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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 281, Issue 30, 20661-20665, July 28, 2006
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From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Received for publication, May 19, 2006 , and in revised form, June 7, 2006.
| ABSTRACT |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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| EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES |
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Development of Stable Cell LinesHuman embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) were maintained as described previously (14). HEK293 stable cell lines were generated by electroporation of the above described wt human STIM1 or STIM2 pIRES constructs. After selection with appropriate antibiotics, cells were cloned and selected based upon expression of the genes and the amount of SOCE.
Ca2+ MeasurementsCells grown on coverslips were placed in "cation-safe" medium free of sulfate and phosphate anions (NaCl (107 mgM), KCl (7.2 mM), MgCl2 (1.2 mM), glucose (11.5 mM), HEPES-NaOH (20 mM), pH 7.2) and loaded with fura-2/acetoxymethylester (2 µM) for 30 min at 20 °C, as described elsewhere (15, 16). Cells were washed, and dye was allowed to de-esterify for a minimum of 30 min at 20 °C. Approximately 95% of the dye was confined to the cytoplasm as determined by the signal remaining after saponin permeabilization (17). Ca2+ measurements were made using an InCyt dual-wavelength fluorescence imaging system (Intracellular Imaging Inc.). The concentration of intracellular free Ca2+ was calculated according to the following formula of Grynkiewcz et al. (18),
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ElectrophysiologyStudies were performed in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) and HEK293 cells cotransfected with yellow fluorescent protein to select transfected cells. We used conventional whole cell recordings as described (9). Immediately after establishment of the whole-cell configuration, voltage ramps of 50-ms duration spanning the voltage range of 100 to +100 mV were delivered from a holding potential of 0 mV at a rate of 0.5 Hz. The intracellular solution contained (mM): 145 CsGlu, 10 HEPES, 10 BAPTA, 8 Na+, 5 Mg2+, 2 Mg-ATP (total 8 mM Mg2+), pH 7.2. 8 mM Mg2+ and ATP were used to inhibit TRPM7 (19). The extracellular solutions contained (mM): 145 NaCl, 10 CaCl2, 10 CsCl, 2 MgCl2, 2.8 KCl, 10 HEPES, 10 glucose, pH 7.4. We applied 10 mV junction potential compensation.
MaterialsOrai1 was from Origene (Rockville, MD). Thapsigargin was from EMD Biosciences (San Diego, CA). G418 was from Sigma. Fura-2/acetoxymethylester was from Molecular Probes (Eugene, OR).
| RESULTS AND DISCUSSION |
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5070 nM in Orai1-expressing vector control cells. However, using STIM1-expressing cells, the expression of Orai1 resulted in a staggering 2530-fold increase in the maximal level of cytosolic Ca2+ mediated by store-emptying. In this experiment, Ca2+ rose to
3400 nM. Most significantly, the initial rate of Ca2+ entry into Orai1/STIM1-expressing cells was enormously increased in this experiment by 103-fold compared with vector-expressing cells.
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Based on the dramatic gain in Ca2+ entry observed in the presence of coexpressed Orai1 and STIM1, all of which is store-dependent, we considered it likely that the Orai1 protein was increasing the density of store-operated channels. To further assess the possible channel role, we examined the effects of Orai1 and STIM1 expression on the density of CRAC channels measured in the RBL mast cell-derived line. The time course of development of endogenous ICRAC in response to BAPTA-induced store depletion is shown in Fig. 2A. Compared with control cells, the expression of Orai1 was strongly inhibitory, in agreement with the results for SOCE in HEK293 cells shown in Fig. 1. Expression of STIM1 caused a modest enhancement of ICRAC, whereas coexpression of both Orai1 together with STIM1 resulted in a substantial increase in CRAC channel activity. Quantitation of maximal current from multiple experiments (Fig. 2B) revealed that the current density in vector-transfected cells was
1.14 ± 0.33 pA/pF (n = 3). This value decreased to 0.19 ± 0.19 pA/pF (n = 3) with expression of Orai1 alone. STIM1 expressed alone approximately doubled current density to 2.22 ± 0.26 pA/pF (n = 3), whereas coexpression of Orai1 with STIM1 increased current some 9-fold to a total of 9.55 ± 0.27 pA/pF (n = 5). As shown in Fig. 2C, the I/V profile in the absence or presence of Orai1 and STIM1 reveals inward rectification and a reversal potential of approximately +50 mV, typical of the highly Ca2+-selective CRAC channel (3, 6). Hence, the results provide compelling evidence that channel density is increased by Orai1/STIM1 expression. The larger relative fold increase in SOCE in HEK293 cells likely reflects both lower basal CRAC levels relative to RBL cells (12) and greater transfection efficiency.
