FRET-based trilateration of probes bound within functional ryanodine receptors

Biophys J. 2014 Nov 4;107(9):2037-48. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.029.

Abstract

To locate the biosensor peptide DPc10 bound to ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca(2+) channels, we developed an approach that combines fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), simulated-annealing, cryo-electron microscopy, and crystallographic data. DPc10 is identical to the 2460-2495 segment within the cardiac muscle RyR isoform (RyR2) central domain. DPc10 binding to RyR2 results in a pathologically elevated Ca(2+) leak by destabilizing key interactions between the RyR2 N-terminal and central domains (unzipping). To localize the DPc10 binding site within RyR2, we measured FRET between five single-cysteine variants of the FK506-binding protein (FKBP) labeled with a donor probe, and DPc10 labeled with an acceptor probe (A-DPc10). Effective donor positions were calculated from simulated-annealing constrained by both the RyR cryo-EM map and the FKBP atomic structure docked to the RyR. FRET to A-DPc10 was measured in permeabilized cardiomyocytes via confocal microscopy, converted to distances, and used to trilaterate the acceptor locus within RyR. Additional FRET measurements between donor-labeled calmodulin and A-DPc10 were used to constrain the trilaterations. Results locate the DPc10 probe within RyR domain 3, ?35 Å from the previously docked N-terminal domain crystal structure. This multiscale approach may be useful in mapping other RyR sites of mechanistic interest within FRET range of FKBP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Calmodulin / chemistry
  • Computer Simulation
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy / methods*
  • Crystallography / methods*
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer / methods*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Molecular Structure
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / chemistry
  • Peptide Fragments / metabolism
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / chemistry*
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / genetics
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / metabolism
  • Tacrolimus Binding Proteins / chemistry

Substances

  • Calmodulin
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
  • ryanodine receptor calcium release channel (2460-2495), synthetic
  • Tacrolimus Binding Proteins
  • tacrolimus binding protein 1B