title: Analysis of two KCNJ11 neonatal diabetes mutations, V59G and V59A, and the analogous KCNJ8 I60G substitution: differences between the channel subtypes formed with SUR1.
abstract: beta-Cell-type K(ATP) channels are octamers assembled from Kir6.2/KCNJ11 and SUR1/ABCC8. Adenine nucleotides play a major role in their regulation. Nucleotide binding to Kir6.2 inhibits channel activity, whereas ATP binding/hydrolysis on sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) opposes inhibition. Segments of the Kir6.2 N terminus are important for open-to-closed transitions, form part of the Kir ATP, sulfonylurea, and phosphoinositide binding sites, and interact with L0, an SUR cytoplasmic loop. Inputs from these elements link to the pore via the interfacial helix, which forms an elbow with the outer pore helix. Mutations that destabilize the interfacial helix increase channel activity, reduce sensitivity to inhibitory ATP and channel inhibitors, glibenclamide and repaglinide, and cause neonatal diabetes. We compared Kir6.x/SUR1 channels carrying the V59G substitution, a cause of the developmental delay, epilepsy, and neonatal diabetes syndrome, with a V59A substitution and the equivalent I60G mutation in the related Kir6.1 subunit from vascular smooth muscle. The substituted channels have increased P(O) values, decreased sensitivity to inhibitors, and impaired stimulation by phosphoinositides but retain sensitivity to Ba(2+)-block. The V59G and V59A channels are either not, or poorly, stimulated by phosphoinositides, respectively. Inhibition by sequestrating phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate with neomycin and polylysine is reduced in V59A, and abolished in V59G channels. Stimulation by SUR1 is intact, and increasing the concentration of inhibitory ATP restores the sensitivity of Val-59-substituted channels to glibenclamide. The I60G channels, strongly dependent on SUR stimulation, remain sensitive to sulfonylureas. The results suggest the interfacial helix dynamically links inhibitory inputs from the Kir N terminus to the gate and that sulfonylureas stabilize an inhibitory configuration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tübingen D-72074, Germany.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: Rebekka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Russ
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Quast
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryan
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D002460:Cell Line; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D054086:KATP Channels; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000378:metabolism; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D013577:Syndrome; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D054086:KATP Channels; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel; C577507:ABCC8 protein, human; C092520:uK-ATP-1 potassium channel