Agonist-specific voltage-dependent gating of lysosomal two-pore Na+ channels

  1. Xiaoli Zhang  Is a corresponding author
  2. Wei Chen
  3. Ping Li
  4. Raul Calvo
  5. Noel Southall
  6. Xin Hu
  7. Melanie Bryant-Genevier
  8. Xinghua Feng
  9. Qi Geng
  10. Chenlang Gao
  11. Meimei Yang
  12. Kaiyuan Tang
  13. Marc Ferrer
  14. Juan Jose Marugan
  15. Haoxing Xu  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Michigan, United States
  2. Zhejiang University of Technology, China
  3. Medical Center Drive, United States
  4. The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University, China
6 figures, 2 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 3 supplements
Screening of small-molecule agonists of TPC2.

(A) High-throughput screening of the LOPAC library with Fluo-4 Ca2+ imaging in HEK293 cells stably expressing hTPC2 (Dryad, http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s5f6j9h). Each trace represented the average …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
TCAs act as TPC agonists.

(A) An example of a negative responder (MDL) in high- throughput screening of the LOPAC library with Fluo-4 Ca2+ imaging in HEK293 cells stably expressing hTPC2. (B, C, D) Representative whole-cell I

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Time courses of LyNa-VA1.2-induced TPC2 activation under different recording configurations.

(A) Representative ITPC2 evoked by LyNa-VA1.2 (200 µM) in an inside-out patch from TPC2LL/AA-transfected cells. (B) Representative time course of LyNa-VA1.2- induced TPC2 activation under whole-cell …

Figure 1—figure supplement 2—source data 1

Time course of LyNa-VA1.2- induced ITPC2 .

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Figure 1—figure supplement 3
LyNA1 activates TPC2 channels.

(A) Chemical structure of LyNA1. (B) The effects of LyNa-VA1.2 and LyNA1 on whole-cell ITPC2 under the recording conditions of extracellular 150 mM Na+ and cytosolic 150 mM K+.

Figure 2 with 2 supplements
LyNa-VAs activate lysosomal TPC2 channels in a voltage-dependent manner.

(A) Representative basal ITPC2 step currents elicited by a voltage step protocol in the whole-endolysosome (EL) configuration. Voltage steps from −140 to 100 mV with a voltage increment (∆V) of 20 …

Figure 2—source data 1

The inactivation of ITPC2 and rectification index of TPC2.

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
LyNA1 activates lysosomal TPC2 channels.

(A) Time course of dose-dependent activation of whole-endolysosome ITPC2 by LyNA1. (B) Representative traces of ITPC2 evoked by 100 µM and 300 µM LyNA1 at the time points indicated in (A). (C) The …

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
TCAs induce voltage-dependent activation and inactivation of TPC2 channels.

(A, B) Whole-cell ITPC2 elicited by voltage steps from −140 to 80 mV (∆V = 20 mV; see the voltage protocol in the left panel) in the presence of LyNa-VA1.2 (A) or LyNA1 (B). (C) Agonist-specific …

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Agonist-specific voltage-dependent inactivation of ITPC2 induced by LyNa-VA1.2 and LyNA1.

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Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Synergistic activation of TPC2 channels by TCAs and PI(3,5)P2.

(A) The effects of PI(3,5)P2 (0.3 µM) and LyNa-VA1.2 (100 µM) on whole-endolysosome ITPC2-K204A in TPC2K204A-transfected HEK293 cells (She et al., 2019). (B) Comparison effects of LyNa-VA1.2 and …

Figure 3—source data 1

Synergistic activation of TPC2 channels by TCAs and PI(3,5)P2.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
LyNa-VAs and LyNA1 activate TPCs independent of PI(3,5)P2.

(A) The effects of PI(3,5)P2 (0.3 µM) and LyNa-VA1.2 (100 µM) on whole-endolysosome ITPC2 in TPC2-transfected Cos1 cells. (B) Whole-cell ITPC2-K204A activated by LyNa-VA1.2 and LyNA1 in TPC2K204A-tra…

Figure 3—figure supplement 1—source data 1

Dose-dependent activation of TPC2 by LyNA1 in the presence or absence of PI(3,5)P2.

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Figure 4 with 2 supplements
Activation of lysosomal TPC1 channels by LyNa-VAs.

(A) Whole-endolysosome TPC1 current (ITPC1) was activated by LyNa-VA1.1 (right) and elicited by a voltage step protocol (left), in which a preconditioning voltage (80 mV, 0.3 s) was applied before …

Figure 4—source data 1

Activation of lysosomal TPC1 channels by LyNa-VAs.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Inhibition of lysosomal TPC1 channels by LyNA-1.

(A) A voltage protocol that elicited ITPC1 tail currents as shown in Figure 4E (from −140 to 100 mV with a ∆V = 20 mV, 1 s with a 10 s inter-step interval). Arrows indicate where tail currents were …

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Voltage-dependence and PI(3,5)P2-sensitivity of R540I mutant TPC1 channels.

