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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2004

Cumulative inactivation of N-type CaV2.2 calcium channels modified by alternative splicing.

Christopher Thaler, Annette C Gray, Diane Lipscombe

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Differential role of N-type calcium channel splice isoforms in pain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2007
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  18. G-proteins modulate cumulative inactivation of N-type (Cav2.2) calcium channels.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2006
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  20. Neuronal L-type calcium channels open quickly and are inhibited slowly.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2005
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher ThalerLaboratory of Molecular Physiology, Section on Cellular Biophotonics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
Annette C Gray
Diane Lipscombe
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · US

Funding

NEURONAL CALCIUM CHANNELS--REGULATION AND FUNCTIONR01NS029967 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI LIPSCOMBE, DIANE · 1997 to 2009
$3.0M
Training Programs in Systems and Behavioral NeuroscienceT32MH019118 · NIMH · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI CONNORS, BARRY W · 1989 to 2013
$1.9M
Beta Subunit Regulation of Voltage-Gated Ca ChannelsF32NS043082 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI THALER, CHRISTOPHER J · 2002 to 2003
$52k
NEURONAL CALIUM CHANNELS--REGULATION AND FUNCTIONR29NS029967 · NINDS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI LIPSCOMBE, DIANE · 1992 to 1996
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NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019118NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH19118NINDS NIH HHS F32 NS043082NINDS NIH HHS NS29967NINDS NIH HHS NS43082NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS029967
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Ca(V)2 family of voltage-gated calcium channels, present in presynaptic nerve terminals, regulates exocytosis and synaptic transmission. Cumulative inactivation of these channels occurs during trains of action potentials, and this may control short-term dynamics at the synapse. Inactivation during brief, repetitive stimulation is primarily attributed to closed-state inactivation, and several factors modulate the susceptibility of voltage-gated calcium channels to this form of inactivation. We show that alternative splicing of an exon in a cytoplasmic region of the Ca(V)2.2 channel modulates its sensitivity to inactivation during trains of action potential waveforms. The presence of this exon, exon 18a, protects the Ca(V)2.2 channel from entry into closed-state inactivation specifically during short (10 ms to 3 s) and small depolarizations of the membrane potential (-60 mV to -50 mV). The reduced sensitivity to closed-state inactivation within this dynamic range likely underlies the differential responsiveness of Ca(V)2.2 splice isoforms to trains of action potential waveforms. Regulated alternative splicing of Ca(V)2.2 represents a possible mechanism for modulating short-term dynamics of synaptic efficacy in different regions of the nervous system.

Indexed as

Action PotentialsAlternative SplicingAnimalsCalcium Channels, N-TypeCells, CulturedElectric ConductivityElectrophysiologyExonsPatch-Clamp TechniquesProtein IsoformsSynapsesCalcium Channels, N-TypeProtein Isoforms

Identifiers

PMID15060274
PMCPMC397472
OpenAlexW2129996931

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