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Determinants of the Differential Gating Properties of Cav3.1 and Cav3.3 T-type Channels: a Role of Domain IV?

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Journal Neuroscience
Specialty Neurology
Date 2006 Sep 26
PMID 16996222
Citations 15
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Abstract

We have investigated the channel structural determinants that underlie the difference in gating properties of Cav3.1 and Cav3.3 T-type channels, by creating a series of chimeric channel constructs in which the major transmembrane domains were swapped. The chimeras were then expressed in tsA-201 cells and subjected to whole cell patch clamp analysis. Our data reveal that domains I and IV are major determinants of the half-activation potential. Substitution of domain IV was the most important determinant of activation time constant and time constant for recovery from inactivation, with domains I and II mediating a smaller role. In contrast, the carboxy terminal region did not appear to be involved. Determinants of the time constant for inactivation could not be localized to a specific transmembrane domain, but the concomitant substitution of domains I+IV was able to partially confer the inactivation kinetics among the two wild type channels. Our data indicate that the domain IV region mediates an important role in T-type channel activation, whereas multiple channel structural determinants appear to control T-type channel inactivation.

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