RGD Reference Report - The recombinant human TRPV6 channel functions as Ca2+ sensor in human embryonic kidney and rat basophilic leukemia cells. - Rat Genome Database

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The recombinant human TRPV6 channel functions as Ca2+ sensor in human embryonic kidney and rat basophilic leukemia cells.

Authors: Bodding, M  Wissenbach, U  Flockerzi, V 
Citation: Bodding M, etal., J Biol Chem 2002 Sep 27;277(39):36656-64.
RGD ID: 634425
Pubmed: PMID:12138163   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1074/jbc.M202822200   (Journal Full-text)

The activation mechanism of the recently cloned human transient receptor potential vanilloid type 6 (TRPV6) channel, originally termed Ca(2+) transporter-like protein and Ca(2+) transporter type 1, was investigated in whole-cell patch-clamp experiments using transiently transfected human embryonic kidney and rat basophilic leukemia cells. The TRPV6-mediated currents are highly Ca(2+)-selective, show a strong inward rectification, and reverse at positive potentials, which is similar to store-operated Ca(2+) entry in electrically nonexcitable cells. The gating of TRPV6 channels is strongly dependent on the cytosolic free Ca(2+) concentration; lowering the intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration results in Ca(2+) influx, and current amplitude correlates with the intracellular EGTA or BAPTA concentration. This is also the case for TRPV6-mediated currents in the absence of extracellular divalent cations; compared with endogenous currents in nontransfected rat basophilic leukemia cells, these TRPV6-mediated monovalent currents reveal differences in reversal potential, inward rectification, and slope at very negative potentials. Release of stored Ca(2+) by inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate and/or the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin appears not to be involved in TRPV6 channel gating in both cell lines but, in rat basophilic leukemia cells, readily activates the endogenous Ca(2+) release-activated Ca(2+) current. In conclusion, TRPV6, expressed in human embryonic kidney cells and in rat basophilic leukemia cells, functions as a Ca(2+)-sensing Ca(2+) channel independently of procedures known to deplete Ca(2+) stores.

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Molecular Function
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
calcium-activated cation channel activity  TAS 634425 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Trpv6  (transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 6)


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