Document Detail


CaV2.1 channelopathies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20204399     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Mutations in the CACNA1A gene that encodes the pore-forming alpha1 subunit of human voltage-gated CaV2.1 (P/Q-type) Ca2+ channels cause several autosomal-dominant neurologic disorders, including familial hemiplegic migraine type 1 (FHM1), episodic ataxia type 2, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6). For each channelopathy, the review describes the disease phenotype as well as the functional consequences of the disease-causing mutations on recombinant human CaV2.1 channels and, in the case of FHM1 and SCA6, on neuronal CaV2.1 channels expressed at the endogenous physiological level in knockin mouse models. The effects of FHM1 mutations on cortical spreading depression, the phenomenon underlying migraine aura, and on cortical excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in FHM1 knockin mice are also described, and their implications for the disease mechanism discussed. Moreover, the review describes different ataxic spontaneous cacna1a mouse mutants and the important insights into the cerebellar mechanisms underlying motor dysfunction caused by mutant CaV2.1 channels that were obtained from their functional characterization.
Authors:
Daniela Pietrobon
Related Documents :
9662399 - An l-type calcium-channel gene mutated in incomplete x-linked congenital stationary nig...
12490549 - Erg k+ channel blockade enhances firing and epinephrine secretion in rat chromaffin cel...
9325269 - The activity of the epithelial sodium channel is regulated by clathrin-mediated endocyt...
19172259 - Role of intracellular domains in the function of the herg potassium channel.
14684839 - Regulation of k+ transport in tomato roots by the tss1 locus. implications in salt tole...
16885549 - Activating mutations in the abcc8 gene in neonatal diabetes mellitus.
10188969 - Non-specific action of methoxamine on ito, and the cloned channels hkv 1.5 and kv 4.2.
26919 - Ontogenetic appearance and disappearance of tyrosine hydroxylase and catecholamines in ...
11069929 - Backpropagation of physiological spike trains in neocortical pyramidal neurons: implica...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review     Date:  2010-03-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology     Volume:  460     ISSN:  1432-2013     ISO Abbreviation:  Pflugers Arch.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-14     Completed Date:  2010-09-13     Revised Date:  2011-11-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0154720     Medline TA:  Pflugers Arch     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  375-93     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, 35121, Padua, Italy. daniela.pietrobon@unipd.it
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Ataxia / genetics
Calcium Channels / genetics
Calcium Channels, N-Type / genetics*,  physiology
Channelopathies / genetics*
Cortical Spreading Depression / genetics
Gene Knock-In Techniques
Humans
Mice
Migraine with Aura / genetics
Models, Animal
Protein Structure, Secondary
Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
Spinocerebellar Ataxias / genetics
Synaptic Transmission / genetics
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GGP06234//Telethon
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/CACNA1A protein, human; 0/Calcium Channels; 0/Calcium Channels, N-Type; 0/Recombinant Proteins; 0/voltage-dependent calcium channel (P-Q type)

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Fully decentralized control of a soft-bodied robot inspired by true slime mold.
Next Document:  Biophysical characterisation of the persistent sodium current of the Na(v)1.6 neuronal sodium channe...