Previous studies have indicated that ERp44 inhibits inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP 3 )-induced Ca 2+ release (IICR) via IP 3 R 1 , but the mechanism remains largely unexplored. Using extracellular ATP to induce intracellular calcium transient as an IICR model, Ca 2+ image, pull down assay, and Western blotting experiments were carried out in the present study. We found that extracellular ATP induced calcium transient via IP 3 Rs (IICR) and the IICR were markedly decreased in ERp44 overexpressed Hela cells. The inhibitory effect of C160S/ C212S but not C29S/T396A/ΔT(331-377) mutants of ERp44 on IICR were significantly decreased compared with ERp44. However, the binding capacity of ERp44 to L3V domain of IP 3 R 1 (1L3V) was enhanced by ERp44 C160S/C212S mutation. Taken together, these results suggest that the mutants of ERp44, C160/C212, can more tightly bind to IP 3 R 1 but exhibit a weak inhibition of IP 3 R 1 channel activity in Hela cells.
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