Pore collapse underlies irreversible inactivation of TRPM2 cation channel currents.

ABSTRACT: The Ca(2+)-permeable cation channel transient receptor potential melastatin 2 (TRPM2) plays a key role in pathogen-evoked phagocyte activation, postischemic neuronal apoptosis, and glucose-evoked insulin secretion, by linking these cellular responses to oxidative stress. TRPM2 channels are coactivated by binding of intracellular ADP ribose and Ca(2+) to distinct cytosolically accessible sites on the channels. These ligands likely regulate the activation gate, conserved in the voltage-gated cation channel superfamily, that comprises a helix bundle formed by the intracellular ends of transmembrane helix six of each subunit. For several K(+) and TRPM family channels, activation gate opening requires the presence of phosphatidylinositol-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) in the inner membrane leaflet. Most

SUBMITTER: Toth B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3421201 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature