Article
Novel mechanism for Brugada syndrome: defective surface localization of an SCN5A mutant (R1432G).
Circulation research - 22 Jun 2001
Baroudi G, Pouliot V, Denjoy I, Guicheney P, Shrier A, Chahine M
Abstract excerpt
The SCN5A gene encodes the alpha subunit of the human heart sodium channel (hH1), which plays a critical role in cardiac excitability. Mutations of SCN5A underlie Brugada syndrome, an inherited disorder that leads to ventricular fibrillation and sudden death. This study describes changes in cellular localization and functional expression of hH1 in a naturally occurring SCN5A mutation (R1432G) reported for Brugada...
Topics
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Bundle-Branch Block
- Cell Membrane
- Cells, Cultured
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Electrophysiology
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Ion Channel Gating
