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PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
卷 466, 期 4, 页码 627-633出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1419-5
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T-type calcium channel; Epilepsy; Nickel; Zinc; Copper; Neurophysiology
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NS038691, NS067456]
We review the ins and outs of T-channel structure, focusing on the extracellular high-affinity metal-binding site and intracellular loops. The high-affinity metal-binding site was localized to repeat I of Ca(v)3.2. Interestingly, a similar binding site was found in the high voltage-activated Ca(v)2.3 channel where it controls the channels' voltage dependence. Histidine at position 191 has a particularly interesting role in the high-affinity binding site, and its modification plays an important role in channel regulation by pharmacological agents that alter redox reactions. The intracellular loop connecting repeats I and II plays two important roles in Ca(v)3.2 properties: one, its gating; and two, its surface expression. These studies have also identified a highly conserved intracellular gating brake that is predicted to form a helix-loop-helix structure. We conclude that the gating brake establishes important contacts with the gating machinery, thereby stabilizing a closed state of T-channels. This interaction is disrupted by depolarization, allowing the S6 segments to open and allowing Ca2+ ions to flow through. Studies in cultured hippocampal neurons provided novel insights into how mutations found in idiopathic generalized epilepsy patients increase seizure susceptibility by both altering T-current pacemaker currents and by activating Ca-activated transcription factors that regulate dendritic arborization. These studies reveal novel roles for T-channels to control cellular physiology.
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