Article
Alternative splicing of Na(V)1.7 exon 5 increases the impact of the painful PEPD mutant channel I1461T.
Channels (Austin, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000
Jarecki Brian W, Sheets Patrick L, Xiao Yucheng, Jackson James O, Cummins Theodore R
Abstract excerpt
Alternative splicing is known to alter pharmacological sensitivities, kinetics, channel distribution under pathological conditions, and developmental regulation of VGSCs. Mutations that alter channel properties in Na(V)1.7 have been genetically implicated in patients with bouts of extreme pain classified as inherited erythromelalgia (IEM) or paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (PEPD). Furthermore, patients with IEM...
Topics
- Alternative Splicing
- Electrophysiology
- Erythromelalgia
- Exons
- Humans
- Mutation
- NAV1.7 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel
- Phenotype
- Sodium Channels
- Somatoform Disorders
