title: Slo2 sodium-activated K+ channels bind to the PDZ domain of PSD-95.
abstract: Slo2 channels are a type of sodium-activated K+ channels and possess a typical PDZ binding motif at the carboxy-terminal end. Thus, we investigated whether Slo2 channels bind to PSD-95, because it is well known that other types of K+ channels, voltage-gated and inward rectifier K+ channels, bind to PSD-95 via the PDZ binding motif and are involved in excitatory synaptic transmission. By using an extract prepared from cultured neocortical neurons, we demonstrated a biochemical interaction between mSlo2 channels and PSD-95, and a mutational analysis revealed that mSlo2 channels bound to the first PDZ domain of PSD-95 via the PDZ binding motif. To investigate the expression of mSlo2 protein in primary neocortical neurons, we raised anti-mSlo2 channel antibody and immunostained neocortical neurons. The immunocytochemical study showed that mSlo2 channels partly colocalized with PSD-95 in mouse neocortical neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neuroscience, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Shizuyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Takae
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ondo
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohsaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D016466:CHO Cells; D006224:Cricetinae; D000076122:Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein; D051528:Guanylate Kinases; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019579:Neocortex / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081033:Potassium Channels, Sodium-Activated; D011485:Protein Binding; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000076122:Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein; C501447:Dlg4 protein, mouse; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D000081033:Potassium Channels, Sodium-Activated; C479624:Slo2 protein, mouse; C033652:postsynaptic density proteins; D012964:Sodium; D051528:Guanylate Kinases