C-terminal HERG (LQT2) mutations disrupt IKr channel regulation through 14-3-3epsilon.
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C-terminal HERG (LQT2) mutations disrupt IKr channel regulation through 14-3-3epsilon. / Choe, Chi-Un; Schulze-Bahr, Eric; Neu, Axel; Xu, Jun; Zhu, Zheng I; Sauter, Kathrin; Bähring, Robert; Priori, Silvia; Guicheney, Pascale; Mönnig, Gerold; Neapolitano, Carlo; Heidemann, Jan; Clancy, Colleen E; Pongs, Olaf; Isbrandt, Dirk.
In: HUM MOL GENET, Vol. 15, No. 19, 19, 2006, p. 2888-2902.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - C-terminal HERG (LQT2) mutations disrupt IKr channel regulation through 14-3-3epsilon.
AU - Choe, Chi-Un
AU - Schulze-Bahr, Eric
AU - Neu, Axel
AU - Xu, Jun
AU - Zhu, Zheng I
AU - Sauter, Kathrin
AU - Bähring, Robert
AU - Priori, Silvia
AU - Guicheney, Pascale
AU - Mönnig, Gerold
AU - Neapolitano, Carlo
AU - Heidemann, Jan
AU - Clancy, Colleen E
AU - Pongs, Olaf
AU - Isbrandt, Dirk
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Beta-adrenergic receptor-mediated cAMP or protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent modulation of cardiac potassium currents controls ventricular action potential duration (APD) at faster heart rates. HERG (KCNH2) gene mutations are associated with congenital long-QT syndrome (LQT2) and affect IKr activity, a key determinant in ventricular repolarization. Physical activity or emotional stress often triggers lethal arrhythmias in LQT2 patients. Beta-adrenergic stimulation of HERG channel activity is amplified and prolonged in vitro by the adaptor protein 14-3-3epsilon. In LQT2 families, we identified three novel heterozygous HERG mutations (G965X, R1014PfsX39, V1038AfsX21) in the C-terminus that led to protein truncation and loss of a PKA phosphorylation site required for binding of 14-3-3epsilon. When expressed in CHO cells, the mutants produced functional HERG channels with normal kinetic properties. We now provide evidence that HERG channel regulation by 14-3-3epsilon is of physiological significance in humans. Upon co-expression with 14-3-3epsilon, mutant channels still bound 14-3-3epsilon but did not respond with a hyperpolarizing shift in voltage dependence as seen in wild-type channels. Co-expression experiments of wild-type and mutant channels revealed dominant-negative behavior of all three HERG mutations. Simulations of the effects of sympathetic stimulation of HERG channel activity on the whole-cell action potential suggested a role in rate-dependent control of APD and an impaired ability of mutant cardiac myocytes to respond to a triggered event or an ectopic beat. In summary, the attenuated functional effects of 14-3-3epsilon on C-terminally truncated HERG channels demonstrate the physiological importance of coupling beta-adrenergic stimulation and HERG channel activity.
AB - Beta-adrenergic receptor-mediated cAMP or protein kinase A (PKA)-dependent modulation of cardiac potassium currents controls ventricular action potential duration (APD) at faster heart rates. HERG (KCNH2) gene mutations are associated with congenital long-QT syndrome (LQT2) and affect IKr activity, a key determinant in ventricular repolarization. Physical activity or emotional stress often triggers lethal arrhythmias in LQT2 patients. Beta-adrenergic stimulation of HERG channel activity is amplified and prolonged in vitro by the adaptor protein 14-3-3epsilon. In LQT2 families, we identified three novel heterozygous HERG mutations (G965X, R1014PfsX39, V1038AfsX21) in the C-terminus that led to protein truncation and loss of a PKA phosphorylation site required for binding of 14-3-3epsilon. When expressed in CHO cells, the mutants produced functional HERG channels with normal kinetic properties. We now provide evidence that HERG channel regulation by 14-3-3epsilon is of physiological significance in humans. Upon co-expression with 14-3-3epsilon, mutant channels still bound 14-3-3epsilon but did not respond with a hyperpolarizing shift in voltage dependence as seen in wild-type channels. Co-expression experiments of wild-type and mutant channels revealed dominant-negative behavior of all three HERG mutations. Simulations of the effects of sympathetic stimulation of HERG channel activity on the whole-cell action potential suggested a role in rate-dependent control of APD and an impaired ability of mutant cardiac myocytes to respond to a triggered event or an ectopic beat. In summary, the attenuated functional effects of 14-3-3epsilon on C-terminally truncated HERG channels demonstrate the physiological importance of coupling beta-adrenergic stimulation and HERG channel activity.
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VL - 15
SP - 2888
EP - 2902
JO - HUM MOL GENET
JF - HUM MOL GENET
SN - 0964-6906
IS - 19
M1 - 19
ER -