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Cloning and functional expression of a TEA-sensitive A-type potassium channel from rat brain Klaus-Flasso S c h r f t e d , ' J o h a n n Peter Ruppersl~rg ~, Frank Wundet a. Jens R e t t i ~ , Martm S t o c k e d and Olaf Pongx a ) Afax. Plmtck.htxr#ut fiTr mrdt:htl~rh¢ For~rhung. Juht~trajJ¢ 29, dgO0 Heht¢lbcr~, Germmu" and J Ruhr Univers~tdt B.rhmn, Lrhrzttthl fiir lhoeheml¢, .I630 gotham, r;¢rmanv

R¢ceiwd 2? Novcmbw 1990 A rat brain e D N A (Raw.l} related to the Dra.fophgaSha. K= channel l'Amllyhas been character)xed, Raw3 c R N A leads to the formation of TEA. in~nsltt,,'¢, ras! inactivating (A-tyI~) K ' ,:hannels whefl )njecled into ,Wnapus laevl~ o¢¢ytes Raw3 ch{tnnels have markedly different prolztrttes from the prcv)ously cloned rat A,|yp¢ K" channel RCK4, Raw3 channels ol~rate m the positive voltztge range ~DNA cloninlil, ~.RNA exprasslon, Potaslium channel, A.tyr~ K" chtmnel, I^ channel

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Voltage.gated ,~." channels play an =mportant role m the regulation of membrane potential and cell excltabdity [1], A-Type potassium channels regulate the firmg frequency of neurons because they are usually active in the potentml range negatwe to the threshold of excitat=on. A-Currents often have been distinguished from other K+ currents by their sensitivity to 4-AP [2]. Many different mammahan cDNAs encoding K + channel forming proteins have been cloned [3,4]. Functional expressrun of the derived cRNAs led to K+ channels having delayed rectzfter properues except tn the case of RCK4 cRNA encoding R.CK4 is, so far, the only one that leads to the formation of fast inacti~atmg (A-type) K + channels [5] when rejected into Xenopus oocytes AChannels descrtbed m the hterature vary widely m their pharmacologtcal profiles and kinetics [2]. Some of them resemble RCK4 channels, other do not. RCK4-mediated A-currents are resistant to TEA and are not very senstove to blockage by 4-AP. Thu~ it is most likely that the rat genome encodes other A-type K+ channel proterns different from RCK4, Here we report the tsolauon and functional expression of a new A-type K" channel eDNA (Raw3).

A rat cortex eDNA library (a gift from P Seeburg, Heidelberg) has beenscreened w=th a )=P labelled NGK2 [18] eDNA probe under con. ehtionsoflow stringency[6, 171 TwoovcrlappmgcDNAswer¢isolated and sequenced (7,8] The combined e D N A sequence ~as 2858 bp long The composite raw3 c D N A was cloned into tileexpression see tot pAS2, Th~s vector was constructed of Bluescrlpt KS" (Stratagene) and pAKSI8 18] After filhng m with DNA-polymeraz¢ [ (Klenow) an Azel fragment (nt 3320-352) of pAS 18, containing the SP6 promoter, the mtaltlnle cloning s~teand the polyA regton (266 bp) was cloned into Pvull cut Bluescript, KS' Raw2 pAKS2 was generated byclonmg the 5'Petl/S/ul fragmen~ of cDNA 76 (at - 155 to 749) together with the 3' Stu [/AspTI 8 fragment of cDNA 3 (nt 749-2437) into lastI/Asp7l 8 cut pAKS2 The resuhmg raw3.pAKS2 recombinant was hneanzed by cutting at the EcoR[ slte Capped run off c R N A for injectioninto Xenopus oocytes v,a~ synthes.,cd by a standard protocol [9] Xenopus/news oocytes were rejected wsth cRNA and incubated for 2-3 days at 19*C [10] The kmeuc properties of Raw3 channels were determined from macro.patch recordings lit] in the cell-attacl~cd conhguratlon of the patch clamp technique I'h¢ pharmacologtcal profile was estabhsl~ed ushtg a conventional two.mlcroelectrode voltage-clamp Microelectrodes were filled with I M KCI and had a resistance of 200-500 k.q Single channels were recorded m the cellattached configuratton All experiments were done at 20°C m normal frog Rnlger solution of the following composltmn (m raM) NaCI I IS, KCI2, CaCl= 1 8, Hepes 10, pH 7 2 In some exper,mentssodlum wa~ replaced by 4-AP or TEA (Sigma) or DTX (gift from Dr F, Dreyer, Glessen, Germany) was added Patch p~pettes were filled with normal frog Ringer solutmn Leak and capacitive currents were subtracted digitally using the P/4 method [12]

Correspondence address J P Ruppcrsberg, Abtedung Zeliphys,ologle, Max-Planck-innt)tut fdr medlzmlsche Forschung, Jahnstral3e 29, 6900 He~delber~;, Germany

Abbrev4atlotl~, K *, potassium, C a ; ' , calcium, cRNA, cDNA derived mRNA, TEA, tetraethylammontum, 4-AP, 4-ammopyrldme, DTX, dendrotoxin

