| 2009 |
ANO2/TMEM16B forms a calcium-activated chloride channel (CaCC) when expressed in HEK-293 cells, exhibiting channel properties closely resembling the native olfactory CaCC. The protein was identified in a proteomic screen of cilial membrane proteins of mouse olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), and ANO2::EGFP fusion protein localized to OSN cilia in vivo. |
Proteomic screen, adenoviral-mediated in vivo expression with fluorescence imaging, whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology in HEK-293 cells |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
19561302
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| 2009 |
TMEM16B (ANO2) confers Ca2+-dependent chloride currents when overexpressed in mammalian cells. In mouse retina, TMEM16B localizes to photoreceptor synaptic terminals and co-localizes with presynaptic adaptor proteins PSD95, VELI3, and MPP4 at ribbon synapses via a PDZ class I binding motif. TMEM16B is lost from photoreceptor membranes in MPP4-deficient mice, indicating MPP4-dependent recruitment to specialized plasma membrane domains. |
Halide-sensitive fluorescent protein assay, whole-cell patch-clamp, immunohistochemistry, co-localization, MPP4 knockout mouse analysis |
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
High |
19474308
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| 2009 |
Mouse TMEM16B expressed in HEK 293T cells is directly gated by intracellular Ca2+, as demonstrated in inside-out excised patches where controlled Ca2+ concentrations rapidly activated the channel. Ca2+ concentration for half-maximal activation decreased from 4.9 µM at -50 mV to 3.3 µM at +50 mV with Hill coefficient >2, indicating cooperative Ca2+ binding. The channel is anion-selective and blocked by niflumic acid. |
Whole-cell and inside-out patch-clamp electrophysiology in HEK 293T cells, caged Ca2+ photolysis, G-protein-coupled receptor Ca2+ release |
Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology |
High |
19475416
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| 2010 |
Endogenous Tmem16b protein is specifically and highly expressed in the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in the olfactory epithelium, as established by proteome analysis of the olfactory epithelium membrane fraction and confirmed by additional localization studies. Expression is specific to OSNs, in contrast to the broad expression of Tmem16a. |
Membrane proteome analysis, immunohistochemistry/localization in native olfactory epithelium |
Chemical senses |
Medium |
20100788
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| 2010 |
TMEM16B/ANO2 expressed in HEK 293T cells displays electrophysiological properties (anion selectivity, blocker sensitivity, Ca2+-activated kinetics) closely matching the native Ca2+-activated Cl- current in isolated mouse olfactory sensory neurons, including dynamic ion selectivity measured by rapid Ca2+ concentration jumps. TMEM16B/ANO2 co-localizes with adenylyl cyclase III at the olfactory epithelium surface, placing it in the olfactory transduction compartment. |
Whole-cell voltage-clamp with caged Ca2+ photolysis, extracellular blocker application, ion substitution, immunohistochemistry |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
20837642
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| 2012 |
Glutamate residues E367 and 386EEEEE390 in the first putative intracellular loop of TMEM16B play an important role in voltage dependence of the channel; mutations at these sites shift the conductance-voltage relationship toward more positive voltages without greatly affecting Ca2+ affinity. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, whole-cell voltage-clamp in HEK 293T cells at various intracellular Ca2+ concentrations |
The Journal of general physiology |
High |
22412191
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| 2013 |
Using TMEM16A/TMEM16B chimeric channels, the third intracellular loop of TMEM16B (equivalent region in TMEM16A) was identified as the site controlling Ca2+ sensitivity, while the C-terminal region including TMD7-8 controls the rate of channel opening and closing. Deletion of the TMEM16A C-terminus (77 aa) accelerated kinetics, confirming the C-terminal role. |
Chimeric protein construction, whole-cell patch-clamp in transfected mammalian cells, C-terminal deletion mutagenesis |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
23570556
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| 2013 |
TMEM16B localizes specifically to the cilia of mature olfactory sensory neurons throughout development (from E14.5 onward), consistent with a role in olfactory signal transduction during and after development. |
Immunohistochemistry on mouse olfactory epithelium at multiple prenatal and postnatal stages |
