Altered phosphatidylinositol regulation of mutant inwardly rectifying K+ Kir7.1 channels associated with inherited retinal degeneration disease.

The Journal of Physiology
Erwin VeraL P Cid

Abstract

Kir7.1 K+ channel expressed in retinal pigment epithelium is mutated in inherited retinal degeneration diseases. We study Kir7.1 in heterologous expression to test the hypothesis that pathological R162 mutation to neutral amino acids results in loss of a crucial site that binds PI(4,5)P2 . Although R162W mutation inactivates Kir7.1, changes to smaller volume (e.g. Gln) amino acids are tolerated or even enhance function (Ala or Cys). Chemical modification of Kir7.1-R162C confirms that large residues of the size of Trp are incompatible with normal channel function even if positively charged. In addition to R162, K164 (and possibly K159) forms a binding site for the phosphoinositide and is essential for channel activity. R162 substitution with a large, neutral side chain like Trp exerts a dominant negative effect on Kir7.1 activity such that less than one fifth of the full activity is expected in a cell expressing the same amount of mutant and wild-type channels. Mutations in the Kir7.1 K+ channel, highly expressed in retinal pigment epithelium, have been linked to inherited retinal degeneration diseases. Examples are mutations changing Arg 162 to Trp in snowflake vitreoretinal degeneration (SVD) and Gln in retinitis pigmentosa. R...Continue Reading

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