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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2013

A thermosensitive mutation alters the effects of lacosamide on slow inactivation in neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels, NaV1.2.

Mena Abdelsayed, Stanislav Sokolov, Peter C Ruben

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mena AbdelsayedDepartment of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Stanislav Sokolov
Peter C Ruben
Simon Fraser University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a disorder characterized by seizures and convulsions. The basis of epilepsy is an increase in neuronal excitability that, in some cases, may be caused by functional defects in neuronal voltage gated sodium channels (NaVs). The C121W mutation of the β1 subunit, in particular, gives rise to the thermosensitive generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) phenotype. Lacosamide is used to treat epileptic seizures and is distinct from other anti-seizure drugs by targeting NaV slow-inactivation. We studied the effects of a physiologically relevant concentration of lacosamide on the biophysical properties of NaV1.2 channels associated with either WT-β1 or the mutant C121W-β1 subunit. Biophysical parameters were measured at both normal (22°C) and elevated (34°C) temperatures to elicit the differential temperature-sensitivity of C121W. Lacosamide was more effective in NaV1.2 associated with the WT-β1 than with C121W-β1 at either temperature. There is also a more potent effect by lacosamide on slow inactivation at elevated temperatures. Our data suggest a modulatory role is imparted by the β1 subunit in the interaction between the drug and the channel.

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C121W-β1GEFS+lacosamideslow inactivationthermosensitivevoltage-gated sodium channelsWT-β1 (wild-type)

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PMID24065921
PMCPMC3778253
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