Impact of KChIP2 on Cardiac Electrophysiology and the Progression of Heart Failure

TY - JOUR

T1 - Impact of KChIP2 on Cardiac Electrophysiology and the Progression of Heart Failure

AU - Grubb, Søren

AU - Callø, Kirstine

AU - Thomsen, Morten B

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Electrophysiological remodeling of cardiac potassium ion channels is important in the progression of heart failure. A reduction of the transient outward potassium current (I(to)) in mammalian heart failure is consistent with a reduced expression of potassium channel interacting protein 2 (KChIP2, a K(V)4 subunit). Approaches have been made to investigate the role of KChIP2 in shaping cardiac I(to), including the use of transgenic KChIP2 deficient mice and viral overexpression of KChIP2. The interplay between I(to) and myocardial calcium handling is pivotal in the development of heart failure, and is further strengthened by the dual role of KChIP2 as a functional subunit on both K(V)4 and Ca(V)1.2. Moreover, the potential arrhythmogenic consequence of reduced I(to) may contribute to the high relative incidence of sudden death in the early phases of human heart failure. With this review, we offer an overview of the insights into the physiological and pathological roles of KChIP2 and we discuss the limitations of translating the molecular basis of electrophysiological remodeling from animal models of heart failure to the clinical setting.

AB - Electrophysiological remodeling of cardiac potassium ion channels is important in the progression of heart failure. A reduction of the transient outward potassium current (I(to)) in mammalian heart failure is consistent with a reduced expression of potassium channel interacting protein 2 (KChIP2, a K(V)4 subunit). Approaches have been made to investigate the role of KChIP2 in shaping cardiac I(to), including the use of transgenic KChIP2 deficient mice and viral overexpression of KChIP2. The interplay between I(to) and myocardial calcium handling is pivotal in the development of heart failure, and is further strengthened by the dual role of KChIP2 as a functional subunit on both K(V)4 and Ca(V)1.2. Moreover, the potential arrhythmogenic consequence of reduced I(to) may contribute to the high relative incidence of sudden death in the early phases of human heart failure. With this review, we offer an overview of the insights into the physiological and pathological roles of KChIP2 and we discuss the limitations of translating the molecular basis of electrophysiological remodeling from animal models of heart failure to the clinical setting.

U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2012.00118

DO - 10.3389/fphys.2012.00118

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 22586403

SN - 1664-042X

VL - 3

SP - 118

JO - Frontiers in Physiology

JF - Frontiers in Physiology

ER -