Voltage-gated sodium channels in the mammalian heart

Global Cardiology Science & Practice
Thomas ZimmerSteve Blechschmidt

Abstract

Mammalian species express nine functional voltage-gated Na(+) channels. Three of them, the cardiac-specific isoform Nav1.5 and the neuronal isoforms Nav1.8 and Nav1.9, are relatively resistant to the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin (TTX; IC50 ≥ 1 μM). The other six isoforms are highly sensitive to TTX with IC50 values in the nanomolar range. These isoforms are expressed in the central nervous system (Nav1.1, Nav1.2, Nav1.3, Nav1.6), in the skeletal muscle (Nav1.4), and in the peripheral nervous system (Nav1.6, Nav1.7). The isoform Nav1.5, encoded by the SCN5A gene, is responsible for the upstroke of the action potential in the heart. Mutations in SCN5A are associated with a variety of life-threatening arrhythmias, like long QT syndrome type 3 (LQT3), Brugada syndrome (BrS) or cardiac conduction disease (CCD). Previous immunohistochemical and electrophysiological assays demonstrated the cardiac expression of neuronal and skeletal muscle Na(+) channels in the heart of various mammals, which led to far-reaching speculations on their function. However, when comparing the Na(+) channel mRNA patterns in the heart of various mammalian species, only minute quantities of transcripts for TTX-sensitive Na(+) channels were detectable in whole pig ...Continue Reading

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