Specific effects of KChIP3/calsenilin/DREAM but not KChIPs1, 2 and 4 on calcium signalling and regulated secretion in PC12 cells.

Neil Venn , Lee P Haynes , Robert D Burgoyne (1)

1 The Physiological Laboratory

The K+ channel interacting proteins (KChIPs) are members of the neuronal calcium sensor protein family of Ca2+-binding proteins. It is unclear to what extent the KChIPs have distinct functions although they all interact with Kv4 K+ channels. KChIP3 has also been shown to repress transcription of specific genes via binding to DRE motifs and all KChIPs may share this function. We have compared the function of isoforms of the four KChIPs. KChIPs1-4 were found to stimulate the traffic of Kv4.2 channels to the plasma membrane. KChIP3 expression in PC12 cells resulted in an increase in exocytosis evoked by activation of purinergic receptors. In contrast, KChIPs1, 2 and 4, although expressed to the same extent, had no effect on secretion. In addition, KChIP3 but not KChIPs 1, 2 and 4 modified the ATP-induced Ca2+ signal resulting in a delay in recovery after the peak Ca2+ elevation and also specifically resulted in down regulation of the NCX3 Na/Ca2+ exchanger NCX3 that could explain the effects on the Ca2+ signal and secretion. Regulation of NCX3 by KChIP3 has been shown to occur via its DREAM function (Gomez-Villafuertes et al. J Neurosci. (2005) 25, 10822-10830) suggesting that this activity might depend on the cellular context of expression of the various KChIPs. These results reveal a new role for KChIP3 in the regulation of Ca2+-regulated secretion and also suggest that the functions of each of the KChIPs may be more specialised than previously appreciated.

Mots clés: Life Sciences

Neil Venn, Lee P Haynes, Robert D Burgoyne. Specific effects of KChIP3/calsenilin/DREAM but not KChIPs1, 2 and 4 on calcium signalling and regulated secretion in PC12 cells.. Biochemical Journal, 2008, 413 (1), pp.71-80. ⟨10.1042/BJ20080441⟩. ⟨hal-00478986⟩