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- Title
The Gárdos Channel and Piezo1 Revisited: Comparison between Reticulocytes and Mature Red Blood Cells.
- Authors
Petkova-Kirova, Polina; Murciano, Nicoletta; Iacono, Giulia; Jansen, Julia; Simionato, Greta; Qiao, Min; van der Zwaan, Carmen; Rotordam, Maria Giustina; John, Thomas; Hertz, Laura; Hoogendijk, Arjan J.; Becker, Nadine; Wagner, Christian; von Lindern, Marieke; Egee, Stephane; van den Akker, Emile; Kaestner, Lars
- Abstract
The Gárdos channel (KCNN4) and Piezo1 are the best-known ion channels in the red blood cell (RBC) membrane. Nevertheless, the quantitative electrophysiological behavior of RBCs and its heterogeneity are still not completely understood. Here, we use state-of-the-art biochemical methods to probe for the abundance of the channels in RBCs. Furthermore, we utilize automated patch clamp, based on planar chips, to compare the activity of the two channels in reticulocytes and mature RBCs. In addition to this characterization, we performed membrane potential measurements to demonstrate the effect of channel activity and interplay on the RBC properties. Both the Gárdos channel and Piezo1, albeit their average copy number of activatable channels per cell is in the single-digit range, can be detected through transcriptome analysis of reticulocytes. Proteomics analysis of reticulocytes and mature RBCs could only detect Piezo1 but not the Gárdos channel. Furthermore, they can be reliably measured in the whole-cell configuration of the patch clamp method. While for the Gárdos channel, the activity in terms of ion currents is higher in reticulocytes compared to mature RBCs, for Piezo1, the tendency is the opposite. While the interplay between Piezo1 and Gárdos channel cannot be followed using the patch clamp measurements, it could be proved based on membrane potential measurements in populations of intact RBCs. We discuss the Gárdos channel and Piezo1 abundance, interdependencies and interactions in the context of their proposed physiological and pathophysiological functions, which are the passing of small constrictions, e.g., in the spleen, and their active participation in blood clot formation and thrombosis.
- Subjects
ERYTHROCYTES; RETICULOCYTES; ION channels; THROMBOSIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; MEMBRANE potential
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 3, p1416
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms25031416