PUBLICATION
Identification and characterization of a novel member of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel subunit, Kir6.3, in zebrafish
- Authors
- Zhang, C., Miki, T., Shibasaki, T., Yokokura, M., Saraya, A., and Seino, S.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-051207-13
- Date
- 2006
- Source
- Physiological Genomics 24(3): 290-297 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism
- Adenosine Triphosphate/genetics
- Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism*
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Electrophysiology
- Gene Library
- Humans
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Potassium Channels/genetics*
- Potassium Channels/metabolism
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics*
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- Protein Subunits/genetics
- Protein Subunits/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Drug/genetics
- Receptors, Drug/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Sulfonylurea Receptors
- Transfection
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 16317080 Full text @ Physiol. Genomics
Citation
Zhang, C., Miki, T., Shibasaki, T., Yokokura, M., Saraya, A., and Seino, S. (2006) Identification and characterization of a novel member of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel subunit, Kir6.3, in zebrafish. Physiological Genomics. 24(3):290-297.
Abstract
ATP-sensitive K(+) (KATP) channels play a crucial role in coupling cellular metabolism to membrane potential. In addition to the orthologs corresponding to Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 of mammals, we have identified a novel member, designated Kir6.3 (zKir6.3), of the inward rectifier K(+) channel subfamily Kir6.x in zebrafish. Zebrafish Kir6.3 is a protein of 432 amino acids that shares 66% identity with mammalian Kir6.2 but differs considerably from mammalian Kir6.1 and Kir6.2 in the C-terminus, which contain an RKR motif, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-retention signal. Single-channel recordings of reconstituted channels show that zebrafish Kir6.3 requires the sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) subunit to produce KATP channel currents with single channel conductance of 57.5 pS. Confocal microscopic analysis shows that zebrafish Kir6.3 requires the SUR1 subunit for its trafficking to the plasma membrane. Analyses of chimeric protein between human Kir6.2 and zebrafish Kir6.3 and a C-terminal deletion of zebrafish Kir6.3 indicate that interaction between the C-terminus of zebrafish Kir6.3 and SUR1 is critical for both channel activity and trafficking to the plasma membrane. We also identified zebrafish orthologs corresponding to mammalian SUR1 (zSUR1) and SUR2 (zSUR2) by the genomic database. Both Kir6.3 and SUR1 are expressed in embryonic brain of zebrafish, as assessed by whole-mount in situ hybridization. These data indicate that Kir6.3 and SUR1 form functional KATP channels at the plasma membrane in zebrafish through a mechanism independent from ER-retention by the RKR motif.
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping