Ca2+ Signaling by TRPC3 Involves Na+ Entry and Local Coupling to the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger*

By Christian Rosker, Annarita Graziani, M. Lukas, P. Eder, M. Zhu, C. Romanin, K. Groschner. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004

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TRPC3 has been suggested as a key component of phospholipase C-dependent Ca2+ signaling. Here we investigated the role of TRPC3-mediated Na+ entry as a determinant of plasmalemmal Na+/Ca2+ exchange. Ca2+ signals generated by TRPC3 overexpression in HEK293 cells were found to be dependent on extracellular Na+, in that carbachol-stimulated Ca2+ entry into TRPC3 expressing cells was significantly suppressed when extracellular Na+ was reduced to 5 mm. Moreover, KB-R9743 (5 μm) an inhibitor of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) strongly suppressed TRPC3-mediated Ca2+ entry but not TRPC3-mediated Na+ currents. NCX1 immunoreactivity was detectable in HEK293 as well as in TRPC3-overexpressing HEK293 cells, and reduction of extracellular Na+ after Na+ loading with monensin resulted in significant rises in intracellular free Ca2+ (Ca2+i) of HEK293 cells. Similar rises in Ca2+i were recorded in TRPC3-overexpressing cells upon the reduction of extracellular Na+ subsequent to stimulation with carbachol. These increases in Ca2+i were associated with outward membrane currents at positive potentials and inhibited by KB-R7943 (5 μm), chelation of extracellular Ca2+, or dominant negative suppression of TRPC3 channel function. This suggests that Ca2+ entry into TRPC3-expressing cells involves reversed mode Na+/Ca2+ exchange. Cell fractionation experiments demonstrated co-localization of TRPC3 and NCX1 in low density membrane fractions, and co-immunoprecipitation experiments provided evidence for association of TRPC3 and NCX1. Glutathione S-transferase pull-down experiments revealed that NCX1 interacts with the cytosolic C terminus of TRPC3. We suggest functional and physical interaction of nonselective TRPC cation channels with NCX proteins as a novel principle of TRPC-mediated Ca2+ signaling.

Subfields: Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Sensory Systems

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