In vivo Dominant-Negative Effect of an SCN5A Brugada Syndrome Variant

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Loss-of-function mutations in the cardiac Na+ channel α-subunit Nav1.5, encoded by SCN5A, cause Brugada syndrome (BrS), a hereditary disease characterized by sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation. We previously evidenced in vitro the dominant-negative effect of the BrS Nav1.5-R104W variant, inducing retention of wild-type (WT) channels and leading to a drastic reduction of the resulting Na+ current...

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