The Conorfamide RPRFa Stabilizes the Open Conformation of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 3 via the Nonproton Ligand-Sensing Domain

Molecular Pharmacology
Melissa ReinersAxel Schmidt

Abstract

Acid-sensing ion channel 3 (ASIC3) is a proton-gated Na+ channel with important roles in pain. ASIC3 quickly desensitizes in less than a second, limiting its capacity to sense sustained acidosis during pain. RFamide neuropeptides are modulators of ASIC3 that slow its desensitization and induce a variable sustained current. The molecular mechanism of slowed desensitization and the RFamide binding site on ASIC3 are unknown. RPRFamide, a RFamide from the venom of a cone snail, has a comparatively high affinity for ASIC3 and strongly slows its desensitization. Here we show that covalent binding of a UV-sensitive RPRFamide variant to ASIC3 prevents desensitization, suggesting that RPRFamide has to unbind from ASIC3 before it can desensitize. Moreover, we show by in silico docking to a homology model of ASIC3 that a cavity in the lower palm domain, which is also known as the nonproton ligand-sensing domain, is a potential binding site of RPRFamide. Finally, using extensive mutagenesis of residues lining the nonproton ligand-sensing domain, we confirm that this domain is essential for RPRFamide modulation of ASIC3. As comparative analysis of ASIC crystal structures in the open and in the desensitized conformation suggests that the low...Continue Reading

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