Voltage-clamp fluorometry analysis of structural rearrangements of ATP-gated channel P2X2 upon hyperpolarization

  1. Rizki Tsari Andriani  Is a corresponding author
  2. Yoshihiro Kubo  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Japan

Abstract

Gating of the ATP-activated channel P2X2 has been shown to be dependent not only on [ATP] but also on membrane voltage, despite the absence of a canonical voltage-sensor domain. We aimed to investigate the structural rearrangements of rat P2X2 during ATP- and voltage-dependent gating, using a voltage-clamp fluorometry technique. We observed fast and linearly voltage-dependent fluorescence intensity (F) changes at Ala337 and Ile341 in the TM2 domain, which could be due to the electrochromic effect, reflecting the presence of a converged electric field. We also observed slow and voltage-dependent F changes at Ala337, which reflect structural rearrangements. Furthermore, we determined that the interaction between Ala337 in TM2 and Phe44 in TM1, which are in close proximity in the ATP-bound open state, is critical for activation. Taking these results together, we propose that the voltage dependence of the interaction within the converged electric field underlies the voltage-dependent gating.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files. Source data files have been provided for Figures 1, Figure 1- figure supplement 1, Figure 2, Figure 2 - figure supplement 1, Figure 3, Figure 3 - figure supplement 1, Figure 4, Figure 4 - figure supplement 1, Figure 5, Figure 5 - figure supplement 1, Figure 5 - figure supplement 2, Figure 6, Figure 6 - figure supplement 1, and Figure 7

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  1. Rizki Tsari Andriani

    Biophysics and Neurobiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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    kiki@nips.ac.jp
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  2. Yoshihiro Kubo

    Biophysics and Neurobiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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    ykubo@nips.ac.jp
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Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI 17H04021)

  • Yoshihiro Kubo

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (KAKENHI 20H03424)

  • Yoshihiro Kubo

Daiko Foundation

  • Rizki Tsari Andriani

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal experiments were approved by the Animal Care Committee of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS, Japan) and performed obeying its guidelines.

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  1. Baron Chanda, Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Version history

  1. Received: December 16, 2020
  2. Accepted: May 18, 2021
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: May 19, 2021 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: June 7, 2021 (version 2)

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© 2021, Andriani & Kubo

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  1. Rizki Tsari Andriani
  2. Yoshihiro Kubo
(2021)
Voltage-clamp fluorometry analysis of structural rearrangements of ATP-gated channel P2X2 upon hyperpolarization
eLife 10:e65822.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.65822

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