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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 19, 2005, 25(42):9762-9772; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3111-05.2005
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Expression of Rem2, an RGK Family Small GTPase, Reduces N-Type Calcium Current without Affecting Channel Surface Density
Huanmian Chen,1
Henry L. Puhl, III,1
Shui-Lin Niu,2
Drake C. Mitchell,2 and
Stephen R. Ikeda1
Laboratories of 1Molecular Physiology and 2Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Rad, Gem/Kir, Rem, and Rem2 are members of the Ras-related RGK (Rad, Gem, and Kir) family of small GTP-binding proteins. Heterologous expression of RGK proteins interferes with de novo calcium channel assembly/trafficking and dramatically decreases the amplitude of currents arising from preexisting high-voltage-activated calcium channels. These effects probably result from the direct interaction of RGK proteins with calcium channel  subunits. Among the RGK family, Rem2 is the only member abundantly expressed in neuronal tissues. Here, we examined the ability of Rem2 to modulate endogenous voltage-activated calcium channels in rat sympathetic and dorsal root ganglion neurons. Heterologous expression of Rem2 nearly abolished calcium currents arising from preexisting high-voltage-activated calcium channels without affecting low-voltage-activated calcium channels. Rem2 inhibition of N-type calcium channels required both the Ras homology (core) domain and the polybasic C terminus. Mutation of a putative GTP/Mg2+ binding motif in Rem2 did not affect suppression of calcium currents. Loading neurons with GDP--S via the patch pipette did not reverse Rem2-mediated calcium channel inhibition. Finally, [125I]Tyr22- -conotoxin GVIA cell surface binding in tsA201 cells stably expressing N-type calcium channels was not altered by Rem2 expression at a time when calcium current was totally abolished. Together, our results support a model in which Rem2 localizes to the plasma membrane via a C-terminal polybasic motif and interacts with calcium channel subunits in the preassembled N-type channel, thereby forming a nonconducting species.
Key words: channel; sympathetic; dorsal root ganglion; Rem2; small GTPase; conotoxin
Received July 27, 2005;
revised September 14, 2005;
accepted September 19, 2005.
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