TRPM4 regulates calcium oscillations after T cell activation

Science. 2004 Nov 19;306(5700):1374-7. doi: 10.1126/science.1098845.

Abstract

TRPM4 has recently been described as a calcium-activated nonselective (CAN) cation channel that mediates membrane depolarization. However, the functional importance of TRPM4 in the context of calcium (Ca2+) signaling and its effect on cellular responses are not known. Here, the molecular inhibition of endogenous TRPM4 in T cells was shown to suppress TRPM4 currents, with a profound influence on receptor-mediated Ca2+ mobilization. Agonist-mediated oscillations in intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), which are driven by store-operated Ca2+ influx, were transformed into a sustained elevation in [Ca2+]i. This increase in Ca2+ influx enhanced interleukin-2 production. Thus, TRPM4-mediated depolarization modulates Ca2+ oscillations, with downstream effects on cytokine production in T lymphocytes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Channels / immunology
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism*
  • Calcium Signaling*
  • Cation Transport Proteins / immunology
  • Cation Transport Proteins / metabolism*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Interleukin-2 / metabolism
  • Jurkat Cells
  • Lymphocyte Activation*
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Mice
  • Patch-Clamp Techniques
  • Phytohemagglutinins / pharmacology
  • RNA Interference
  • Sodium / metabolism
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / metabolism*
  • TRPM Cation Channels

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Cation Transport Proteins
  • Interleukin-2
  • Phytohemagglutinins
  • TRPM Cation Channels
  • TRPM4 protein, human
  • TRPM4 protein, mouse
  • Sodium
  • Calcium