L-type calcium channel activity in osteoblast cells is regulated by the actin cytoskeleton independent of protein trafficking

  • Fangping Li
  • , Wenwei Wang
  • , Ming Gu
  • , Stefka Gyoneva
  • , Jie Zhang
  • , Shiying Huang
  • , Stephen F. Traynelis
  • , Hui Cai
  • , Sandra E. Guggino
  • , Xuemei Zhang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channels (VDCC) play important roles in many cellular processes. The interaction of the actin cytoskeleton with the channel in nonexcitable cells is less well understood. We performed whole-cell patch-clamp surface biotinylation and calcium imaging on different osteoblast cells to determine channel kinetics, amplitude, surface abundance, and intracellular calcium, respectively. Patch-clamp studies showed that actin polymerization by phalloidin increased the peak current density of I Ca, whereas actin depolymerization by cytochalasin D (CD) significantly decreased the current amplitude. This result is consistent with calcium imaging, which showed that CD significantly decreased Bay K8644-induced intracellular calcium increase. Surface biotinylation studies showed that CD is not able to affect the surface expression of the pore-forming subunit α 1C. Interestingly, application of CD caused a significantly negative shift in the steady-state inactivation kinetics of I Ca. There were decreases in the voltage at half-maximal inactivation that changed in a dosedependent manner. CD also reduced the effect of activated vitamin D 3 (1α,25-D3) on VDCC and intracellular calcium. Weconclude that in osteoblasts the actin cytoskeleton affects α 1C by altering the channel kinetic properties, instead of changing the surface expression, and it is able to regulate 1α,25-D3 signaling through VDCC. Our study provides a new insight into calcium regulation in osteoblasts, which are essential in many physiological functions of this cell.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)515-525
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
Volume29
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Actin cytoskeleton
  • Depolymerization
  • Osteoblast
  • Polymerization
  • Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel

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