Potassium channel, subfamily K, member 13 (KCNK13), also known as K2P13.1 or THIK-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNK13 gene. It is a potassium channel containing two pore-forming P domains.[5][6]
Function

K2P13.1 was first discovered in 2000 from a rat cDNA library, along with the closely related protein K2P12.1[5] The two channels were named tandem pore domain halothane-inhibited K+ channel 1 and 2 (THIK-1 and THIK-2) because the anesthetic halothane inhibited the potassium current. THIK-1 was also shown to be activated by arachidonic acid and displayed mild voltage dependence, with moderate outward rectification at low external K+ and weak inward rectification with nearly symmetrical K+ concentrations.[5][8] Later research showed that THIK-1 can be activated by G-protein-coupled receptor pathways[9] and by polyanionic lipids such as PIP2 and oleoyl-CoA.[10]
In humans, THIK-1 expression is almost exclusively restricted to microglia, where it functions as the main potassium channel and is responsible for maintaining their resting membrane potential through tonic background potassium conductance.[11] THIK-1 activity can regulate microglial ramification, surveillance, NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and subsequent release of pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β).[12][13][14] It also plays a role in cell shrinkage during apoptosis via caspase-8 cleavage.[15]
See also
References
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- ^ Rödström KE, Eymsh B, Proks P, Hayre MS, Madry C, Rowland A, Newstead S, Baukrowitz T, Schewe M (2024-06-27), CryoEM Structure of the human THIK-1 K2P K+ Channel Reveals a Lower 'Y-gate' Regulated by Lipids and Anaesthetics, doi:10.1101/2024.06.26.600475, retrieved 2024-12-04
- ^ Aggarwal P, Singh S, Ravichandiran V (2021-08-01). "Two-Pore Domain Potassium Channel in Neurological Disorders". The Journal of Membrane Biology. 254 (4): 367–380. doi:10.1007/s00232-021-00189-8. ISSN 1432-1424. PMID 34169340.
- ^ Tateyama M, Kubo Y (2023-04-26). "Regulation of the two-pore domain potassium channel, THIK-1 and THIK-2, by G protein coupled receptors". PLOS ONE. 18 (4): e0284962. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1884962T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0284962. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 10132538. PMID 37099539.
- ^ Riel EB, Jürs BC, Cordeiro S, Musinszki M, Schewe M, Baukrowitz T (2022-02-07). "The versatile regulation of K2P channels by polyanionic lipids of the phosphoinositide and fatty acid metabolism". Journal of General Physiology. 154 (2). doi:10.1085/jgp.202112989. ISSN 0022-1295. PMC 8693234. PMID 34928298.
- ^ Rifat A, Ossola B, Bürli RW, Dawson LA, Brice NL, Rowland A, Lizio M, Xu X, Page K, Fidzinski P, Onken J, Holtkamp M, Heppner FL, Geiger JR, Madry C (2024-02-26). "Differential contribution of THIK-1 K+ channels and P2X7 receptors to ATP-mediated neuroinflammation by human microglia". Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21 (1): 58. doi:10.1186/s12974-024-03042-6. ISSN 1742-2094. PMC 10895799. PMID 38409076.
- ^ Madry C, Kyrargyri V, Arancibia-Cárcamo IL, Jolivet R, Kohsaka S, Bryan RM, Attwell D (January 2018). "Microglial Ramification, Surveillance, and Interleukin-1β Release Are Regulated by the Two-Pore Domain K+ Channel THIK-1". Neuron. 97 (2): 299–312.e6. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.002. PMC 5783715. PMID 29290552.
- ^ Xu Z, Chen Zm, Wu X, Zhang L, Cao Y, Zhou P (2020-12-07). "Distinct Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Potassium Efflux for NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation". Frontiers in Immunology. 11. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.609441. ISSN 1664-3224. PMC 7793832. PMID 33424864.
- ^ Drinkall S, Lawrence CB, Ossola B, Russell S, Bender C, Brice NB, Dawson LA, Harte M, Brough D (2022). "The two pore potassium channel THIK-1 regulates NLRP3 inflammasome activation". Glia. 70 (7): 1301–1316. doi:10.1002/glia.24174. ISSN 1098-1136. PMC 9314991. PMID 35353387.
- ^ Sakamaki K, Ishii TM, Sakata T, Takemoto K, Takagi C, Takeuchi A, Morishita R, Takahashi H, Nozawa A, Shinoda H, Chiba K, Sugimoto H, Saito A, Tamate S, Satou Y (2016-11-01). "Dysregulation of a potassium channel, THIK-1, targeted by caspase-8 accelerates cell shrinkage". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1863 (11): 2766–2783. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.08.010. ISSN 0167-4889. PMID 27566292.
Further reading
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, Derge JG, Klausner RD, Collins FS, Wagner L, Shenmen CM, Schuler GD (2002). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
- Fearon IM, Campanucci VA, Brown ST, Hudasek K, o'Kelly IM, Nurse CA (2006). "Acute Hypoxic Regulation of Recombinant THIK-1 Stably Expressed in HEK293 Cells". The Arterial Chemoreceptors. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. Vol. 580. pp. 203–8, discussion 351–9. doi:10.1007/0-387-31311-7_31. ISBN 978-0-387-31310-8. PMID 16683720.
- Goldstein SA, Bockenhauer D, O'Kelly I, Zilberberg N (2001). "Potassium leak channels and the KCNK family of two-P-domain subunits". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2 (3): 175–84. doi:10.1038/35058574. PMID 11256078. S2CID 9682396.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, Shenmen CM, Grouse LH, Schuler G, Klein SL, Old S, Rasooly R (2004). "The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- Theilig F, Goranova I, Hirsch JR, Wieske M, ÜNsal S, Bachmann S, Veh RW, Derst C (2008). "Cellular localization of THIK-1 (K(2P)13.1) and THIK-2 (K(2P)12.1) K channels in the mammalian kidney". Cell. Physiol. Biochem. 21 (1–3): 63–74. doi:10.1159/000113748. PMID 18209473.
- Gierten J, Ficker E, Bloehs R, Schlömer K, Kathöfer S, Scholz E, Zitron E, Kiesecker C, Bauer A (2008). "Regulation of two-pore-domain (K2P) potassium leak channels by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein". Br. J. Pharmacol. 154 (8): 1680–90. doi:10.1038/bjp.2008.213. PMC 2518462. PMID 18516069.
External links
- KCNK13+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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