title: Tunable calcium current through TRPV1 receptor channels.
abstract: TRPV1 receptors are polymodal cation channels that open in response to diverse stimuli including noxious heat, capsaicin, and protons. Because Ca2+ is vital for TRPV1 signaling, we sought to precisely measure its contribution to TRPV1 responses and discovered that the Ca2+ current was tuned by the mode of activation. Using patch clamp photometry, we found that the fraction of the total current carried by Ca2+ (called the Pf%) was significantly smaller for TRPV1 currents evoked by protons than for those evoked by capsaicin. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we discovered that the smaller Pf% was due to protonation of three acidic amino acids (Asp646, Glu648, and Glu651) that are located in the mouth of the pore. Thus, in keeping with recent reports of time-dependent changes in the ionic permeability of some ligand-gated ion channels, we now show for the first time that the physiologically important Ca2+ current of the TRPV1 receptor is also dynamic and depends on the mode of activation. This current is significantly smaller when the receptor is activated by a change in pH, owing to atomic scale interactions of H+ and Ca2+ with the fixed negative charge of side chains in the pore.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA. samwaysds@slu.edu
authors.forename: Damien S K
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Samways
authors.forename: Baljit S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Khakh
authors.forename: Terrance M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Egan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D050916:TRPV Cation Channels / Q000819:agonists / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050916:TRPV Cation Channels; C494484:TRPV1 receptor; D002118:Calcium
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