期刊
CIRCULATION
卷 109, 期 11, 页码 1421-1427出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000121421.61896.24
关键词
ion channels; sodium; myocytes; ventricles; immunohistochemistry
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL44948] Funding Source: Medline
Background - Voltage-gated sodium channels composed of pore-forming alpha and auxiliary beta subunits are responsible for the rising phase of the action potential in cardiac muscle, but their localizations have not yet been clearly defined. Methods and Results - Immunocytochemical studies show that the principal cardiac alpha subunit isoform Na(v)1.5 and the beta2 subunit are preferentially localized in intercalated disks, identified by immunostaining of connexin 43, the major protein of cardiac gap junctions. The brain alpha subunit isoforms Na(v)1.1, Na(v)1.3, and Na(v)1.6 are preferentially localized with beta1 and beta3 subunits in the transverse tubules, identified by immunostaining of alpha-actinin, a cardiac z-line protein. The beta1 subunit is also present in a small fraction of intercalated disks. The recently cloned beta4 subunit, which closely resembles beta2 in amino acid sequence, is also expressed in ventricular myocytes and is localized in intercalated disks as are beta2 and Na(v)1.5. Conclusions - Our results suggest that the primary sodium channels present in ventricular myocytes are composed of Na(v)1.5 plus beta2 and/ or beta4 subunits in intercalated disks and Na(v)1.1, Na(v)1.3, and Na(v)1.6 plus beta1 and/ or beta3 subunits in the transverse tubules.
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