Nucleotide inhibition of the pancreatic ATP-sensitive K+ channel explored with patch-clamp fluorometry

  1. Samuel G Usher
  2. Frances M Ashcroft  Is a corresponding author
  3. Michael C Puljung  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
4 figures, 4 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
A FRET assay to measure nucleotide binding to Kir6.2.

(A) Cartoon illustrating the topology of KATP. Two (of four) Kir6.2 and two (of four) SUR1 subunits are shown for clarity. The inhibitory nucleotide-binding site on Kir6.2 is shown in red; the …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
ANAP labelling is specific and only full-length Kir6.2 is expressed at the cell membrane.

(A) Confocal images of HEK-293T cells transfected with Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1 (top panel) or Kir6.2-GFP + SUR1 (bottom panel). Cells were stained with Cell Mask Deep Red to label the plasma membrane. …

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Kir6.2*-GFP is functionally similar to Kir6.2-GFP.

A. Concentration-response curve for ATP inhibition of Kir6.2-GFP + SUR1 or Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1, measured in excised, inside-out patches. The smooth curves are descriptive Hill fits to the data. …

Figure 2 with 3 supplements
Simultaneous measurements of nucleotide binding and channel current.

(A) Brightfield and fluorescence images of a patch pipette and excised, inside out patch expressing Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1, with the location of the centre of the spectrometer slit overlaid as a white, …

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Fixing L does not affect estimates of D and KA.

(A) Pairwise correlation plots of L, D and KA from the full MWC-type model fit to Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1. (B) Pairwise correlation plots of D and KA from the full MWC-type model with L fixed to 0.8 …

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Model selection.

Fits to PCF data from Figure 2 with the full MWC-type model (A), single-binding model (B) and negative-cooperativity model (C) are shown on the left with the diagrammatic formulation of each model …

Figure 2—figure supplement 3
Bleaching correction for PCF experiments.

(A) Raw ANAP fluorescence intensities (left) and corrected ANAP fluorescence intensities (right) from a representative PCF experiment with Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1 plotted against the exposure time. The …

Figure 3 with 2 supplements
Kir6.2-C166S disrupts current inhibition, not nucleotide binding.

(A) Cartoon (from PDB accession #6BAA) showing the location of Kir6.2-C166 (purple) relative to the inhibitory nucleotide binding site (TNP-ATP from PDB accession #5XW6 shown in red). W311 is shown …

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
AN MWC-type model predicts a nucleotide-insensitive current plateau for Kir6.2-C166S.

A. Representative current trace from an excised patch expressing Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1 exposed to triethylamine (shown as shades of red) and 10mM ATP (shown in black). B. Concentration dependence …

Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Fixing L does not affect the other two parameters.

(A) Pairwise correlation plots of L, D and KA from the full MWC-type model fit to Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1 and Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1. (B) Pairwise correlation plots of D and KA from the full …

Figure 4 with 4 supplements
SUR1-K205 modulates both nucleotide affinity and inhibition of Kir6.2.

(A) Hydrophobic surface representation of Kir6.2 (yellow, PDB accession #6BAA) and SUR1 (blue, PDB accession #6PZI). Residue K205 on SUR1 is highlighted in pink. As this residue was built as an …

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
SUR1 affects the apparent affinity for nucleotide binding to Kir6.2.

(A) Concentration dependence of TNP-ATP binding to unroofed membrane fragments expressing Kir6.2*-GFP without SUR1 (brown), expressed as quenching of ANAP fluorescence. The smooth curve is a …

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Fixing the L parameter does not drastically affect the fits to the SUR1-K205A or SUR1-K205E data.

(A) Pairwise correlation plots of L, D and KA from the full MWC-type model fit to Kir6.2*-GFP co-expressed with wild-type SUR1, SUR1-K205A, and SUR1-K205E. (B) Pairwise correlation plots of D and …

Figure 4—figure supplement 3
Comparing the ability of each model to explain the data.

Fits for each construct with each model (MWC-type, single-binding, negative-cooperativity) are displayed with the solid curve representing the median fit, the shaded area representing the 95% …

Figure 4—figure supplement 4
A neutral choice of priors allows for the best fits to the data.

(A) We generated more informative priors (dashed lines) based on our posterior probability distributions for Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1 (in grey) by fitting the posterior distribution for each parameter …

Tables

Table 1
Hill fit parameters from unroofed membranes.

EC50 values and their standard errors are reported as log10M. EC50 values are also provided as µM in parentheses.

Fluorescence quenchingConstructTermEstimateStandard error
TNP-ATPKir6.2*-GFP+SUR1EC50−4.59 (25.7)0.05
n = 18h0.820.05
Emax0.930.03
Kir6.2*,G334D-GFP+SUR1EC50−3.31 (490)2.23
n = 9h2.6317.70
Emax0.080.26
Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP+SUR1EC50−4.50 (31.6)0.05
n = 12h0.920.08
Emax0.870.03
Kir6.2*-GFPEC50−4.42 (38.0)0.05
n = 14h0.830.05
Emax0.920.03
Table 2
Hill fit parameters from excised patches.

