Using fluorescence to understand β subunit-NaV channel interactions.
Using fluorescence to understand β subunit-NaV channel interactions.
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使用荧光来了解 β 亚基-NaV 通道相互作用。
DOI:
10.1085/jgp.201711843
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发表时间:
2017
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Larsson,HPeter
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作者:
Barro-Soria,Rene;Liin,SaraI;Larsson,HPeter
The human voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1. 5 plays a critical role in the human heart, in which it generates inward sodium currents that underlie cardiomyocyte depolarization. The NaV1. 5 protein is composed of more than 2,000 amino acids, organized into four homologous domains (Catterall et al., 2017), which equip the channel with one central pore domain and four peripheral voltage sensor domains. In the human heart, NaV1. 5 interacts with several other proteins to form a macromolecular complex. Among important interaction partners are the four β subunits (β1–4), which each have one transmembrane segment, an extracellular N terminus, and an intracellular C terminus (Abriel, 2010). All four β subunits are expressed in the heart and modulate the trafficking and biophysical properties of NaV1. 5, although the functional effect of the different β subunits are still debated (Abriel, 2010). Correct voltage dependence and kinetics of NaV1. 5 channel activation and inactivation, together with correct NaV1. 5 channel density in the plasma membrane, are critical for cardiac function. As a consequence, mutations in the gene encoding NaV1. 5 have been linked to cardiac arrhythmias, including Brugada syndrome, Long QT Syndrome type 3, and cardiac conduction disease (Veerman et al., 2015). Moreover, multiple mutations in the genes encoding β1–4 have been associated with altered NaV1. 5 function and cardiac arrhythmias (Abriel, 2010). In this issue, Silva and co-workers study the mechanism by which β1 and β3 modulate the activity of NaV1. 5. β1 and β3 are noncovalently bound to NaV1. 5 (in contrast to β2 and β4, which are covalently bound) and have previously been shown to shift the voltage dependence of channel inactivation. However, the direction and magnitude of these shifts are not conclusive and appear to vary with expression system (Abriel, 2010). Moreover, the molecular understanding of how β1 and β3 interact with NaV1. 5 to alter voltage dependence has remained poor. In their work in this issue, Zhu et al. use optical approaches to resolve some of these questions. Molecular insights into how β subunits modulate NaV1. 5 channel function are important for our understanding of the physiological relevance of each β subunit and how mutations interfere with NaV1. 5–β subunit interactions.