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As seen in Fig. 3C, the STIM2-mediated constitutive Ca2+ entry was enhanced by 50 µM 2-APB. This enhancing effect was consistent with our previous observation in store-depleted STIM2-transfected RBL cells (22).5 Dramatically, overexpression of Orai1 in STIM2-expressing HEK293 cells increased the 2-APB-induced Ca2+ entry to levels approaching Orai1/STIM1-expressing store-depleted cells. Electrophysiological measurements in Orai1/STIM2-transfected HEK293 cells revealed constitutive but otherwise typical CRAC-like current (with I/V relationship similar to Fig. 2C) of 6.9 ± 0.7 pA/pF (n = 4), which increased to 74.7 ± 13.4 pA/pF (n = 4) after 50 µM 2-APB. In Orai1/STIM1-expressing HEK293 cells, we measured thapsigargin-induced CRAC current of 118.3 ± 24.9 pA/pF (n = 3). These remarkable CRAC current values are enormously larger than basal values of <1 pA/pF in HEK293 cells (12).
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10 µM) enhances, while higher levels of 2-APB (50100 µM) are strongly inhibitory (20, 21). Likely, this reflects two distinct sites of action of high and low affinity, respectively (21). As suggested previously (9), the inhibitory (low affinity) target of 2-APB on physiological SOC activation may be the STIM1 protein itself. Hence, when STIM2 rather than STIM1 couples to the channel, 2-APB does not inhibit. Instead, the high-affinity 2-APB site dominates, leading to enhanced Ca2+ entry. Notwithstanding the intricacies of the mechanism of action of 2-APB, the high level of Ca2+ entry observed in the presence of overexpressed Orai1 is the predominant effect, consistent again with Orai1 providing the channel component.
STIM1 can be mutated to prevent its Ca2+ sensing function resulting in constitutive Ca2+ entry and CRAC channel function (79, 14), thereby circumventing the entire store depletion process. We examined whether Orai1 could be directly activated in this manner. Using HEK293 cells stably expressing the STIM1-D76A-E87A EF-hand mutant, we found that Orai1 expression again dramatically enhanced Ca2+ entry (data not shown). Similarly, in RBL cells expressing the STIM1-E87A EF-hand mutant together with Orai1 resulted in an
15-fold increase in CRAC channel function (data not shown). Thus, the store-independent STIM1 mutant, together with Orai1, reconstitutes both functional Ca2+ entry and CRAC channel activity.
One question is why overexpression of Orai1 results in substantially lower SOCE in HEK293 cells (Figs. 1A and 3, A and B) or decreased CRAC channel activity in RBL cells (Fig. 2). We would explain this by assuming the coupling stoichiometry between channel and sensor is not unity, as predicted by Putney (23). Thus, assuming more than one sensor must interact with each channel, the predominance of channels reduces the probability of successful coupling. While we observe a powerful inhibitory action of overexpressed Orai1 on SOCE and ICRAC, the recent report of Vig et al. (12) showed little effect of overexpressed Orai1 on CRAC channel activity in HEK293 cells. We would suggest that the extremely low level of endogenous CRAC activity in these cells simply precluded an observable decrease.
Based on our results and those previously showing the requirement for STIM1 and Orai1 (712, 14), we can now suggest that these two proteins are both necessary and sufficient to mediate the process of store-operated channel function. After submission of this manuscript, a paper from Peinelt et al. (24) described a similar synergism between Orai1 and STIM1. The scheme shown in Fig. 4, likely portrays the coupled function of these two proteins. The ER and PM location of STIM1 and Orai1, respectively, are consistent with their roles as ER Ca2+ sensor and PM Ca2+ channel, respectively. It should also be considered that STIM1 has a PM location (14), and it is therefore possible that its functional coupling to Orai1 may be within the PM.
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1 These authors contributed equally to the work. ![]()
2 To whom correspondence may be addressed: Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 North Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel.: 410-706-2593 (office) or 410-706-7247 (laboratory); Fax: 410-706-6676; E-mail: jsobo001{at}umaryland.edu. 3 To whom correspondence may be addressed: Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 North Greene St., Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel.: 410-706-2593 (office) or 410-706-7247 (laboratory); Fax: 410-706-6676; E-mail: dgill{at}umaryland.edu.
4 The abbreviations used are: ER, endoplasmic reticulum; SOC, store-operated channel; SOCE, store-operated Ca2+ entry; ICRAC, Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ current; fura-2/AM, fura-2 acetoxymethylester; BAPTA, 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; F, farad; PM, plasma membrane; wt, wild-type; HEK, human embryonic kidney; RBL, rat basophilic leukemia; 2-APB, 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate. ![]()
5 M. A. Spassova and D. L. Gill, unpublished observations. ![]()
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