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XB-ART-19124
J Biol Chem 1995 Oct 27;27043:25696-701.
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Modulation of cardiac Na+ channel expression in Xenopus oocytes by beta 1 subunits.

Qu Y , Isom LL , Westenbroek RE , Rogers JC , Tanada TN , McCormick KA , Scheuer T , Catterall WA .


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Voltage-gated Na+ channels consist of a large alpha subunit of 260 kDa associated with beta 1 and/or beta 2 subunits of 36 and 33 kDa, respectively. alpha subunits of rat cardiac Na+ channels (rH1) are functional when expressed alone in Xenopus oocytes or mammalian cells. beta 1 subunits are present in the heart, and localization of beta 1 subunit mRNA by in situ hybridization shows expression in the perinuclear cytoplasm of cardiac myocytes. Coexpression of beta 1 subunits with rH1 alpha subunits in Xenopus oocytes increases Na+ currents up to 6-fold in a concentration-dependent manner. However, no effects of beta 1 subunit coexpression on the kinetics or voltage dependence of the rH1 Na+ current were detected. Increased expression of Na+ currents is not observed when an equivalent mRNA encoding a nonfunctional mutant beta 1 subunit is coexpressed. Our results show that beta 1 subunits are expressed in cardiac muscle cells and that they interact with alpha subunits to increase the expression of cardiac Na+ channels in Xenopus oocytes, suggesting that beta 1 subunits are important determinants of the level of excitability of cardiac myocytes in vivo.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: rho