Kinetic model for NS1643 drug activation of WT and L529I variants of Kv11.1 (hERG1) potassium channel.

ABSTRACT: Congenital and acquired (drug-induced) forms of the human long-QT syndrome are associated with alterations in Kv11.1 (hERG) channel-controlled repolarizing IKr currents of cardiac action potentials. A mandatory drug screen implemented by many countries led to a discovery of a large group of small molecules that can activate hERG currents and thus may act as potent antiarrhythmic agents. Despite significant progress in identification of channel activators, little is known about their mechanism of action. A combination of electrophysiological studies with molecular and kinetic modeling was used to examine the mechanism of a model activator (NS1643) action on the hERG channel and its L529I mutant. The L529I mutant has gating dynamics similar to that of wild-type while its response to applicat

SUBMITTER: Perissinotti LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4375712 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature