title: Orai1 pore residues control CRAC channel inactivation independently of calmodulin.
abstract: Ca(2+) entry through CRAC channels causes fast Ca(2+)-dependent inactivation (CDI). Previous mutagenesis studies have implicated Orai1 residues W76 and Y80 in CDI through their role in binding calmodulin (CaM), in agreement with the crystal structure of Ca(2+)-CaM bound to an Orai1 N-terminal peptide. However, a subsequent Drosophila melanogaster Orai crystal structure raises concerns about this model, as the side chains of W76 and Y80 are predicted to face the pore lumen and create a steric clash between bound CaM and other Orai1 pore helices. We further tested the functional role of CaM using several dominant-negative CaM mutants, none of which affected CDI. Given this evidence against a role for pretethered CaM, we altered side-chain volume and charge at the Y80 and W76 positions to better understand their roles in CDI. Small side chain volume had different effects at the two positions: it accelerated CDI at position Y80 but reduced the extent of CDI at position W76. Positive charges at Y80 and W76 permitted partial CDI with accelerated kinetics, whereas introducing negative charge at any of five consecutive pore-lining residues (W76, Y80, R83, K87, or R91) completely eliminated CDI. Noise analysis of Orai1 Y80E and Y80K currents indicated that reductions in CDI for these mutations could not be accounted for by changes in unitary current or open probability. The sensitivity of CDI to negative charge introduced into the pore suggested a possible role for anion binding in the pore. However, although Cl(-) modulated the kinetics and extent of CDI, we found no evidence that CDI requires any single diffusible cytosolic anion. Together, our results argue against a CDI mechanism involving CaM binding to W76 and Y80, and instead support a model in which Orai1 residues Y80 and W76 enable conformational changes within the pore, leading to CRAC channel inactivation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 rslewis@stanford.edu fmullins@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Franklin M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mullins
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 rslewis@stanford.edu fmullins@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D000071740:ORAI1 Protein; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002147:Calmodulin; D000071740:ORAI1 Protein; C510746:ORAI1 protein, human; D002118:Calcium
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