title: TRPC1 is required for functional store-operated Ca2+ channels. Role of acidic amino acid residues in the S5-S6 region.
abstract: The exact role of TRPC1 in store-operated calcium influx channel (SOCC) function is not known. We have examined the effect of overexpression of full-length TRPC1, depletion of endogenous TRPC1, and expression of TRPC1 in which the proposed pore region (S5-S6, amino acids (aa) 557-620) was deleted or modified by site-directed mutagenesis on thapsigargin- and carbachol-stimulated SOCC activity in HSG cells. TRPC1 overexpression induced channel activity that was indistinguishable from the endogenous SOCC activity. Transfection with antisense hTRPC1 decreased SOCC activity although characteristics of SOCC-mediated current, I(SOC), were not altered. Expression of TRPC1 Delta 567-793, but not TRPC1 Delta 664-793, induced a similar decrease in SOCC activity. Furthermore, TRPC1 Delta 567-793 was co-immunoprecipitated with endogenous TRPC1. Simultaneous substitutions of seven acidic aa in the S5-S6 region (Asp --> Asn and Glu --> Gln) decreased SOCC-mediated Ca(2+), but not Na(+), current and induced a left shift in E(rev). Similar effects were induced by E576K or D581K, but not D581N or E615K, substitution. Furthermore, expressed TRPC1 proteins interacted with each other. Together, these data demonstrate that TRPC1 is required for generation of functional SOCC in HSG cells. We suggest that TRPC1 monomers co-assemble to form SOCC and that specific acidic aa residues in the proposed pore region of TRPC1 contribute to Ca(2+) influx.
authors.affiliation: Secretory Physiology Section, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Xibao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Brij B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Indu S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ambudkar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000502:physiology*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D015220:Calcium Channels; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels; C096351:transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 1