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Protein-protein interaction between cPLA2 and splice variants of α-subunit of BK channels

Protein-protein interaction between cPLA2 and splice variants of α-subunit of BK channels Abstract Altering the splice variant composition of large-conductance Ca 2+ -activated potassium (BK) channels can alter their activity and apparent sensitivity to Ca 2+ and other regulators of activity. We hypothesized that differences in the responsiveness to arachidonic acid of GH3 and GH4 cells was due to a difference in two splice variants, one present in GH3 cells and the other in GH4 cells. The sequences of the two splice variants differ from one another in several ways, but the largest difference is the presence or absence of 27 amino acids in the COOH terminus of the BK α-subunit. Open probability of the variant containing the 27 amino acids is significantly increased by arachidonic acid, while the variant lacking the 27 amino acids is insensitive to arachidonic acid. In addition, sensitivity of BK channels to arachidonic acid depends on cytosolic phospholipase A 2 (cPLA 2 ). Here we used the Mammalian Matchmaker two-hybrid assay and two BK α-subunit constructs with rSlo(27) and without rSlo(0) the 27-amino acid motif to determine whether cPLA 2 associates with one construct rSlo(27) and not the other. We hypothesized that differential association of cPLA 2 might explain the differing responsiveness of the two constructs and GH3 and GH4 cells to arachidonic acid. We found that cPLA 2 is strongly associated with the COOH terminus of rSlo(27) and only very weakly associated with rSlo(0). We also found that arachidonic acid has a lower affinity for rSlo(0) than for rSlo(27). We conclude that the lack of response of BK channels in GH4 cells to arachidonic acid can be explained, in part, by the poor binding of cPLA 2 to the COOH terminus of the rSlo(0) α-subunit, which is very similar to the splice variant found in the arachidonic acid-insensitive GH4 cells. large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels phospholipase A 2 protein-protein association Copyright © 2010 the American Physiological Society http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png AJP - Cell Physiology The American Physiological Society

Protein-protein interaction between cPLA2 and splice variants of α-subunit of BK channels

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The American Physiological Society
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Copyright © 2010 the American Physiological Society
ISSN
0363-6143
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1522-1563
DOI
10.1152/ajpcell.00221.2009
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19940072
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Abstract

Abstract Altering the splice variant composition of large-conductance Ca 2+ -activated potassium (BK) channels can alter their activity and apparent sensitivity to Ca 2+ and other regulators of activity. We hypothesized that differences in the responsiveness to arachidonic acid of GH3 and GH4 cells was due to a difference in two splice variants, one present in GH3 cells and the other in GH4 cells. The sequences of the two splice variants differ from one another in several ways, but the largest difference is the presence or absence of 27 amino acids in the COOH terminus of the BK α-subunit. Open probability of the variant containing the 27 amino acids is significantly increased by arachidonic acid, while the variant lacking the 27 amino acids is insensitive to arachidonic acid. In addition, sensitivity of BK channels to arachidonic acid depends on cytosolic phospholipase A 2 (cPLA 2 ). Here we used the Mammalian Matchmaker two-hybrid assay and two BK α-subunit constructs with rSlo(27) and without rSlo(0) the 27-amino acid motif to determine whether cPLA 2 associates with one construct rSlo(27) and not the other. We hypothesized that differential association of cPLA 2 might explain the differing responsiveness of the two constructs and GH3 and GH4 cells to arachidonic acid. We found that cPLA 2 is strongly associated with the COOH terminus of rSlo(27) and only very weakly associated with rSlo(0). We also found that arachidonic acid has a lower affinity for rSlo(0) than for rSlo(27). We conclude that the lack of response of BK channels in GH4 cells to arachidonic acid can be explained, in part, by the poor binding of cPLA 2 to the COOH terminus of the rSlo(0) α-subunit, which is very similar to the splice variant found in the arachidonic acid-insensitive GH4 cells. large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels phospholipase A 2 protein-protein association Copyright © 2010 the American Physiological Society

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AJP - Cell PhysiologyThe American Physiological Society

Published: Feb 1, 2010

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