title: Abnormal sodium current properties contribute to cardiac electrical and contractile dysfunction in a mouse model of myotonic dystrophy type 1.
abstract: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common neuromuscular disorder and is associated with cardiac conduction defects. However, the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias in DM1 are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that abnormalities in the cardiac sodium current (INa) are involved, and used a transgenic mouse model reproducing the expression of triplet expansion observed in DM1 (DMSXL mouse). The injection of the class-I antiarrhythmic agent flecainide induced prominent conduction abnormalities and significantly lowered the radial tissular velocities and strain rate in DMSXL mice compared to WT. These abnormalities were more pronounced in 8-month-old mice than in 3-month-old mice. Ventricular action potentials recorded by standard glass microelectrode technique exhibited a lower maximum upstroke velocity [dV/dt](max) in DMSXL. This decreased [dV/dt](max) was associated with a 1.7 fold faster inactivation of INa in DMSXL myocytes measured by the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Finally in the DMSXL mouse, no mutation in the Scn5a gene was detected and neither cardiac fibrosis nor abnormalities of expression of the sodium channel protein were observed. Therefore, alterations in the sodium current markedly contributed to electrical conduction block in DM1. This result should guide pharmaceutical and clinical research toward better therapy for the cardiac arrhythmias associated with DM1.
authors.affiliation: INSERM UMRS-1166, Institute of Cardio-metabolism and nutrition (ICAN), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France; INSERM U-769, Labex Lermit, Chatenay Malabry, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Algalarrondo
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France; Myology Institute, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wahbi
authors.affiliation: INSERM UMRS-1166, Institute of Cardio-metabolism and nutrition (ICAN), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sebag
authors.affiliation: INSERM U781, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France; Institut Imagine, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gourdon
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unit 567, Cochin Institute, CNRS UMR 8104, Paris, France; Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Chérif
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beldjord
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Kamel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azibi
authors.affiliation: INSERM UMRS-1166, Institute of Cardio-metabolism and nutrition (ICAN), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Elise
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balse
authors.affiliation: INSERM UMRS-1166, Institute of Cardio-metabolism and nutrition (ICAN), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coulombe
authors.affiliation: INSERM U-769, Labex Lermit, Chatenay Malabry, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fischmeister
authors.affiliation: Myology Institute, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eymard
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France; Myology Institute, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duboc
authors.affiliation: INSERM UMRS-1166, Institute of Cardio-metabolism and nutrition (ICAN), Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France. Electronic address: stephane.hatem@upmc.fr.
authors.forename: Stéphane N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Hatem
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D053840:Brugada Syndrome; D000075224:Cardiac Conduction System Disease; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005424:Flecainide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D008959:Models, Neurological; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D062554:NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel / Q000235:genetics; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D061567:Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D062554:NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; C568321:Scn5a protein, mouse; D061567:Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Blockers; D012964:Sodium; D005424:Flecainide
keywords: Arrhythmia basic study; Conduction disorders; Electrophysiology; Myotonic dystrophy type 1; Sodium current channelopathy; Steinert disease; Transgenic mice