Glu106 in the Orai1 pore contributes to fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation and pH dependence of Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) current

2011 ◽  
Vol 441 (2) ◽  
pp. 743-753 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan R. Scrimgeour ◽  
David P. Wilson ◽  
Grigori Y. Rychkov
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Low Ph ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Channel Pore ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
Ca2 Channels

FCDI (fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation) is a mechanism that limits Ca2+ entry through Ca2+ channels, including CRAC (Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+) channels. This phenomenon occurs when the Ca2+ concentration rises beyond a certain level in the vicinity of the intracellular mouth of the channel pore. In CRAC channels, several regions of the pore-forming protein Orai1, and STIM1 (stromal interaction molecule 1), the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ sensor that communicates the Ca2+ load of the intracellular stores to Orai1, have been shown to regulate fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation. Although significant advances in unravelling the mechanisms of CRAC channel gating have occurred, the mechanisms regulating fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation in this channel are not well understood. We have identified that a pore mutation, E106D Orai1, changes the kinetics and voltage dependence of the ICRAC (CRAC current), and the selectivity of the Ca2+-binding site that regulates fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation, whereas the V102I and E190Q mutants when expressed at appropriate ratios with STIM1 have fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation similar to that of WT (wild-type) Orai1. Unexpectedly, the E106D mutation also changes the pH dependence of ICRAC. Unlike WT ICRAC, E106D-mediated current is not inhibited at low pH, but instead the block of Na+ permeation through the E106D Orai1 pore by Ca2+ is diminished. These results suggest that Glu106 inside the CRAC channel pore is involved in co-ordinating the Ca2+-binding site that mediates fast Ca2+-dependent inactivation.

scholarly journals Regulation of Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry by SARAF

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1887
Author(s):  
Inbal Dagan ◽  
Raz Palty
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Cellular Biology ◽  
Excitable Cells ◽  
Major Pathway ◽  
Negative Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
The One

Calcium (Ca2+) signaling plays a dichotomous role in cellular biology, controlling cell survival and proliferation on the one hand and cellular toxicity and cell death on the other. Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) by CRAC channels represents a major pathway for Ca2+ entry in non-excitable cells. The CRAC channel has two key components, the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ sensor stromal interaction molecule (STIM) and the plasma-membrane Ca2+ channel Orai. Physical coupling between STIM and Orai opens the CRAC channel and the resulting Ca2+ flux is regulated by a negative feedback mechanism of slow Ca2+ dependent inactivation (SCDI). The identification of the SOCE-associated regulatory factor (SARAF) and investigations of its role in SCDI have led to new functional and molecular insights into how SOCE is controlled. In this review, we provide an overview of the functional and molecular mechanisms underlying SCDI and discuss how the interaction between SARAF, STIM1, and Orai1 shapes Ca2+ signaling in cells.

Store-Operated Ca2+ Channels: Mechanism, Function, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Targets

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 629-654
Author(s):  
Daniel Bakowski ◽  
Fraser Murray ◽  
Anant B. Parekh
Keyword(s):  
Channel Blockers ◽  
Channel Activity ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
Major Route ◽  
And Function ◽  
Therapeutic Perspective ◽  
Poor Efficacy ◽  
Ca2 Channels

Calcium (Ca2+) release–activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels are a major route for Ca2+ entry in eukaryotic cells. These channels are store operated, opening when the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is depleted of Ca2+, and are composed of the ER Ca2+ sensor protein STIM and the pore-forming plasma membrane subunit Orai. Recent years have heralded major strides in our understanding of the structure, gating, and function of the channels. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutants combined with RNAi knockdown strategies have revealed important roles for the channel in numerous human diseases, making the channel a clinically relevant target. Drugs targeting the channels generally lack specificity or exhibit poor efficacy in animal models. However, the landscape is changing, and CRAC channel blockers are now entering clinical trials. Here, we describe the key molecular and biological features of CRAC channels, consider various diseases associated with aberrant channel activity, and discuss targeting of the channels from a therapeutic perspective.

