A Novel Long N-terminal Isoform of Human L-type Ca2+Channel Is Up-regulated by Protein Kinase C
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- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 277 (5), 3419-3423
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.c100642200
Abstract
Human L-type voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels (α1C, or Cav1.2) are up-regulated by protein kinase C (PKC) in native tissues, but in heterologous systems this modulation is absent. In rat and rabbit, α1C has two N-terminal (NT) isoforms, long and short, with variable initial segments of 46 and 16 amino acids, respectively. The initial 46 amino acids of the long-NT α1C are crucial for PKC regulation. However, only a short-NT human α1C is known. We assumed that a long-NT isoform of human α1C may exist. By homology screening of human genomic DNA, we identified a stretch (termed exon 1a) highly homologous to rabbit long-NT, separated from the next known exon of α1C (exon 1b, which encodes the alternative, short-NT) by an ∼80 kb-long intron. The predicted 46-amino acid protein sequence is highly homologous to rabbit long-NT. Reverse transcriptase PCR showed the presence of exon 1a transcript in human cardiac RNA. Expression of human long-NT α1C in Xenopusoocytes produced Ca2+ channel enhanced by a PKC activator, whereas the short-NT α1C was inhibited. The long-NT isoform may be the Ca2+ channel enhanced by PKC-activating transmitters in human tissues.Keywords
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