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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 15, 1999, 19(16):6855-6864

Identification of Residues in the N Terminus of 1B Critical for Inhibition of the Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channel by G

Carles Cantí, Karen M. Page, Gary J. Stephens, and Annette C. Dolphin

Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

	ABSTRACT

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To examine the role of the intracellular N terminus in the G-protein modulation of the neuronal voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC) 1B, we have pursued two routes of investigation. First, we made chimeric channels between 1B and 1C, the latter not being modulated by G subunits. VDCC 1 subunit constructs were coexpressed with accessory 2 and 2a subunits in Xenopus oocytes and mammalian (COS-7) cells. G-protein modulation of expressed 1 subunits was induced by activation of coexpressed dopamine (D2) receptors with quinpirole in oocytes, or by cotransfection of G12 subunits in COS-7 cells. For the chimeric channels, only those with the N terminus of 1B showed any G-protein modulation; further addition of the first transmembrane domain and I-II intracellular linker of 1B increased the degree of modulation. To determine the amino acids within the 1B N terminus, essential for G-protein modulation, we made mutations of this sequence and identified three amino acids (S48, R52, and R54) within an 11 amino acid sequence as being critical for G-protein modulation, with I49 being involved to a lesser extent. This sequence may comprise an essential part of a complex G-binding site or be involved in its subsequent action.

Key words: calcium channel; neuronal; G-protein; 1 subunit; G subunit; modulation

	INTRODUCTION

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The inhibition of N- (1B) and P/Q-type (1A) calcium currents by receptors, usually acting through pertussis toxin-sensitive G-proteins, appears to be mediated by G subunits (Herlitze et al., 1996; Ikeda, 1996). There has been some controversy concerning whether the 1E calcium channel is G-protein-modulated (Page et al., 1998). We have now established that, whereas an N-terminally truncated isoform of rat 1E is not subject to modulation, an isoform with a full-length N terminus is G-protein-modulated, either by coexpression of G subunits or by activation of a G-protein-coupled receptor (Page et al., 1998), which would agree with results obtained previously for full-length human 1E (Qin et al., 1997).

A number of recent studies have established the importance of the intracellular loop that links transmembrane domains I and II, both in binding G and in mediating its effects to produce inhibition of the channel (Herlitze et al., 1997; Zamponi et al., 1997). However, this result is controversial, and several studies have suggested either that the I-II loop plays no role in G-protein modulation of 1B (Zhang et al., 1996) or 1E (Qin et al., 1997), or that alone it cannot mediate the effects of the G subunits (Page et al., 1997, 1998; Simen and Miller, 1998). Nevertheless it is not disputed that the I-II loops of 1A, B, and E comprise a major binding site or sites for G and contain a QxxER amino acid consensus sequence common to many G-binding sites (De Waard et al., 1997; Herlitze et al., 1997; Zamponi et al., 1997; Dolphin et al., 1999). Secondly, a C-terminal G-binding site has recently been identified and proposed to be a region responsible for G-protein inhibition of human 1E (Qin et al., 1997). However, it is clear that there are also a number of other sites in the 1 subunit of G-protein-modulated calcium channels that are involved in expression of the inhibition by G. First, we have found that part of the intracellular N terminus of 1B and 1E is essential for their G-protein modulation (Page et al., 1998). Second, the transmembrane domain I has been found to have an important role (Zhang et al., 1996; Stephens et al., 1998b).

In the present study we have examined the critical nature of the intracellular N terminus of 1B, by making chimeric channels between 1B, which is strongly G-protein-modulated and 1C, which is not G-protein-modulated by this mechanism, and has a completely different N-terminal sequence. We have shown an absolute requirement for the 1B N terminus for observation of G-protein modulation in all the chimeric constructs. Second, we have made specific deletions and point mutations to identify the sequence in the N terminus of 1B that is responsible for conferring G-protein modulation.

	MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Materials

The following cDNAs were used: rat 1C (isoform CII, GenBank accession number M67515), rabbit 1B (D14157), rat 2a (M80545), rat 2-1 (neuronal splice variant, M86621), rat D2_long receptor (X17458, N5G), bovine G1 (M13236), bovine G2 (M37183), the C-terminal minigene of -ARK (M34019), and mut-3 green fluorescent protein (GFP; U73901). All cDNAs were subcloned into the expression vector pMT2 (Swick et al., 1992).

Construction of chimeras

Chimeras were created using PCR following the methods described previously (Page et al., 1998; Stephens et al., 1998b). All constructs were subcloned into the pMT2 vector, and the sequences of the PCR products were confirmed using cycle-sequencing. The constructs were assembled as follows: bCCCC, amino acid residues 1-95 of 1B, 125-2143 of 1C; bBcCCC 1-359 1B, 409-2143 1C; bBbCCC 1-483 1B, 525-2143 1C; cBcCCC 1-124 1C, 96-359 1B, 409-2143 1C; cBbCCC 1-124 1C, 96-483 1B, 525-2143 1C; cCbCCC 1-408 1C, 360-483 ₁B, 525-2143 1C; and bCbCCC 1-95 1B, 125-408 1C, 360-483 1B, 525-2143 1C. Chimeric primers were used with the reverse primer CCA CCA GCA GGT CCA GGA TAT TGA (R1). The resulting PCR product was extended against a template using a forward primer (pMT2F2) directed against the vector TCT CCA CAG GTG TCC ACT. The following chimeric primers were used: GTG CTG GGT GTG CTG AGC GGA GAG TTT for bBcCCC; CAG CCA GTA GAA GAC CTG TGC CTT CAC CAT (reverse primer R2) for bBbCCC; CAC CGA GTG GCC TCC ATT TGA AAT AAT T for bCCCC. These chimeras were used as templates to make others. The primers TTT GAG CGG AGA GTT TGC TAA GG and R2 were used to make the first PCR product, which was then extended on bCCCC to give bCbCCC. The chimeras cBbCCC and cBcCCC were made using bBbCCC and bBcCCC as templates. In each case, the PCR product made using the primers TGT TGA ATG GAA ACC GTT CGA GTA CAT G and R1 was extended on 1CpMT2 template to add the N terminus of 1C. For cCbCCC, restriction digestion of an MfeI site in domain I was used to substitute the N terminus of bCbCCC with that of 1C.

