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Title: Selection of Inhibitor-Resistant Viral Potassium Channels Identifies a Selectivity Filter Site that Affects Barium and Amantadine Block

Journal Article · · PLoS ONE
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  1. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Cardiovascular Research Inst.; DOE/OSTI
  2. Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy). Dipartimento di Biologia e Istituto di Biofisica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  3. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Cardiovascular Research Inst.
  4. Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy). Dipartimento di Biologia e Istituto di Biofisica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  5. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
  6. Technical Univ. of Darmstadt (Germany). Inst. fur Botanik
  7. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology; Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). Dept. of California Inst. for Quantitative Biomedical Research; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Physical Biosciences Division

Background: Understanding the interactions between ion channels and blockers remains an important goal that has implications for delineating the basic mechanisms of ion channel function and for the discovery and development of ion channel directed drugs. Methodology/Principal Findings: We used genetic selection methods to probe the interaction of two ion channel blockers, barium and amantadine, with the miniature viral potassium channel Kcv. Selection for Kcv mutants that were resistant to either blocker identified a mutant bearing multiple changes that was resistant to both. Implementation of a PCR shuffling and backcrossing procedure uncovered that the blocker resistance could be attributed to a single change, T63S, at a position that is likely to form the binding site for the inner ion in the selectivity filter (site 4). A combination of electrophysiological and biochemical assays revealed a distinct difference in the ability of the mutant channel to interact with the blockers. Studies of the analogous mutation in the mammalian inward rectifier Kir2.1 show that the TRS mutation affects barium block as well as the stability of the conductive state. Comparison of the effects of similar barium resistant mutations in Kcv and Kir2.1 shows that neighboring amino acids in the Kcv selectivity filter affect blocker binding. Conclusions/Significance: The data support the idea that permeant ions have an integral role in stabilizing potassium channel structure, suggest that both barium and amantadine act at a similar site, and demonstrate how genetic selections can be used to map blocker binding sites and reveal mechanistic features.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
OSTI ID:
1627387
Journal Information:
PLoS ONE, Journal Name: PLoS ONE Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 4; ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher:
Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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