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3. R E S U L T S 3.1. P r t m a r y sequence o f raw3 K ÷ channel protein

Two overlapping cDNAs, encoding Raw3, were isolated from a rat cortex ~.DNA hbrary. The longest open reading frame corresponds to an amino aczd sequence of 625 residues (Fig. 1). The hydropathy analysis [13]

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( n o t shown) reveals six p u t a t t v e m e m b r a n e spanning segments (underlined in Fig. 1) s=mdar to other cloned K * channel proteins, The segments consist of' f i v e h y d r o p h o b i c ( S I . $2, $3, $5 and S6) and one p o s i t i v e l y charged

segment (S4), possibly the voltage sensor of the channel, A leucine ztpper m o t i f w h i c h may be r e v o l v e d in channel gating connects segments S4 wtth SS, as for m o s t other K" channels [14]. T h e charge d~str,but=on in s e g m e n t s S 2 and S3 ~s s~mflar to that previously f o u n d m other K" channel protein sequences [15], L i k e other K" channel prote=ns Raw3 protein is p r o b a b l y posttranslationally modified by N-glycosylation between segments SI and $2 and by p h o s p h o r y l a t l o n in the c a r b o x y - t e r m m u s (Ftg. 1). T h e most r e m a r k a b l e difference between the Raw3 protein sequence and other K* channel sequences ts that the two highly conserved sequence motifs N E Y F F D m the N.terminal sequence and M T T V G Y between segments $5 and S6 [16] are m u t a t e d to C E F F F D and to M T T L G Y , respectively. Since the Raw3 protein sequence ts htghly conserved in the t r a n s m e m b r a n e spanning region ($1-$6) and m the residues preceding segment S1, Raw3 protein appears as a n o t h e r m e m b e r o f the K + channel protein superfamily. When c o m p a r e d with other K ÷ channel sequences, that o f Raw3 protein is most closely related (78o7o identity) to those o f Shaw [17], N G K 2 [18] and R K S h I I I A [4] proteins. Obviously, R a w 3 is a m e m b e r o f the Shaw K ÷ channel f a m d y .

3 2. Functwna/ and pharmacologtcal propemes of currents mediated by Raw3 channels C u r r e n t s mediated by R a w 3 K " channels were characterized in the Xenopus laews oocyte expression syst e m . Oocytes expressing Raw3 specific c R N A were first 212

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tested with two.mieroelectrod¢ voltage,,clamp, Dope. lad~inll step,= to positive tes~ potentials elicited transien| outward currents with a peak amplitude of 5-20 ~A, To determine Ih©ir exact time course and vollaie depend. ence of activation, ensemble K ° outward currents were measured in cell.att~hed macro-patches, Fig. 2A shows a family ot" current traces in response to depolarizing test pulses ranging from -'70 mV to +50 mV. The threshold of activation was at -. 10 inV, The time course of activation was rapid, rising from I0~'= to 9 0 ~ of peak amplitude in 3,4 = 1,2 ms (n =. 8) at +~$0 mV test potential. Saturation of the current peak amplitude occurred at test potentials positive to +30 mV, The peak current amplitudes or the experiment shown in Fig, 2A were divided by the driving force to obtain the condue|ante, assuming a K" equilibrium potentml of -100 inV. The normalized conductance-voltage relation [G/Gr~,,(V)] is shown in Fig, 2B (crosses), A single Boltzmann isotherm was fitted to the data points to obtain the voltage of half-maximal activation Vn, ~= 14.0 ± 9.2 m V (n = 13) and the voltage change for an efold increase in conductance an = 9.7 ± 3,0 mV, Inactivation of the current mediated by R a w 3 channels was almost complete during the test pulses of I00 ms duration as shown in Fig, 2A, The time constant of inacttva|ton was 15.2 ± 3,2 ms (n = 5) at +50 mV, A steadystate =nacttvatlon curve is shown in F~g. 2B (ctrcles). It was measured by responses to test pulses to +20 m V from different prepuise potentials (prepulse duration of 25 s) ranging from -100 mV to +30 mV in l0 mV increments. The data points were fitted with a Boltz. m a n n isotherm from which half-mac|we|ion was at -29.7 ± 6.S m V (n = 5), wlth an e-fold decrease of peak current per 12,2 ± 4,2 m V voltage change, R a w 3 channels recovered slowly from inactivation after a de. polarizing pulse. The time for 50°7o recovery from complete inactivation was found to be 1,9 ± 0.9 s (n = 6). The reversal potential o f K* currents medtated by Raw3 channels was tested by short activating pulses o f 20 ms duration to +20 mV, followed by a step back to various negative potentials (not shown). The currents measured following the r e p o l a n z m g step reversed their sign between - 8 0 mV and - 1 0 0 mV as expected for K* currents. T h e sensitivity o f Raw3 currents to 4-AP, T E A and DTX was tested m whole-cell current measurements (Ftg. 3). Raw3 currents are rather sensmve to 4-AP (ICso at 0.5 raM) and T E A (ICs0 at 0.3 raM), but insensttlve to D T X up to 100 nM, These results contrast with those for RCK4 currents which are a b o u t 20-fold less sensitive to 4-AP, and are insensitive to T E A as well as to D'I'X. 3 ~ Single-channel properttes o f Raw3 channels Single channel currents were recorded m cell-attached patches. Fig. 4A shows a transient current recorded m a patch contaimng about 30 channels, on a slow time 214

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scale. The outward current was activated by a step f r o m -80 m V to +20 inV. The current m Ftg. 4 A shows rapid inactivation with a time course similar to the m a c r o - p a t c h currents m Fig. 1. After 200 ms o f depolarization the current is sufficiently reactivated that single channel openings can be distinguished. Single channel openings are shown on a faster time scale m Fig. 4B. T h e trace represents the single channel activity in a patch after a long lasting depolarization to 0 inV. T h e amplitude histogram constructed from the digitized

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raw data of thi, rccordln| is shown In FiB.4C, The single channel amplitttde was computed by fitting ~ sum of two Oausdans to the data ~olld curve In Fill, 4C). The amplitude was calculated as the difference between the two peaks (I,09 pA at 0 mY), Single channel ¢urrent-voltaile relations if.V) were established semi. automatically. The amplitudes were measured from channels that remained open for at le~t 10 ms, The llraph in Fill. 4D summarizes the data obtained from three patches in the vohalle ranlle from -S0 mV to +60 mY, Ea¢h point represents the mean amplitude of at least 30 determinations of the unitary current level at each voltage, The I- V is almost linear in the range from -S0 mV to - l0 mV, In this range the slope conductante is 14 pS, However, the sinllle channel current reaches a maximum at about +20 mV and the slope conductance becomes negative at more positive potentials.

nels have a ne|aliv¢ slope conductance The n~$atlv¢ slope condolence is possibly caused by a magnesium block, and will be l'unher Investlilated, Finally, the pharma¢oloilical profile is remarkably different between the two K ' channels. K" channel proteins are e=pable of formlnll heteromuitlmers with other K" channel subunifs, The forms. tier of heteromultlmers ehanje~ conductance, inactive. tier and pharmacological properties of K ° ch=nnels [2},24], Therefore, RCK4. and Raw."l-containinil heteromultlmeric g " channels millht show the proper. ties of a number or different A.type channels reported for excitable cells [2], A-Type K" channels like RCK4 start to activate negative to the threshold of sodium channel activation, Raw3 K ° channels, on the other hand, have a more positive threshold of activation. They app=trently operate in the voltage range of Ca =* current activation, Thus, Raw3 K ° channels might be involved in the modulation of Ca =.. inward currents.

4. DISCUSSION

Acl¢l=c~wltdlemel=lJI, We thank Dr D, Colquhoun, Dr T, Verdoorn and B. Warner for readina the manuscrlph Dr B. $&kmann for help. ful dlscuss=ons and Dr F Dreyer for the air| of dendrotoxln This

K* channels are particularly diverse, and are probably present in all excitable and nonexcitable ceils [2]. The first K" channel gene cloned was the Shaker R* channel 8¢ne in Drosophila [15; 19-21]. The transcripuon of this gene leads to the syntheses of several mRNAs expressing either rapidly or slowly inactivating K* channels when injected into Xenopusoocytes. Subsequently, the Shaker.related K + channel cDNAs Shah, Shaw, and Shal were identified m Drosophila [17]; these code for slowly- or noninactLvating K ~" channels [22], Similar vertebrate K* channel cDNAs were ~denttfied in the mammalian brain, most notably the Shaker.ranted RCK g ÷ channel family in rat brain [5], Expression of RCK cRNA in Xenopus oocytes produces several types of voltage.gated K* channels, of both the delayed rectifier (slowly-reactivating) or A-type (rapidly.inactivating). Members of the Shaw-related K* channel family m rat brain also resemble delayed-rectifler type K + channels (NGK2, RKShlIIA) [4, 18] or A-type K ÷ channels (Raw3). These observations suggest that A-type and delayed-rectifier K + channels were both drayed from a prototype voltage-gated K" channel and that within a g=ven K" channel family small sequence varlatmns obviously suffice to convert an A-type K ~ channel into a delayed rectifier type K" channel. The first mammalian A-type K* channel to be described was the RCK4 K ~ channel [5]. Here, we have descrlbed the properties of a second A-type K" channel. The Raw3 K + channel differs in several ways from the RCK4 K ÷ channel. Raw3 currents activate in a more positive potential range, inactlvatc more rapxdly and the steady state inactivation curve has 35 mV more positive. The single channel conductance of Raw3 K ÷ channels is about 3-fold higher than of RCK4 RCK4 channels do not saturate at positive potentials whereas Raw3 ct~an-

work was supported by grants or the Deutsche Forschunsssemeln. sehaft,

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A rat brain cDNA (Raw3) related to the Drosophila Shaw K+ channel family has been characterized. Raw3 cRNA leads to the formation of TEA-insensitive, ...
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