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EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 15, Pages 3936-3948Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf388
Keywords
heart; K(ATP) channels; Kir6.2; lactate dehydrogenase; SUR2A
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [C15048] Funding Source: Medline
- British Heart Foundation [PG/02/091/14227] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [059528/Z/99/Z/JMW/CP/JF] Funding Source: Medline
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ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channels in the heart are normally closed by high intracellular ATP, but are activated during ischemia to promote cellular survival. These channels are heteromultimers composed of Kir6.2 subunit, an inwardly rectifying K(+) channel core, and SUR2A, a regulatory subunit implicated in ligand-dependent regulation of channel gating. Here, we have shown that the muscle form (M-LDH), but not heart form (H-LDH), of lactate dehydrogenase is directly physically associated with the sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel by interacting with the Kir6.2 subunit via its N-terminus and with the SUR2A subunit via its C-terminus. The species of LDH bound to the channel regulated the channel activity despite millimolar concentration of intracellular ATP. The presence of M-LDH in the channel protein complex was required for opening of K(ATP) channels during ischemia and ischemia-resistant cellular phenotype. We conclude that M-LDH is an integral part of the sarcolemmal K(ATP) channel protein complex in vivo, where, by virtue of its catalytic activity, it couples the metabolic status of the cell with the K(ATP) channels activity that is essential for cell protection against ischemia.
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