Inactivation-mimicking block of the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6

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  Fig. 1. Functional characterization of TRPV6 inhibition by PCHPDs. (A) Representative whole-cell currents recorded from HEK 293 cells expressing hTRPV6 and normalized to their maximal value. Throughout the experiment, 10 mM Ca2+ solution was exchanged to the same solution containing the consecutively added dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), increasing concentrations of cis-22a (0.01 to 3 μM), and followed by La3+, as indicated by the gray bars. The arrows show time points when cis-22a was added. (B) Dose-response curve for hTRPV6 inhibition by cis-22a with calculated IC50 (means ± SEM; Hill coefficient, 1.25; n = 7). The inhibition was calculated relative to the current in DMSO. (C) Representative I-V curves before (DMSO) and after addition of cis-22a (0.1 and 3 μM). (D) Inhibition of hTRPV6- and rTRPV6-mediated currents (means ± SEM and individual values) by 0.1 μM cis-22a. (E) Inhibition of hTRPV6-mediated current (means ± SEM and individual values) by cis-22a and Br-cis-22a at 0.1 μM concentration.

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  Fig. 2. Crystal structure of inhibitor-bound rTRPV6. (A) Chemical structure of the inhibitor Br-cis-22a, with the bromine atom highlighted. (B and C) Side (B) and bottom (C) views of the rTRPV6 tetramer, with each subunit shown in different color. Molecules of Br-cis-22a are shown in yellow. Mesh shows omit (2.5σ, blue) and anomalous difference (3.0σ, pink) electron density. Boxed are regions expanded in (D) and (E). (D and E) Close-up views of the lipid-binding site 2 (LBS-2) (D) and the pore binding site (E). Only two of four TRPV6 subunits are shown in (E), with the front and back subunits removed for clarity.

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  Fig. 3. Cryo-EM structures of hTRPV6 in the absence and presence of different PCHPD inhibitors. (A and B) Side and bottom views of cryo-EM density for hTRPV6 in the absence of inhibitors (A) and in the presence of cis-22a (B), with each subunit shown in a different color and the inhibitor shown in red. Boxed regions in (B) are expanded in (H) and (M). (C to G) Chemical structures of different PCHPD inhibitors. (H to Q) Close-up views of the inhibitor-bound LBS-2 (H to L) and the inhibitor-bound pore binding site (M to Q). In (M) to (Q), only two of four TRPV6 subunits are shown, with the front and back subunits removed for clarity. Red mesh shows densities for different PCHPD inhibitors.

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  Fig. 4. Nonprotein densities surrounding the TM domain of TRPV6. (A and B) Side views of cryo-EM density for the TM domain of hTRPV6 in the absence of inhibitors (A) and in the presence of cis-22a (B). Protein density is nontransparent, with each hTRPV6 subunit shown in a different color. Fourteen well-resolved nonprotein densities per subunit of hTRPV6 are transparent, colored purple (lipids), or colored red (cis-22a) and fitted with CHS [sites 1 to 3 in (A) and sites 1 and 3 in (B)], cis-22a [site 2 in (B)], phosphatidylcholine (sites 4 and 11), or acyl chains (sites 5 to 10 and 12 to 14), shown as sticks. (C and D) Close-up views of density for sites 1 to 3 in the absence of inhibitors (A) and in the presence of cis-22a (B).

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  Fig. 5. Functional analysis of the PCHPD pore binding site. (A) Schematic view of the PCHPD pore binding site in hTRPV6 bound to cis-22a (yellow), with the surrounding residues shown as sticks. (B) Average percentage inhibition of Cd2+ entry into HEK 293 cells transiently expressing wild-type hTRPV6, I575A, and D580N pore mutants in response to a 10-min application of 0.25 μM cis-22a, measured using the FLIPR assay (n = 6; means ± SD). (C) Average amplitude of the whole-cell current (means ± SEM) recorded from HEK 293 cells expressing wild-type hTRPV6 and mutant channels I575A, D580N, D580K, and W583F, normalized to the current amplitude in DMSO (before application of cis-22a). Throughout the experiment, 10 mM Ca2+ solution was exchanged to the same solution containing the consecutively added DMSO, cis-22a (0.1 and 10 μM), and followed by Ca2+-free solution containing La3+, as indicated by the gray bars. (D) Percent inhibition of wild-type and mutant hTRPV6-mediated currents (means ± SEM and individual values) by 0.1 μM (left) and 10 μM (right) cis-22a. (E) Representative whole-cell currents recorded from HEK 293 cells expressing W583F mutant and normalized to the current amplitude in…

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  Fig. 6. Functional analysis of the LBS-2. (A) Schematic view of the LBS-2 in hTRPV6 bound to cis-22a (yellow), with the surrounding residues shown as sticks. (B) Average percentage inhibition of Cd2+ entry into HEK 293 cells transiently expressing wild type hTRPV6 and LBS-2 mutants in response to 10-min application of 0.25 μM cis-22a, measured using the FLIPR assay (n ≥ 6 except for L460F where n = 3; means ± SD). Statistically significant difference in inhibition of the mutant compared to the wild-type channels is indicated by “*” (P < 0.001). (C) Averaged amplitude of whole-cell currents (means ± SEM) recorded from HEK 293 cells expressing wild-type hTRPV6 and mutant channels N464L, R470A, Q483A, and F504Y, normalized to the current amplitude in DMSO (before application of cis-22a). Throughout the experiment, 10 mM Ca2+ solution was exchanged to the same solution containing the consecutively added DMSO, cis-22a (0.1 and 10 μM), and followed by Ca2 +–free solution containing La3+, as indicated by the gray bars. (D) Percent inhibition of wild-type and mutant hTRPV6-mediated currents (means ± SEM and individual values) by 0.1 (left) and 10 (right) μM cis-22a. (E) Representative whole-cell…

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  Fig. 7. Comparison of TRPV6 structures in the open state, inhibited by cis-22a and inactivated by CaM. (A and B) Ion conduction pathway (gray) in the absence of inhibitors (A) and in the presence of cis-22a (B), with residues lining the selectivity filter and around the gate shown as sticks. Only two of four subunits are shown, with the front and back subunits removed for clarity. The π-bulge in the middle of the S6 helices is colored in pink. (C) Pore radius calculated using HOLE (62) for hTRPV6-CtD in the absence of inhibitors (orange) and in the presence of cis-22a (dark green) and for the hTRPV6-FL in the closed (cyan, hTRPV6-R470E; PDB ID: 6BOA), open (yellow, hTRPV6; PDB ID: 6BO8), and inactivated (light green, hTRPV6-CaM; PDB ID: 6E2F) states. (D to F) Pore domains in hTRPV6 structures inactivated by CaM (D), bound to cis-22a (E), and their superposition (F). Only two of four hTRPV6 subunits are shown, with the front and back subunits removed for clarity. Molecules of cis-22a and CaM are colored yellow and purple, respectively. Calcium ions are shown as blue spheres. Side chains of residues lining the binding sites for cis-22a, CaM and calcium, and CaM residue K115 are shown as…