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Loss of Plakophilin-2 Expression Leads to Decreased Sodium Current and Slower Conduction Velocity in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes
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Loss of Plakophilin-2 Expression Leads to Decreased Sodium Current and Slower Conduction Velocity in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes

Priscila Y. Sato, Hassan Musa, Wanda Coombs, Guadalupe Guerrero-Serna, Gustavo A. Patino, Steven M. Taffet, Lori L. Isom and Mario Delmar
Circulation research, v 105(6), pp 523-U33
11 Sep 2009
PMID: 19661460
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https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.201418View
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https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.201418View
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Abstract

Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Hematology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Peripheral Vascular Disease Science & Technology
Rationale: Plakophilin-2 (PKP2) is an essential component of the cardiac desmosome. Recent data show that it interacts with other molecules of the intercalated disc. Separate studies show preferential localization of the voltage-gated sodium channel (Na(V)1.5) to this region. Objective: To establish the association of PKP2 with sodium channels and its role on action potential propagation. Methods and Results: Biochemical, patch clamp, and optical mapping experiments demonstrate that PKP2 associates with Na(V)1.5, and that knockdown of PKP2 expression alters the properties of the sodium current, and the velocity of action potential propagation in cultured cardiomyocytes. Conclusions: These results emphasize the importance of intermolecular interactions between proteins relevant to mechanical junctions, and those involved in electric synchrony. Possible relevance to the pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy is discussed. ( Circ Res. 2009; 105: 523-526.)

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