 |
The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 2003, 23(12):5012-5019
Previous Article | Next Article 
Stoichiometry of Expressed KCNQ2/KCNQ3 Potassium Channels and Subunit Composition of Native Ganglionic M Channels Deduced from Block by Tetraethylammonium
Jennifer K. Hadley,1
Gayle M. Passmore,1
Lucine Tatulian,1
Mona Al-Qatari,1
Fei Ye,2
Alan D. Wickenden,2 and
David A. Brown1
1Department of Pharmacology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, and 2Icagen Inc., Durham, North Carolina 27703
KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 potassium-channel subunits can form both homomeric and heteromeric channels; the latter are thought to constitute native ganglionic M channels. We have tried to deduce the stoichiometric contributions of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 subunits to currents generated by the coexpression of KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 cDNA plasmids in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, and to native M currents in dissociated rat superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons, by comparing the block of these currents produced by tetraethylammonium (TEA) with the block of currents generated by a tandem KCNQ3/2 construct. TEA concentrationinhibition curves against coexpressed KCNQ2 plus KCNQ3 currents, and against native M currents in SCG neurons from 6-week-old [postnatal day 45 (P45)] rats, were indistinguishable from those for the expressed tandem construct, and fully accorded with a 1:1 stoichiometry. Inhibition curves in neurons from younger (P17) rats could be better fitted assuming an additional small proportion of current carried by KCNQ2 homomultimers. Single-cell PCR yielded signals for KCNQ2, KCNQ3, and KCNQ5 mRNAs in all SCG neurons tested from both P17 and P45 rats. Quantitative PCR of whole-ganglion mRNA revealed stable levels of KCNQ2 and KCNQ5 mRNA between P7 and P45, but excess and incrementing levels of KCNQ3 mRNA. Increasing levels of KCNQ3 protein between P17 and P45 were confirmed by immunocytochemistry. We conclude that coexpressed KCNQ2 plus KCNQ3 cDNAs generate channels with 1:1 (KCNQ2:KCNQ3) stoichiometry in CHO cells and that native M channels in SCG neurons adopt the same conformation during development, assisted by the increased expression of KCNQ3 mRNA and protein.
Key words: TEA; KCNQ channels; M current; Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell; sympathetic neurons; stoichiometry; concatenated channel subunits
Received Jan. 23, 2003;
revised Mar. 17, 2003;
accepted Mar. 25, 2003.
This article has been cited by other articles:

