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Address correspondence to Dr. Rémy Sauvé, Département de Physiologie, Université de Montréal C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7. Fax: (514) 343-7146; E-mail: remy.sauve{at}umontreal.ca
Cysteine-scanning mutagenesis (SCAM) and computer-based modeling were used to investigate key structural features of the S6 transmembrane segment of the calcium-activated K+ channel of intermediate conductance IKCa. Our SCAM results show that the interaction of [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate bromide (MTSET) with cysteines engineered at positions 275, 278, and 282 leads to current inhibition. This effect was state dependent as MTSET appeared less effective at inhibiting IKCa in the closed (zero Ca2+ conditions) than open state configuration. Our results also indicate that the last four residues in S6, from A283 to A286, are entirely exposed to water in open IKCa channels, whereas MTSET can still reach the 283C and 286C residues with IKCa maintained in a closed state configuration. Notably, the internal application of MTSET or sodium (2-sulfonatoethyl) methanethiosulfonate (MTSES) caused a strong Ca2+-dependent stimulation of the A283C, V285C, and A286C currents. However, in contrast to the wild-type IKCa, the MTSET-stimulated A283C and A286C currents appeared to be TEA insensitive, indicating that the MTSET binding at positions 283 and 286 impaired the access of TEA to the channel pore. Three-dimensional structural data were next generated through homology modeling using the KcsA structure as template. In accordance with the SCAM results, the three-dimensional models predict that the V275, T278, and V282 residues should be lining the channel pore. However, the pore dimensions derived for the A283–A286 region cannot account for the MTSET effect on the closed A283C and A286 mutants. Our results suggest that the S6 domain extending from V275 to V282 possesses features corresponding to the inner cavity region of KcsA, and that the COOH terminus end of S6, from A283 to A286, is more flexible than predicted on the basis of the closed KcsA crystallographic structure alone. According to this model, closure by the gate should occur at a point located between the T278 and V282 residues.
Key Words: cysteine • calcium-activated potassium channel • channel pore • HeLa cells • thiol reagents
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