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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 1, 2000, 20(5):1710-1721
Reconstitution of Muscarinic Modulation of the KCNQ2/KCNQ3
K+ Channels That Underlie the Neuronal M Current
Mark S.
Shapiro1,
John
P.
Roche1,
Edward J.
Kaftan1,
Humberto
Cruzblanca1,
Ken
Mackie2, and
Bertil
Hille1
Departments of 1 Physiology and Biophysics and
2 Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of
Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195
Channels from KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 genes have been suggested to underlie
the neuronal M-type K+ current. The M current is
modulated by muscarinic agonists via G-proteins and an unidentified
diffusible cytoplasmic messenger. Using whole-cell clamp, we studied
tsA-201 cells in which cloned KCNQ2/KCNQ3 channels were coexpressed
with M1 muscarinic receptors. Heteromeric KCNQ2/KCNQ3
currents were modulated by the muscarinic agonist oxotremorine-M
(oxo-M) in a manner having all of the characteristics of modulation of
native M current in sympathetic neurons. Oxo-M also produced obvious
intracellular Ca2+ transients, observed by using
indo-1 fluorescence. However, modulation of the current remained strong
even when Ca2+ signals were abolished by the
combined use of strong intracellular Ca2+ buffers,
an inhibitor of IP3 receptors, and thapsigargin to deplete Ca2+ stores. Muscarinic modulation was not blocked
by staurosporine, a broad-spectrum protein kinase inhibitor, arguing
against involvement of protein kinases. The modulation was not
associated with a shift in the voltage dependence of channel
activation. Homomeric KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 channels also expressed well and
were modulated individually by oxo-M, suggesting that the motifs
for modulation are present on both channel subtypes. Homomeric KCNQ2
and KCNQ3 currents were blocked, respectively, at very low and at high
concentrations of tetraethylammonium ion. Finally, when KCNQ2 subunits
were overexpressed by intranuclear DNA injection in sympathetic
neurons, total M current was fully modulated by the endogenous neuronal
muscarinic signaling mechanism. Our data further rule out
Ca2+ as the diffusible messenger. The reconstitution
of muscarinic modulation of the M current that uses cloned components
should facilitate the elucidation of the muscarinic signaling mechanism.
Key words:
K+ channel; muscarinic receptor; G-protein; calcium; patch clamp; M current
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/2051710-12$05.00/0
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