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Hexachlorophene is a potent KCNQ1/KCNE1 potassium channel activator which rescues LQTs mutants.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Zheng Yueming, Zhu Xuejing, Zhou Pingzheng, Lan Xi, Xu Haiyan, Li Min, Gao Zhaobing
Abstract excerpt
The voltage-gated KCNQ1 potassium channel is expressed in cardiac tissues, and coassembly of KCNQ1 with an auxiliary KCNE1 subunit mediates a slowly activating current that accelerates the repolarization of action potential in cardiomyocytes. Mutations of KCNQ1 genes that result in reduction or loss of channel activity cause prolongation of repolarization during action potential, thereby causing long QT syndrome...
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