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XB-ART-49759
Neuron 2014 Jun 04;825:1045-57. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.04.017.
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Age-related homeostatic midchannel proteolysis of neuronal L-type voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channels.

Michailidis IE , Abele-Henckels K , Zhang WK , Lin B , Yu Y , Geyman LS , Ehlers MD , Pnevmatikakis EA , Yang J .


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Neural circuitry and brain activity depend critically on proper function of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs), whose activity must be tightly controlled. We show that the main body of the pore-forming α1 subunit of neuronal L-type VGCCs, Cav1.2, is proteolytically cleaved, resulting in Cav1.2 fragment channels that separate but remain on the plasma membrane. This "midchannel" proteolysis is regulated by channel activity, involves the Ca(2+)-dependent protease calpain and the ubiquitin-proteasome system, and causes attenuation and biophysical alterations of VGCC currents. Recombinant Cav1.2 fragment channels mimicking the products of midchannel proteolysis do not form active channels on their own but, when properly paired, produce currents with distinct biophysical properties. Midchannel proteolysis increases dramatically with age and can be attenuated with an L-type VGCC blocker in vivo. Midchannel proteolysis represents a novel form of homeostatic negative-feedback processing of VGCCs that could profoundly affect neuronal excitability, neurotransmission, neuroprotection, and calcium signaling in physiological and disease states.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: cacna1c cacnb3 cav1

References [+] :
Altier, The Cavβ subunit prevents RFP2-mediated ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of L-type channels. 2011, Pubmed