title: TRPC channels as STIM1-regulated SOCs.
abstract: Store-operated Ca(2+) channels (SOCs) are Ca(2+) influx channels at the plasma membrane whose opening is determined by the level of Ca(2+) stored in the endoplasmic reticulum lumen. SOCs are activated in response to receptor-mediated or passive depletion of ER Ca(2+) to regulate many Ca(2+)-dependent cellular functions. Early work implicated the TRPC channels as SOCs. More recently, it was found that the Orai channels mediate the CRAC current and that the Ca(2+) binding protein STIM1 functions as the ER Ca(2+) sensor that mediates activation of the SOCs in response to depletion of ER Ca(2+). Key questions are whether both TRPC and Orai channels are opened by STIM1 and the molecular mechanism by which STIM1 opens the SOCs. Ample biochemical and functional evidence indicate interaction of the TRPC channels with STIM1. Furthermore, it was found that STIM1 gates TRPC channels by electrostatic interaction of STIM1(K684,K685) in the polybasic domain of STIM1 with two negative charges (aspartates or glutamates) that are conserved in all TRPC channels. Charge mutants of STIM1(K684,K685) and TRPC1(D639,D640) and TRPC3(D697,D698) were used to develop further direct evidence for the function of TRPC channels as SOCs. The evidence in favor of TRPC channels as SOCs are discussed.
authors: Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors: Joseph P
authors: JP
authors: Yuan
authors: Min Seuk
authors: MS
authors: Kim
authors: Weizhong
authors: W
authors: Zeng
authors: Dong Min
authors: DM
authors: Shin
authors: Guo
authors: G
authors: Huang
authors: Paul F
authors: PF
authors: Worley
authors: Shmuel
authors: S
authors: Muallem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000071740:ORAI1 Protein; D000071737:Stromal Interaction Molecule 1; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D000071740:ORAI1 Protein; C510746:ORAI1 protein, human; C103530:STIM1 protein, human; D000071737:Stromal Interaction Molecule 1; D050052:TRPC Cation Channels; D002118:Calcium