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XB-ART-9839
J Physiol 2000 Dec 15;529 Pt 3Pt 3:599-610. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00599.x.
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Functional differences between cardiac and renal isoforms of the rat Na+-Ca2+ exchanger NCX1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

Ruknudin A , He S , Lederer WJ , Schulze DH .


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The transcript of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger gene NCX1 undergoes alternative splicing to produce tissue-specific isoforms. The cloned NCX1 isoforms were expressed in Xenopus oocytes and studied using a two-electrode voltage clamp method to measure Na+-Ca2+ exchanger activity. The cardiac isoform (NCX1.1) expressed in oocytes was less sensitive to depolarizing voltages and to activation by [Ca2+]i than the renal isoform (NCX1.3). The cardiac isoform of NCX1 is more sensitive to activation by protein kinase A (PKA) than the renal isoform which may be explained by preferential phosphorylation. The cardiac isoform of NCX1 is phosphorylated to a greater extent than the renal isoform. The action of PKA phosphorylation which increases the activity of the cardiac isoform of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger in oocytes was confirmed in adult rat ventricular cardiomyocytes by measuring Na+-dependent Ca2+ flux. We conclude that alternative splicing of NCX1 confers distinct functional characteristics to tissue-specific isoforms of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: slc8a1

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