2009
Maitotoxin converts the plasmalemmal Ca2+ pump into a Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channel
Sinkins W, Estacion M, Prasad V, Goel M, Shull G, Kunze D, Schilling W. Maitotoxin converts the plasmalemmal Ca2+ pump into a Ca2+-permeable nonselective cation channel. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2009, 297: c1533-c1543. PMID: 19794142, PMCID: PMC2793065, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00252.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCalciumCation Transport ProteinsCationsCell MembraneCells, CulturedDown-RegulationElectric ConductivityFibroblastsHumansIon ChannelsKidneyMarine ToxinsMiceOxocinsPermeabilityPlasma Membrane Calcium-Transporting ATPasesRNA, Small InterferingSpodopteraUp-RegulationConceptsPermeable nonselective cation channelNonselective cation channelsCation channelsSpodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) insect cellsHEK cellsMouse embryonic fibroblastsHuman embryonic kidney 293 cellsEmbryonic kidney 293 cellsKidney 293 cellsInsect cellsEmbryonic fibroblastsWhole-cell membrane currentsMolecular identityCell membrane currentsCell typesPMCACytosolic freeMarine toxinsEnhanced expressionWhole-cell currentsPlasmalemmal Ca2PalytoxinATPaseCellsMaitotoxin
2004
Association of Immunophilins with Mammalian TRPC Channels*
Sinkins W, Goel M, Estacion M, Schilling W. Association of Immunophilins with Mammalian TRPC Channels*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2004, 279: 34521-34529. PMID: 15199065, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401156200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBaculoviridaeBrainCalcium ChannelsCell LineDose-Response Relationship, DrugElectrophysiologyGlutamineHumansImmunoblottingImmunophilinsInsectaMutationPeptidesPrecipitin TestsProlineProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryRatsTacrolimus Binding Protein 1ATacrolimus Binding ProteinsTime FactorsTRPC Cation ChannelsConceptsTRPC channel proteinsChannel proteinsMammalian TRPC channelsTRPC channelsHEK cellsBinding of FKBP12Rat brain lysatesImmunosuppressant drug FK506Receptor-mediated activationSf9 cellsAccessory proteinsRat cerebral cortexImmunophilinsDrug FK506Brain lysatesFKBP52FKBP12Membrane lysatesGln mutationINADProteinFKBP59SignalplexTRPC1Cerebral cortex