Voltage-dependent activation in EAG channels follows a ligand-receptor rather than a mechanical-lever mechanism

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Olfat A MalakGildas Loussouarn

Abstract

Ether-a-go-go family (EAG) channels play a major role in many physiological processes in humans, including cardiac repolarization and cell proliferation. Cryo-EM structures of two of them, KV10.1 and human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG or KV11.1), have revealed an original nondomain-swapped structure, suggesting that the mechanism of voltage-dependent gating of these two channels is quite different from the classical mechanical-lever model. Molecular aspects of hERG voltage-gating have been extensively studied, indicating that the S4-S5 linker (S4-S5L) acts as a ligand binding to the S6 gate (S6 C-terminal part, S6T) and stabilizes it in a closed state. Moreover, the N-terminal extremity of the channel, called N-Cap, has been suggested to interact with S4-S5L to modulate channel voltage-dependent gating, as N-Cap deletion drastically accelerates hERG channel deactivation. In this study, using COS-7 cells, site-directed mutagenesis, electrophysiological measurements, and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy, we addressed whether these two major mechanisms of voltage-dependent gating are conserved in KV10.2 channels. Using cysteine bridges and S4-S5L-mimicking peptides, we show that the ligand/receptor model is conserved in ...Continue Reading

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