GSBS Student Publications
Title
Ca2+ channel beta3 subunit enhances voltage-dependent relief of G-protein inhibition induced by muscarinic receptor activation and Gbetagamma
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Toxicology; Program in Neuroscience
Date
6-23-1998
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Acetylcholine; Animals; Calcium Channels; Enzyme Inhibitors; Ethylmaleimide; GTP-Binding Proteins; Gene Expression; Ion Channel Gating; Oocytes; Receptor, Muscarinic M2; Receptors, Muscarinic; Transfection; Xenopus
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
The Ca2+ channel beta subunit has been shown to reduce the magnitude of G-protein inhibition of Ca2+ channels. However, neither the specificity of this action to different forms of G-protein inhibition nor the mechanism underlying this reduction in response is known. We have reported previously that coexpression of the Ca2+ channel beta3 subunit causes M2 muscarinic receptor-mediated inhibition of alpha1B Ca2+ currents to become more voltage-dependent. We report here that the beta3 subunit increases the rate of relief of inhibition produced by a depolarizing prepulse and also shifts the voltage dependency of this relief to more hyperpolarized voltages; these effects are likely to be responsible for the reduction of inhibitory response of alpha1B channels to G-protein-mediated inhibition seen after coexpression of the Ca2+ channel beta3 subunit. Additionally, the beta3 subunit alters the rate and voltage dependency of relief of the inhibition produced by coexpressed Gbeta1gamma1, in a manner similar to the changes it produces in relief of M2 receptor-induced inhibition. We conclude that the Ca2+ channel beta3 subunit reduces the magnitude of G-protein inhibition of alpha1B Ca2+ channels by enhancing the rate of dissociation of the G-protein betagamma subunit from the Ca2+ channel alpha1B subunit.
Rights and Permissions
Citation: J Neurosci. 1998 Jul 1;18(13):4883-90.
Related Resources
Journal Title
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
PubMed ID
9634554
Repository Citation
Roche, John P. and Treistman, Steven N., "Ca2+ channel beta3 subunit enhances voltage-dependent relief of G-protein inhibition induced by muscarinic receptor activation and Gbetagamma" (1998). GSBS Student Publications. 1012.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1012