(A) Basal whole-endolysosome ITPC1 (left) or ITPC1-R540I (right) was elicited by voltage steps (−140 to +100 mV with ΔV = 20 mV) in the absence of PI(3,5)P2 in TPC1-transfected Cos1 cells (She et …

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
LyNa-VAs do not change the cationic selectivity of TPC2 channels.

(A) Representative PI(3,5)P2-evoked whole-endolysosome ITPC2 elicited by a voltage ramp from −120 to 120 mV. The recordings were performed under a bi-ionic condition with 150 (in mM) Na+ in the …

Figure 5—source data 1

Ionic selectivity of WT TPC2 and N653G mutant channels.

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LyNA1 does not change the Na+ selectivity of TPC2 channels.

(A) LyNA1 (300 µM)- activated whole-cell ITPC2-LL/AA under the bi-ionic conditions (in mM), that is pipette/cytosolic 150 Na+ and bath/extracellular 150 Na+, 150 K+ or 105 Ca2+. Right panel: zoom-in …

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LyNA1 does not change ionic selectivity of TPC2 channels.

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LyNa-VA-induced currents are inhibited by LyNI-1, a small-molecule TPC2 inhibitor.

(A) Dose-dependent inhibition of LyNI-1 on PI(3,5)P2 (0.1 µM)-induced whole-endolysosome ITPC2 (IC50 = 3 ± 1 µM, n=3 patches). (B) Co-application of LyNI-1(100 µM) inhibited LyNa-VA1.1 (50 …

Tables

Table 1
Summary of electrophysiology-based screening of TPC agonists.

Based on chemical structures, LyNa-VAs were divided into two groups: LyNa-VA1.x and LyNa-VA2.x. EC50 and the average TPC2 currents (ITPC2) were calculated based on 3–5 whole-cell or …

LyNa-VAsChemical nameStructureEC50 (μM)*ITPC2 (pA)**
LyNa-VA1.1Clomipramine
43 ± 2945 ± 111
LyNa-VA1.2Desipramine
87 ± 81120 ± 94
LyNa-VA1.3Imipramine112 ± 1433 ± 94
LyNa-VA1.4Amitriptyline
102 ± 3876 ± 196
LyNa-VA1.5Nortriptyline
52 ± 101916 ± 361
Carbamazepine
No activationNo activation
LyNa-VA2.1Chlorpromazine
60 ± 21101 ± 508
LyNa-VA2.2Triflupromazine
63 ± 2984 ± 294
Phenothiazine
No activationNo activation
  1. *Data were obtained from whole-cell recordings at −140 mV.

    **Data were obtained from whole endolysosome recordings with 100 µM of LyNa-VAs at −120 mV.

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or
resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional
information
Cell line (Homo sapiens)HEK293ATCCRRID:CVCL_0045
Cell line (Homo sapiens)HAP1Horizon DiscoveryCat. #: C631
Cell line (Chlorocebus aethiops)Cos1ATCCRRID:CVCL_0223
Recombinant DNA reagentpEGFP-C2-TPC2
(plasmid)
Wang et al., 2012
Recombinant DNA reagentpEGFP-C2-TPC1
(plasmid)
Wang et al., 2012
Sequence-based reagentTPC1-sgRNAThis papersgRNACTTGCAGTACTTCAGCACCC
Sequence-based reagentTPC2-sgRNAThis papersgRNACCCCAGCGTCGGGCTGCTGC
Sequence-based reagentTPC1-fwThis paperPCR primersATGGCCCAGACATGTGACTC
Sequence-based reagentTPC1-reThis paperPCR primersTGCCTGTCTCCATCCTCTCA
Sequence-based reagentTPC2-fwThis paperPCR primersTGAGCTGAGCATGAGGCAAG
Sequence-based reagentTPC2-reThis paperPCR primersAAAGGACAAGTGGCCCTGAG
Chemical compound, drugDesipramin hydrochlorideSigmaCat. #: D3900
Chemical compound, drugCarbamazepineSigmaCat. #: C4024
Chemical compound, drugmonensinSigmaCat. #: M5273
Chemical compound, drugionomycinSigmaCat. #: I0634
Chemical compound, drugClomipramineCayman ChemicalCat. #: 15884
Chemical compound, drugImipramineCayman ChemicalCat. #: 15890
Chemical compound, drugAmitriptylineCayman ChemicalCat. #: 15881
Chemical compound, drugNortriptylineCayman ChemicalCat. #: 15904
Chemical compound, drugPhenothiazineNCATSCAS: 92-84-2
Chemical compound, drugTriflupromazineNCATSCAS: 146-54-3
Chemical compound, drugChlorpromazineCayman ChemicalCat. #: 16129
Chemical compound, drugML-SA1Princeton BioMolecular Research IncCat. #: OSSK_389119
Chemical compound, drugPI(3,5)P2Echelon BiosciencesCat. #: P-3508
Chemical compound, drugvacuolin-1CalbiochemCat. #: 673000
Software, algorithmpClamppClampRRID:SCR_011323

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