Calmodulin regulates current density and frequency-dependent inhibition of sodium channel Nav1.8 in DRG neurons - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1152/jn.00854.2005. Epub 2006 Apr 5.

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Calmodulin regulates current density and frequency-dependent inhibition of sodium channel Nav1.8 in DRG neurons

Jin-Sung Choi et al. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Jul.

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Abstract

Sodium channel Nav1.8 produces a slowly inactivating, tetrodotoxin-resistant current, characterized by recovery from inactivation with fast and slow components, and contributes a substantial fraction of the current underlying the depolarizing phase of the action potential of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. Nav1.8 C-terminus carries a conserved calmodulin-binding isoleucine-glutamine (IQ) motif. We show here that calmodulin coimmunoprecipitates with endogenous Nav1.8 channels from native DRG, suggesting that the two proteins can interact in vivo. Treatment of native DRG neurons with a calmodulin-binding peptide (CBP) reduced the current density of Nav1.8 by nearly 65%, without changing voltage dependency of activation or steady-state inactivation. To investigate the functional role of CaM binding to the IQ motif in the Nav1.8 C-terminus, the IQ dipeptide was substituted by DE; we show that this impairs the binding of CaM to the IQ motif. Mutant Nav1.8IQ/DE channels produce currents with roughly 50% amplitude, but with unchanged voltage dependency of activation and inactivation when expressed in DRG neurons from Nav1.8-null mice. We also show that blocking the interaction of CaM and Nav1.8 using CBP or the IQ/DE substitution causes a buildup of inactivated channels and, in the case of the IQ/DE mutation, stimulation even at a low frequency of 0.1 Hz significantly enhances the frequency-dependent inhibition of the Nav1.8 current. This study presents, for the first time, evidence that calmodulin associates with a sodium channel, Nav1.8, in native neurons, and demonstrates a regulation of Nav1.8 currents that can significantly affect electrogenesis of DRG neurons in which Nav1.8 is normally expressed.

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