Calcium-mediated dual-mode regulation of cardiac sodium channel gating

Subrata Biswas, Deborah Disilvestre, Yanli Tian, Victoria L. Halperin, Gordon F. Tomaselli

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Abstract

Intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) can trigger dual-mode regulation of the voltage gated cardiac sodium channel (NaV1.5). The channel components of the Ca2+ regulatory system are the calmodulin (CaM)-binding IQ motif and the Ca2+ sensing EF hand-like (EFL) motif in the carboxyl terminus of the channel. Mutations in either motif have been associated with arrhythmogenic changes in expressed NaV1.5 currents. Increases in [Ca2+]i shift the steady-state inactivation of Na V1.5 in the depolarizing direction and slow entry into inactivated states. Mutation of the EFL (NaV1.54X) shifts inactivation in the hyperpolarizing direction compared with the wild-type channel and eliminates the Ca2+ sensitivity of inactivation gating. Modulation of the steady-state availability of NaV1.5 by [Ca2+]i is more pronounced after the truncation of the carboxyl terminus proximal to the IQ motif (NaV1.5Δ1885), which retains the EFL. Mutating the EFL (NaV1.54X) unmasks CaM-mediated regulation of the kinetics and voltage dependence of inactivation. This latent CaM modulation of inactivation is eliminated by mutation of the IQ motif (NaV1.5 4X-IQ/AA). The LQT3 EFL mutant channel NaV1.5 D1790G exhibits Ca2+ insensitivity and unmasking of CaM regulation of inactivation gating. The enhanced effect of CaM on Na V1.54X gating is associated with significantly greater fluorescence resonance energy transfer between enhanced cyan fluorescent protein-CaM and NaV1.54X channels than is observed with wild-type NaV1.5. Unlike other isoforms of the Na channel, the IQ-CaM interaction in the carboxyl terminus of NaV1.5 is latent under physiological conditions but may become manifest in the presence of disease causing mutations in the CT of NaV1.5 (particularly in the EFL), contributing to the production of potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)870-878
Number of pages9
JournalCirculation research
Volume104
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 10 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Calmodulin
  • EF hand motif
  • FRET
  • Gated sodium channel
  • IQ motif
  • Voltage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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