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Role of the pH in state-dependent blockade of hERG currents.


ABSTRACT: Mutations that reduce inactivation of the voltage-gated Kv11.1 potassium channel (hERG) reduce binding for a number of blockers. State specific block of the inactivated state of hERG block may increase risks of drug-induced Torsade de pointes. In this study, molecular simulations of dofetilide binding to the previously developed and experimentally validated models of the hERG channel in open and open-inactivated states were combined with voltage-clamp experiments to unravel the mechanism(s) of state-dependent blockade. The computations of the free energy profiles associated with the drug block to its binding pocket in the intra-cavitary site display startling differences in the open and open-inactivated states of the channel. It was also found that drug ionization may play a crucial role in preferential targeting to the open-inactivated state of the pore domain. pH-dependent hERG blockade by dofetilie was studied with patch-clamp recordings. The results show that low pH increases the extent and speed of drug-induced block. Both experimental and computational findings indicate that binding to the open-inactivated state is of key importance to our understanding of the dofetilide's mode of action.

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5059635 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of the pH in state-dependent blockade of hERG currents.

Wang Yibo Y   Guo Jiqing J   Perissinotti Laura L LL   Lees-Miller James J   Teng Guoqi G   Durdagi Serdar S   Duff Henry J HJ   Noskov Sergei Yu SY  

Scientific reports 20161012


Mutations that reduce inactivation of the voltage-gated Kv11.1 potassium channel (hERG) reduce binding for a number of blockers. State specific block of the inactivated state of hERG block may increase risks of drug-induced Torsade de pointes. In this study, molecular simulations of dofetilide binding to the previously developed and experimentally validated models of the hERG channel in open and open-inactivated states were combined with voltage-clamp experiments to unravel the mechanism(s) of s  ...[more]

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