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PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
卷 460, 期 2, 页码 361-374出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-010-0800-x
关键词
Channels; Channel gating; Channel activity; Neuronal excitability
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资金
- Austrian Science Fund [P20670]
- European Community [MRTN-CT-2006-035367]
- University of Innsbruck
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 20670] Funding Source: researchfish
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P20670] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels couple membrane depolarization to Ca2+-dependent intracellular signaling events. This is achieved by mediating Ca2+ ion influx or by direct conformational coupling to intracellular Ca2+ release channels. The family of Ca(v)1 channels, also termed L-type Ca2+ channels (LTCCs), is uniquely sensitive to organic Ca2+ channel blockers and expressed in many electrically excitable tissues. In this review, we summarize the role of LTCCs for human diseases caused by genetic Ca2+ channel defects (channelopathies). LTCC dysfunction can result from structural aberrations within their pore-forming alpha 1 subunits causing hypokalemic periodic paralysis and malignant hyperthermia sensitivity (Ca(v)1.1 alpha 1), incomplete congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB2; Ca(v)1.4 alpha 1), and Timothy syndrome (Ca(v)1.2 alpha 1; reviewed separately in this issue). Ca(v)1.3 alpha 1 mutations have not been reported yet in humans, but channel loss of function would likely affect sinoatrial node function and hearing. Studies in mice revealed that LTCCs indirectly also contribute to neurological symptoms in Ca2+ channelopathies affecting non-LTCCs, such as Ca(v)2.1 alpha 1 in tottering mice. Ca2+ channelopathies provide exciting disease-related molecular detail that led to important novel insight not only into disease pathophysiology but also to mechanisms of channel function.
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