Interaction of ATP sensor, cAMP sensor, Ca2+ sensor, and voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel in insulin granule exocytosis

J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 27;279(9):7956-61. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M309068200. Epub 2003 Dec 3.

Abstract

ATP, cAMP, and Ca(2+) are the major signals in the regulation of insulin granule exocytosis in pancreatic beta cells. The sensors and regulators of these signals have been characterized individually. The ATP-sensitive K(+) channel, acting as the ATP sensor, couples cell metabolism to membrane potential. cAMP-GEFII, acting as a cAMP sensor, mediates cAMP-dependent, protein kinase A-independent exocytosis, which requires interaction with both Piccolo as a Ca(2+) sensor and Rim2 as a Rab3 effector. l-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (VDCCs) regulate Ca(2+) influx. In the present study, we demonstrate interactions of these molecules. Sulfonylurea receptor 1, a subunit of ATP-sensitive K(+) channels, interacts specifically with cAMP-GEFII through nucleotide-binding fold 1, and the interaction is decreased by a high concentration of cAMP. Localization of cAMP-GEFII overlaps with that of Rim2 in plasma membrane of insulin-secreting MIN6 cells. Localization of Rab3 co-incides with that of Rim2. Rim2 mutant lacking the Rab3 binding region, when overexpressed in MIN6 cells, is localized exclusively in cytoplasm, and impairs cAMP-dependent exocytosis in MIN6 cells. In addition, Rim2 and Piccolo bind directly to the alpha(1)1.2-subunit of VDCC. These results indicate that ATP sensor, cAMP sensor, Ca(2+) sensor, and VDCC interact with each other, which further suggests that ATP, cAMP, and Ca(2+) signals in insulin granule exocytosis are integrated in a specialized domain of pancreatic beta cells to facilitate stimulus-secretion coupling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / genetics
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / metabolism
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • COS Cells
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Channels / physiology*
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cell Membrane / chemistry
  • Cyclic AMP / metabolism*
  • Cyclic AMP / pharmacology
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Cytoplasmic Granules / metabolism
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / genetics
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins / physiology
  • Exocytosis / physiology*
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Glutathione Transferase / genetics
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Humans
  • Insulin / metabolism*
  • Insulin Secretion
  • Insulinoma
  • Maltose-Binding Proteins
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Mice
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Neuropeptides / genetics
  • Neuropeptides / physiology
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Potassium Channels / physiology
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / genetics
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Signal Transduction
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1
  • Calcium Channels
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
  • Insulin
  • Maltose-Binding Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Neuropeptides
  • PCLO protein, human
  • Pclo protein, mouse
  • Pclo protein, rat
  • Potassium Channels
  • Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
  • RIMS1 protein, human
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Rim protein, mammalian
  • Rims1 protein, mouse
  • Rims1 protein, rat
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Cyclic AMP
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • GTP-Binding Proteins
  • Calcium