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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
We have found a novel nonsense mutation in the C-terminus of HERG in a four-generation Chinese family with long QT syndrome and investigated the molecular mechanism of this mutation in vitro. Six family members, including the proband, were clinically affected. Syncope and ventricular tachycardia of torsades de pointes were triggered by startling or emotional stress, and beta-adrenergic blockade treatment was ineffective. Haplotype analysis showed that only LQT2 markers cosegregated with the disease, and sequence analysis revealed a substitution of T with C at nucleotide position 2770 of the HERG gene (U04270), which creates a stop codon at amino acid position 863 (R863X) of the HERG protein, leading to a deletion of 296 amino acids. Whole cell patch clamp studies showed that the R863X HERG could not induce time-dependent current. Coexpression of R863X with wild-type HERG showed reduced current densities and accelerated voltage-dependent inactivation of HERG channels. Subcellular localization of R863X-EGFP revealed that the mutant did not traffic to the cell surface. These data suggest that R863X failed to form functional HERG channels, contributing to a prolongation of the QT interval and long QT syndrome with a dominant phenotype. These findings provide new insights into the structure-function relationships of the HERG C-terminus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0946-2716
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Electrophysiology, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Long QT Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Potassium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:14714110-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical and electrophysiological characterization of a novel mutation R863X in HERG C-terminus associated with long QT syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine and Center for Molecular Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 167 Beilishilu, 100037 Beijing, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't