Construction of N-terminal deletion and point mutations

The 1B N terminus was truncated at the 5' end by introducing a start codon before amino acid E7 to make 1B 2-6, Y45 (1B 2-44), and Q51 (1B 2-50). The following primers were used; CGC ACT AGT ATG GAG CTG GGC GGC CGC TAT (2-6), CAG ACT AGT ATG TAC AAA CAG TCG ATC GCG (2-44), and CAG ACT AGT ATG CAG CGC GCG CGG ACC AT (2-50). The 1B 45-55 construct was made by using the primer GGC CAG CGG GTC CTC ATG GCG CTG TAC AAC to delete the 11 amino acids, YKQSIAQRART. For all of the 1B point mutations, primers were designed so that single residues were mutated to alanines or so that a number of residues were mutated within the same primer. The following primers were used; R52A-R54A, TCG ATC GCG CAG GCC GCG GCG ACC ATG GCG CT; Y45A, CAG CGG GTC CTC GCC AAA CAG TCG ATC; K46A, CGG GTC CTC TAC GCA CAG TCG ATC GCG; Q47A, GTC CTC TAC AAA GCG TCG ATC GCG CAG; S48A, CTC TAC AAA CAG GCG ATC GCG CAG C; I49A, TAC AAA CAG TCG GCC GCG CAG CGC GCG; Q51A, CAG TCG ATC GCG GCG CGC GCG CGG ACC; R52A, TCG ATC GCG CAG GCC GCG CGG ACC ATG; R54A, GCG CAG CGC GCG GCG ACC ATG GCG CTG; 45YKQSIAAAAAA, GCC GCA GCA GCT GCC GCG CAG CGC GCG CGG (forward) and GGC AGC TGC TGC GGC GAG GAC CCG CTG (reverse); and 45YKQAAA, CGG GTC CTC GCC GCA GCG TCG ATC GCG CAG. The reverse primer used in each case was GTC GCT TCT GCT CTT CTT GG. For the PCR extension reactions, the forward primer used was AGC ACT AGT ATG GTC CGC TTC GGG GAC. The sequences of all constructs were verified.

	Expression of constructs and electrophysiological recording

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Xenopus oocytes. Adult female Xenopus laevis were killed by anesthetic overdose in a 0.25% solution of tricaine, decapitated, and pithed. Oocytes were removed and defolliculated by treatment with 2 mg/ml collagenase type Ia in a Ca²⁺-free ND96 saline containing (in mM): NaCl, 96; KCl, 2; MgCl₂, 1; and HEPES, 5, pH-adjusted to 7.4 with NaOH for 2 hr at 21°C. Plasmid cDNAs for the different 1 subunits, plus accessory 2a and 2 subunits and rat D2 receptors, were mixed in a ratio of 3:4:1:3 (except where stated), and ~10 nl was injected into the nuclei of stage V or VI oocytes. Injected oocytes were incubated at 18°C for 3-7 d in ND96 saline (as above plus 1.8 mM CaCl₂) supplemented with 100 µg/ml penicillin, 100 IU/ml streptomycin (Life Technologies, Gaithersburg, MD), and 2.5 mM Na pyruvate. Whole-cell recordings from oocytes were made in the two-electrode voltage-clamp configuration with a chloride-free solution containing (in mM): Ba(OH)₂, 5; TEA-OH, 80; NaOH, 25; CsOH, 2; and HEPES, 5 (pH 7.4 with methanesulfonic acid). In all experiments, oocytes were injected with 30-40 nl of a 100 mM solution of K₃-1,2-bis (aminophenoxy) ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid (BAPTA) in order to suppress endogenous Ca²⁺-activated Cl currents. Electrodes contained 3 M KCl and had resistances of 0.3-2 M. The holding potential (V_H) was 100 mV, and the test potential (V_t) used for time course studies was 0 mV. All illustrated traces are at this potential, and the current amplitude was always measured 20 msec after the start of the test pulse. Membrane currents were recorded every 15 sec, amplified, and low-pass filtered at 1 KHz using a Geneclamp 500 amplifier and digitized through a Digidata 1200 interface (Axon Instruments, Foster City, CA). In all cases currents were leak subtracted on-line by a P/4 protocol.

COS-7 cells. Cells were cultured and transfected, using the electroporation technique, essentially as described previously (Campbell et al., 1995a). The 1, 2, 2a, and GFP cDNAs were used at 15, 5, 5, and 1 µg, respectively. When used, G1 and G2 were included at 2.5 µg each, or -ARK was included at 5 µg. Blank pMT2 vector was included where necessary to maintain the total cDNA at 31 µg/transfection. Cells were replated using nonenzymatic cell dissociation medium (Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and then maintained at 25°C for between 1 and 16 hr before electrophysiological recording. Maximum GFP fluorescence and voltage-dependent calcium channel (VDCC) expression were observed between 2 and 4 d after transfection (Brice et al., 1997). Ca²⁺ channel currents were recorded using the whole-cell patch technique. Borosilicate glass 2-5 M electrodes were used. The internal (electrode) and external solutions were similar to those described previously (Campbell et al., 1995b). The patch pipette solution contained in mM: Cs aspartate, 140; EGTA, 5; MgCl₂, 2; CaCl₂, 0.1; K₂ATP, 2; and HEPES, 10; pH 7.2, 310 mOsm with sucrose. GDPS (2 mM) was included where stated. The external solution contained in mM: tetraethylammonium (TEA) bromide, 160; KCl, 3; NaHCO₃, 1.0; MgCl₂, 1.0; HEPES, 10; glucose, 4; and BaCl₂, 1 or 10, pH 7.4, 320 mOsm with sucrose. Whole-cell currents were elicited from V_H of 100 mV and recorded using an Axopatch 1D amplifier. Data were filtered at 2 kHz and digitized at 5-10 kHz. The junction potential between external and internal solutions was 6 mV, the values given in the figures and text have not been corrected for this. Current records are shown following leak and residual capacitance current subtraction (P/4 or P/8 protocol) and series resistance compensation up to 85%. Current amplitudes were measured 50 msec after the start of depolarization.

