dc.contributor.author | Venturi, Elisa | |
dc.contributor.author | Matyjaszkiewicz, Antoni | |
dc.contributor.author | Pitt, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Tsaneva-Atanasova, Krasimira | |
dc.contributor.author | Nishi, Miyuki | |
dc.contributor.author | Yamazaki, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Takeshima, Hiroshi | |
dc.contributor.author | Sitsapesan, Rebecca | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-03T13:46:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum (SR) and nuclear membranes contain two related cation channels named TRIC-A and TRIC-B. In many tissues, both subtypes are co-expressed, making it impossible to distinguish the distinct single-channel properties of each subtype. We therefore incorporated skeletal muscle SR vesicles derived from Tric-a-knockout mice into bilayers in order to characterise the biophysical properties of native TRIC-B without possible misclassification of the channels as TRIC-A, and without potential distortion of functional properties by detergent purification protocols. The native TRIC-B channels were ideally selective for cations. In symmetrical 210 mM K(+), the maximum (full) open channel level (199 pS) was equivalent to that observed when wild-type SR vesicles were incorporated into bilayers. Analysis of TRIC-B gating revealed complex and variable behaviour. Four main sub-conductance levels were observed at approximately 80 % (161 pS), 60 % (123 pS), 46 % (93 pS), and 30 % (60 pS) of the full open state. Seventy-five percent of the channels were voltage sensitive with Po being markedly reduced at negative holding potentials. The frequent, rapid transitions between TRIC-B sub-conductance states prevented development of reliable gating models using conventional single-channel analysis. Instead, we used mean-variance plots to highlight key features of TRIC-B gating in a more accurate and visually useful manner. Our study provides the first biophysical characterisation of native TRIC-B channels and indicates that this channel would be suited to provide counter current in response to Ca(2+) release from the SR. Further experiments are required to distinguish the distinct functional properties of TRIC-A and TRIC-B and understand their individual but complementary physiological roles. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | British Heart Foundation | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 465, pp. 1135 - 1148 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00424-013-1251-y | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/19581 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag (Germany) | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467973 | en_GB |
dc.rights | Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Animals | en_GB |
dc.subject | Calcium | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ion Channel Gating | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ion Channels | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mice | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mice, Knockout | en_GB |
dc.subject | Muscle, Skeletal | en_GB |
dc.subject | Potassium | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | en_GB |
dc.title | TRIC-B channels display labile gating: evidence from the TRIC-A knockout mouse model. | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-02-03T13:46:13Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0031-6768 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | Germany | |
dc.description | The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00424-013-1251-y) contains supplementary material,
which is available to authorized users | en_GB |
dc.description | Published online: 7 March 2013.
©The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com via: doi:10.1007/s00424-013-1251-y) | en_GB |
dc.description | Available under Open Access | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology | en_GB |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC3732801 | |
dc.identifier.pmid | 23467973 | |