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TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 206-213Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-1738(02)00162-7
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The hyperpolarization-activated cation current (termed I-f, I-h, or I-q) plays a key role in the initiation and modulation of cardiac and neuronal pacemaker depolarizations. Recently, the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) family of ion channel subunits has been identified by molecular cloning. When heterologously expressed, each of the four HCN subunits (HCN1-4) generates channels with the principal properties of native I-f, indicating that HCN channels are the molecular correlate of this current. This review describes the molecular and functional diversity of the HCN channel family. The structural determinants of channel activation, modulation, and ion permeation are discussed. The expression pattern of HCN channels in different heart regions is reviewed. Finally, the relationships between biophysical properties of cloned HCN channel types and native cardiac I-f are explored.
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