Crac Channel Deletion in Leukemic Cells Delays Progression of Leukemia and Prolongs Survival of Mice with Notch-1-Induced T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Blood ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 126 (23) ◽  
pp. 1433-1433
Author(s):  
Shella Saint Fleur-Lominy ◽  
Mate Maus ◽  
Stefan Feske
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
T Cell ◽  
Lymphoblastic Leukemia ◽  
Leukemic Cells ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Notch 1 ◽  
Channel Function ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Abstract Introduction: Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels and their activators stromal interaction molecule (STIM) 1 and 2 are the main regulators of calcium entry in T Lymphocytes through a process known as store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). SOCE results in the activation of calcineurin and other downstream signals with important effects on lymphocyte function. Notch-1 is a protein that is essential for T lymphocyte development. Activating mutations of Notch-1 occurs in about 60% of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Introduction of constitutively active forms of Notch-1 in hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) induces T-ALL in mice, providing a useful animal model for the study of leukemia. Methods: To study the role of CRAC channels in T-ALL, we used a mouse model in which c-kit+ HSC from wild-type (WT) and STIM1/STIM2-deficient mice (DKO) were retrovirally transduced with the intracellular Notch-1 domain (ICN1). Transduced HSC were injected into lethally irradiated C57BL/6 mice. Following leukemia development, mice were analyzed for survival and cellular and molecular activity of leukemic cells using various techniques including histology, flow cytometry, RT-PCR and gene array expression analysis. In addition, we used the human T-ALL cell line CEM, in which we introduced a dominant negative form of the CRAC channel subunit ORAI1 (ORAI1-DN) that abolishes CRAC channel function and SOCE, for coculture with the human bone marrow stromal cell line HS5. Results: Mice injected with wild-type HSC transduced with ICN1 succumbed from T-ALL characterized by the presence of CD4+ CD8+ leukemic T cell blasts in the blood, bone marrow and infiltrating organs within 3 to 4 weeks after transfer of HSC. By contrast, mice that had received ICN1 transduced STIM1/2 deficient HSC lived approximately twice as long. The survival benefit was not due to differences in leukemic cell numbers or in proliferation and apoptosis of leukemic cells. Histologies of the bone marrow and spleen of WT leukemic mice showed necrotic lesions, pronounced neutrophil infiltration, the presence of histiocytes engulfing red blood cells (RBC) indicative of severe inflammation. No signs of necrosis and inflammation were present in DKO leukemic mice. Paralleling the inflammation and destruction of the bone marrow environment, WT leukemic mice showed greatly diminished presence of erythroid precursors (EP) in the bone marrow whereas EP frequencies in DKO leukemic mice were similar to those in non-leukemic mice. In line with findings in mice, we observed that human leukemic CEM T cells reduced the viability of HS5 stromal cells in a contact-dependent manner. This cytotoxic effect of CEM cells depended on CRAC channel function as CEM cells transduced with ORAI1-DN had little effect on HS5 viability. Conclusion: These results suggest that CRAC channels are important for the function of T-ALL cells and their effects on the organs they infiltrate, most notably the bone marrow. Inhibition of CRAC channel function prolongs survival of mice with T-ALL potentially by attenuating the cytotoxic effects of leukemic T cells on their environment and on hematopoiesis. Further studies are underway to understand the mechanisms by which CRAC channels regulate leukemic T cell function. Disclosures Feske: Calcimedica: Consultancy, Equity Ownership, Honoraria, Patents & Royalties: CRAC Channel Inibitors.

scholarly journals Voltage-Dependent Inactivation of MscS Occurs Independently of the Positively Charged Residues in the Transmembrane Domain

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Nomura ◽  
Masahiro Sokabe ◽  
Kenjiro Yoshimura
Keyword(s):  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Transmembrane Domain ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Mechanical Threshold ◽  
Voltage Dependent ◽  
Arginine Residues ◽  
Tm Domain ◽  
Small Conductance ◽  
Positively Charged

