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Inhibitor of myogenic family, a novel suppressor of store-operated currents through an interaction with TRPC1.

Depletion of intracellular Ca2+ stores leads to the activation of Ca2+ inflow through store-operated Ca2+ channels. Although the identity of these channels is unknown, there is considerable evidence that the transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPC1) participates in the formation of these channels. We show that TRPC1 physically interacts with the a-isoform of the inhibitor of the myogenic family (I-mfa), a known inhibitor of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, in vitro and in vivo. The interaction is mediated by the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of TRPC1 and the C-terminal cysteine-rich domain of I-mfa. Using the whole cell configuration of the patch clamp technique, we show that ectopic expression of I-mfa in CHO-K1 cells reduces native store-activated Ca2+ currents, whereas knock-down of endogenous I-mfa in A431 cells by RNA interference enhances these currents. Pipette perfusion of purified recombinant I-mfa rescues the effect of I-mfa knock-down on store-operated conductance. Finally, cell dialysis with a monoclonal antibody specific to TRPC1 results in the suppression of store- activated conductance in cells lacking I-mfa, but not in I-mfa expressing cells. We propose that I-mfa functions as a molecular switch to suppress the store dependence of TRPC1.[1]

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  1. Inhibitor of myogenic family, a novel suppressor of store-operated currents through an interaction with TRPC1. Ma, R., Rundle, D., Jacks, J., Koch, M., Downs, T., Tsiokas, L. J. Biol. Chem. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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