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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
The Kv3.1 potassium channel can be distinguished from most other delayed rectifier channels by its very high threshold of activation and lack of use-dependent inactivation. This allows neurons that express this channel to fire at very high frequencies. We have now found that this feature of the Kv3.1 channel is strongly influenced by its constitutive phosphorylation by the enzyme casein kinase II. Using stably transfected Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing Kv3.1, we show that Kv3.1 is highly phosphorylated under basal conditions. Whole-cell patch clamp recordings were used to characterize the electrophysiological consequence of dephosphorylation using alkaline phosphatase. This enzyme produced an increase in whole-cell conductance and shifted the voltage dependence of activation to more negative potentials by >20 mV. In addition, a similar shift in the voltage dependence of inactivation was observed. These findings were also confirmed in native Kv3.1 channels expressed in medial nucleus of the trapezoid body (MNTB) neurons. Furthermore, inhibitors of casein kinase 2 mimicked the effect of phosphatase treatment on voltage-dependent activation and inactivation, whereas inhibitors of protein kinase C failed to alter these parameters. The combination of biochemical and electrophysiological evidence suggests that the biophysical characteristics of Kv3.1 that are important to its role in MNTB neurons, allowing them to follow high-frequency stimuli with fidelity, are largely determined by phosphorylation of the channel.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alkaline Phosphatase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CDC2-CDC28 Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Casein Kinase II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cdk2 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neuropeptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Shaw Potassium Channels, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1160-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Auditory Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Brain Stem, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-CDC2-CDC28 Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Casein Kinase II, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Electric Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Shaw Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, pubmed-meshheading:11160386-Transfection
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Casein kinase 2 determines the voltage dependence of the Kv3.1 channel in auditory neurons and transfected cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8066, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.