All experiments were performed at room temperature (18-20°C). Analysis was performed using pClamp6 and Origin software. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Statistical analysis was performed using paired or unpaired Student's t test, as appropriate.

	RESULTS

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In a previous study we made chimeras between the rat brain 1E (rbEII) clone, which is not G-protein-modulated, and the strongly modulated 1B. The results of this study showed that rbEII was not modulated because it was N terminally truncated, and a full-length rat 1E isoform showed clear G-protein modulation, although not to such a great extent as 1B. We further showed the importance of the first domain of 1B in increasing the extent of G-protein modulation of 1B/1E chimeras (Page et al., 1998; Stephens et al., 1998b), as has another recent study (Simen and Miller, 1998). In the present study, we wished to examine the distinct role of the N terminus of 1B in G-protein modulation. To do this we have taken two approaches. First, we have made chimeras between 1B and the 1C channel, which is not modulated by a G-mediated pathway under any conditions. Second, we have produced selective deletions and mutations of the 1B N-terminal sequence. With such constructs we can determine the domains necessary for the expression of G-protein modulation.

G-protein modulation of 1B/1C chimeras by activation of the dopamine D2 receptor

In this part of the study, all channels were expressed with the accessory subunits 2 and 2a (unless stated) in Xenopus oocytes, where they were coexpressed with the dopamine D2 receptor. A series of chimeras were made, in which the N terminus, first transmembrane domain, and I-II loop of 1B were systematically substituted for those in 1C, in different permutations. Figure 1A shows the chimeras that were made, and the nomenclature employed, which uses capital letters for the transmembrane domains and small letters for the intracellular N-terminal and I-II loop. All chimeras contained the last three domains and C-terminal tail of 1C (denoted CCC), and all showed good expression levels with one exception (Table 1). However, because 1B, 1C, and the chimeras between them showed differences in their voltage dependence of activation (Table 1), we could not compare G-protein modulation at a single step potential (Fig. 2). Therefore, we have estimated the amount of G-protein modulation in two ways in Xenopus oocytes, first by determining the ability of the D2 agonist quinpirole to cause a depolarizing shift in the voltage dependence of activation, determined from current-voltage plots (Fig. 1B). Second, we have determined the percentage inhibition by quinpirole of the current activated at all potentials between 20 and +30 mV (Fig. 2). In all cases, the modulation by quinpirole occurred within 30-60 sec of its application and was fully reversible.

View larger version (18K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1.   G-protein modulation of chimeras between 1B and 1C. A, Chimeras made between 1B (white) and 1C (black), together with the nomenclature used. B, Chimeras and parental constructs were expressed in Xenopus oocytes together with 2 and the dopamine D2 receptor. The V50 in the absence and presence of the D2 agonist quinpirole (100 nM) was determined from current-voltage relationships performed before and during its application, as described in the legend to Table 1, and the V50 was calculated (mean ± SEM). The number of experiments is given for each histogram bar. The statistical significance of V50 was determined by paired t test; **p < 0.01.

View this table: [in this window] [in a new window]   Table 1.   Biophysical properties and G-protein modulation of calcium channel 1 subunit chimeras in Xenopus oocytes

View larger version (35K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2.   Voltage dependence of modulation of the chimeras between 1B and 1C by activation of the dopamine D2 receptor. The percentage inhibition by quinpirole (100 nM) was determined at voltages between 20 and +30 mV, from current-voltage relationships performed in the absence and presence of quinpirole. Measurements were made isochronally, 20 msec after the start of the voltage step. A, 1B; B, 1bBbCCC; C, 1bBcCCC; D, 1bCbCCC; and E, 1bCcCCC. Experiments were performed both in the presence (white bars) and the absence (black bars) of overexpressed 2a, except for 1bCcCCC, where no expression was seen in the absence of 2a. The numbers of experiments (with, without 2a) are 8, 6 (A); 12, 6 (B); 7, 6 (C); 10, 6 (D); and 9 (E). The statistical significance of the differences at each potential between inhibition in the presence and absence of 2a is indicated by *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01. Example currents in the presence of 2a are given as insets to parts A-C for 1B and for all the chimeras shown. They were expressed as described in the legend to Figure 1. These traces were evoked by a pulse from 100 to 0 mV, and therefore do not show the maximum inhibition. Traces are shown before (con) and during quinpirole (100 nM) application (quin). F, Example traces showing the lack of effect of quinpirole on 1C, 1cBbCCC, 1cBcCCC, and 1cCbCCC, all expressed with 2a. The calibration bars are all 50 msec and 500 nA, unless otherwise stated.