|
 |

|
 |
 
W. Lange, J. Geissendorfer, A. Schenzer, J. Grotzinger, G. Seebohm, T. Friedrich, and M. Schwake
Refinement of the Binding Site and Mode of Action of the Anticonvulsant Retigabine on KCNQ K+ Channels
Mol. Pharmacol.,
February 1, 2009;
75(2):
272 - 280.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. Bal, J. Zhang, O. Zaika, C. C. Hernandez, and M. S. Shapiro
Homomeric and Heteromeric Assembly of KCNQ (Kv7) K+ Channels Assayed by Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence/Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Patch Clamp Analysis
J. Biol. Chem.,
November 7, 2008;
283(45):
30668 - 30676.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
W. W. Wu, C. S. Chan, D. J. Surmeier, and J. F. Disterhoft
Coupling of L-Type Ca2+ Channels to KV7/KCNQ Channels Creates a Novel, Activity-Dependent, Homeostatic Intrinsic Plasticity
J Neurophysiol,
October 1, 2008;
100(4):
1897 - 1908.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
N. A. Singh, J. F. Otto, E. Jill Dahle, C. Pappas, J. D. Leslie, A. Vilaythong, J. L. Noebels, H. Steve White, K. S. Wilcox, and M. F. Leppert
Mouse models of human KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 mutations for benign familial neonatal convulsions show seizures and neuronal plasticity without synaptic reorganization
J. Physiol.,
July 15, 2008;
586(14):
3405 - 3423.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Z. Jia, J. Bei, L. Rodat-Despoix, B. Liu, Q. Jia, P. Delmas, and H. Zhang
NGF Inhibits M/KCNQ Currents and Selectively Alters Neuronal Excitability in Subsets of Sympathetic Neurons Depending on their M/KCNQ Current Background
J. Gen. Physiol.,
June 1, 2008;
131(6):
575 - 587.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. Maljevic, T. V. Wuttke, and H. Lerche
Nervous system KV7 disorders: breakdown of a subthreshold brake
J. Physiol.,
April 1, 2008;
586(7):
1791 - 1801.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Q. Xiong, H. Sun, Y. Zhang, F. Nan, and M. Li
Combinatorial augmentation of voltage-gated KCNQ potassium channels by chemical openers
PNAS,
February 26, 2008;
105(8):
3128 - 3133.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
M. Yoshida and A. Alonso
Cell-Type Specific Modulation of Intrinsic Firing Properties and Subthreshold Membrane Oscillations by the M(Kv7)-Current in Neurons of the Entorhinal Cortex
J Neurophysiol,
November 1, 2007;
98(5):
2779 - 2794.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
D. A. Brown, S. A. Hughes, S. J. Marsh, and A. Tinker
Regulation of M(Kv7.2/7.3) channels in neurons by PIP2 and products of PIP2 hydrolysis: significance for receptor-mediated inhibition
J. Physiol.,
August 1, 2007;
582(3):
917 - 925.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. J. Lawrence, F. Saraga, J. F. Churchill, J. M. Statland, K. E. Travis, F. K. Skinner, and C. J. McBain
Somatodendritic Kv7/KCNQ/M Channels Control Interspike Interval in Hippocampal Interneurons.
J. Neurosci.,
November 22, 2006;
26(47):
12325 - 12338.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
C. L. Wladyka and D. L. Kunze
KCNQ/M-currents contribute to the resting membrane potential in rat visceral sensory neurons
J. Physiol.,
August 15, 2006;
575(1):
175 - 189.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
S. Koyama and S. B. Appel
Characterization of M-Current in Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons
J Neurophysiol,
August 1, 2006;
96(2):
535 - 543.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. Robbins, S. J. Marsh, and D. A. Brown
Probing the regulation of M (Kv7) potassium channels in intact neurons with membrane-targeted peptides.
J. Neurosci.,
July 26, 2006;
26(30):
7950 - 7961.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. R. Schwarz, G. Glassmeier, E. C. Cooper, T.-C Kao, H. Nodera, D. Tabuena, R. Kaji, and H. Bostock
KCNQ channels mediate IKs, a slow K+ current regulating excitability in the rat node of Ranvier
J. Physiol.,
May 15, 2006;
573(1):
17 - 34.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Z. Pan, T. Kao, Z. Horvath, J. Lemos, J.-Y. Sul, S. D. Cranstoun, V. Bennett, S. S. Scherer, and E. C. Cooper
A common ankyrin-G-based mechanism retains KCNQ and NaV channels at electrically active domains of the axon.
J. Neurosci.,
March 8, 2006;
26(10):
2599 - 2613.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
J. J. Lawrence, J. M. Statland, Z. M. Grinspan, and C. J. McBain
Cell type-specific dependence of muscarinic signalling in mouse hippocampal stratum oriens interneurones
J. Physiol.,
February 1, 2006;
570(3):
595 - 610.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
T. S. Surti, L. Huang, Y. N. Jan, L. Y. Jan, and E. C. Cooper
Identification by mass spectrometry and functional characterization of two phosphorylation sites of KCNQ2/KCNQ3 channels
PNAS,
December 6, 2005;
102(49):
17828 - 17833.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
Y. Li, N. Gamper, D. W. Hilgemann, and M. S. Shapiro
Regulation of Kv7 (KCNQ) K+ Channel Open Probability by Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate
J. Neurosci.,
October 26, 2005;
25(43):
9825 - 9835.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
W. Shen, S. E. Hamilton, N. M. Nathanson, and D. J. Surmeier
Cholinergic Suppression of KCNQ Channel Currents Enhances Excitability of Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons
J. Neurosci.,
August 10, 2005;
25(32):
7449 - 7458.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
A. D. Wei, A. Butler, and L. Salkoff
KCNQ-like Potassium Channels in Caenorhabditis elegans: CONSERVED PROPERTIES AND MODULATION
J. Biol. Chem.,
June 3, 2005;
280(22):
21337 - 21345.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
D. Kerschensteiner, F. Soto, and M. Stocker
Fluorescence measurements reveal stoichiometry of K+ channels formed by modulatory and delayed rectifier {alpha}-subunits
PNAS,
April 26, 2005;
102(17):
6160 - 6165.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
A. Etxeberria, I. Santana-Castro, M. P. Regalado, P. Aivar, and A. Villarroel
Three Mechanisms Underlie KCNQ2/3 Heteromeric Potassium M-Channel Potentiation
J. Neurosci.,
October 13, 2004;
24(41):
9146 - 9152.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
D. L. Prole, P. A. Lima, and N. V. Marrion
Mechanisms Underlying Modulation of Neuronal KCNQ2/KCNQ3 Potassium Channels by Extracellular Protons
J. Gen. Physiol.,
November 24, 2003;
122(6):
775 - 793.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|

|
 |

|
 |
 
G. M. Passmore, A. A. Selyanko, M. Mistry, M. Al-Qatari, S. J. Marsh, E. A. Matthews, A. H. Dickenson, T. A. Brown, S. A. Burbidge, M. Main, et al.
KCNQ/M Currents in Sensory Neurons: Significance for Pain Therapy
J. Neurosci.,
August 6, 2003;
23(18):
7227 - 7236.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
 |
|
|

|