https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635470
標題: | Kinetic Alterations in Resurgent Sodium Currents of Mutant Nav1.4 Channel in Two Patients Affected by Paramyotonia Congenita | 作者: | MING-JEN LEE Lin, Pi-Chen Lin, Ming-Hong Chiou, Hsin-Ying Clair Wang, Kai Huang, Chiung-Wei |
關鍵字: | Nav1.4 channel; paramyotonia congenita; resurgent currents | 公開日期: | 18-四月-2022 | 卷: | 11 | 期: | 4 | 起(迄)頁: | 613 | 來源出版物: | Biology | 摘要: | Paramyotonia congenita (PMC) is a rare skeletal muscle disorder characterized by muscle stiffness upon repetitive exercise and cold exposure. PMC was reported to be caused by dominant mutations in the SCN4A gene encoding the α subunit of the Nav1.4 channel. Recently, we identified two missense mutations of the SCN4A gene, p.V781I and p.A1737T, in two PMC families. To evaluate the changes in electrophysiological properties caused by the mutations, both mutant and wild-type (WT) SCN4A genes were expressed in CHO-K1 and HEK-293T cells. Then, whole-cell patch-clamp recording was employed to study the altered gating of mutant channels. The activation curve of transient current showed a hyperpolarizing shift in both mutant Nav1.4 channels as compared to the WT channel, whereas there was a depolarizing shift in the fast inactivation curve. These changes confer to an increase in window current in the mutant channels. Further investigations demonstrated that the mutated channel proteins generate significantly larger resurgent currents as compared to the WT channel and take longer to attain the peak of resurgent current than the WT channel. In conclusion, the current study demonstrates that p.V781I and p.A1737T mutations in the Nav1.4 channel increase both the sustained and the resurgent Na+ current, leading to membrane hyperexcitability with a lower firing threshold, which may influence the clinical phenotype. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/635470 | ISSN: | 2079-7737 | DOI: | 10.3390/biology11040613 |
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