The modulation of 1B by activation of the dopamine D2 receptor with 100 nM quinpirole was voltage-dependent, as we have shown previously (Page et al., 1998; Stephens et al., 1998b). This is manifested by a depolarizing shift in the voltage for 50% activation of the current (V₅₀) (Fig. 1B), and also by a reduction in the percentage inhibition at increasing test potentials (Fig. 2A). Maximum inhibition was usually seen at a test potential ~10 mV below the peak of the current-voltage relationship (47% at 10 mV for 1B; Fig. 2A). The transfer of the entire N terminus, first transmembrane domain, and I-II loop sequence of 1B into 1C gave a chimera showing G-protein modulation that was smaller at all potentials than the 1B parent (Figs. 1B, 2B). The depolarizing shift in the V₅₀ for 1bBbCCC was less than for 1B (Fig. 1B), and the maximum modulation was 24% at 20 mV (Fig. 2B). With respect to both measurements, a similar degree of modulation by quinpirole was seen for 1bBcCCC (Figs. 1B, 2C), providing strong evidence that the I-II linker from a modulatable channel such as 1B is not essential for exhibition of G-protein modulation. Modulation by quinpirole was also still present in the chimera 1bCbCCC (18% at 10 mV; Figs. 1B, 2D). Furthermore, there was still a significant degree of modulation of the minimal chimera 1bCcCCC (13% at 10 mV; Figs. 1B, 2E), again indicating that the I-II linker from a modulatable channel is not essential for the observation of G-protein modulation.

In contrast, none of the chimeras containing the N terminus of 1C instead of 1B showed any inhibition by quinpirole at any potential from 30 to +40 mV under these conditions (inhibition by quinpirole at 0 mV: 0.66 ± 1.0% for 1cBbCCC, -0.4 ± 0.3% for 1cBcCCC, and -0.86 ± 0.92% for 1cCbCCC; n values given in Table 1) (Fig. 2F). There was also no quinpirole-induced depolarizing shift in the V₅₀ for activation (Fig. 1B). This was also the case for 1C (0.25 ± 0.21% inhibition by quinpirole at 0 mV; Figs. 1B, 2F). Thus, the N terminus of 1B is essential and sufficient for the expression of any G-protein modulation, whereas the first transmembrane domain and I-II linker of 1B can be substituted by that of 1C, and significant, although reduced, G-protein modulation is still observed.

Antagonism by 2a of G-protein modulation of the 1B/1C chimeras

It has previously been shown that the G-protein modulation of 1E currents is antagonized by 2a (Qin et al., 1998). To study the interaction between the presence of overexpressed VDCC 2a and the extent of G-protein modulation, we also examined the degree of G-protein modulation by dopamine D2 receptor activation in the absence of exogenously coexpressed VDCC  subunit in Xenopus oocytes. Nevertheless, it should be stressed that Xenopus oocytes contain an endogenous 3-like subunit, and when this was depleted with an antisense construct, no functional currents were seen (Tareilus et al., 1997). The G-protein modulation of 1B and the chimera 1bBbCCC was found to be significantly greater in the absence of coexpressed 2a than in its presence (Fig. 2A,B). In contrast, the extent of quinpirole-induced modulation of the 1bBcCCC and 1bCbCCC chimeras was not significantly increased in the absence of exogenous 2a (Fig. 2C,D). Furthermore, the absence of 2a did not uncover G-protein modulation in any of the chimeras lacking the N terminus of 1B that were not modulated in the presence of 2a (results not shown). We were unable to examine 1bCcCCC currents in the absence of 2a, because no expression was observed (n = 3 experiments). These results suggest that the presence of the I-II linker and first transmembrane domain of 1B, although not being essential for G-protein modulation, are together required for the reduction of G-protein modulation in the presence of the exogenously expressed VDCC 2a subunit, seen under these conditions.

Coexpression of  subunits with 1 subunits in Xenopus oocytes and other systems results in a hyperpolarizing shift in current activation (for review, see Walker and De Waard, 1998), and it is of interest that this is greatest for 1B, 1C and those chimeras in which all the transmembrane domains are identical (1bCbCCC and 1cCbCCC; Table 1). However, despite the reduced 2a-induced hyperpolarizing shift in the activation of the 1bBbCCC chimera, compared to 1B, there was still a clear 2a-induced reduction in the amount of G-protein inhibition at all potentials (Fig. 2B), indicating that 2a was influencing this channel.

G-protein modulation of 1B/1C chimeras by coexpression of G subunits

The role of G in mediating the inhibition observed was confirmed by coexpression of the chimeric 1 channels with 2, 2a, and G12 in COS-7 cells. A prepulse protocol was used (Fig. 3, left panels), giving steps to potentials between 40 and +40 mV, before (P1) and 10 msec after (P2) a large depolarizing step to +120 mV (Page et al., 1998). The prepulse reverses G-mediated modulation, and hence P2 acts as an internal control. The G-mediated modulation was determined from the hyperpolarizing shift in the V₅₀ of the current-voltage relationship in P2 compared to that in P1 (Fig. 3, right panels). For 1B, this shift was almost 10 mV (Figs. 3A, 4), and it was not significantly smaller for the chimeras 1bBbCCC and 1bCbCCC (Figs. 3B, 4). It was reduced, but still significantly different from 1C for the 1bBcCCC and 1bCcCCC chimeras (Figs. 3C, 4). Of the other chimeras, all of which had the N terminus of 1C, none showed any greater shift in V₅₀ than 1C itself (Figs. 3D, 4). In control experiments recorded in the absence of coexpressed G12 and in the presence of intracellular GDPS, the shift in V₅₀ caused by a depolarizing prepulse was approximately 1.8 mV for 1C (n = 10), very similar to the value for 1C coexpressed with G12 (2.1 mV; Fig. 4). A similar level of control facilitation was observed for 1B (n = 10) (Fig. 4). Similar control results were obtained when the -ARK1 G-binding domain was coexpressed, to act as a sink for endogenous G and prevent tonic modulation (Stephens et al., 1998a,b) (results not shown). This control prepulse potentiation is therefore likely to be caused by a mechanism other than G-protein modulation (Dolphin, 1996). The main discrepancy between the results examining direct G modulation and those examining receptor-mediated modulation involve the 1bCbCCC chimera, which is strongly modulated by overexpression of G12 (Figs. 3B, 4), and more weakly modulated by receptor-mediated inhibition (Figs. 1B, 2D). The reason for this may relate to differences in G subtype or concentration between the two systems.

View larger version (23K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3.   Examples of direct modulation by G12 of the chimeras between 1B and 1C. The 1 subunits shown were coexpressed with 2, 2a, G1, and G2 in COS-7 cells. Left panel, Traces obtained before and after a depolarizing prepulse (+120 mV, 100 msec). The prepulse protocol is above the top trace. Right panel, Current-voltage relationships (steps from 40 to +50 mV in 10 mV intervals, from a holding potential of 100 mV), measured 50 msec after the start of the step, for the currents in P1 (open circle) and P2 (filled circle). The current-voltage relationships were fitted (solid lines) with a modified Boltzmann equation as given in the legend to Table 1. The mean depolarizing shifts in V50 resulting from the depolarizing prepulse are given in Figure 4. A, Currents resulting from 1B expression (currents shown resulting from steps 40 to 0 mV, and recorded in 1 mM Ba2+). B, Currents resulting from 1bCbCCC expression (steps 40 to +20 mV shown, recorded in 10 mM Ba2+). C, Currents resulting from 1bCcCCC expression (steps 40 to +20 mV shown, recorded in 10 mM Ba2+). D, Currents resulting from 1C expression (steps 40 to 10 mV shown, recorded in 1 mM Ba2+). In this example the depolarizing prepulse was not preceded by a 10 msec step to the holding potential, but this had no effect on the subsequent results.

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4.   Modulation by G12 of the chimeras between 1B and 1C. Histogram giving the mean ± SEM of the hyperpolarizing shifts in V50 after a depolarizing prepulse for the same chimeras as in Figure 1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001 compared to 1C/G12. All 1B currents were recorded with 1 mM Ba2+ and all chimeras with 10 mM Ba2+ as charge carrier. It was checked for parental 1B that the use of 1 or 10 mM Ba2+ did not affect the V50 caused by a depolarizing prepulse. For the bars marked control, the parental constructs were expressed without G subunits, in the presence of GDPS (1 mM), and a small prepulse-induced hyperpolarizing shift in V50 was observed for 1B and 1C. A similar control shift was also observed for all the chimeras tested [for example for 1bCbCCC the control V50 was 2.7 ± 0.8 mV (n = 8)]. This shift was not significantly different from that for 1C coexpressed with G12. The number of experiments performed is given at the base of each bar.

Isolation of the amino acid residues of the N terminus essential for G-protein modulation

We have made a number of deletions to determine the amino acid sequences that are essential for G-protein modulation. From our previous study (Page et al., 1998), we found that the truncated 1-55 1B construct was not G-protein modulated, in agreement with the N-terminally truncated 1E (rbEII) isoform, that is also not G-protein-modulated. In the present series of experiments, the effect of quinpirole (100 nM) was determined during steps to 0 mV, because none of the constructs showed major shifts in voltage dependence of current activation, compared to 1B. Inhibition of wild-type 1B was 35.3 ± 2.2% at 0 mV under these conditions (n = 8). We made a number of truncations: 1B2-6 and 2-44, in line with regions of homology between the N-terminal sequences of all the G-protein modulated 1 subunits (Fig. 5A). These two constructs were as strongly G-protein-modulated as 1B itself [respectively, 35.8 ± 2.5% (n = 5), and 36.1 ± 5.3% (n = 6) inhibition by quinpirole; Fig. 5B,C]. This identifies the 11 amino acid sequence of 1B 45-55 (YKQSIAQRART) (Fig. 5A) as being required for the G-protein modulation of 1B. To confirm this finding, deletion of only this sequence created a construct, 1B 45-55, in which G-protein modulation was completely abolished [0.7 ± 2.1% inhibition by quinpirole (n = 5); Fig. 5B,C].

View larger version (28K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 5.   The effect of various deletions and point mutations of the N terminus of 1B on inhibition of IBa by the D2 agonist quinpirole. The sequence of the N terminus of 1B, with the 11 amino acid sequence identified as being involved in G-protein modulation in bold, and the points at which deletions were made shown by arrows beneath the sequence. Example traces, showing the effect of quinpirole (100 nM) on IBa in the 1B 2-44 mutant (left), the 1B 45-55 mutant (center left), the 1B I49A mutant (center right), and the 1B R54A mutant (right). Traces (100 msec duration) were obtained at a test potential of 0 mV, from a holding potential of 100 mV. Con, Control traces; quin, after perfusion of quinpirole. Histogram of the percentage inhibition by 100 nM quinpirole (mean ± SEM) of IBa in the various deletion and point mutants of the N terminus of 1B. The currents were activated at 0 mV, and the degree of inhibition was determined from the currents activated every 15 sec. The number of experiments for each condition is given in parentheses, and the significance of the differences compared to the inhibition of 1B are given by *p < 0.005.

Point mutations to alanine (A) were then carried out to identify the specific amino acids in this 11 amino acid sequence that are essential for G-protein modulation. Mutation of both arginines to alanine (R52A, R54A) produced a construct that showed no G-protein modulation (2.5 ± 2.5% inhibition by quinpirole; n = 8). Point mutations of the individual amino acids in the QRART sequence (Q51A, R52A, and R54A) subsequently identified both arginines as being critical for G-protein modulation, because either mutation produced a construct that showed almost complete loss of inhibition by quinpirole (Fig. 5B,C).

