Loss of Plakophilin-2 Expression Leads to Decreased Sodium Current and Slower Conduction Velocity in Cultured Cardiac Myocytes
- 11 September 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation Research
- Vol. 105 (6), 523-526
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.109.201418
Abstract
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 (NaV1.5) 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 NaV1.5, 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.Keywords
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