Functional evaluation of human ion channel variants using automated electrophysiology.

Methods in Enzymology
Carlos VanoyeAlfred George

Abstract

Patch clamp recording enabled a revolution in cellular electrophysiology, and is useful for evaluating the functional consequences of ion channel gene mutations or variants associated with human disorders called channelopathies. However, due to massive growth of genetic testing in medical practice and research, the number of known ion channel variants has exploded into the thousands. Fortunately, automated methods for performing patch clamp recording have emerged as important tools to address the explosion in ion channel variants. In this chapter, we present our approach to harnessing automated electrophysiology to study a human voltage-gated potassium channel gene (KCNQ1), which harbors hundreds of mutations associated with genetic disorders of heart rhythm including the congenital long-QT syndrome. We include protocols for performing high efficiency electroporation of heterologous cells with recombinant KCNQ1 plasmid DNA and for automated planar patch recording including data analysis. These methods can be adapted for studying other voltage-gated ion channels.

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Oct 2, 2021·Neurotherapeutics : the Journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics·Aleksandr Shcheglovitov, Randall T Peterson

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