Specific decreasing of Na+ channel expression on the lateral membrane of cardiomyocytes causes fatal arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome

Scientific Reports
Kunichika TsumotoYoshihisa Kurachi

Abstract

Reduced cardiac sodium (Na+) channel current (INa) resulting from the loss-of-function of Na+ channel is a major cause of lethal arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome (BrS). Inspired by previous experimental studies which showed that in heart diseases INa was reduced along with expression changes in Na+ channel within myocytes, we hypothesized that the local decrease in INa caused by the alteration in Na+ channel expression in myocytes leads to the occurrence of phase-2 reentry, the major triggering mechanism of lethal arrhythmias in BrS. We constructed in silico human ventricular myocardial strand and ring models, and examined whether the Na+ channel expression changes in each myocyte cause the phase-2 reentry in BrS. Reducing Na+ channel expression in the lateral membrane of each myocyte caused not only the notch-and-dome but also loss-of-dome type action potentials and slowed conduction, both of which are typically observed in BrS patients. Furthermore, the selective reduction in Na+ channels on the lateral membrane of each myocyte together with spatial tissue heterogeneity of Na+ channel expression caused the phase-2 reentry and phase-2 reentry-mediated reentrant arrhythmias. Our data suggest that the BrS phenotype is strongly in...Continue Reading

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