Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: Molecular Determinants of Kv1.3 Potassium Channels-induced Proliferation *
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.678995
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of the Kv1.3 and Kv1.5 mutant channels containing the YS segment. A , average normalized activation and inactivation curves are shown as conductance-voltage relationships for Kv1.3, Kv1.5, the truncated Kv1.3-YS channel, and the chimeras Kv1.5-YS 532 and Kv1.5-YS 613 . All datasets were fitted to Boltzmann functions. Each data point is the mean ± S.E. of 6–11 cells. B , confocal images of non-permeabilized cells transfected with Kv1.3-YS-Cherry, Kv1.5-YS 532 -EGFP, and Kv1.5-YS 613 -EGFP. An extracellular anti-Kv1.3 antibody was used to label Kv1.3-YS ( green ), whereas the extracellular anti-Kv1.5 antibody was used for Kv1.5-YS 532 and Kv1.5-YS 613 chimeras ( red ). Nuclei were stained by Hoechst ( blue ). C , proliferation rate of the indicated channels or GFP-transfected cells (control) was determined by measuring EdU incorporation. Significant differences when comparing to Kv1.3 (*) or to control (#) are indicated. Statistical analysis was performed with one-way ANOVA followed by a Tukey's HSD multiple comparison. Each bar is the average of 9–15 determinations from 5 different assays. D , the average peak current amplitude obtained in cell-attached experiments for Kv1.5 channels and all the Kv1.5 chimeras was plotted against the % of the channels expressed at the plasma membrane ( upper graph ) or their normalized effect on proliferation (taking 100% as the proliferation rate of GFP-transfected HEK cells, lower graph ). The correlation between expression and current was fit to a linear regression curve ( y = 18.54 + 0.0066x, R 2 = 0.85, p = 0.008), but there was no correlation between proliferation and current amplitude ( R 2 = 0.23, p = 0.19).
Article Snippet: Non-permeabilized cells were incubated with anti-Kv1.3 or anti Kv1.5 extracellular primary antibodies (APC101 or APC150, Alomone Labs), whereas permeabilized cells were incubated with anti-Kv1.3 COOH (75-009, NeuroMab) or anti-Kv1.5 COOH (APC004, Alomone Labs), all at a final concentration of 1:50.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Activation Assay, Transfection, Staining, Expressing