title: Energetics of discrete selectivity bands and mutation-induced transitions in the calcium-sodium ion channels family.
abstract: We use Brownian dynamics (BD) simulations to study the ionic conduction and valence selectivity of a generic electrostatic model of a biological ion channel as functions of the fixed charge Q(f) at its selectivity filter. We are thus able to reconcile the discrete calcium conduction bands recently revealed in our BD simulations, M0 (Q(f)=1e), M1 (3e), M2 (5e), with a set of sodium conduction bands L0 (0.5e), L1 (1.5e), thereby obtaining a completed pattern of conduction and selectivity bands vs Q(f) for the sodium-calcium channels family. An increase of Q(f) leads to an increase of calcium selectivity: L0 (sodium-selective, nonblocking channel) → M0 (nonselective channel) → L1 (sodium-selective channel with divalent block) → M1 (calcium-selective channel exhibiting the anomalous mole fraction effect). We create a consistent identification scheme where the L0 band is putatively identified with the eukaryotic sodium channel The scheme created is able to account for the experimentally observed mutation-induced transformations between nonselective channels, sodium-selective channels, and calcium-selective channels, which we interpret as transitions between different rows of the identification table. By considering the potential energy changes during permeation, we show explicitly that the multi-ion conduction bands of calcium and sodium channels arise as the result of resonant barrierless conduction. The pattern of periodic conduction bands is explained on the basis of sequential neutralization taking account of self-energy, as Q(f)(z,i)=ze(1/2+i), where i is the order of the band and z is the valence of the ion. Our results confirm the crucial influence of electrostatic interactions on conduction and on the Ca(2+)/Na(+) valence selectivity of calcium and sodium ion channels. The model and results could be also applicable to biomimetic nanopores with charged walls.
authors: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom.
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Kaufman
authors: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom and Mission Critical Technologies Inc., 2041 Rosecrans Ave. Suite 225 El Segundo, California 90245, USA.
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Luchinsky
authors: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Tindjong
authors: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom.
authors: P V E
authors: PV
authors: McClintock
authors: Department of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush Medical College, 1750 West Harrison, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D015222:Sodium Channels; D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium