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Innexin-3 forms connexin-like intercellular channels.

Y Landesman1, T W White, T A Starich

  • 1Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Journal of Cell Science
|June 25, 1999
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Innexin genes encode invertebrate intercellular channels. Researchers confirmed Caenorhabditis elegans INX-3 forms functional channels, showing conserved properties with connexins.

Area of Science:

  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Innexins are a large gene family suspected to form invertebrate gap junction channels.
  • Previous studies showed limited functional evidence for innexin-mediated intercellular communication.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the channel-forming capacity of Caenorhabditis elegans innexins INX-3 and EAT-5.
  • To analyze the functional properties, including gating, of INX-3 channels.

Main Methods:

  • Heterologous expression of INX-3 and EAT-5 in paired Xenopus oocytes.
  • Electrophysiological recordings to assess electrical coupling.
  • Functional analysis of voltage and pH gating for INX-3.

Main Results:

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  • INX-3 expression induced significant electrical coupling between oocytes, indicating channel formation.
  • EAT-5 expression did not result in detectable electrical coupling.
  • INX-3 channels exhibited conserved voltage and pH gating properties similar to connexins.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides strong evidence that innexin genes encode functional intercellular channels.
  • INX-3 is a functional channel-forming protein in C. elegans.
  • Innexin channel properties show remarkable conservation with vertebrate connexins, suggesting a shared evolutionary origin for gap junction proteins.