Developmental neurobiology |
Medium |
24318978
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| 2014 |
TMEM16B gating is modulated by permeant anions: anions more permeant than Cl- slow both activation and deactivation kinetics, while less permeant anions accelerate them. Extracellular or intracellular SCN- shifts the voltage dependence of activation to more negative potentials and increases apparent Ca2+ affinity. This provides evidence that ion permeation and gating are coupled processes in TMEM16B. |
Whole-cell and inside-out patch-clamp with systematic anion substitution, dose-response Ca2+ analysis in HEK 293T cells |
The Journal of general physiology |
High |
24863931
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| 2015 |
TMEM16A and TMEM16B display intrinsic dual (fast and slow) gating modes regulated by voltage and extracellular chloride. Mutating residues 480RSQ482 to AVK in the first intracellular loop of TMEM16B nearly abolished slow gating, identifying this loop as a determinant of the slow gating mode. |
Whole-cell and inside-out patch-clamp with long depolarizing pulses, site-directed mutagenesis, recordings from parotid acinar cells |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
26728431
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| 2015 |
Extracellular anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (A9C) causes voltage-dependent block of outward currents through TMEM16B and, at low Ca2+ (1.5 µM), potentiates tail currents and prolongs deactivation kinetics. The non-charged analogue A9M produces only small voltage-independent block without potentiation, demonstrating that the negative charge of A9C is required for both voltage-dependent block and potentiation. |
Whole-cell patch-clamp pharmacology in HEK 293T cells at multiple Ca2+ concentrations and voltages |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
Medium |
25620774
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| 2016 |
TMEM16B KO mice show abolition of Ca2+-activated Cl- currents in olfactory sensory neurons, increased action potential firing (prolonged responses with more APs) upon odorant stimulation, reduced basal spiking in I7-expressing neurons, and supernumerary I7 glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, demonstrating that TMEM16B controls AP firing pattern and correct axonal targeting of OSNs. |
TMEM16B knockout mouse, suction electrode and loose-patch recordings from isolated OSNs and olfactory epithelium slices, behavioral olfactory testing, glomerular mapping |
The Journal of general physiology |
High |
27619419
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| 2016 |
ANO2/TMEM16B is expressed in the basolateral membrane of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), and siRNA knockdown of ANO2 reduces both Ca2+-dependent chloride conductance and ANO2 protein expression in primary mouse RPE cells and ARPE-19 cells, establishing ANO2 as a contributor to the Ca2+-activated Cl- channel current in RPE. |
Confocal immunohistochemistry on retinal sections, siRNA knockdown, whole-cell patch-clamp, Western blot, PCR |
Experimental eye research |
Medium |
27940219
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| 2017 |
PIP2 inhibits TMEM16B channel activity (~0.2-fold) while activating TMEM16A. PIP2 modulation of TMEM16B does not vary over broad Ca2+ ranges but is only detectable at highly depolarized potentials. A voltage-sensitive phosphatase (DrVSP) that degrades PIP2 enhanced TMEM16B currents; this effect was abolished by an inactivating DrVSP mutation or counteracted by PI(4)P 5-kinase co-expression. Modulation is due to changes in channel gating, not single-channel conductance. |
Whole-cell patch-clamp with soluble PIP2 analogue (diC8-PIP2), DrVSP co-expression, PI(4)P 5-kinase co-expression, inactivating DrVSP mutant control |
British journal of pharmacology |
High |
28616863
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| 2017 |
In inferior olivary (IO) neurons, Ca2+ influx through dendritic high-threshold voltage-gated Ca2+ channels activates TMEM16B-mediated CaCCs, which contribute to membrane repolarization. Loss of TMEM16B in knockout mice abolishes CaCCs in IO neurons, leading to markedly diminished AP firing of IO neurons and severe cerebellar motor learning deficits. |
TMEM16B knockout mouse, whole-cell patch-clamp in IO neurons, behavioral cerebellar motor learning tests |
Neuron |
High |
28858616
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| 2017 |
Residues R573 and K540 at the entrance and inside the putative pore of TMEM16B control ion permeability in a side-of-membrane and activation-level dependent manner. R573 mutation abolishes the anomalous mole fraction effect observed with permeant anions and alters apparent Ca2+ sensitivity, indicating that pore-facing residues control both ion selectivity and gating. |
Site-directed mutagenesis of R573 and K540, whole-cell and inside-out patch-clamp in HEK-293 cells |
PloS one |
Medium |
28046119
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| 2017 |
TMEM16A and TMEM16B can form heteromeric channels in addition to homomeric channels in pinealocytes. Co-expression of both subunits or a tandem TMEM16A-TMEM16B construct in HEK293 cells recapitulates the electrophysiological characteristics of native pineal CaCCs. Both channels contribute to ClCa currents in pinealocytes, which regulate melatonin secretion. |
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), FRET, co-immunoprecipitation, tandem channel expression in HEK293, siRNA knockdown, whole-cell patch-clamp, melatonin secretion assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
29187602
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| 2019 |
TMEM16B (ANO2) is the dominant Ca2+-activated Cl- channel subunit in intestinal vagal afferents of nodose neurons and is required for cholecystokinin (CCK)-induced satiety. Heterozygous TMEM16B KO reduces CCK-induced current, CCK-induced satiety, and energy expenditure, producing an obese phenotype. TMEM16B expression is reduced in nodose neurons of obese high-fat diet mice. |
Whole-cell patch-clamp in nodose neurons, TMEM16B heterozygous KO mouse, behavioral feeding/satiety assays, metabolic measurements, high-fat diet model |
JCI insight |
High |
30843875
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| 2019 |
TMEM16B in lateral septum (LS) neurons regulates spike frequency and spike frequency adaptation. Loss of TMEM16B alters neurotransmitter release at the hippocampal-LS synapse and leads to lengthened aggressive behavior in male mice during resident-intruder testing. |
Whole-cell patch-clamp in LS neurons, TMEM16B KO mouse, resident-intruder behavioral paradigm |
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience |
High |
31320449
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| 2021 |
The TRPV4 antagonist GSK2193874 enhances chloride currents mediated by TMEM16B expressed in HEK cells at nanomolar concentrations, and the TRPV4 agonist GSK1016790A enhances native CaCCs in Xenopus oocytes, identifying these compounds as positive modulators of TMEM16B-mediated currents. |
Whole-cell patch-clamp in HEK cells expressing TMEM16B, native CaCC recordings in Xenopus oocytes |
Biochemistry and biophysics reports |
Medium |
34917777
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| 2024 |
CLCA4 (Ca2+-activated Cl- channel regulator 4) potentiates TMEM16B channel activity. The N-terminal portion of CLCA4 (N-CLCA4) after self-cleavage is secreted and its von Willebrand factor type A (VWA) domain is sufficient to increase ICaCC carried by TMEM16B in HEK293T cells. This interaction is mediated by the metal ion-dependent adhesion site (MIDAS) motif within VWA, defining a specific CLCA4-TMEM16B regulatory pair distinct from the CLCA1-TMEM16A pair. |
Overexpression in HEK293T cells, domain deletion constructs, MIDAS motif mutagenesis, whole-cell patch-clamp |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
38825009
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| 2024 |
In TMEM16B knockout OSNs, while basic membrane properties (input resistance, resting potential, voltage-gated currents) are unchanged, TMEM16B determines the time required for the odorant response to reach its peak and to terminate after stimulation. Absence of TMEM16B causes faster response termination, allowing KO OSNs to fire action potentials more reliably during rapid repeated stimulation. The CNG channel predominantly controls response delay and adaptation, while TMEM16B controls response kinetics and amplitude amplification. |
TMEM16B knockout mouse, suction electrode and whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from isolated OSNs and epithelial slices, odorant stimulation protocols |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
39167717
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| 2024 |
In TMEM16B knockout mice, olfactory sensory representations are denser and OSN response magnitudes are increased (measured by multiphoton microscopy), and animals show increased aversion to trimethylamine and decreased efficiency in olfactory-guided navigation, indicating TMEM16B sparsens peripheral olfactory sensory representations. |
TMEM16B knockout mouse, multiphoton microscopy of OSN activity in olfactory epithelium, behavioral olfactory-guided navigation and odor aversion assays |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
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