stomatin inhibits pannexin-1-mediated whole-cell currents by interacting with its carboxyl terminalstomatin抑制pannexin-1-mediated与其羧基末端全细胞电流的相互作用.pdfVIP

Stomatin Inhibits Pannexin-1-Mediated Whole-Cell Currents by Interacting with Its Carboxyl Terminal 1 1 1 2 1 1 Haiying Zhan , Craig S. Moore , Bojun Chen , Xin Zhou , Xin-Ming Ma , Kumiko Ijichi , 3 1 1 1 Michael V. L. Bennett , Xue-Jun Li , Stephen J. Crocker , Zhao-Wen Wang * 1 Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, 2 Center on Aging, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, 3 Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America Abstract The pannexin-1 (Panx1) channel (often referred to as the Panx1 hemichannel) is a large-conductance channel in the plasma membrane of many mammalian cells. While opening of the channel is potentially detrimental to the cell, little is known about how it is regulated under physiological conditions. Here we show that stomatin inhibited Panx1 channel activity. In transfected HEK-293 cells, stomatin reduced Panx1-mediated whole-cell currents without altering either the total or membrane surface Panx1 protein expression. Stomatin coimmunoprecipitated with full-length Panx1 as well as a Panx1 fragment containing the fourth membrane-spanning domain and the cytosolic carboxyl terminal. The inhibitory effect of stomatin on Panx1-mediated whole-cell currents was abolished by truncating Panx1 at a site in the cytosolic carboxyl terminal. In primary culture of mouse astrocytes, inhibition of endogenous stomatin expression by small interfering RNA enhanced Panx1-mediated outward whole-ce