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• W3194565485 abstract "Abstract Connexin-50 (Cx50) is among the most frequently mutated genes associated with congenital cataracts. While most of these disease-linked variants cause loss-of-function due to misfolding or aberrant trafficking, others directly alter channel properties. The mechanistic bases for such functional defects are mostly unknown. We investigated the functional and structural properties of a cataract-linked mutant, Cx50T39R (T39R), in the Xenopus oocyte system. T39R exhibited greatly enhanced hemichannel currents with altered voltage-gating properties compared to Cx50 and induced cell death. Co-expression of mutant T39R with wild-type Cx50 (to mimic the heterozygous state) resulted in hemichannel currents whose properties were indistinguishable from those induced by T39R alone, suggesting that the mutant had a dominant effect. Co-expression with Cx46 also produced channels with altered voltage-gating properties, particularly at negative potentials. All-atom molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the R39 substitution can form multiple electrostatic salt-bridge interactions between neighboring subunits that could stabilize the open-state conformation of the N-terminal domain, while also neutralizing the voltage-sensing residue D3 as well as residue E42 which participates in loop-gating. Together, these results suggest T39R acts as a dominant gain-of-function mutation that produces leaky hemichannels that may cause cytotoxicity in the lens and lead to development of cataracts. Statement of significance We investigated the functional and structural properties of a cataract-linked mutant, Cx50T39R (T39R), in the Xenopus oocyte system and showed that T39R exhibited greatly enhanced hemichannel currents with altered voltage-gating properties compared to Cx50 and induced cell death. Consistent with our experimental findings, all-atom equilibrium state molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of T39R show that R39 stabilized the open-state configuration of the N-terminal (NT) domain from an adjacent subunit. These results suggest that T39R causes disease by preventing the hemichannels from closing when present in the plasma membrane in the undocked state and provide an atomistic rationalization for the Cx50 disease-linked phenotype. They also expand our understanding of how connexin hemichannel channel gating is controlled." @default.
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• W3194565485 date "2021-08-19" @default.
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• W3194565485 title "Molecular mechanisms underlying enhanced hemichannel function of a cataract-associated Cx50 mutant" @default.
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