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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
The congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited disorder characterized by a prolonged cardiac action potential. This delay in cellular repolarization can lead to potentially fatal arrhythmias. One form of LQTS (LQT3) has been linked to the human cardiac voltage-gated sodium channel gene (SCN5A). Three distinct mutations have been identified in the sodium channel gene. The biophysical and functional characteristics of each of these mutant channels were determined by heterologous expression of a recombinant human heart sodium channel in a mammalian cell line. Each mutation caused a sustained, non-inactivating sodium current amounting to a few percent of the peak inward sodium current, observable during long (> 50 msec) depolarizations. The voltage dependence and rate of inactivation were altered, and the rate of recovery from inactivation was changed compared with wild-type channels. These mutations in diverse regions of the ion channel protein, all produced a common defect in channel gating that can cause the long QT phenotype. The sustained inward current caused by these mutations will prolong the action potential. Furthermore, they may create conditions that promote arrhythmias due to prolonged depolarization and the altered recovery from inactivation. These results provide insights for successful intervention in the disease.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13200-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Long QT Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Mammals, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Muscular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Sodium Channels, pubmed-meshheading:8917568-Transfection
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of human cardiac Na+ channel mutations in the congenital long QT syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6602, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't