title: ATP activates ATP-sensitive potassium channels composed of mutant sulfonylurea receptor 1 and Kir6.2 with diminished PIP2 sensitivity.
abstract: ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are inhibited by ATP and activated by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)). Both channel subunits Kir6.2 and sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) contribute to gating: while Kir6.2 interacts with ATP and PIP(2), SUR1 enhances sensitivity to both ligands. Recently, we showed that a mutation, E128K, in the N-terminal transmembrane domain of SUR1 disrupts functional coupling between SUR1 and Kir6.2, leading to reduced ATP and PIP(2) sensitivities resembling channels formed by Kir6.2 alone. We show here that when E128K SUR1 was co-expressed with Kir6.2 mutants known to disrupt PIP(2) gating, the resulting channels were surprisingly stimulated rather than inhibited by ATP. To explain this paradoxical gating behavior, we propose a model in which the open state of doubly mutant channels is highly unstable; ATP binding induces a conformational change in ATP-unbound closed channels that is conducive to brief opening when ATP unbinds, giving rise to the appearance of ATP-induced stimulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: Emily B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: Show-Ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Shyng
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006224:Cricetinae; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D011955:Receptors, Drug; D064233:Sulfonylurea Receptors; D000099161:Kcnj11 Channel; C577509:Abcc8 protein, rat