1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
  2. Neuroscience

Engineering vanilloid-sensitivity into the rat TRPV2 channel

  1. Feng Zhang
  2. Sonya M Hanson
  3. Andres Jara-Oseguera
  4. Dmitriy Krepkiy
  5. Chanhyung Bae
  6. Larry V Pearce
  7. Peter M Blumberg
  8. Simon Newstead
  9. Kenton J Swartz  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Institutes of Health, United States
  2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
  3. National Cancer Institute, United States
  4. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16409
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  1. Feng Zhang
  2. Sonya M Hanson
  3. Andres Jara-Oseguera
  4. Dmitriy Krepkiy
  5. Chanhyung Bae
  6. Larry V Pearce
  7. Peter M Blumberg
  8. Simon Newstead
  9. Kenton J Swartz
(2016)
Engineering vanilloid-sensitivity into the rat TRPV2 channel
eLife 5:e16409.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16409
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Abstract

The TRPV1 channel is a detector of noxious stimuli, including heat, acidosis, vanilloid compounds and lipids. The gating mechanisms of the related TRPV2 channel are poorly understood because selective high affinity ligands are not available, and the threshold for heat activation is extremely high (> 50 {degree sign}C). Cryo-EM structures of TRPV1 and TRPV2 reveal that they adopt similar structures, and identify a putative vanilloid binding pocket near the internal side of TRPV1. Here we use biochemical and electrophysiological approaches to investigate the resiniferatoxin (RTx) binding site in TRPV1 and to explore the functional relationships between TRPV1 and TRPV2. Collectively, our results support the interaction of vanilloids with the proposed RTx binding pocket, and demonstrate an allosteric influence of a tarantula toxin on vanilloid binding. Moreover, we show that sensitivity to RTx can be engineered into TRPV2, demonstrating that the gating and permeation properties of this channel are similar to TRPV1.

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  1. Feng Zhang

    Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    No competing interests declared.

  2. Sonya M Hanson

    Computational Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Bethesda, United States
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  3. Andres Jara-Oseguera

    Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  4. Dmitriy Krepkiy

    Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  5. Chanhyung Bae

    Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  6. Larry V Pearce

    Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  7. Peter M Blumberg

    Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  8. Simon Newstead

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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  9. Kenton J Swartz

    Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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    Kenton J Swartz, Reviewing editor, eLife.

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  1. Indira M Raman, Northwestern University, United States

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Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocol (#1253-15) of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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  1. Received: March 26, 2016
  2. Accepted: May 12, 2016
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: May 13, 2016 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: June 14, 2016 (version 2)

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  1. Feng Zhang
  2. Sonya M Hanson
  3. Andres Jara-Oseguera
  4. Dmitriy Krepkiy
  5. Chanhyung Bae
  6. Larry V Pearce
  7. Peter M Blumberg
  8. Simon Newstead
  9. Kenton J Swartz
(2016)
Engineering vanilloid-sensitivity into the rat TRPV2 channel
eLife 5:e16409.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16409

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