title: Effects of extracellular calcium on fASIC1 currents.
abstract: Fish ASIC1 (fASIC1) cloned from Opsanus tau, unlike the rat ASICs, requires Ca(2+) in the extracellular preconditioning solution (pH 7.4) to be activated. Here we show that fASIC1 is interacting with Ca(2+) in the same way as mammalian ASICs: extracellular Ca(2+) is increasing the proportion of channels available for activation by stabilizing the closed state of the channel; in the activation process Ca(2+) is released; H(+) compete for the binding site of Ca(2+) making the gating mechanism both Ca(2+) and H(+) dependent; H(+) stabilizes the desensitized state; Ca(2+) blocks the fASIC1 channel; and the affinity of the block is also modulated by H(+). The "Ca(2+) activation requirement" of fASIC1 reflects its greater affinity for steady-state desensitization by H(+) compared to mammalian ASIC1.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stanković, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. nara@ibiss.bg.ac.yu
authors.forename: Natasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Todorović
authors.forename: Tatjana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corić
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Canessa
mesh_terms: D062565:Acid Sensing Ion Channels; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism*; D005399:Fishes; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D011522:Protons; D051381:Rats; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D062565:Acid Sensing Ion Channels; C568268:Asic1 protein, rat; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011522:Protons; D015222:Sodium Channels; D002118:Calcium