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ArticleNeurology2011

Leaky sodium channels from voltage sensor mutations in periodic paralysis, but not paramyotonia.

David G Francis, Volodymyr Rybalchenko, Arie Struyk, Stephen C Cannon

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Article in Neurology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David G FrancisDepartment of Anesthesiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Volodymyr Rybalchenko
Arie Struyk
Stephen C Cannon
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Molecular Physiology of Myotonia and Periodic ParalysisR37AR042703 · NIAMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CANNON, STEPHEN C. · 2008 to 2018
$4.2M
MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASESR01AR042703 · NIAMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CANNON, STEPHEN C. · 1994 to 2007
$2.4M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR42703NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR042703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHypokalemic periodic paralysis (HypoPP) is associated with mutations in either the Ca(V)1.1 calcium channel or the Na(V)1.4 sodium channel. Some Na(V)1.4 HypoPP mutations have been shown to cause an anomalous inward current that may contribute to the attacks of paralysis. Herein, we test whether disease-associated Na(V)1.4 mutations in previously untested homologous regions of the channel also give rise to the anomalous current.

methodsThe functional properties of mutant Na(V)1.4 channels were studied with voltage-clamp techniques in an oocyte expression system.

resultsThe HypoPP mutation Na(V)1.4-R1132Q conducts an anomalous gating pore current, but the homologous R1448C mutation in paramyotonia congenita does not.

conclusionsGating pore currents arising from missense mutations at arginine residues in the voltage sensor domains of Na(V)1.4 are a common feature of HypoPP mutant channels and contribute to the attacks of paralysis.

Indexed as

AnimalsArginineCalciumCysteineDose-Response Relationship, DrugElectric StimulationGlutamineMembrane PotentialsMicroinjectionsMuscle ProteinsMutationMyotonic DisordersNAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelOocytesParalysis, Hyperkalemic PeriodicPatch-Clamp TechniquesArginineCalciumCysteineGlutamineMuscle ProteinsNAV1.4 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelSCN4A protein, humanSodium Channel BlockersSodium ChannelsTetrodotoxin

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PMID21490317
PMCPMC3100087
OpenAlexW2105806128

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