Impact of intracellular hemin on N-type inactivation of voltage-gated K+ channels.
N-type inactivation of voltage-gated K+ channels is conferred by the N-terminal "ball" domains of select pore-forming α subunits or of auxiliary β subunits, and influences electrical cellular excitability. Here, we show that hemin impairs inactivation of K+ channels formed by Kv3.4 α subunits as well as that induced by the subunits Kvβ1.1, Kvβ1.2, and Kvβ3.1 when coexpressed with α subunits of the Kv1 subfamily. In Kvβ1.1, hemin interacts with cysteine and histidine residues in the N terminus (C7 and H10) with high affinity (EC50 100 nM). Similarly, rapid inactivation of Kv4.2 channels induced by the dipeptidyl peptidase-like protein DPP6a is also sensitive to hemin, and the DPP6a mutation C13S eliminates this dependence. The results suggest a common mechanism for a dynamic regulation of Kv channel inactivation by heme/hemin in N-terminal ball domains of Kv α and auxiliary β subunits. Free intracellular heme therefore has the potential to regulate cellular excitability via modulation of Kv channel inactivation.
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- Humans
- Hemin
- HEK293 Cells
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DOI
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Volume
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Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- Xenopus
- Rats
- Protein Binding
- Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
- Physiology
- Ion Channel Gating
- Humans
- Hemin
- HEK293 Cells
- Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases