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Ion channel regulation by syntaxin 1a (p. 783)

Ion channels are regulated by a host of factors, including membrane potential, ligands, intracellular messengers and, perhaps less obviously, SNARE proteins that control membrane fusion. The t-SNARE syntaxin 1a, for example, regulates the cAMP-dependent C1^- channel CFTR, N-type Ca²⁺ channels and K⁺ channels. But does such regulation involve a direct effect on channel gating or indirect effects on membrane trafficking? Deborah Nelson and co-workers have examined the mechanism by which syntaxin 1a regulates CFTR activity. They demonstrate that syntaxin 1a directly interacts with CFTR and decreases the open probability (P_o) of the channel in excised inside-out patches from airway epithelial cells. Since membrane capacitance (which provides a measure of changes in cell surface area and hence exocytosis/endocytosis) is unaffected by syntaxin 1a, the authors convincingly rule out an effect of membrane trafficking. They speculate that a direct protein-protein interaction is a common mechanism for regulation of ion channels by SNAREs, suggesting that coordination of ion channel activity and membrane fusion could be advantageous in certain cells.

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