EC50 and IC50 values and their standard errors are reported as log10M. EC50 and IC50 values are also provided as µM in parentheses.

Current inhibitionConstructTermEstimateStandard error
ATPKir6.2-GFP + SUR1IC50−4.20 (63.1)0.07
n = 3h1.280.21
Imax0.990.06
Kir6.2-GFPIC50−3.31 (490)0.05
n = 2h1.150.12
Imax0.930.03
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1IC50−4.10 (79.4)0.06
n = 4h1.420.21
Imax1.000.05
TNP-ATPKir6.2-GFP + SUR1IC50−5.93 (1.17)0.04
n = 7h1.140.11
Imax0.970.02
Kir6.2-GFPIC50−3.56 (275)0.64
n = 3h1.090.85
Imax1.000.53
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1IC50−5.21 (6.17)0.10
n = 9h0.920.18
Imax0.960.05
Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1IC50−3.11 (776)0.23
n = 6h1.351.16
Imax0.550.11
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205AIC50−3.78 (166)0.45
n = 9h0.750.30
Imax1.000.29
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205EIC50−3.20 (631)2.15
n = 9h0.790.84
Imax1.001.77
Fluorescence Quenching
TNP-ATPKir6.2*-GFP + SUR1EC50−4.11 (77.6)0.09
n = 9h0.870.11
Emax1.000.06
Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1EC50−4.17 (67.6)0.23
n = 6h0.840.27
Emax1.000.14
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205AEC50−3.69 (204)0.42
n = 9h0.730.25
Emax1.000.27
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205EEC50−3.37 (427)1.10
n = 9h0.740.47
Emax1.000.79
Table 3
Fitted parameters for the MWC-type models.

L, KA and their associated quantiles are reported as log10 values.

Full MWC
ConstructTermEstimate2.5% Quantile97.5% Quantile
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1L−1.05−1.85−0.45
n = 9D0.040.000.19
KA4.324.214.44
Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1L0.29−1.041.41
n = 6D0.840.520.95
KA4.183.934.47
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205AL−0.37−1.340.41
n = 9D0.550.390.65
KA3.763.593.95
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205EL−0.18−1.250.70
n = 9D0.620.420.74
KA3.403.213.62
Single-site
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1L−1.06−1.84−0.47
n = 9D0.050.010.10
KA4.334.224.44
Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1L0.09−1.151.05
n = 6D0.700.290.91
KA4.153.884.43
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205AL−0.25−1.300.53
n = 9D0.180.060.32
KA3.623.453.83
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205EL−0.19−1.190.52
n = 9D0.300.130.47
KA3.313.133.50
Negative cooperativity
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR1L−0.42−1.380.48
n = 9D0.150.020.29
KA4.824.545.29
C0.170.060.36
Kir6.2*,C166S-GFP + SUR1L0.32−0.961.47
n = 6D0.830.500.94
KA4.434.045.14
C0.520.090.97
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205AL−0.16−1.180.64
n = 9D0.520.320.64
KA4.103.734.68
C0.350.100.91
Kir6.2*-GFP + SUR-K205EL−1.110.99
n = 9D0.580.320.73
KA3.713.344.41
C0.450.100.96
Key resources table
Reagent type (species)
or resource
DesignationSource or
reference
IdentifiersAdditional
information
Cell lineHEK-293T (H. sapiens)LGC Standards (ATCC CRL-3216)
Transfected construct (Escherichia. coli)pANAPAddgene
Transfected constructpcDNA4/TOAddgene
Transfected construct (Aequorea victoria)pCGFP_EUGouaux Laboratory (Vollum Institute, Portland OR USA)
Transfected construct (Homo sapiens)peRF1-E55DChin Laboratory (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge UK)
AntibodyAnti-HA High Affinity; Rat monoclonal antibody (clone 3F10)Roche(Roche Cat# 11867423001, RRID:AB_10094468)(1:1000)
AntibodyPeroxidase-AffiniPure Goat Anti-Rat IgG (H + L) antibodyJackson ImmunoResearch Labs(Jackson ImmunoResearch Labs Cat# 112-035-003, RRID:AB_2338128)Western blots: (1:20,000) Surface expression: (1:2000)
Chemical compound, drugtrinitrophenyl-ATP (TNP-ATP)Jena Bioscience (Jena, Germany)
Chemical compound, drugL-3-(6-acetylnaphthalen-2-ylamino)−2-aminopropionic acidAsis Chemicals (Waltham, MA)

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