Voltage-gated potassium channels and genetic epilepsy
Frontiers in NeurologyRecent advances in exome and targeted sequencing have significantly improved the aetiological diagnosis of epilepsy, revealing an increasing number of epilepsy-related pathogenic genes.
Yiting Zheng, Jing Chen
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Pharmacological Actions of Potassium Channel Openers on Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels
PharmaceuticalsBackground/Objectives: Potassium (K+) channels are essential transmembrane proteins that regulate ion flow, playing a critical role in regulating action potentials and neuronal transmission.
Michael T. McCoy +3 more
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The structure of a voltage gated potassium channel [PDF]
, 2010 Voltage gated potassium channels (Kv channels) are tetrameric ion channels, responsible for regulating the potassium component of the membrane potential in a large range of cell types ranging from mammalian excitable cells to bacteria. Attempts have been made to elucidate the structure of voltage gated potassium channels using X-ray crystallography ...
Rogers, Nik
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Direct neurotransmitter activation of voltage-gated potassium channels [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 M-current is conveyed by voltage-sensitive KCNQ channels, which are enriched in GABAergic neurons and are activated by anticonvulsants such as retigabine.
Rían W. Manville +2 more
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Structure and function of potassium and calcium channels [PDF]
, 2005 In this thesis, potassium channels human Kv2.1 and rat Kv2.1, along with calcium channels Ca, 1.2, Ca, 3.1, and chimeras have been studied. These channels were expressed in Xenopuso ocytesf or electrophysiological experiments using two electrode voltage
Stevens, Louisa Rebecca
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Drug binding sites on Nat1.8 sodium channels [PDF]
, 2008 The voltage-gated sodium channel, Nav 1.8, is known to play an important role in pain signalling. In this thesis, the functional properties and drug binding sites of wild type and mutant Nav 1.8 sodium channel currents were studied in mammalian sensory ...
Browne, Liam Edward
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Mechanisms of Activation of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels [PDF]
Acta Naturae, 2014 Voltage-gated potassium ion channels (Kv) play an important role in a variety of cellular processes, including the functioning of excitable cells, regulation of apoptosis, cell growth and differentiation, the release of neurotransmitters and hormones, maintenance of cardiac activity, etc.
GRIZEL A.V., GLUKHOV G.S., SOKOLOVA O.S.
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Oxidative Modulation of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels [PDF]
Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 2014 Significance: Voltage-gated K + channels are a large family of K + -selective ion channel protein complexes that open on membrane depolarization. These K +
Nirakar, Sahoo +2 more
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KCNE1 and KCNE2 provide a checkpoint governing voltage-gated potassium channel α-subunit composition [PDF]
, 2011 Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) currents generated by N-type α-subunit homotetramers inactivate rapidly because an N-terminal ball domain blocks the channel pore after activation.
Abbott, G. +12 more
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Photocontrol of Voltage-Gated Ion Channel Activity by Azobenzene Trimethylammonium Bromide in Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The ability of azobenzene trimethylammonium bromide (azoTAB) to sensitize cardiac tissue excitability to light was recently reported. The dark, thermally relaxed trans- isomer of azoTAB suppressed spontaneous activity and excitation propagation speed ...
Sheyda R Frolova +4 more
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