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Cloning and functional expression of a novel splice variant of rat TRPC4.

Authors: Satoh, E  Ono, K  Xu, F  Iijima, T 
Citation: Satoh E, etal., Circ J 2002 Oct;66(10):954-8.
RGD ID: 730206
Pubmed: PMID:12381092   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Transient receptor potential protein 4 (TRPC4) has been identified as a candidate for the capacitative calcium entry (CCE) channels, but its functional role is still controversial. Using a RT-PCR technique, a novel isoform of TRPC4, designated rTRPC4gamma, was isolated. It was nearly identical to full-length rTRPC4 (rTRPC4alpha), except that it lacked 53 nucleotides that correspond to the predicted linker between the second and third transmembrane domain of rTRPC4alpha, and its mRNA was expressed in brain and heart. This splice variant encoded a potential protein of 400 residues that consists of an amino-terminal cytoplasmic domain and 2 transmembrane domains by a frameshift mutation. When rTRPC4gamma cDNA was transiently transfected to HEK-293 cells, thapsigargin (TG)-induced Ca2+ entry was suppressed significantly. By contrast, expression of rTRPC4 a did not affect TG-induced Ca2+ entry. To investigate the subcellular localization, plasmids were constructed with green fluorescence protein (GFP) as an amino-terminal fusion to rTRPC4 variants. GFP-rTRPC4gamma fusion protein, unlike GFP-rTRPC4alpha, was localized to the cytoplasm as well as plasma membrane. These results suggest that rTRPC4gamma may play a modulatory role in CCE channel activity in the brain and heart.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
regulation of calcium ion transport  IMP 730206 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Trpc4  (transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily C, member 4)


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