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XB-ART-54521
J Gen Physiol 2018 Mar 05;1503:475-489. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201711962.
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Stac3 enhances expression of human CaV1.1 in Xenopus oocytes and reveals gating pore currents in HypoPP mutant channels.

Wu F , Quinonez M , DiFranco M , Cannon SC .


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Mutations of CaV1.1, the pore-forming subunit of the L-type Ca2+ channel in skeletal muscle, are an established cause of hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP). However, functional assessment of HypoPP mutant channels has been hampered by difficulties in achieving sufficient plasma membrane expression in cells that are not of muscle origin. In this study, we show that coexpression of Stac3 dramatically increases the expression of human CaV1.1 (plus α2-δ1b and β1a subunits) at the plasma membrane of Xenopus laevis oocytes. In voltage-clamp studies with the cut-open oocyte clamp, we observe ionic currents on the order of 1 μA and gating charge displacements of ∼0.5-1 nC. Importantly, this high expression level is sufficient to ascertain whether HypoPP mutant channels are leaky because of missense mutations at arginine residues in S4 segments of the voltage sensor domains. We show that R528H and R528G in S4 of domain II both support gating pore currents, but unlike other R/H HypoPP mutations, R528H does not conduct protons. Stac3-enhanced membrane expression of CaV1.1 in oocytes increases the throughput for functional studies of disease-associated mutations and is a new platform for investigating the voltage-dependent properties of CaV1.1 without the complexity of the transverse tubule network in skeletal muscle.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cacna1s cacna2d1 cacnb1 cav1 scn4a stac3
GO keywords: L-type voltage-gated calcium channel complex

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???displayArticle.omims??? HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS, TYPE 1; HOKPP1

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References [+] :
Cannon, Voltage-sensor mutations in channelopathies of skeletal muscle. 2010, Pubmed