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Temperature Sensitive Defects in Paramyotonia Congenita Mutants R1448C and T1313M
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Muscle and Nerve
Volume
30
Issue
3
Publication Date
2004
First Page
277
Last Page
288
Abstract
The biophysical origins of paramyotonia congenita and its exacerbation in cold temperatures were examined. Human skeletal muscle voltage-gated sodium channels were expressed in Xenopus oocytes and macroscopic currents were recorded from cell-attached patches. Wild-type (hNaV1.4) channels were compared to two mutant channel isoforms, T1313M and R1448C. The voltage dependence and temperature sensitivity of activation, fast-inactivation onset and recovery, and deactivation were studied. Although activation and the onset of fast-inactivation were temperature sensitive in all three isoforms, and although these properties in mutant channels differed from those in wild-type channels, they did not account for cold-exacerbation. Deactivation, however, was disproportionately slower in R1448C, but not in T1313M, than in hNaV1.4. These defects may, at least in part, account for the clinical symptoms of paramyotonia congenita and its exacerbation by cold, and provide a basis for studies into the therapeutic alleviation of these symptoms.
Recommended Citation
Dice, M. S., Abbruzzese, J. L., Wheeler, J. T., Groome, J. R., Fujimoto, E. and Ruben, P. C. (2004), Temperature-sensitive defects in paramyotonia congenita mutants R1448C and T1313M. Muscle & Nerve, 30: 277–288. doi: 10.1002/mus.20080
https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.20080
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