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

Deletion of the synaptic protein interaction site of the N-type (CaV2.2) calcium channel inhibits secretion in mouse pheochromocytoma cells.

Amy B Harkins, Anne L Cahill, James F Powers, Arthur S Tischler, Aaron P Fox

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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 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. How do T-type calcium channels control low-threshold exocytosis?Communicative & integrative biology · 2012
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  11. A mutation in the first intracellular loop of CACNA1A prevents P/Q channel modulation by SNARE proteins and lowers exocytosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2010
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  12. Involvement of Ca2+ channel synprint site in synaptic vesicle endocytosis.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2010
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  13. Selective disruption of the mammalian secretory apparatus enhances or eliminates calcium current modulation in nerve endings.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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  15. K+ channel facilitation of exocytosis by dynamic interaction with syntaxin.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2007
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Amy B HarkinsDepartment of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. harkinsa@slu.edu
Anne L Cahill
James F Powers
Arthur S Tischler
Aaron P Fox
Saint Louis University · USUniversity of Chicago · USTufts Medical Center · US

Funding

STUDIES OF N-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELSR01NS026189 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI FOX, AARON P. · 1994 to 2003
$1.3M
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMAS FROM NEUROFIBROMATOSIS KNOCKOUT MICER01NS037685 · NINDS · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI TISCHLER, ARTHUR S · 1999 to 2003
$1.1M
Homologous Recombination in a Secretory Mouse Cell LineR21NS042681 · NINDS · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI HARKINS, AMY B · 2002 to 2003
$361k
HIPPOCAMPAL CALCIUM CHANNELS--PHARMACOLOGY AND FUNCTIONR29NS026189 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI FOX, AARON P. · 1988 to 1992
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NINDS NIH HHS NS26189NINDS NIH HHS NS37685NINDS NIH HHS NS42681NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026189NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS037685NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS042681
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Presynaptic N-type Ca2+ channels (CaV2.2, alpha1B) are thought to bind to SNARE (SNAP-25 receptor) complex proteins through a synaptic protein interaction (synprint) site on the intracellular loop between domains II and III of the alpha1B subunit. Whether binding of syntaxin to the N-type Ca2+ channels is required for coupling Ca2+ ion influx to rapid exocytosis has been the subject of considerable investigation. In this study, we deleted the synprint site from a recombinant alpha1B Ca2+ channel subunit and transiently transfected either the wild-type alpha1B or the synprint deletion mutant into mouse pheochromocytoma (MPC) cell line 9/3L, a cell line that has the machinery required for rapid stimulated exocytosis but lacks endogenous voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. Secretion was elicited by activation of exogenously transfected Ca2+ channel subunits. The current-voltage relationship was similar for the wild-type and mutant alpha1B-containing Ca2+ channels. Although total Ca2+ entry was slightly larger for the synprint deletion channel, compared with the wild-type channel, when Ca2+ entry was normalized to cell size and limited to cells with similar Ca2+ entry (approximately 150 x 10(6) Ca2+ ions/pF cell size), total secretion and the rate of secretion, determined by capacitance measurements, were significantly reduced in cells expressing the synprint deletion mutant channels, compared with wild-type channels. Furthermore, the amount of endocytosis was significantly reduced in cells with the alpha1B synprint deletion mutant, compared with the wild-type subunit. These results suggest that the synprint site is necessary for efficient coupling of Ca2+ influx through alpha1B-containing Ca2+ channels to exocytosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsBinding SitesCalcium Channels, N-TypeCalcium SignalingCell Line, TumorExocytosisMiceMolecular Sequence DataNeurotransmitter AgentsPheochromocytomaRecombinant ProteinsSequence DeletionSNARE ProteinsSynapsesTransfectionVesicular Transport ProteinsCalcium Channels, N-TypeNeurotransmitter AgentsRecombinant ProteinsSNARE ProteinsVesicular Transport Proteins

Identifiers

PMID15471993
PMCPMC524046
OpenAlexW1968202670

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