title: Responsiveness of cardiac Na+ channels to a site-directed antiserum against the cytosolic linker between domains III and IV and their sensitivity to other modifying agents.
abstract: Elementary Na+ currents were recorded in inside-out patches from neonatal rat heart cardiocytes to analyze the influence of a site-directed polyclonal anti-serum against the linker region between the domains III and IV (amino acids 1489-1507 of the cardiac Na+ channel protein) on Na+ channel gating and to test whether this part of the alpha-subunit may be considered as a target for modifying agents such as the (-)-enantiomer of DPI 201-106. Anti-SLP 1 serum (directed against amino acids 1490-1507) evoked, usually within 10-15 min after cytosolic administration, modified Na+ channel activity. Antiserum-modified Na+ channels retain a single open state but leave, at -60 mV for example, their conducting configuration consistently with an about threefold lower rate than normal Na+ channels. Another outstanding property of noninactivating Na+ channels, enhanced burst activity, may be quite individually pronounced, a surprising result which is difficult to interpret in terms of structure-function relations. Removal of inactivation led to an increase of reconstructed peak INa (indicating a rise in NPo) and changed INa decay to obey second-order kinetics, i.e., open probability declined slowly but progressively during membrane depolarization. The underlying deactivation process is voltage dependent and responds to a positive voltage shift with a deceleration but may operate even at the same membrane potential with different rates. Iodate-modified Na+ channels exhibit very similar properties including a conserved conductance. They are likewise controlled by an efficient, voltage-dependent deactivation process.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Physiological Institute of the University Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bessler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohlhardt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007452:Iodates / Q000494:pharmacology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D007106:Immune Sera; D007452:Iodates; D010879:Piperazines; D015222:Sodium Channels; C046261:DPI 201-106