Ion channels are transmembrane proteins that allow ions to flow in or out of the cell. Sodium and potassium channel activation and inactivation are the basis of action potential's production and conduction. During the past 15 years, ion channels have been implicated in diseases that have come to be known as the channelopathies. Over 30 mutations of the muscle channel gene SCN4A, which encodes the muscle voltage-gated sodium channel, have been described and associated with neuromuscular disorders like hypo- and hyper-kalaemic periodic paralyses (hypoPP and hyperPP), paramyotonia congenita, sodium channel myotonias and congenital myasthenic syndrome. Different mutations within the same gene (SCN4A) cause distinct clinical disorders, while mutations in different channel genes may result in similar phenotypes. In addition, identical sodium channel mutations can result in different clinical phenotypes (hyperPP or paramyotonia) in different members of the same family, suggesting that the genetic background and perhaps other epigenetic factors may influence the clinical expression of a particular mutation. This article reviews the clinical features of the skeletal muscle sodium channel diseases and highlights the phenotypic or genetic overlap in these disorders. (copyright) Springer-Verlag Italia 2005.

Human skeletal muscle sodium channelopathies / G. Meola, B. Fontaine, D. Sternberg, S. Vicart. - In: NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1590-1874. - 26:4(2005), pp. 194-202.

Human skeletal muscle sodium channelopathies

G. Meola
Primo
;
2005

Abstract

Ion channels are transmembrane proteins that allow ions to flow in or out of the cell. Sodium and potassium channel activation and inactivation are the basis of action potential's production and conduction. During the past 15 years, ion channels have been implicated in diseases that have come to be known as the channelopathies. Over 30 mutations of the muscle channel gene SCN4A, which encodes the muscle voltage-gated sodium channel, have been described and associated with neuromuscular disorders like hypo- and hyper-kalaemic periodic paralyses (hypoPP and hyperPP), paramyotonia congenita, sodium channel myotonias and congenital myasthenic syndrome. Different mutations within the same gene (SCN4A) cause distinct clinical disorders, while mutations in different channel genes may result in similar phenotypes. In addition, identical sodium channel mutations can result in different clinical phenotypes (hyperPP or paramyotonia) in different members of the same family, suggesting that the genetic background and perhaps other epigenetic factors may influence the clinical expression of a particular mutation. This article reviews the clinical features of the skeletal muscle sodium channel diseases and highlights the phenotypic or genetic overlap in these disorders. (copyright) Springer-Verlag Italia 2005.
Thomsen disease; action potential; cell transport; disease association; epigenetics; gene mutation; genetic code; heredity; human; hyperkalemia; hypokalemia; ion channel; myasthenia; myotonia; neuromuscular disease; periodic paralysis; phenotype; potassium channel; review; skeletal muscle; sodium channel; voltage gated sodium channel; acetazolamide; amino acid; membrane protein; potassium ion; sodium ion
Settore MED/26 - Neurologia
2005
Article (author)
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.
Pubblicazioni consigliate

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/2434/11474
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 29
  • Scopus 65
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 62
social impact