TRPM3 channels provide a regulated influx pathway for zinc in pancreatic beta cells.
Zinc is stored in insulin-containing dense core vesicles of pancreatic beta-cells where it forms crystals together with insulin and calcium ions. Zinc ions are therefore released together with insulin upon exocytosis of these vesicles. Consequently, pancreatic beta-cells need to take up large amounts of zinc from the extracellular space across their plasma membrane. The pathways for zinc uptake are only partially understood. TRPM3 channels are present in pancreatic beta-cells and can be activated by the endogenous steroid pregnenolone sulfate. We demonstrate here that recombinant TRPM3 channels are highly permeable for many divalent cations, in particular also for zinc ions. Importantly, TRPM3 channels endogenously expressed in pancreatic beta-cells are also highly permeable for zinc ions. Using FluoZin3 to image changes of the intracellular zinc concentration, we show that pancreatic beta-cells take up zinc through TRPM3 channels even when extracellular zinc concentrations are low and physiological levels of calcium and magnesium are present. Activation of TRPM3 channels also leads to depolarization of beta-cells and to additional zinc influx through voltage-gated calcium channels. Our data establish that TRPM3 channels constitute a regulated entry pathway for zinc ions in pancreatic beta-cells.
Wagner
Thomas F J
TF
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Gebäude 46, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Drews
Anna
A
Loch
Sabine
S
Mohr
Florian
F
Philipp
Stephan E
SE
Lambert
Sachar
S
Oberwinkler
Johannes
J
D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D050053:TRPM Cation Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
D050053:TRPM Cation Channels; C475667:TRPM3 protein, human; D015032:Zinc
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