PMID- 25148687 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150206 LR - 20211021 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 289 IP - 41 DP - 2014 Oct 10 TI - Tandem pore domain halothane-inhibited K+ channel subunits THIK1 and THIK2 assemble and form active channels. PG - 28202-12 LID - 10.1074/jbc.M114.600437 [doi] AB - Despite a high level of sequence homology, tandem pore domain halothane-inhibited K(+) channel 1 (THIK1) produces background K(+) currents, whereas THIK2 is silent. This lack of activity is due to a unique combination of intracellular retention and weak basal activity in the plasma membrane. Here, we designed THIK subunits containing dominant negative mutations (THIK1(DN) and THIK2(DN)). THIK2(DN) mutant inhibits THIK1 currents, whereas THIK1(DN) inhibits an activated form of THIK2 (THIK2-A155P-I158D). In situ proximity ligation assays and Forster/fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) experiments support a physical association between THIK1 and THIK2. Next, we expressed covalent tandems of THIK proteins to obtain expression of pure heterodimers. Td-THIK1-THIK2 (where Td indicates tandem) produces K(+) currents of amplitude similar to Td-THIK1-THIK1 but with a noticeable difference in the current kinetics. Unlike Td-THIK2-THIK2 that is mainly detected in the endoplasmic reticulum, Td-THIK1-THIK2 distributes at the plasma membrane, indicating that THIK1 can mask the endoplasmic reticulum retention/retrieval motif of THIK2. Kinetics and unitary conductance of Td-THIK1-THIK2 are intermediate between THIK1 and THIK2. Altogether, these results show that THIK1 and THIK2 form active heteromeric channels, further expanding the known repertoire of K(+) channels. CI - (c) 2014 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Blin, Sandy AU - Blin S AD - From LabEx ICST, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, and Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France and. FAU - Chatelain, Franck C AU - Chatelain FC AD - From LabEx ICST, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, and Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France and. FAU - Feliciangeli, Sylvain AU - Feliciangeli S AD - From LabEx ICST, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, and Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France and. FAU - Kang, Dawon AU - Kang D AD - the Department of Physiology and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, School of Medicine, Jinju 660-751, South Korea. FAU - Lesage, Florian AU - Lesage F AD - From LabEx ICST, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, and Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France and lesage@ipmc.cnrs.fr. FAU - Bichet, Delphine AU - Bichet D AD - From LabEx ICST, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, and Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France and. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140822 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Chlorides) RN - 0 (KCNK12 protein, human) RN - 0 (KCNK13 protein, human) RN - 0 (Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - RWP5GA015D (Potassium) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Chlorides/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Dogs MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Ion Transport MH - Kinetics MH - Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells MH - Membrane Potentials MH - Models, Molecular MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation MH - Oocytes/cytology/physiology MH - Patch-Clamp Techniques MH - Potassium/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Structure, Secondary MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Xenopus laevis PMC - PMC4192476 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Electrophysiology OT - K2P Channels OT - KCNK OT - Plasma Membrane OT - Potassium Channel OT - Protein Assembly OT - Protein Complex EDAT- 2014/08/26 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/07 06:00 PMCR- 2015/10/10 CRDT- 2014/08/23 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/10/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)37081-2 [pii] AID - M114.600437 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M114.600437 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2014 Oct 10;289(41):28202-12. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.600437. Epub 2014 Aug 22.