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Published 19 July 2004. doi:10.1083/jcb.200309146
The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525 $8.00
JCB, Volume 166, Number 2, 193-203
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Bcl-2 functionally interacts with inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors to regulate calcium release from the ER in response to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate



Rui Chen1, Ignacio Valencia2, Fei Zhong1, Karen S. McColl1, H. Llewelyn Roderick3, Martin D. Bootman3, Michael J. Berridge3, Stuart J. Conway4, Andrew B. Holmes4, Gregory A. Mignery5, Patricio Velez2, and Clark W. Distelhorst1

1 Department of Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106
2 Center for Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Faculty of Sciences, University of Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
3 Laboratory of Molecular Signaling, The Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridge, CB2 4AT, UK
4 Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
5 Department of Physiology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153

Address correspondence to Clark W. Distelhorst, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-4937. Tel.: (216) 368-4546. Fax: (216) 368-1166. email: cwd{at}case.edu

Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) receptors (InsP3Rs) are channels responsible for calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We show that the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 (either wild type or selectively localized to the ER) significantly inhibited InsP3-mediated calcium release and elevation of cytosolic calcium in WEHI7.2 T cells. This inhibition was due to an effect of Bcl-2 at the level of InsP3Rs because responses to both anti-CD3 antibody and a cell-permeant InsP3 ester were decreased. Bcl-2 inhibited the extent of calcium release from the ER of permeabilized WEHI7.2 cells, even at saturating concentrations of InsP3, without decreasing luminal calcium concentration. Furthermore, Bcl-2 reduced the open probability of purified InsP3Rs reconstituted into lipid bilayers. Bcl-2 and InsP3Rs were detected together in macromolecular complexes by coimmunoprecipitation and blue native gel electrophoresis. We suggest that this functional interaction of Bcl-2 with InsP3Rs inhibits InsP3R activation and thereby regulates InsP3-induced calcium release from the ER.

Key Words: InsP3 receptor; calcium signaling; apoptosis; calcium channel; T cell receptor


Abbreviations used in this paper: BN-PAGE, blue native–PAGE; ECB, extracellular buffer; D-myo InsP3BM, D-myo InsP3 hexakisbutyryloxymethyl ester; ICB, intracellular buffer; IL-2, interleukin-2; InsP3, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate; InsP3R, InsP3 receptor; TCR, T cell receptor; TG, thapsigargin; TMRE, tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester.


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