title: Characterization of human Kv4.2 mediating a rapidly-inactivating transient voltage-sensitive K+ current.
abstract: A human cDNA for the voltage-sensitive potassium channel subunit Kv4.2 has been cloned and functionally characterized. The human Kv4.2 (KCND2) gene was mapped at 7q31-32. Kv4.2 mRNA is prominently expressed in human brain. Relatively high concentrations of Kv4.2 mRNA occurred in mRNA preparations of amygdala, caudate nucleus, cerebellum, hippocampus, substantia nigra, and thalamus. Kv4.2 mRNA was not detected in human heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, and skeletal muscle. The derived Kv4.2 open reading frame consists of 630 amino acids. In comparison to rat Kv4.2, the human Kv4.2 sequence is highly conserved showing amino acid sequence differences at five positions only. The Kv4.2 subunits were expressed heterologously in human embryonic kidney (293) cells and mediated a rapidly inactivating, A-type outward K+ current. The gating kinetics of the Kv4.2-mediated currents were very similar to those of rat Kv4.2-mediated currents. Both the Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 subunits have been implicated in mediating the transient outward K+ current Ito in rodent cardiac myocytes. In contrast we did not detect Kv4.2. but solely Kv4.3 mRNA in human heart RNA preparations. This may suggest that Kv4.2 subunits do not contribute to the rapid transient outward K+ current of atrial and ventricular myocytes in humans.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: X R
authors.initials: XR
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wulf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Isbrandt
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pongs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D011247:Pregnancy; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D051672:Shal Potassium Channels; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C497018:KCND2 protein, human; C497020:Kcnd2 protein, rat; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051672:Shal Potassium Channels