MscS (mechanosensitive channel of small conductance) is ubiquitously found among bacteria and plays a major role in avoiding cell lysis upon rapid osmotic downshock. The gating of MscS is modulated by voltage, but little is known about how MscS senses membrane potential. Three arginine residues (Arg-46, Arg-54, and Arg-74) in the transmembrane (TM) domain are possible to respond to voltage judging from the MscS structure. To examine whether these residues are involved in the voltage dependence of MscS, we neutralized the charge of each residue by substituting with asparagine (R46N, R54N, and R74N). Mechanical threshold for the opening of the expressed wild-type MscS and asparagine mutants did not change with voltage in the range from-40 to +100 mV. By contrast, inactivation process of wild-type MscS was strongly affected by voltage. The wild-type MscS inactivated at +60 to +80 mV but not at-60 to +40 mV. The voltage dependence of the inactivation rate of all mutants tested, that is, R46N, R54N, R74N, and R46N/R74N MscS, was almost indistinguishable from that of the wild-type MscS. These findings indicate that the voltage dependence of the inactivation occurs independently of the positive charges of R46, R54, and R74.

Bidirectional regulation of calcium release–activated calcium (CRAC) channel by SARAF

2021 ◽  
Vol 220 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elia Zomot ◽  
Hadas Achildiev Cohen ◽  
Inbal Dagan ◽  
Ruslana Militsin ◽  
Raz Palty
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Cell Receptor ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Bidirectional Regulation ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Store Operated Calcium Entry ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
Initial Activation ◽  
Downstream Gene Expression

Store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) through the Ca2+ release–activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel is a central mechanism by which cells generate Ca2+ signals and mediate Ca2+-dependent gene expression. The molecular basis for CRAC channel regulation by the SOCE-associated regulatory factor (SARAF) remained insufficiently understood. Here we found that following ER Ca2+ depletion, SARAF facilitates a conformational change in the ER Ca2+ sensor STIM1 that relieves an activation constraint enforced by the STIM1 inactivation domain (ID; aa 475–483) and promotes initial activation of STIM1, its translocation to ER–plasma membrane junctions, and coupling to Orai1 channels. Following intracellular Ca2+ rise, cooperation between SARAF and the STIM1 ID controls CRAC channel slow Ca2+-dependent inactivation. We further show that in T lymphocytes, SARAF is required for proper T cell receptor evoked transcription. Taking all these data together, we uncover a dual regulatory role for SARAF during both activation and inactivation of CRAC channels and show that SARAF fine-tunes intracellular Ca2+ responses and downstream gene expression in cells.

scholarly journals Calcium-dependent potentiation of store-operated calcium channels in T lymphocytes.

1996 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 597-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Zweifach ◽  
R S Lewis
Keyword(s):  
T Lymphocytes ◽  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Current Amplitude ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Channel Activation ◽  
Calcium Dependent ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
Two Phases

The depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores triggers the opening of Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels in the plasma membrane of T lymphocytes. We have investigated the additional role of extracellular Ca2+ (Ca02+) in promoting CRAC channel activation in Jurkat leukemic T cells. Ca2+ stores were depleted with 1 microM thapsigargin in the nominal absence of Ca02+ with 12 mM EGTA or BAPTA in the recording pipette. Subsequent application of Ca02+ caused ICRAC to appear in two phases. The initial phase was complete within 1 s and reflects channels that were open in the absence of Ca02+. The second phase consisted of a severalfold exponential increase in current amplitude with a time constant of 5-10 s; we call this increase Ca(2+)-dependent potentiation, or CDP. The shape of the current-voltage relation and the inferred single-channel current amplitude are unchanged during CDP, indicating that CDP reflects an alteration in channel gating rather than permeation. The extent of CDP is modulated by voltage, increasing from approximately 50% at +50 mV to approximately 350% at -75 mV in the presence of 2 mM Ca02+. The voltage dependence of CDP also causes ICRAC to increase slowly during prolonged hyperpolarizations in the constant presence of Ca02+. CDP is not affected by exogenous intracellular Ca2+ buffers, and Ni2+, a CRAC channel blocker, can cause potentiation. Thus, the underlying Ca2+ binding site is not intracellular. Ba2+ has little or no ability to potentiate CRAC channels. These results demonstrate that the store-depletion signal by itself triggers only a small fraction of capacitative Ca2+ entry and establish Ca2+ as a potent cofactor in this process. CDP confers a previously unrecognized voltage dependence and slow time dependence on CRAC channel activation that may contribute to the dynamic behavior of ICRAC.

