Familial gain-of-function Na v 1.9 mutation in a painful channelopathy.

Autor: Han C; Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Restoration of Nervous System Function, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA., Yang Y; Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Restoration of Nervous System Function, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA., Te Morsche RH; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Drenth JP; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Politei JM; Department of Neurology, Fundación para el Estudio de las Enfermedades Neurometabólicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina., Waxman SG; Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Restoration of Nervous System Function, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA., Dib-Hajj SD; Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.; Center for Restoration of Nervous System Function, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry [J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry] 2017 Mar; Vol. 88 (3), pp. 233-240. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Aug 08.
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-313804
Abstrakt: Objective: Gain-of-function mutations in Na v 1.9 have been identified in three families with rare heritable pain disorders, and in patients with painful small-fibre neuropathy. Identification and functional assessment of new Na v 1.9 mutations will help to elucidate the phenotypic spectrum of Na v 1.9 channelopathies.
Methods: Patients from a large family with early-onset pain symptoms were evaluated by clinical examination and genomic screening for mutations in SCN9A and SCN11A . Electrophysiological recordings and multistate modelling analysis were implemented for functional analyses.
Results: A novel Na v 1.9 mutation, p.Arg222His, was identified in patients with early-onset pain in distal extremities including joints and gastrointestinal disturbances, but was absent from an asymptomatic blood relative. This mutation alters channel structure by substituting the highly conserved first arginine residue in transmembrane segment 4 (domain 1), the voltage sensor, with histidine. Voltage-clamp recordings demonstrate a hyperpolarising shift and acceleration of activation of the p.Arg222His mutant channel, which make it easier to open the channel. When expressed in dorsal root ganglion neurons, mutant p.Arg222His channels increase excitability via a depolarisation of resting potential and increased evoked firing.
Conclusions: This study expands the spectrum of heritable pain disorders linked to gain-of-function mutations in Na v 1.9, strengthening human validation of this channel as a potential therapeutic target for pain.
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