41 research outputs found
Itraconazole Induced Torsade De Pointes in a Patient Receiving Methadone Substitution Therapy
Improving the quality of needle and syringe programmes: an overlooked strategy for preventing hepatitis C among people who inject drugs
High expression of QSOX1 reduces tumorogenesis, and is associated with a better outcome for breast cancer patients
Early anoxia-induced vesicular glutamate release results from mobilization of calcium from intracellular stores
Mechanism of early anoxia-induced suppression of the GABAA-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic current
Fibroblast growth factor homologous factors tune arrhythmogenic late NaV1.5 current in calmodulin binding–deficient channels
The Ca2+-binding protein calmodulin has emerged as a pivotal player in tuning Na+ channel function, although its impact in vivo remains to be resolved. Here, we identify the role of calmodulin and the NaV1.5 interactome in regulating late Na+ current in cardiomyocytes. We created transgenic mice with cardiac-specific expression of human NaV1.5 channels with alanine substitutions for the IQ motif (IQ/AA). The mutations rendered the channels incapable of binding calmodulin to the C-terminus. The IQ/AA transgenic mice exhibited normal ventricular repolarization without arrhythmias and an absence of increased late Na+ current. In comparison, transgenic mice expressing a lidocaine-resistant (F1759A) human NaV1.5 demonstrated increased late Na+ current and prolonged repolarization in cardiomyocytes, with spontaneous arrhythmias. To determine regulatory factors that prevent late Na+ current for the IQ/AA mutant channel, we considered fibroblast growth factor homologous factors (FHFs), which are within the NaV1.5 proteomic subdomain shown by proximity labeling in transgenic mice expressing NaV1.5 conjugated to ascorbate peroxidase. We found that FGF13 diminished late current of the IQ/AA but not F1759A mutant cardiomyocytes, suggesting that endogenous FHFs may serve to prevent late Na+ current in mouse cardiomyocytes. Leveraging endogenous mechanisms may furnish an alternative avenue for developing novel pharmacology that selectively blunts late Na+ current