An unexpected role for brain-type sodium channels in coupling of cell surface depolarization to contraction in the heart
AUTOR(ES)
Maier, Sebastian K. G.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Voltage-gated sodium channels composed of pore-forming α and auxiliary β subunits are responsible for the rising phase of the action potential in cardiac muscle, but the functional roles of distinct sodium channel subtypes have not been clearly defined. Immunocytochemical studies show that the principal cardiac pore-forming α subunit isoform Nav1.5 is preferentially localized in intercalated disks, whereas the brain α subunit isoforms Nav1.1, Nav1.3, and Nav1.6 are localized in the transverse tubules. Sodium currents due to the highly tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive brain isoforms in the transverse tubules are small and are detectable only after activation with β scorpion toxin. Nevertheless, they play an important role in coupling depolarization of the cell surface membrane to contraction, because low TTX concentrations reduce left ventricular function. Our results suggest that the principal cardiac isoform in the intercalated disks is primarily responsible for action potential conduction between cells and reveal an unexpected role for brain sodium channel isoforms in the transverse tubules in coupling electrical excitation to contraction in cardiac muscle.
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