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      Role of aspartate 298 in mouse 5-HT3A receptor gating and modulation by extracellular Ca2+.

      The Journal of Physiology
      Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Aspartic Acid, chemistry, metabolism, Calcium, pharmacology, Cell Line, Dopamine, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Humans, Ion Channel Gating, drug effects, Kidney, Membrane Potentials, Mice, Molecular Sequence Data, Point Mutation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT3, genetics, Serotonin, analogs & derivatives, Serotonin 5-HT3 Receptor Agonists, Serotonin Receptor Agonists, Transfection

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          The TM2-TM3 extracellular loop is critical for activation of the Cys-loop family of ligand-gated ion channels. The contribution of aspartate 298 (D298), an amino acid that links the transmembrane domain 2 (TM2) to the TM2-TM3 loop, in mouse 5-hydroxytryptamine(3A) (5-HT(3A)) receptor function was probed with site-directed mutagenesis in the present study. This negatively charged residue was replaced with an alanine to neutralize the charge, with a glutamate to conserve the charge, or with an arginine to reverse the charge. Human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK 293) cells transfected with the wild-type and mutant receptors were studied by combining whole-cell patch-clamp recording with fast agonist application. The D-->A or D-->R mutations resulted in a receptor with reduced 5-HT potency, and accelerated kinetics of desensitization and deactivation. In addition, the efficacy of partial agonists was reduced by the D-->A mutation. The D-->E mutation produced a receptor with properties similar to those of the wild-type receptor. In addition, the potential role of this residue in modulation of the receptor by extracellular calcium ([Ca(2)(+)](o)) was investigated. Increasing [Ca(2)(+)](o) inhibited 5-HT-activated currents and altered receptor kinetics in a similar manner in the wild-type and D298E receptors, and this alteration was eliminated by the D-->A and D-->R mutations. Our data suggest that the charge at D298 participates in transitions between functional states of the 5-HT(3A) receptor, and provide evidence that the charge of the side-chain at residue D298 contributes to channel gating kinetics and is crucial for Ca(2)(+) modulation.

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