The N-terminal part of this 11 amino acid sequence also contains residues that are critical for G-protein modulation. When YKQSI was mutated to AAAAA (Fig. 5A), the channel was not G-protein-modulated [0.3 ± 2.1% inhibition by quinpirole (n = 4); Fig. 5C]. To confirm the importance of the amino acids 45-50 (YKQSIA), an intermediate deletion 1B N2-50 was made, to give a construct starting with methionine followed by Q51. This was also found not to be G-protein-modulated (Fig. 5C). Subsequent point mutations were made of the individual amino acids in the YKQSIA sequence to A (Y45A, K46A, Q47A, S48A, and I49A). This identified only the serine and, to a lesser extent, isoleucine in the sequence as being involved in G-protein modulation. These mutations resulted in reduced quinpirole-induced inhibition of I_Ba to 4.5 ± 1.0% (n = 6) for S48A and 17.4 ± 2.1% (n = 11) for I49A, respectively (Fig. 5C). Although the individual point mutants Y45A, K46A, and Q47A were all strongly G-protein-modulated by quinpirole, the modulation of the construct containing the triple mutation YKQAAA was reduced (18.8 ± 3.9% inhibition by quinpirole; n = 5; Fig. 5C), indicating an influence of these amino acids.

Modulation of N-terminal mutants of 1B by G

We have confirmed that the identified amino acids are similarly involved in direct G-induced modulation of 1B by performing experiments with coexpressed G12 in COS-7 cells. Examples of results obtained are shown in Figure 6. For the Q47A mutation, G-protein modulation was still observed, with slowly activating currents in P1 and a clear hyperpolarizing shift in the V₅₀ for current activation resulting from the depolarizing prepulse (Fig. 6A). In contrast, for the R52A mutation, no G-protein modulation was observed (Fig. 6B). The mean results for all the constructs are given in Figure 7, expressed as P2/P1 facilitation ratio at 10 mV (Fig. 7A). The V₅₀ for the I_Ba current-voltage relationship was also plotted, because this shows a depolarizing shift in G-protein-modulated channels, compared to the control 1B expressed in the absence of G (Fig. 7B). These two sets of measurements are strongly correlated (r = 0.76, data not shown), and the depolarizing shift in activation V₅₀ is also highly correlated to the percentage inhibition by quinpirole observed for the same constructs in the Xenopus oocyte experiments (Fig. 7C), suggesting that direct G modulation and quinpirole-induced modulation of these constructs are using the same mechanism. The I49A mutation stands out in both these systems as producing a reduction, but not a complete inhibition of modulation (Fig. 7C).

View larger version (16K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 6.   Examples of the effect of 1B N-terminal mutations on G modulation in COS-7 cells. Coexpression of two 1B N-terminal mutations with 2, 2a, and G12, recorded with 1 mM Ba2+ charge carrier. Left panel, Current traces are shown, evoked by the same protocol given in Figure 3. Right panel, Current-voltage relationships are given, from 40 to +50 mV, in 10 mV intervals, before (open circles) and after (filled circles) the depolarizing prepulse, fitted (solid lines) with the modified Boltzmann equation given in the legend to Table 1. A, The 1B Q47A mutation (traces from 40 to 0 mV are shown). B, The 1B R52A mutation (traces from 40 to +10 mV are shown).

View larger version (30K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 7.   Mean effect of 1B deletions and mutations on G modulation in COS-7 cells. A, The P2/P1 ratio was determined in COS-7 cells overexpressing G12, from current amplitudes during steps to 10 mV before and after a depolarizing prepulse (+120 mV, 100 msec), for the same N-terminal deletions and point mutations shown in Figure 5. Comparison is made with 1B in the absence of G, recorded with 1 mM GDPS in the patch pipette (1). The value [(P2/P1)  1] is plotted, which will be 0 if there is no facilitation. B, The activation V50 was determined for the same constructs coexpressed with G12, and compared to the value for 1B in the absence of G, recorded with 1 mM GDPS in the patch pipette (1). The dashed lines are 1 SEM more positive than the mean value for 1B (1), and 1 SEM more negative than the mean value for 1B/G (2). C, Correlation between  activation V50 (the data given in B, after subtraction of the V50 for 1B) on the y-axis, and the data from Figure 5C (percentage inhibition of IBa by 100 nM quinpirole), on the x-axis. The numbers identifying the constructs refer to the bars in A and B. Regression analysis (dotted line) gives a coefficient, r of 0.92 (p < 0.001). The data divide into a group of modulated and a group of nonmodulated constructs, as identified, except for constructs 14 (I49A) and 9 (YKQAAA).

Basis for the reduction in receptor-mediated modulation of the N-terminal point mutation I49A

G-protein modulation of calcium channels is strongly voltage-dependent, in that more inhibition is observed at low than at high depolarizations (Bean, 1989). To examine the basis for the reduced modulation of the partially modulated mutant (1B I49A) compared to 1B, we first examined, in Xenopus oocytes, the voltage dependence of the removal of inhibition by quinpirole, during a depolarizing prepulse (see Fig. 8A for voltage protocol). There was no significant effect of the I49A mutation on the voltage dependence of the prepulse-induced facilitation in the presence of quinpirole (Fig. 8B), or on the time course of removal of quinpirole-induced inhibition during a 100 mV depolarizing prepulse. Single exponential fits gave  values for removal of inhibition (possibly representing dissociation of G at this depolarized potential) of ~20 msec for both constructs (Fig. 8C). The only clear difference between I49A 1B and wild-type 1B was in the more rapid time course of reinstatement of G-protein modulation after its removal by a 100 msec prepulse to +100 mV (Fig. 8D). This could be fit to a single exponential with _reinhibition of 187 msec for 1B and 85 msec for the I49A mutant (Fig. 8D, inset).

