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Identification of a family of calcium sensors as protein ligands of inositol trisphosphate receptor Ca(2+) release channels.

The inositol trisphosphate (InsP(3)) receptor (InsP(3)R) is a ubiquitously expressed intracellular Ca(2+) channel that mediates complex cytoplasmic Ca(2+) signals, regulating diverse cellular processes, including synaptic plasticity. Activation of the InsP(3)R channel is normally thought to require binding of InsP(3) derived from receptor-mediated activation of phosphatidylinositol lipid hydrolysis. Here we identify a family of neuronal Ca(2+)-binding proteins as high-affinity protein agonists of the InsP(3)R, which bind to the channel and activate gating in the absence of InsP(3). CaBP/caldendrin, a subfamily of the EF-hand-containing neuronal calcium sensor family of calmodulin-related proteins, bind specifically to the InsP(3)-binding region of all three InsP(3)R channel isoforms with high affinity (K(a) approximately 25 nM) in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner (K(a) approximately 1 microM). Binding activates single-channel gating as efficaciously as InsP(3), dependent on functional EF-hands in CaBP. In contrast, calmodulin neither bound with high affinity nor activated channel gating. CaBP1 and the type 1 InsP(3)R associate in rat whole brain and cerebellum lysates, and colocalize extensively in subcellular regions in cerebellar Purkinje neurons. Thus, InsP(3)R-mediated Ca(2+) signaling in cells is possible even in the absence of InsP(3) generation, a process that may be particularly important in responding to and shaping changes in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration by InsP(3)-independent pathways and for localizing InsP(3)-mediated Ca(2+) signals to individual synapses.[1]

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  1. Identification of a family of calcium sensors as protein ligands of inositol trisphosphate receptor Ca(2+) release channels. Yang, J., McBride, S., Mak, D.O., Vardi, N., Palczewski, K., Haeseleer, F., Foskett, J.K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002) [Pubmed]
 
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