A Patient Suffering from Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Is Deficient in Skeletal Muscle ATP-sensitive K+ channels

Sofija Jovanovic; Qingyou Du; Somnath Mukhopadhyay; Robert Swingler; Richard Buckley; Jane McEachen; Aleksandar Jovanovic

doi:10.1111/j.1752-8062.2008.00007.x

A Patient Suffering from Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Is Deficient in Skeletal Muscle ATP-sensitive K+ channels

Sofija Jovanovic
, Qingyou Du
, Somnath Mukhopadhyay
, Robert Swingler
, Richard Buckley
, Jane McEachen
, Aleksandar Jovanovic

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Abstract

Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HOPP) is a rare disease associated with attacks of muscle weakness and hypokalemia. In the present study, immunoprecipitation/Western blotting has shown that a HOPP patient was deficient in sarcolemmal K-ATP channels. Real-time RT-PCR has revealed that HOPP has decreased mRNA levels of Kir6.2, a pore-forming K-ATP channel subunit, without affecting the expression of other K-ATP channel-forming proteins. Based on these findings, we conclude that HOPP could be associated with impaired expression of Kir6.2 which leads to deficiency in skeletal muscle K-ATP channels, which may explain the symptoms and clinical signs of this disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-74
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical and Translational Science
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2008.00007.x
Publication status	Published - May 2008

Keywords

hypokalemic periodic paralysis
K-ATP channels
skeletal muscle
Kir6.2
POTASSIUM CHANNELS
H9C2 CELLS
EXPRESSION
ISCHEMIA
SUBUNIT
SERVES
KINASE

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A Patient Suffering from Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Is Deficient in Skeletal Muscle ATP-sensitive K+ channels

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