title: Expression and function of dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase-like protein 6 as a putative beta-subunit of human cardiac transient outward current encoded by Kv4.3.
abstract: Dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase-like protein 6 (DPPX) was recently shown in the brain to modulate the kinetics of transient A-type currents by accelerating inactivation and recovery from inactivation. Since the kinetics of human cardiac transient outward current (I(to)) are not mimicked by coexpression of the alpha-subunit Kv4.3 with its known beta-subunit KChIP2, we have tested the hypothesis that DPPX may serve as an additional beta-subunit in the human heart. With quantitative real-time RT-PCR strong mRNA expression of DPPX was detected in human ventricles and was verified at the protein level in human but not in rat heart by a DPPX-specific antibody. Co-expression of DPPX with Kv4.3 in Chinese hamster ovary cells produced I(to)-like currents, but compared with expression of KChIP2a and Kv4.3, the time constant of inactivation was faster, the potential of half-maximum steady-state inactivation was more negative and recovery from inactivation was delayed. Co-expression of DPPX in addition to Kv4.3 and KChIP2a produced similar current kinetics as in human ventricular myocytes. We therefore propose that DPPX is an essential component of the native cardiac I(to) channel complex in human heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstr. 74, Dresden, 01307 Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radicke
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cotella
authors.forename: Eva Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Graf
authors.forename: Ursula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ravens
authors.forename: Erich
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wettwer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016466:CHO Cells; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases; D006801:Humans; D051605:Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000502:physiology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D051672:Shal Potassium Channels; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C497021:KCND3 protein, human; C496752:KCNIP2 protein, human; C497023:Kcnd3 protein, rat; C496758:Kcnip2 protein, rat; D051605:Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D021122:Protein Subunits; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051672:Shal Potassium Channels; C503535:DPP6 protein, human; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; C557320:DPP6 protein, rat; D004152:Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases