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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Heterozygous Loss of Scn1b Results in Concealed Conduction Phenotype Unmasked by Osmotic Stress.

Rowan Maisonneuve, Chandra Bain, Clare Dennison, Mark Warren, Gregory S Hoeker, Robert G Gourdie, Steven Poelzing

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7 authors.

Rowan MaisonneuveTranslational Biology, Medicine, and Health Graduate Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Roanoke, Virginia.ORCID 0009-0009-7914-7745
Chandra BainFralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Roanoke, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0002-5308-5509
Clare DennisonFralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Roanoke, Virginia.
Mark WarrenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Gregory S HoekerFralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Roanoke, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0002-3917-4791
Robert G GourdieFralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Roanoke, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0001-6021-0796
Steven PoelzingFralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, Center for Vascular and Heart Research, Roanoke, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0002-6979-1264

Funding

Connexin-based Signaling in the Heart: Cellular and ExosomalR35HL161237 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI ROBERT G GOURDIE · 2022 to 2026
$4.4M
Signaling in Inherited and Acquired Sodium Channel Gain of FunctionR01HL138003 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI POELZING, STEVEN, WEINBERG, SETH HOWARD · 2018 to 2021
$2.6M
Arrhythmia Mechanisms Modulated by Intercalated Disc Extracellular NanodomainsR01HL159097 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Steven Poelzing · 2023 to 2026
$2.5M
Therapeutic Targeting of Voltage Gated Sodium Channel AutoregulationR01HL169610 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Steven Poelzing, Seth Howard Weinberg · 2024 to 2026
$2.1M
The Role of the Sodium Channel Beta Subunit in Cardiac ConductionR01HL141855 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI GOURDIE, ROBERT G, POELZING, STEVEN · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
Rural Environmental Health Training ProgramT32ES033959 · NIEHS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Julia M Gohlke, Steven Poelzing · 2023 to 2026
$399k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL138003NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141855NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL159097NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL169610NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL161237NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES033959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rationale: Objective: Test whether Scn1b haploinsufficiency induces latent conduction abnormalities that are unmasked by perturbations in extracellular nanodomains. Methods and Results: Adult Scn1b+/- mice and wild-type (WT) littermates underwent multiscale phenotyping (qRT-PCR, Western blot, patch clamp, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Conclusions: Scn1b haploinsufficiency preserves baseline excitability and conduction but structurally remodels the ID at the nanoscale, increasing sensitivity to extracellular nanodomain perturbations. These data support a structural role for β1-subunits in ephaptic coupling, and that conduction is maintained over a range of perinexal widths with pathological conduction slowing occurring beyond a critical width. Importantly, osmotic stress unmasks a concealed conduction phenotype, identifying extracellular nanodomain stability as a potential therapeutic target to mitigate arrhythmia risk in

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Concealed PhenotypeOptical MappingSCN1B

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PMCPMC13308007

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