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TRPM7 Provides an Ion Channel Mechanism for Cellular Entry of Trace Metal Ions
2 Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822
3 Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215
4 Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98195
Address correspondence to Andrea Fleig, Center for Biomedical Research, The Queen's Medical Center University, Tower 8, 1301 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Fax: (808) 537-7899; E-mail: afleig{at}hawaii.edu
Trace metal ions such as Zn2+, Fe2+, Cu2+, Mn2+, and Co2+ are required cofactors for many essential cellular enzymes, yet little is known about the mechanisms through which they enter into cells. We have shown previously that the widely expressed ion channel TRPM7 (LTRPC7, ChaK1, TRP-PLIK) functions as a Ca2+- and Mg2+-permeable cation channel, whose activity is regulated by intracellular Mg2+ and Mg2+·ATP and have designated native TRPM7-mediated currents as magnesium-nucleotide–regulated metal ion currents (MagNuM). Here we report that heterologously overexpressed TRPM7 in HEK-293 cells conducts a range of essential and toxic divalent metal ions with strong preference for Zn2+ and Ni2+, which both permeate TRPM7 up to four times better than Ca2+. Similarly, native MagNuM currents are also able to support Zn2+ entry. Furthermore, TRPM7 allows other essential metals such as Mn2+ and Co2+ to permeate, and permits significant entry of nonphysiologic or toxic metals such as Cd2+, Ba2+, and Sr2+. Equimolar replacement studies substituting 10 mM Ca2+ with the respective divalent ions reveal a unique permeation profile for TRPM7 with a permeability sequence of Zn2+
Ni2+ >> Ba2+ > Co2+ > Mg2+ 
Mn2+ Sr2+ Cd2+ Ca2+, while trivalent ions such as La3+ and Gd3+ are not measurably permeable. With the exception of Mg2+, which exerts strong negative feedback from the intracellular side of the pore, this sequence is faithfully maintained when isotonic solutions of these divalent cations are used. Fura-2 quenching experiments with Mn2+, Co2+, or Ni2+ suggest that these can be transported by TRPM7 in the presence of physiological levels of Ca2+ and Mg2+, suggesting that TRPM7 represents a novel ion-channel mechanism for cellular metal ion entry into vertebrate cells.
Key Words: zinc • magnesium • nucleotide • trp channel • cation channel
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