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Distribution and function of sodium channel subtypes in human atrial myocardium.


ABSTRACT: Voltage-gated sodium channels composed of a pore-forming ? subunit and auxiliary ? subunits are responsible for the upstroke of the action potential in cardiac muscle. However, their localization and expression patterns in human myocardium have not yet been clearly defined. We used immunohistochemical methods to define the level of expression and the subcellular localization of sodium channel ? and ? subunits in human atrial myocytes. Nav1.2 channels are located in highest density at intercalated disks where ?1 and ?3 subunits are also expressed. Nav1.4 and the predominant Nav1.5 channels are located in a striated pattern on the cell surface at the z-lines together with ?2 subunits. Nav1.1, Nav1.3, and Nav1.6 channels are located in scattered puncta on the cell surface in a pattern similar to ?3 and ?4 subunits. Nav1.5 comprised approximately 88% of the total sodium channel staining, as assessed by quantitative immunohistochemistry. Functional studies using whole cell patch-clamp recording and measurements of contractility in human atrial cells and tissue showed that TTX-sensitive (non-Nav1.5) ? subunit isoforms account for up to 27% of total sodium current in human atrium and are required for maximal contractility. Overall, our results show that multiple sodium channel ? and ? subunits are differentially localized in subcellular compartments in human atrial myocytes, suggesting that they play distinct roles in initiation and conduction of the action potential and in excitation-contraction coupling. TTX-sensitive sodium channel isoforms, even though expressed at low levels relative to TTX-sensitive Nav1.5, contribute substantially to total cardiac sodium current and are required for normal contractility. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled "Na(+) Regulation in Cardiac Myocytes".

SUBMITTER: Kaufmann SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3906922 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distribution and function of sodium channel subtypes in human atrial myocardium.

Kaufmann Susann G SG   Westenbroek Ruth E RE   Maass Alexander H AH   Lange Volkmar V   Renner Andre A   Wischmeyer Erhard E   Bonz Andreas A   Muck Jenny J   Ertl Georg G   Catterall William A WA   Scheuer Todd T   Maier Sebastian K G SKG  

Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 20130520


Voltage-gated sodium channels composed of a pore-forming α subunit and auxiliary β subunits are responsible for the upstroke of the action potential in cardiac muscle. However, their localization and expression patterns in human myocardium have not yet been clearly defined. We used immunohistochemical methods to define the level of expression and the subcellular localization of sodium channel α and β subunits in human atrial myocytes. Nav1.2 channels are located in highest density at intercalate  ...[more]

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