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Stac proteins associate with the critical domain for excitation-contraction coupling in the II-III loop of Ca1.1

Journal of General Physiology, ISSN: 1540-7748, Vol: 150, Issue: 4, Page: 613-624
2018
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In skeletal muscle, residues 720-764/5 within the Ca1.1 II-III loop form a critical domain that plays an essential role in transmitting the excitation-contraction (EC) coupling Ca release signal to the type 1 ryanodine receptor (RyR1) in the sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, the identities of proteins that interact with the loop and its critical domain and the mechanism by which the II-III loop regulates RyR1 gating remain unknown. Recent work has shown that EC coupling in skeletal muscle of fish and mice depends on the presence of Stac3, an adaptor protein that is highly expressed only in skeletal muscle. Here, by using colocalization as an indicator of molecular interactions, we show that Stac3, as well as Stac1 and Stac2 (predominantly neuronal Stac isoforms), interact with the II-III loop of Ca1.1. Further, we find that these Stac proteins promote the functional expression of Ca1.1 in tsA201 cells and support EC coupling in Stac3-null myotubes and that Stac3 is the most effective. Coexpression in tsA201 cells reveals that Stac3 interacts only with II-III loop constructs containing the majority of the Ca1.1 critical domain residues. By coexpressing Stac3 in dysgenic (Ca1.1-null) myotubes together with Ca1 constructs whose chimeric II-III loops had previously been tested for functionality, we reveal that the ability of Stac3 to interact with them parallels the ability of these constructs to mediate skeletal type EC coupling. Based on coexpression in tsA201 cells, the interaction of Stac3 with the II-III loop critical domain does not require the presence of the PKC C1 domain in Stac3, but it does require the first of the two SH3 domains. Collectively, our results indicate that activation of RyR1 Ca release by Ca1.1 depends on Stac3 being bound to critical domain residues in the II-III loop.

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