Calpain mediates proteolysis of the voltage-gated sodium channel alpha-subunit.
Alterations in the expression, molecular composition, and localization of voltage-gated sodium channels play major roles in a broad range of neurological disorders. Recent evidence identifies sodium channel proteolysis as a key early event after ischemia and traumatic brain injury, further expanding the role of the sodium channel in neurological diseases. In this study, we investigate the protease responsible for proteolytic cleavage of voltage-gated sodium channels (NaChs). NaCh proteolysis occurs after protease activation in rat brain homogenates, pharmacological disruption of ionic homeostasis in cortical cultures, and mechanical injury using an in vitro model of traumatic brain injury. Proteolysis requires Ca(2+) and calpain activation but is not influenced by caspase-3 or cathepsin inhibition. Proteolysis results in loss of the full-length alpha-subunits, and the creation of fragments comprising all domains of the channel that retain interaction even after proteolysis. Cell surface biotinylation after mechanical injury indicates that proteolyzed NaChs remain in the membrane before noticeable evidence of neuronal death, providing a mechanism for altered action potential initiation, propagation, and downstream signaling events after Ca(2+) elevation.
von Reyn
Catherine R
CR
Departments of Bioengineering, Pharmacology, Neurosurgery, Emergency Medicine, and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6321, USA.
Spaethling
Jennifer M
JM
Mesfin
Mahlet N
MN
Ma
Marek
M
Neumar
Robert W
RW
Smith
Douglas H
DH
Siman
Robert
R
Meaney
David F
DF
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D002154:Calpain / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D062551:NAV1.2 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
D062551:NAV1.2 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D021122:Protein Subunits; C568251:SCN2A protein, human; C568253:Scn2A protein, rat; D015222:Sodium Channels; D002154:Calpain
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