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ArticleThe Journal of general physiology2007

Mode switching is the major mechanism of ligand regulation of InsP3 receptor calcium release channels.

Lucian Ionescu, Carl White, King-Ho Cheung, Jianwei Shuai, Ian Parker, John E Pearson, J Kevin Foskett, Don-On Daniel Mak

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Article in The Journal of general physiology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Lucian IonescuDepartment of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Carl White
King-Ho Cheung
Jianwei Shuai
Ian Parker
John E Pearson
J Kevin Foskett
Don-On Daniel Mak

Funding

Multi-scale observation and modeling of IP3/Ca signalingR01GM065830 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LOS ALAMOS NAT LAB · PI MAK, DON-ON DANIEL, PARKER, IAN · 2002 to 2017
$10.7M
Elementary Events of Intracellular Calcium SignalingR37GM048071 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI PARKER, IAN · 2011 to 2020
$5.3M
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF MAMMALIAN INSP3 RECEPTORSR01MH059937 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FOSKETT, JAMES KEVIN · 2000 to 2014
$5.0M
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY OF NUCLEAR MEMBRANE INSP3 RECEPTORR01GM056328 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FOSKETT, JAMES KEVIN · 1999 to 2010
$4.2M
Rapid kinetics of single InsP3R channel regulationR01GM074999 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MAK, DON-ON DANIEL · 2005 to 2010
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM 074999NIGMS NIH HHS GM 65830NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056328NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM065830NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074999NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM048071NIMH NIH HHS MH 059937NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH059937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP(3)) receptor (InsP(3)R) plays a critical role in generation of complex Ca(2+) signals in many cell types. In patch clamp recordings of isolated nuclei from insect Sf9 cells, InsP(3)R channels were consistently detected with regulation by cytoplasmic InsP(3) and free Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)](i)) very similar to that observed for vertebrate InsP(3)R. Long channel activity durations of the Sf9-InsP(3)R have now enabled identification of a novel aspect of InsP(3)R gating: modal gating. Using a novel algorithm to analyze channel modal gating kinetics, InsP(3)R gating can be separated into three distinct modes: a low activity mode, a fast kinetic mode, and a burst mode with channel open probability (P(o)) within each mode of 0.007 +/- 0.002, 0.24 +/- 0.03, and 0.85 +/- 0.02, respectively. Channels reside in each mode for long periods (tens of opening and closing events), and transitions between modes can be discerned with high resolution (within two channel opening and closing events). Remarkably, regulation of channel gating by [Ca(2+)](i) and [InsP(3)] does not substantially alter channel P(o) within a mode. Instead, [Ca(2+)](i) and [InsP(3)] affect overall channel P(o) primarily by changing the relative probability of the channel being in each mode, especially the high and low P(o) modes. This novel observation therefore reveals modal switching as the major mechanism of physiological regulation of InsP(3)R channel activity, with implications for the kinetics of Ca(2+) release events in cells.

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AlgorithmsAnimalsCalcium ChannelsCalcium SignalingData Interpretation, StatisticalElectrophysiologyInositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate ReceptorsIn Vitro TechniquesIon Channel GatingKineticsLigandsPatch-Clamp TechniquesSpodopteraCalcium ChannelsInositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate ReceptorsLigands

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PMID17998395
PMCPMC2151663

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