View larger version (26K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 8.   Voltage dependence of inhibition, rate of loss of inhibition, and reinhibition rate for 1B and 1B I49A in Xenopus oocytes. A, Voltage protocol, showing variation of the prepulse voltage (V), the prepulse duration (tdep), and the interpulse interval (tinter) between the prepulse and the test pulse. The prepulse potential was 100 mV and 50 msec duration, and the interpulse interval was 20 msec, unless these parameters were varied. B, Effect of increasing the 50 msec prepulse voltage (V) on prepulse facilitation in the presence of quinpirole. Facilitation was measured as (IBa in P2)  (IBa in P1) and normalized to the maximum facilitation observed (normalized I). 1B (open circles), 1B I49A (filled circles). The inset histogram gives the V50 values (mean ± SEM, determined by fitting Boltzmann functions to the data from the number of individual experiments given above each bar) for 1B (white bar) and 1B I49A (black bar). C, Effect of increasing the duration of the 100 mV prepulse (tdep) on prepulse facilitation in the presence of quinpirole. Facilitation was measured as described in B. 1B (open circles), 1B I49A (filled circles). The inset histogram gives the dissociation values (mean ± SEM, determined by fitting a single exponential to the data from the number of experiments given above each bar) for 1B (white bar) and 1B I49A (black bar). D, Effect of increasing the interval between the 100 mV, 50 msec prepulse and the subsequent test pulse P2 on the facilitation in the presence of quinpirole. Facilitation was measured as described in B: 1B (open circles), 1B I49A (filled circles). The inset histogram gives the reinhibition values (mean ± SEM, determined by fitting a single exponential to the data from the number of experiments given above each bar) for 1B (white bar) and 1B I49A (black bar).

If we consider G-protein modulation as a simple bimolecular reaction, as has been done previously (Zhang et al., 1996; Stephens et al., 1998a):
where C is one of the closed states of the calcium channel 1B subunit, k₁ is the association rate constant, and k₁ is the dissociation rate constant for G. At equilibrium, from the law of mass action:
at the holding potential, 1/_reinhibition=k₁[G]+k₁ (1)

(2)

From our previous study (Stephens et al., 1998a), we estimated the G concentration to reach ~300 nM, when G was overexpressed. Taking an approximate value of 100 nM for the concentration of G resulting from quinpirole-induced receptor activation in the present study [a value of 130 nM can be calculated making the assumptions described in Stephens et al. (1998a)], we can obtain estimates by substitution of steady-state inhibition and _reinhibition values into Equations 1 and 2, of k₁ and k₁. For 1B, k₁ is 25.2 µM¹sec¹ , and k₁ is 2.8 sec¹, whereas for the I49A mutant k₁ is 21.0 µM¹sec¹, and k₁ is 9.6 sec¹. Clearly, the major difference is an apparent 3.4-fold increase in the off-rate for G in the I49A mutant. However, assuming that reassociation of G is very slow at +100 mV, the dissociation of G during the prepulse to +100 mV, found from Figure 8C, is 53.2 sec¹ for 1B and 46.7 sec¹ for 1B I49A, indicating that the apparent off-rate is more rapid for both constructs at this depolarized potential [as previously observed in Stephens et al. (1998a)], and the difference between the parental 1B and the I49A mutant is lost.

	DISCUSSION

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The molecular determinants for the inhibition of neuronal VDCC 1 subunits by G have been the subject of several studies. However, there remains no consensus of opinion concerning the functional importance of biochemically identified G-binding sites on the I-II loop and C terminus (De Waard et al., 1997; Page et al., 1997; Qin et al., 1997; Zamponi et al., 1997) (for review, see Dolphin, 1998). Furthermore, there has been little agreement on the extent of modulation of the E-type VDCCs (Bourinet et al., 1996; Toth et al., 1996; Yassin et al., 1996; Mehrke et al., 1997; Page et al., 1997; Qin et al., 1997). However, following our recent study (Page et al., 1998), it now seems clear that all 1E orthologues are G-protein-modulated when the long N terminus is present.

Requirement for the N terminus of 1B for G-protein modulation

The present study was performed to further our understanding of the involvement of the N terminus of the VDCC 1B in G-protein modulation, first identified by Page et al. (1998). We therefore made a series of chimeras between 1B, which is strongly G-protein-modulated, and 1C, which is not modulated by G, in the systems studied. Our conclusions are that the N terminus of 1B is absolutely essential for its G-protein modulation. No modulation was observed of any channel that contained the N terminus from 1C. The sequences of the intracellular N termini of 1B and 1C show little homology, and it is thus clear that the N terminus of 1B plays a role in G-protein modulation that cannot be substituted by that of 1C.

Role of the I-II linker and first transmembrane domain of 1B in G-protein modulation

In contrast to the results concerning the N terminus, the I-II linker of 1B was not completely essential; significant G-protein modulation was observed in the chimeras 1bBcCCC and 1bCcCCC, although the extent of modulation was less than for the control 1B. These results are of mechanistic interest because of the inability of the 1C I-II linker to bind G (De Waard et al., 1997; Qin et al., 1997; Dolphin et al., 1999), presumably because of the lack of the QxxER-binding motif. It is possible that G binding to the I-II linker of 1B increases its concentration close to its site of action, but is not directly involved in its functional effects.

Both the I-II linker and the first transmembrane domain of 1B are, however, essential for the observation of a reduction of G-protein modulation by overexpression of exogenous 2a subunit in the Xenopus oocyte system. Whereas 1B itself and 1bBbCCC showed significantly greater modulation by quinpirole in the absence of coexpressed VDCC 2a subunit, the 1bBcCCC and 1bCbCCC chimeras exhibited a similar degree of inhibition by quinpirole in the presence and absence of coexpressed 2a. The mechanism of this partial antagonism by 2a remains unclear, but is not completely shared by other  subunits such as 1b (C. Canti and A. C. Dolphin, unpublished results).

