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
2001
Regulation of Drosophila TRPL Channels by Immunophilin FKBP59*
Goel M, Garcia R, Estacion M, Schilling W. Regulation of Drosophila TRPL Channels by Immunophilin FKBP59*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2001, 276: 38762-38773. PMID: 11514552, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104125200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBinding SitesCalciumCalmodulin-Binding ProteinsCationsCell LineChelating AgentsDNA, ComplementaryDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEgtazic AcidElectrophysiologyGene LibraryGlutathione TransferaseHumansImmunohistochemistryInsectaMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular Sequence DataMutationPhotoreceptor Cells, InvertebratePolymerase Chain ReactionPrecipitin TestsProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant ProteinsSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal TransductionTacrolimus Binding ProteinsTime FactorsTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsTwo-Hybrid System TechniquesConceptsS2 cellsTRPL channelsDrosophila head cDNA libraryDrosophila photoreceptor cellsHuman FK506-binding proteinMultimeric signaling complexesTwo-hybrid screenDrosophila S2 cellsDrosophila TRPL channelsSf9 cell lysatesFK506-binding proteinChannel activitySite-directed mutagenesisCytoplasmic membrane surfaceFura-2 assayTransient receptor potentialDrosophila homologPermeable cation channelSignaling ComplexNovel proteinCDNA librarySf9 cellsINADCytoplasmic mouthChannel regulation
1999
Maitotoxin activates a nonselective cation channel and a P2Z/P2X7-like cytolytic pore in human skin fibroblasts
Schilling W, Sinkins W, Estacion M. Maitotoxin activates a nonselective cation channel and a P2Z/P2X7-like cytolytic pore in human skin fibroblasts. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: c755-c765. PMID: 10516106, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.4.c755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffects of maitotoxinConcentration-dependent increaseNonselective cation channelsCation channelsHuman skin fibroblastsPlasmalemmal permeabilitySkin fibroblastsUptake of ethidiumIntracellular fura-2Cytolytic poreYO-PRO-1Permeable cation channelFura-2Receptor stimulationTypes of cellsCytosolic freeLactate dehydrogenaseMembrane currentsPotent cytolytic agentCytolytic agentsMaitotoxinCell typesPresent studyCell levelSingle-cell level
1996
Calcium is permeable through a maitotoxin-activated nonselective cation channel in mouse L cells
Estacion M, Nguyen H, Gargus J. Calcium is permeable through a maitotoxin-activated nonselective cation channel in mouse L cells. American Journal Of Physiology 1996, 270: c1145-c1152. PMID: 8928742, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.4.c1145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonselective cation channelsCation channelsCalcium-activated potassium channelsPlatelet-derived growth factorIntracellular calciumGrowth factor responseExtracellular calciumSecondary activationPotassium channelsGrowth factorFactor responseL cellsCell typesCalciumMouse L cellsL-cell fibroblastsMouse L-cell fibroblastsCell fibroblastsCellsIrreversible opening