TY - JOUR T1 - The N-terminal Ca<sup>2+</sup>-Independent Calmodulin-Binding Site on the Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate Receptor Is Responsible for Calmodulin Inhibition, Even Though This Inhibition Requires Ca<sup>2+</sup> JF - Molecular Pharmacology JO - Mol Pharmacol SP - 276 LP - 284 DO - 10.1124/mol.66.2.276 VL - 66 IS - 2 AU - Nael Nadif Kasri AU - Geert Bultynck AU - Jeremy Smyth AU - Karolina Szlufcik AU - Jan B. Parys AU - Geert Callewaert AU - Ludwig Missiaen AU - Rafael A. Fissore AU - Katsuhiko Mikoshiba AU - Humbert de Smedt Y1 - 2004/08/01 UR - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/66/2/276.abstract N2 - Calmodulin (CaM) is a ubiquitous Ca2+-sensor protein that plays an important role in regulating a large number of Ca2+ channels, including the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R). CaM binds to the IP3R at Ca2+-dependent as well as at Ca2+-independent interaction sites. In this study, we have investigated the Ca2+-independent CaM-binding site for its role in the regulation of the Ca2+-dependent bell-shaped activation curve of the IP3R. Suramin, a polysulfonated napthylurea, displaced CaM in both the presence and the absence of Ca2+. Suramin competed with CaM for binding to different peptides representing the previously identified CaM-binding sites on IP3R1. By interacting with the N-terminal Ca2+-independent CaM-binding site, suramin mimicked the functional effect of CaM and induced an allosteric but competitive inhibition of IP3 binding. Therefore, suramin also potently inhibited IP3-induced Ca2+ release (IICR) from permeabilized cells predominantly expressing IP3R1 (L15 fibroblasts) or IP3R3 (Lvec fibroblasts), even though the IP3R3 does not contain Ca2+-dependent CaM-binding sites. Furthermore, we have found that CaM1234, a CaM mutated in its four EF hands, inhibited IICR in a Ca2+-dependent way with the same potency as CaM. We conclude that CaM inhibits IICR via the N-terminal binding site. The inhibition requires Ca2+ but CaM itself is not the Ca2+ sensor for the inhibition of the IP3R. ER -