Salamon, Sarah ORCID: 0009-0005-7435-405X (2023). CaV1.3 gating modulation by S1475 phosphorylation and disease-associated CACNA1D missense mutations. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Calcium-influx through CaV1.3 voltage-gated calcium channels is indispensable for physiological functions including auditory transduction, hormone secretion, and cardiac and neuronal pacemaking. Accordingly, altered CaV1.3 function can lead to sinoatrial-node-dysfunction, deafness, primary hyperaldosteronism, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Unique electrophysiological properties of CaV1.3 and a complex modulation of its activity suggest that differential (dys-) regulation is crucial for the (patho-) physiological role of CaV1.3. Therefore, this thesis aimed at contributing to the detailed understanding of CaV1.3 gating modulation from a physiological and pathophysiological perspective with a human emphasis. Using single-channel and whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in transiently transfected HEK-293 cells, phosphorylation-state imitating mutations of S1475 were investigated with respect to their role in CaV1.3 modulation. Furthermore, disease-associated CaV1.3 missense mutations L271H, A749T and F747S were electrophysiologically characterized in detail. Each disease-associated mutation displayed gain-of-function characteristics, but with individual gating phenotypes, i.e. leftward-shifted activation (L271H), additional increase of open probability (A749T), or induction of a novel kind of gating cooperativity (F747S), respectively. Differential dysregulation suggests the need for differential modulation as a putative treatment option in mutation-associated disorders. S1475 turned out to be relevant for modulating gating of human CaV1.3. The phosphorylation-mimicking S1475D mutation led to decreased, the phosphorylation-resistant S1475A mutation to increased current density, both mainly due to altered open probability on single-channel level. Notably, it became apparent, that S1475 is crucially involved in CaMKII- and calmodulin-mediated modulation of CaV1.3. Calcium-currents in response to stimuli mimicking sinoatrial-node-like action potentials indicate a putative role of S1475 phosphorylation state for heart-rate regulation. Structural modeling suggests altered intramolecular interaction to be linked to functional changes of both, disease-associated mutations and S1475 phosphorylation state. The findings of this thesis thereby contribute to the understanding of CaV1.3 modulation by resolving underlying molecular mechanisms and by proposing indications for therapeutically targeting CaV1.3 channels. Herein, unravelling the complexity of CaV1.3 gating modulation in a cellular context imposes a challenge, but is a prerequisite to eventually harness this knowledge to specifically modulate the channel in CaV1.3-associated diseases.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-711752 | ||||||||||||||
Date: | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine | ||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Pharmakologie | ||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Medical sciences Medicine |
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Date of oral exam: | 8 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/71175 |
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