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Dynamic Change of Electrostatic Field in TMEM16F Permeation Pathway Shifts Its Ion Selectivity

View ORCID ProfileWenlei Ye, Tina W. Han, Mu He, Yuh Nung Jan, Lily Y. Jan
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/515569
Wenlei Ye
1Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Tina W. Han
1Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Mu He
1Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Yuh Nung Jan
1Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
2Department of Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
3Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Lily Y. Jan
1Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
2Department of Physiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
3Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143
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Abstract

TMEM16F is activated by elevated intracellular Ca2+, and functions both as a small-conductance ion channel permeable to Ca2+ and as a phospholipid scramblase. It is important to hold this positive feedback in check to prevent prolonged Ca2+-overloading in cells. We hypothesize that TMEM16F shifts its ion selectivity so that it is more permeable to Cl− than cations at high intracellular Ca2+ concentration. We tested this hypothesis with the Q559K mutant that shows no current rundown in excised patch with prolonged Ca2+ elevation. Recorded in NaCl−based solution, the channel shifted its ion selectivity from Na+-selective to Cl−-selective when intracellular Ca2+ was increased. The ion selectivity switch did not correlate with changes of channel open state. Rather, it was indicative of an alteration of electrostatic field in the permeation pathway. Shifting ion-selectivity synergistically by intracellular divalent ions and membrane potential could work as a built-in mechanism that allows TMEM16F to brake the positive feedback.

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Dynamic Change of Electrostatic Field in TMEM16F Permeation Pathway Shifts Its Ion Selectivity
Wenlei Ye, Tina W. Han, Mu He, Yuh Nung Jan, Lily Y. Jan
bioRxiv 515569; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/515569
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Dynamic Change of Electrostatic Field in TMEM16F Permeation Pathway Shifts Its Ion Selectivity
Wenlei Ye, Tina W. Han, Mu He, Yuh Nung Jan, Lily Y. Jan
bioRxiv 515569; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/515569

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