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XB-ART-51312
Biochemistry 2015 Jun 30;5425:3911-20. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00390.
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Probing the Redox States of Sodium Channel Cysteines at the Binding Site of μO§-Conotoxin GVIIJ.

Zhang MM , Gajewiak J , Azam L , Bulaj G , Olivera BM , Yoshikami D .


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μO§-Conotoxin GVIIJ is a 35-amino acid peptide that readily blocks six of eight tested NaV1 subunit isoforms of voltage-gated sodium channels. μO§-GVIIJ is unusual in having an S-cysteinylated cysteine (at residue 24). A proposed reaction scheme involves the peptide-channel complex stabilized by a disulfide bond formed via thiol-disulfide exchange between Cys24 of the peptide and a Cys residue at neurotoxin receptor site 8 in the pore module of the channel (specifically, Cys910 of rat NaV1.2). To examine this model, we synthesized seven derivatives of μO§-GVIIJ in which Cys24 was disulfide-bonded to various thiols (or SR groups) and tested them on voltage-clamped Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing NaV1.2. In the proposed model, the SR moiety is a leaving group that is no longer present in the final peptide-channel complex; thus, the same koff value should be obtained regardless of the SR group. We observed that all seven derivatives, whose kon values varied over a 30-fold range, had the same koff value. Concordant results were observed with NaV1.6, for which the koff was 17-fold larger. Additionally, we tested two μO§-GVIIJ derivatives (where SR was glutathione or a free thiol) on two NaV1.2 Cys replacement mutants (NaV1.2[C912A] and NaV1.2[C918A]) without and with reduction of channel disulfides by dithiothreitol. The results indicate that Cys910 in wild-type NaV1.2 has a free thiol and conversely suggest that in NaV1.2[C912A] and NaV1.2[C918A], Cys910 is disulfide-bonded to Cys918 and Cys912, respectively. Redox states of extracellular cysteines of sodium channels have hitherto received scant attention, and further experiments with GVIIJ may help fill this void.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: nav1