scholarly journals Regulation of Interorganellar Ca2+ Transfer and NFAT Activation by the Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan E. Yoast ◽  
Scott M. Emrich ◽  
Xuexin Zhang ◽  
Ping Xin ◽  
Vikas Arige ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Translocation ◽  
Channel Activity ◽  
Crac Channels ◽  
Store Depletion ◽  
Agonist Stimulation ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Nfat Activation ◽  
Crac Channel ◽  
Cellular Bioenergetics ◽  
Trisphosphate Receptor

Mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake is crucial for coupling receptor stimulation to cellular bioenergetics. Further, Ca2+ uptake by respiring mitochondria prevents Ca2+-dependent inactivation (CDI) of store-operated Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels and inhibits Ca2+ extrusion to sustain cytosolic Ca2+ signaling. However, how Ca2+ uptake by the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) shapes receptor-evoked interorganellar Ca2+ signaling is unknown. Here, we generated several cell lines with MCU-knockout (MCU-KO) as well as tissue-specific MCU-knockdown mice. We show that mitochondrial depolarization, but not MCU-KO, inhibits store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE). Paradoxically, despite enhancing Ca2+ extrusion and promoting CRAC channel CDI, MCU-KO increased cytosolic Ca2+ in response to store depletion. Further, physiological agonist stimulation in MCU-KO cells led to enhanced frequency of cytosolic Ca2+ oscillations, endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ refilling, NFAT nuclear translocation and proliferation. However, MCU-KO did not affect inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor activity. Mathematical modeling supports that MCU-KO enhances cytosolic Ca2+, despite limiting CRAC channel activity.

scholarly journals Ca2+-dependent Inactivation of CaV1.2 Channels Prevents Gd3+ Block: Does Ca2+ Block the Pore of Inactivated Channels?

2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 477-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Babich ◽  
Victor Matveev ◽  
Andrew L. Harris ◽  
Roman Shirokov
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Minimal Model ◽  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Selectivity Filter ◽  
Common Site ◽  
Extracellular Medium ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Cav1.2 Channels

Lanthanide gadolinium (Gd3+) blocks CaV1.2 channels at the selectivity filter. Here we investigated whether Gd3+ block interferes with Ca2+-dependent inactivation, which requires Ca2+ entry through the same site. Using brief pulses to 200 mV that relieve Gd3+ block but not inactivation, we monitored how the proportions of open and open-blocked channels change during inactivation. We found that blocked channels inactivate much less. This is expected for Gd3+ block of the Ca2+ influx that enhances inactivation. However, we also found that the extent of Gd3+ block did not change when inactivation was reduced by abolition of Ca2+/calmodulin interaction, showing that Gd3+ does not block the inactivated channel. Thus, Gd3+ block and inactivation are mutually exclusive, suggesting action at a common site. These observations suggest that inactivation causes a change at the selectivity filter that either hides the Gd3+ site or reduces its affinity, or that Ca2+ occupies the binding site at the selectivity filter in inactivated channels. The latter possibility is supported by previous findings that the EEQE mutation of the selectivity EEEE locus is void of Ca2+-dependent inactivation (Zong Z.Q., J.Y. Zhou, and T. Tanabe. 1994. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 201:1117–11123), and that Ca2+-inactivated channels conduct Na+ when Ca2+ is removed from the extracellular medium (Babich O., D. Isaev, and R. Shirokov. 2005. J. Physiol. 565:709–717). Based on these results, we propose that inactivation increases affinity of the selectivity filter for Ca2+ so that Ca2+ ion blocks the pore. A minimal model, in which the inactivation “gate” is an increase in affinity of the selectivity filter for permeating ions, successfully simulates the characteristic U-shaped voltage dependence of inactivation in Ca2+.

