations in NBD2 reduced ATPase activity and produced channels with increased sensitivity to ATP. KATP channel openers, which bind to SUR, promoted ATPase activity in purified sarcolemma. At higher concentrations, openers reduced ATPase activity, possibly through stabilization of MgADP at the channel site. K1348A and D1469N mutations attenuated the effect of openers on KATP channel activity. Opener-induced channel activation was also inhibited by the creatine kinase/creatine phosphate system that removes ADP from the channel complex. Thus, the KATP channel complex functions not only as a K+ conductance, but also as an enzyme regulating nucleotide-dependent channel gating through an intrinsic ATPase activity of the SUR subunit. Modulation of the channel ATPase activity and/or scavenging the product of the ATPase reaction provide novel means to regulate cellular functions associated with KATP channel opening.
authors.affiliation: *Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bienengraeber
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Alekseev
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vivaudou
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Dzeja
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terzic
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000819:agonists / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000819:agonists / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D009711:Nucleotides; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases