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Redox regulation of Kv7 channels through EF3 hand of calmodulin

  1. Eider Nuñez
  2. Frederick Jones
  3. Arantza Muguruza-Montero
  4. Janire Urrutia
  5. Alejandra Aguado
  6. Covadonga Malo
  7. Ganeko Bernardo-Seisdedos
  8. Carmen Domene
  9. Oscar Millet
  10. Nikita Gamper
  11. Alvaro Villarroel  Is a corresponding author
  1. Spanish National Research Council, Spain
  2. University of Leeds, United Kingdom
  3. Atlas Molecular Pharma SL, Spain
  4. University of Bath, United Kingdom
  5. CIC bioGUNE, Spain
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81961
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  1. Eider Nuñez
  2. Frederick Jones
  3. Arantza Muguruza-Montero
  4. Janire Urrutia
  5. Alejandra Aguado
  6. Covadonga Malo
  7. Ganeko Bernardo-Seisdedos
  8. Carmen Domene
  9. Oscar Millet
  10. Nikita Gamper
  11. Alvaro Villarroel
(2023)
Redox regulation of Kv7 channels through EF3 hand of calmodulin
eLife 12:e81961.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81961
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Abstract

Neuronal KV7 channels, important regulators of cell excitability, are among the most sensitive proteins to reactive oxygen species. The S2S3 linker of the voltage sensor was reported as a site mediating redox modulation of the channels. Recent structural insights reveal potential interactions between this linker and the Ca2+-binding loop of the third EF-hand of calmodulin (CaM), which embraces an antiparallel fork formed by the C-terminal helices A and B, constituting the Calcium Responsive Domain (CRD). We found that precluding Ca2+ binding to the EF3 hand, but not to EF1, EF2 or EF4 hands, abolishes oxidation-induced enhancement of KV7.4 currents. Monitoring FRET between helices A and B using purified CRD domains tagged with fluorescent proteins, we observed that S2S3 peptides cause a reversal of the signal in the presence of Ca2+, but have no effect in the absence of this cation or if the peptide is oxidized. The capacity of loading EF3 with Ca2+ is essential for this reversal of the FRET signal, whereas the consequences of obliterating Ca2+ binding to EF1, EF2 or EF4 are negligible. Furthermore, we show that EF3 is critical for translating Ca2+ signals to reorient the AB fork. Our data is consistent with the proposal that oxidation of cysteine residues in the S2S3 loop relieves KV7 channels from a constitutive inhibition imposed by interactions between the EF3 hand of CaM which is crucial for this signaling.

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  1. Eider Nuñez

    Instituto Biofisika, Spanish National Research Council, Leioa, Spain
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  2. Frederick Jones

    Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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  3. Arantza Muguruza-Montero

    Instituto Biofisika, Spanish National Research Council, Leioa, Spain
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  4. Janire Urrutia

    Instituto Biofisika, Spanish National Research Council, Leioa, Spain
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  5. Alejandra Aguado

    Instituto Biofisika, Spanish National Research Council, Leioa, Spain
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  6. Covadonga Malo

    Instituto Biofisika, Spanish National Research Council, Leioa, Spain
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  7. Ganeko Bernardo-Seisdedos

    Atlas Molecular Pharma SL, Derio, Spain
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  8. Carmen Domene

    Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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  9. Oscar Millet

    Protein Stability and Inherited Disease Laboratory, CIC bioGUNE, Derio, Spain
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  10. Nikita Gamper

    Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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  11. Alvaro Villarroel

    Instituto Biofisika, Spanish National Research Council, Leioa, Spain
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Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (PID2021-128286NB-100)

  • Alvaro Villarroel

Eusko Jaurlaritza (PRE_2018-2_0082)

  • Eider Nuñez

Eusko Jaurlaritza (POS_2021_1_0017)

  • Eider Nuñez

Eusko Jaurlaritza (PRE_2018-2_0126)

  • Arantza Muguruza-Montero

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (RTI2018‐097839-B-100)

  • Alvaro Villarroel

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (RTI2018-101269-B-I00)

  • Oscar Millet

Wellcome Trust (212302/Z/18/Z)

  • Nikita Gamper

Medical Research Centre (MR/P015727/1)

  • Frederick Jones

Eusko Jaurlaritza (IT1707-22)

  • Alvaro Villarroel

Eusko Jaurlaritza (IT1165-19)

  • Alvaro Villarroel

Ekonomiaren Garapen eta Lehiakortasun Saila, Eusko Jaurlaritza (BG2019)

  • Alvaro Villarroel

Ekonomiaren Garapen eta Lehiakortasun Saila, Eusko Jaurlaritza (KK-2020/00110)

  • Alvaro Villarroel

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

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© 2023, Nuñez et al.

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  1. Eider Nuñez
  2. Frederick Jones
  3. Arantza Muguruza-Montero
  4. Janire Urrutia
  5. Alejandra Aguado
  6. Covadonga Malo
  7. Ganeko Bernardo-Seisdedos
  8. Carmen Domene
  9. Oscar Millet
  10. Nikita Gamper
  11. Alvaro Villarroel
(2023)
Redox regulation of Kv7 channels through EF3 hand of calmodulin
eLife 12:e81961.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81961

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