Modulation of cardiac Ca2+channels by isoproterenol studied in transgenic mice with altered SR Ca2+ content

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (5) ◽  
pp. C1666-C1672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidenori Sako ◽  
Stuart A. Green ◽  
Evangelia G. Kranias ◽  
Atsuko Yatani
Keyword(s):  
Adrenergic Receptor ◽  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Ventricular Myocytes ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Decay Kinetics ◽  
Cardiac Contractile ◽  
Subsequent Application ◽  
Dose Dependent ◽  
Ca2 Channels

Phospholamban (PLB) ablation is associated with enhanced sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ uptake and attenuation of the cardiac contractile responses to β-adrenergic agonists. In the present study, we compared the effects of isoproterenol (Iso) on the Ca2+ currents ( I Ca) of ventricular myocytes isolated from wild-type (WT) and PLB knockout (PLB-KO) mice. Current density and voltage dependence of I Ca were similar between WT and PLB-KO cells. However, I Ca recorded from PLB-KO myocytes had significantly faster decay kinetics. Iso increased I Ca amplitude in both groups in a dose-dependent manner (50% effective concentration, 57.1 nM). Iso did not alter the rate of I Ca inactivation in WT cells but significantly prolonged the rate of inactivation in PLB-KO cells. When Ba2+ was used as the charge carrier, Iso slowed the decay of the current in both WT and PLB-KO cells. Depletion of SR Ca2+ by ryanodine also slowed the rate of inactivation of I Ca, and subsequent application of Iso further reduced the inactivation rate of both groups. These results suggest that enhanced Ca2+ release from the SR offsets the slowing effects of β-adrenergic receptor stimulation on the rate of inactivation of I Ca.

scholarly journals Diethyl pyrocarbonate modification of the ryanodine receptor/Ca2+ channel from skeletal muscle

1994 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
V Shoshan-Barmatz ◽  
S Weil
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Histidine Residue ◽  
Binding Affinities ◽  
Single Class ◽  
Diethyl Pyrocarbonate ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Specific Reagent

Exposure of junctional sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes or purified ryanodine receptor to the histidine-specific reagent diethyl pyrocarbonate (DEPC) led to concentration- and time-dependent inactivation of ryanodine binding. The pH-dependence of the inactivation of ryanodine binding by DEPC and the reversal of this inactivation by hydroxylamine suggests the modification of histidine residue(s) by the reagent. Kinetic analysis of the time course of inactivation of ryanodine binding by DEPC suggests that the inactivation resulted from modification of a single class of histidine residue per ryanodine-binding site. The degree of inactivation of ryanodine binding by DEPC was decreased when high NaCl concentrations were present in the modification medium. The binding affinities for ryanodine and Ca2+ were not altered by DEPC modification. This modification decreased the total ryanodine-binding sites. DEPC modification increased the Ca(2+)-permeability of the SR vesicles. A variety of bivalent cations prevented the DEPC inactivation of ryanodine binding in a series of decreasing efficiency: Mn2+ > Ba2+ > Mg2+ > Ca2+, similar to their effectiveness in inhibiting ryanodine binding. It is suggested that a histidine residue(s) in the ryanodine receptor is involved, either in the binding of Ca2+, or in a conformational change that may be required for Ca2+ binding to its binding site(s). This modification of the ryanodine receptor resulted in inactivation of ryanodine binding and activation of Ca2+ release.

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