Structural basis of action for a human ether-a-go-go-related gene 1 potassium channel activator.
Activation of human ether-a-go-go-related gene 1 (hERG1) K(+) channels mediates cardiac action potential repolarization. Drugs that activate hERG1 channels represent a mechanism-based approach for the treatment of long QT syndrome, a disorder of cardiac repolarization associated with ventricular arrhythmia and sudden death. Here, we characterize the mechanisms of action and the molecular determinants for binding of RPR260243 [(3R,4R)-4-[3-(6-methoxy-quinolin-4-yl)-3-oxo-propyl]-1-[3-(2,3,5-trifluoro-phenyl)-prop-2-ynyl]-piperidine-3-carboxylic acid] (RPR), a recently discovered hERG1 channel activator. Channels were heterologously expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, and currents were measured by using the two-microelectrode voltage-clamp technique. RPR induced a concentration-dependent slowing in the rate of channel deactivation and enhanced current magnitude by shifting the voltage dependence of inactivation to more positive potentials. This mechanism was confirmed by demonstrating that RPR slowed the rate of deactivation, but did not increase current magnitude of inactivation-deficient mutant channels. The effects of RPR on hERG1 kinetics and magnitude could be simulated by reducing three rate constants in a Markov model of channel gating. Point mutations of specific residues located in the S4-S5 linker or cytoplasmic ends of the S5 and S6 domains greatly attenuated or ablated the effects of 3 microM RPR on deactivation (five residues), inactivation (one residue), or both gating mechanisms (four residues). These findings define a putative binding site for RPR and confirm the importance of an interaction between the S4-S5 linker and the S6 domain in electromechanical coupling of voltage-gated K(+) channels.
Perry
Matthew
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Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute and Department of Physiology, University of Utah, 95 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Sachse
Frank B
FB
Sanguinetti
Michael C
MC
D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D004594:Electrophysiology; D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009865:Oocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014982:Xenopus laevis
D051638:Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels; C496884:KCNH1 protein, human; D010880:Piperidines; D011804:Quinolines; C499186:RPR260243
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