2026-04-17T03:18:30Zhttps://recercat.cat/oai/request
oai:recercat.cat:2445/1769052025-12-04T21:13:05Zcom_2072_1057col_2072_478781col_2072_478916col_2072_478917col_2072_478929
RECERCAT author Vicente García, Rubén, 1978- author Escalada, Artur author Villalonga, Núria author Texidó, Laura author Roura-Ferrer, Meritxell author Martín Satué, Mireia author López Iglesias, Carmen author Soler Prat, Concepció author Solsona Sancho, Carles author Tamkun, Michael M. author Felipe Campo, Antonio 2021-04-29T16:14:30Z2021-04-29T16:14:30Z2006-12-082021-04-29T16:14:30Z Voltage-dependent K(+) (Kv) currents in macrophages are mainly mediated by Kv1.3, but biophysical properties indicate that the channel composition could be different from that of T-lymphocytes. K(+) currents in mouse bone marrow-derived and Raw-264.7 macrophages are sensitive to Kv1.3 blockers, but unlike T-cells, macrophages express Kv1.5. Because Shaker subunits (Kv1) may form heterotetrameric complexes, we investigated whether Kv1.5 has a function in Kv currents in macrophages. Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 co-localize at the membrane, and half-activation voltages and pharmacology indicate that K(+) currents may be accounted for by various Kv complexes in macrophages. Co-expression of Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 in human embryonic kidney 293 cells showed that the presence of Kv1.5 leads to a positive shift in K(+) current half-activation voltages and that, like Kv1.3, Kv1.3/Kv1.5 heteromers are sensitive to r-margatoxin. In addition, both proteins co-immunoprecipitate and co-localize. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies further demonstrated that Kv1.5 and Kv1.3 form heterotetramers. Electrophysiological and pharmacological studies of different ratios of Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 co-expressed in Xenopus oocytes suggest that various hybrids might be responsible for K(+) currents in macrophages. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced activation of macrophages increased Kv1.3 with no changes in Kv.1.5, which is consistent with a hyperpolarized shift in half-activation voltage and a lower IC(50) for margatoxin. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Kv1.5 co-associates with Kv1.3, generating functional heterotetramers in macrophages. Changes in the oligomeric composition of functional Kv channels would give rise to different biophysical and pharmacological properties, which could determine specific cellular responses. (c) American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2006 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Canals de potassi Metabolisme Macròfags Potassium channels Metabolism Macrophages Association of Kv1.5 and Kv1.3 contributes to the major voltage-dependent K+ channel in macrophages info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion