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Subcellular heterogeneity of sodium current properties in adult cardiac ventricular myocytes.

ABSTRACT: Sodium channel ?-subunits in ventricular myocytes (VMs) segregate either to the intercalated disc or to lateral membranes, where they associate with region-specific molecules.To determine the functional properties of sodium channels as a function of their location in the cell.Local sodium currents were recorded from adult rodent VMs and Purkinje cells by using the cell-attached macropatch configuration. Electrodes were placed either in the cell midsection (M) or at the cell end (area originally occupied by the intercalated disc [ID]). Channels were identified as tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive (TTX-S) or TTX-resistant (TTX-R) by application of 100 nM of TTX.Average peak current amplitude was larger in ID than in M and largest at the site of contact between attached cells. TTX-S channels were found only in the M region of VMs and not in Purkinje myocytes. TTX-R channels were found in both M and ID regions, but their biophysical properties differed depending on recording location. Sodium current in rat VMs was upregulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The magnitude of current increase was largest in the M region, but this difference was abolished by application of 100 nM of TTX.Our data suggest that (a) a large fraction of TTX-R (likely Na(v)1.5) channels in the M region of VMs are inactivated at normal resting potential, leaving most of the burden of excitation to TTX-R channels in the ID region; (b) cell-cell adhesion increases functional channel density at the ID; and (c) TTX-S (likely non-Na(v)1.5) channels make a minimal contribution to sodium current under control conditions, but they represent a functional reserve that can be upregulated by exogenous factors.

SUBMITTER: Lin X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3208741 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Subcellular heterogeneity of sodium current properties in adult cardiac ventricular myocytes.

Lin Xianming X Liu Nian N Lu Jia J Zhang Jie J Anumonwo Justus M B JM Isom Lori L LL Fishman Glenn I GI Delmar Mario M

Heart rhythm 20110720 12

<h4>Background</h4>Sodium channel α-subunits in ventricular myocytes (VMs) segregate either to the intercalated disc or to lateral membranes, where they associate with region-specific molecules.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the functional properties of sodium channels as a function of their location in the cell.<h4>Methods</h4>Local sodium currents were recorded from adult rodent VMs and Purkinje cells by using the cell-attached macropatch configuration. Electrodes were placed either in the cel ...[more]

PMID: 21767519

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Subcellular heterogeneity of sodium current properties in adult cardiac ventricular myocytes.

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Subcellular heterogeneity of sodium current properties in adult cardiac ventricular myocytes.

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