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IS001 Keynote Lecture: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Heterogeneities in Repolarization
Jeanne M. Nerbonne, M.D.

Table 2. Kva Subunits: Relation to Functional Voltage-Gated Cardiac K+ Currents
(Journal of Physiology 2000;525(2):285-298)

Family

Subunit

Activation*

Inactivation*

Blocker*

Endogenous Current

Kv1

(Shaker)

Kv 1.1

Kv 1.2

fast

slow

4-AP

IK,slow (rat)

DTX1

(IK,DTX)

Kv 1.3

Kv 1.4

fast

slow

4-AP

Ito,s

Kv 1.5

fast

slow

4-AP

IKur (human/rat)

IK,slow (mouse)

Kv 1.6

Kv 1.7

fast

fast

NTX2

??

Kv 1.8

Kv2

(Shab)

Kv 2.1

slow

very slow

TEA, HaTx3

IK,slow (mouse)

Kv 2.2

slow

very slow

TEA

??

Kv3

(Shaw)

Kv 3.1

fast

slow

TEA

IKur (canine)

Kv 3.2

Kv 3.3

Kv 3.4

Kv4

(Shal)

Kv 4.1

Kv 4.2

fast

fast

4-AP, HaTx3, HpTx4

Ito,f

Kv 4.3

fast

fast

4-AP, HpTx4

Ito,f

Kv5

Kv 5.1

coassemble with Kv2 Subunits

_

??

Kv6_9

eag family

eag

eag

elk

elk

erg1

erg1

moderate

fast

E-4031

IKr (with mirp)

erg2

erg3

KvLQT1 family

KCNQ1

KvLQT1

very slow

very, very slow

NE-10064

IKs (with mink)

KCNQ2

KCNQ3


*Properties determined for heterologously expressed subunits; detailed properties, however, do vary with expression system (see text). indicates cardiac expression; 1DTX= Dendrotoxin; 2NTX= Noxioustoxin; 3HaTX= Hanatoxin; 4HpTX= Heteropodatoxin.



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