Article
Clinical and electrophysiological characterization of a novel mutation R863X in HERG C-terminus associated with long QT syndrome.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Mar 2004
Teng Siyong, Ma Lijuan, Dong Yingxue, Lin Chunxia, Ye Jue, Bähring Robert, Vardanyan Vitya, Yang Yanzong, Lin Zhihu, Pongs Olaf, Hui Rutai
Abstract excerpt
We have found a novel nonsense mutation in the C-terminus of HERG in a four-generation Chinese family with long QT syndrome and investigated the molecular mechanism of this mutation in vitro. Six family members, including the proband, were clinically affected. Syncope and ventricular tachycardia of torsades de pointes were triggered by startling or emotional stress, and beta-adrenergic blockade treatment was...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- CHO Cells
- Cation Transport Proteins
- Cell Membrane
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cricetinae
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electrophysiology
- Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels
