Genomic and Non-Genomic Regulatory Mechanisms of the Cardiac Sodium Channel in Cardiac Arrhythmias.

ABSTRACT: Na_v1.5 is the predominant cardiac sodium channel subtype, encoded by the SCN5A gene, which is involved in the initiation and conduction of action potentials throughout the heart. Along its biosynthesis process, Na_v1.5 undergoes strict genomic and non-genomic regulatory and quality control steps that allow only newly synthesized channels to reach their final membrane destination and carry out their electrophysiological role. These regulatory pathways are ensured by distinct interacting proteins that accompany the nascent Na_v1.5 protein along with different subcellular organelles. Defects on a large number of these pathways have a tremendous impact on Na_v1.5 functionality and are thus intimately linked to cardiac arrhythmias. In the present

SUBMITTER: Daimi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835759 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature