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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2009

Impaired endocytosis of the ion channel TRPM4 is associated with human progressive familial heart block type I.

Martin Kruse, Eric Schulze-Bahr, Valerie Corfield, Alf Beckmann, Birgit Stallmeyer, Güven Kurtbay, Iris Ohmert, Ellen Schulze-Bahr, Paul Brink, Olaf Pongs

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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156 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 317 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. TRPM channels in health and disease.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2024
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  19. The odyssey of the TR(i)P journey to the cellular membrane.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin KruseInstitut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Eric Schulze-Bahr
Valerie Corfield
Alf Beckmann
Birgit Stallmeyer
Güven Kurtbay
Iris Ohmert
Ellen Schulze-Bahr
Paul Brink
Olaf Pongs
Universität Hamburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Progressive familial heart block type I (PFHBI) is a progressive cardiac bundle branch disease in the His-Purkinje system that exhibits autosomal-dominant inheritance. In 3 branches of a large South African Afrikaner pedigree with an autosomal-dominant form of PFHBI, we identified the mutation c.19G-->A in the transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 4 gene (TRPM4) at chromosomal locus 19q13.3. This mutation predicted the amino acid substitution p.E7K in the TRPM4 amino terminus. TRPM4 encodes a Ca2+-activated nonselective cation (CAN) channel that belongs to the transient receptor potential melastatin ion channel family. Quantitative analysis of TRPM4 mRNA content in human cardiac tissue showed the highest expression level in Purkinje fibers. Cellular expression studies showed that the c.19G-->A missense mutation attenuated deSUMOylation of the TRPM4 channel. The resulting constitutive SUMOylation of the mutant TRPM4 channel impaired endocytosis and led to elevated TRPM4 channel density at the cell surface. Our data therefore revealed a gain-of-function mechanism underlying this type of familial heart block.

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Mutation, MissenseAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionBase SequenceBundle-Branch BlockChildDNAElectrocardiographyEndocytosisFemaleGenes, DominantHumansMaleMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataPedigreeDNARNA, MessengerSmall Ubiquitin-Related Modifier ProteinsTRPM4 protein, humanTRPM Cation Channels

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PMID19726882
PMCPMC2735920
OpenAlexW1965436096

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