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The N-terminal Ankyrin Repeat domain is not required for electrophile and heat activation of the purified mosquito TRPA1 receptor

Survery, Sabeen LU ; Moparthi, Lavanya LU ; Kjellbom, Per LU ; Högestätt, Edward D. LU ; Zygmunt, Peter M. LU orcid and Johanson, Urban LU orcid (2016) In Journal of Biological Chemistry 291(52). p.26899-26912
Abstract

Temperature sensors are crucial for animals to optimize living conditions. The temperature response of the ion channel transient receptor potential A1 (TRPA1) is intriguing; some orthologs have been reported to be activated by cold and others by heat, but the molecular mechanisms responsible for its activation remain elusive. Single-channel electrophysiological recordings of heterologously expressed and purified Anopheles gambiae TRPA1 (AgTRPA1), with and without the N-terminal ankyrin repeat domain, demonstrate that both proteins are functional because they responded to the electrophilic compounds allyl isothiocyanate and cinnamaldehyde as well as heat. The proteins' similar intrinsic fluorescence properties and corresponding quenching... (More)

Temperature sensors are crucial for animals to optimize living conditions. The temperature response of the ion channel transient receptor potential A1 (TRPA1) is intriguing; some orthologs have been reported to be activated by cold and others by heat, but the molecular mechanisms responsible for its activation remain elusive. Single-channel electrophysiological recordings of heterologously expressed and purified Anopheles gambiae TRPA1 (AgTRPA1), with and without the N-terminal ankyrin repeat domain, demonstrate that both proteins are functional because they responded to the electrophilic compounds allyl isothiocyanate and cinnamaldehyde as well as heat. The proteins' similar intrinsic fluorescence properties and corresponding quenching when activated by allyl isothiocyanate or heat suggest lipid bilayer-independent conformational changes outside the N-terminal domain. The results show that Ag- TRPA1 is an inherent thermo- and chemoreceptor, and analogous to what has been reported for the human TRPA1 ortholog, the N-terminal domain may tune the response but is not required for the activation by these stimuli.

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0021-9258
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10.1074/jbc.M116.743443
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  author       = {{Survery, Sabeen and Moparthi, Lavanya and Kjellbom, Per and Högestätt, Edward D. and Zygmunt, Peter M. and Johanson, Urban}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  number       = {{52}},
  pages        = {{26899--26912}},
  publisher    = {{American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Biological Chemistry}},
  title        = {{The N-terminal Ankyrin Repeat domain is not required for electrophile and heat activation of the purified mosquito TRPA1 receptor}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M116.743443}},
  doi          = {{10.1074/jbc.M116.743443}},
  volume       = {{291}},
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