The first transmembrane domain of 1B clearly has a role in G-protein modulation, as suggested previously (Zhang et al., 1996; Stephens et al., 1998b). We have found that, although it can be substituted by that of 1C, the 1bCbCCC chimera is less modulated than 1bBbCCC by quinpirole in the Xenopus oocyte system. It is possible that the first transmembrane domain mediates the effects of G subunits to slow current activation, via interference with the function of its voltage sensor. Evidence suggests that only one G subunit binds per 1 subunit, in a voltage-dependent manner (Stephens et al., 1998a; Zamponi and Snutch, 1998). We previously estimated the off-rate (k₁) of G subunits to be ~1.3 sec¹ at 100 mV and 50 sec¹ at +120 mV (Stephens et al., 1998a). Thus, the binding of G is probably of higher affinity to the channel with the voltage sensors in their resting state. The action of G subunits is to delay channel opening and to produce a depolarizing shift in the voltage dependence of activation (Patil et al., 1996). Presumably, this is achieved either by slowing the movement of the voltage sensors (and the IS4 sensor in particular), in response to a change in transmembrane voltage, or reducing the efficiency of coupling of the voltage sensor to channel opening (Jones et al., 1997).

Some of our chimera results and conclusions do not agree with those of a previous work (Furukawa et al., 1998), which also made a chimera with the I-II linker of 1B in 1C and showed it to be G-protein-modulated, thus indicating that the I-II linker alone could mediate G-protein modulation. However, their chimera, together with other chimeras described in their paper, involved substitution of more than just the I-II linker of 1B. In the chimera in question, a region of 1B from part of IS5 through to IIS2 was substituted into 1C, with in addition several amino acid substitutions and deletions, and the results are thus not directly comparable. Furthermore, in their study the reciprocal chimera, made up of 1B with a region including the I-II linker of 1C, was also G-protein-modulated.

Our finding is that substitution into 1C of the region from the N terminus to the end of the I-II linker of 1B (1bBbCCC) does not produce a channel that is as strongly modulated as 1B in the Xenopus oocyte assay, although in the G overexpression assay, there was no significant difference between 1bBbCCC and 1B. Thus, it is likely that other regions in the rest of 1B may also contribute to the extent of G-protein modulation of 1B, possibly including the C terminus (Qin et al., 1997; Hamid et al., 1999), which may form part of a complex G-binding pocket.

Amino acids in the N terminus of 1B that are critical for G-protein modulation

From our mutational study of the N terminus, we identified the sequence between amino acids 45 and 55 (YKQSIAQRART) as being essential for G-protein modulation, because a deletion to amino acid 55 produced a construct that showed no G-protein modulation (Page et al., 1998), whereas a channel truncated to amino acid 44 was fully modulated, and a deletion of these 11 amino acids (45-55) resulted in a nonmodulated construct. Subsequently, we have identified three amino acids within this sequence, S48, R52, and R54, that when mutated to alanine, markedly reduce G-protein modulation of 1B, and a fourth amino acid (I49) that also shows an involvement. The substitution of just two amino acids (R52A, R54A) completely abolished G-protein modulation, whereas constructs containing the individual mutations still showed a small degree of modulation (4 and 9% inhibition by quinpirole, respectively). The R52A and R54A constructs also individually showed some slowing of current activation when coexpressed with G, whereas the double mutant did not (Fig. 6B; results not shown). The RAR motif is reminiscent of the RAK motif found in one of the G-binding sites on GIRK4 (Krapivinsky et al., 1998).

The I49A mutation stands out as producing a reduction in G-protein modulation in both systems (Fig. 6C). It is of interest that the 11 amino acid motif we have identified is identical in rat 1E and 1A, except for I49, whose equivalent is lysine in 1E, and methionine in 1A. Furthermore, both 1A and 1E_long show less G-protein modulation than 1B in a number of systems (Zamponi et al., 1997; Page et al., 1998), possibly involving this amino acid substitution. In the present study we have observed that the _reinhibition after a depolarizing prepulse is more than twice as fast for 1B I49A (85 msec) than for 1B (187 msec; Fig. 8D). However, in our previous study we observed that the _reinhibition for both 1B and 1E_long was ~95 msec (Page et al., 1998). We are currently re-examining the comparison between 1B and 1E_long under the present conditions (5 mM Ba²⁺, BAPTA-injected oocytes), to investigate whether our previous lack of observation of any difference in _reinhibition between 1B and 1E_long was caused by an influence of niflumic acid, which we have subsequently found to affect G-protein modulation of 1B currents.

It is possible that the N terminus forms a G or VDCC -binding site, or it may be involved in the downstream effects of G binding. We have observed that inactivation is increased in a number of the 1B mutants, suggesting an impairment of interaction with 2a (G. J. Stephens and A. C. Dolphin, unpublished results). However, one can consider that these mutations in the N terminus of 1B may alter the binding affinity for G (see Results for I49A). From this analysis the major difference is an apparent 3.4-fold increase in the off-rate for G in the I49A mutant. Thus, YKQSIAQRART may form part of a G-binding site, with I49 playing a modulatory role in binding affinity, or it may be involved in the interaction between G and VDCC  subunits.

	FOOTNOTES

Received April 21, 1999; revised June 1, 1999; accepted June 4, 1999.

This work was supported by The Wellcome Trust and the European Community (Marie Curie Fellowship to C.C.). We thank the following for generous gifts of cDNAs: T. Snutch (University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada), rat 1C; H. Chin (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD), rat 2-1; Y. Mori (Seriken, Okazaki, Japan), rabbit 1B; E. Perez-Reyes (Loyola University, Chicago, IL), rat 2a; P. G. Strange (Reading, UK), rat D2 receptor; M. Simon (CalTech, Pasadena, CA), bovine G1 and G2; R. Lefkowitz (Duke University, Durham, NC), -ARK1; T. Hughes (Yale, New Haven, CT), mut-3 GFP; Genetics Institute (Cambridge, MA), pMT2. We also thank M. Li and J. Richards for technical assistance.

Correspondence should be addressed to Prof. A. C. Dolphin, Department of Pharmacology (Medawar Building), University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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