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Automatically associated channels: TRP , TRPM , TRPM4

Title: Expression and functionality of transient receptor potential melastatin 4 (TRPM4)-like channels during development of the zebrafish.

Authors: Henrique Cheng, Jayne Ellis, Kevin M Kleinow

Journal, date & volume: Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C Toxicol. Pharmacol., 2015 Sep 30 , ,

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26432160

Abstract
Calcium signaling, from localized spikes to coordinated waves, are linked to cleavage, patterning, differentiation, and growth during embryonic development. The basis for control of these Ca(2+) signals is poorly defined. In this study, the expression and functionality of the transient receptor potential melastatin 4 protein (TRPM4), an ion channel that controls Ca(2+) entry into cells, was examined in the zebrafish embryo and adult. Originating with the human TRPM4 gene, Ensembl ortholog, NCBI BLAST, and Homologene searches identified a zebrafish TRPM4 "like" gene encoding a predicted protein of 1199 amino acids and sharing a 42-43% sequence identity with the mouse, rat, and human. Custom-designed zebrafish primers identified TRPM4 transcripts throughout the 0-123h period of embryonic development with greatest and lowest relative expression at 12 and 123h post-fertilization, respectively. Perforated patch clamp recordings in 27h embryonic cells revealed Ca(2+)-activated currents with the characteristics of those described for mammalian TRPM4. Similarly, TRPM4-like expression and functionality was observed in brain and liver cells from adult fish. These findings suggest that a TRPM4-like channel is available for Ca(2+) regulation during early development of the zebrafish.