Abstract
We observed above that the effect of the \(\Delta\) KPQ mutation of the SCN5A gene leading to a delayed sodium current can be modeled by increasing the reaction rates from the inactivated state to the open state and to the permissible state C 0. The model gave results at least qualitatively similar to the experimental data (see Fig. 12.4).
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We observed above that the effect of the \(\Delta\) KPQ mutation of the SCN5A gene leading to a delayed sodium current can be modeled by increasing the reaction rates from the inactivated state to the open state and to the permissible state C 0. The model gave results at least qualitatively similar to the experimental data (see Fig. 12.4).
A better-established way of modeling the effect of the mutation is to introduce a so-called burst mode. A simple Markov model including a burst mode is illustrated in Fig. 14.1, where the states of the burst mode are indicated by ∗. Note that when the channel is in the burst mode, there is no inactivated state and therefore the burst mode can be used to model the effect of impaired inactivation. The reaction rates going from the burst mode to the normal mode are given by k u (where u stands for up) and the reaction rates from the normal mode to the burst mode are given by k d (where d stands for down). We assume k d < < k u, which means that, for the wild type, the probability of being in the burst mode is very small. The probability of being in the burst mode increases with the mutation severity index μ. As usual, μ = 1 represents the wild type. In the wild type, a channel is basically never in the burst mode and therefore the channel inactivates as it should and no late sodium current is observed. In the mutant case, however, the probability of being in the burst mode is increased. Since there is no inactivated state in the burst mode, the channel fails to inactivate and therefore the probability of being in the open state is increased and therefore we observe a non-negligible late current. This will be illustrated in the numerical computations below.
14.1 Equilibrium Probabilities
We will start by considering the equilibrium states of the prototypical model illustrated in Fig. 14.1. By following the usual steps (see, e.g., page 187) we find the equilibrium probabilities given by
Here, we observe that the equilibrium probability of being in the inactivated state is clearly reduced as the mutation severity index is increased. This is the effect we wanted, since inactivation is impaired in the mutation and the effect is modeled by introducing a burst mode that lacks the inactivated state. Second, we observe that the sum of the open probabilities given by
is an increasing function of μ; in fact,
So the model has the two main properties we seek: The equilibrium probability of being in the inactivated state is reduced and the open probability is increased.
14.2 The Mean Open Time
We observed above (see page 196) that the formula for the mean open time can also be derived in the presence of several open states. If we generalize the argument to also take into account the inactivated state, we find that the mean open time of the Markov model illustrated in Fig. 14.1 is given by
and, since
the mean open time increases as a function of the mutation severity index.
14.3 An Optimal Theoretical Open State Blocker
Our aim is now to define an open state drug that can repair both the equilibrium open probability and the mean open time. The structure of the open state blocker is given in Fig. 14.2 and the equilibrium total open probability is now given by
Furthermore, the mean open time is now given by
where the subscript d is used to remind us that this concerns the case where the theoretical drug has been applied.
The task at hand is now to tune the drug such that the equilibrium open probability and the mean open time given by (14.10) and (14.11), respectively, are as close as possible to the equilibrium open probability and the mean open time of the wild type. We regard the parameters k ob and k bo as the unknowns and we want to solve the following 2 × 2 system of equations:
where the latter equation determines the on rate, k ob , of the drug,
and we note that, in the case of μ = 1, the drug is completely turned off, which is reasonable. Since k ob is known, the off rate of the drug can be computed by solving (14.12). If we define
we find from (14.12)
and then the off rate of the drug is given by
which is the same as we have in the prototypical model given in Fig. 13.12; see (13.36) on page 217.
14.4 Numerical Experiments
The purpose of this section is to show how the burst mode can be used to represent impaired inactivation and how the theoretical drug derived above works.
14.4.1 Representation of the Late Sodium Current Using the Burst Mode Model
As discussed in Chap. 12, impaired inactivation leads to a late sodium current (see Fig. 12.4). Here, we will see that this effect can also be obtained using a Markov model of the form indicated in Fig. 14.1. In Fig. 14.3, we repeat the computations reported in Fig. 12.4, using the Markov model of Fig. 14.1. The parameters used in this computation are given in Table 14.1. We observe from Fig. 14.3 that μ = 20 seems to represent the late current of Fig. 12.4 fairly well.
14.4.2 The Open State Blocker Repairs the Effect of the Mutation
In Fig. 14.3, we show the late current for the wild type, the mutant μ = 20, and the drug using the optimal open state blocker defined by (14.14) and (14.17). We observe that the late current induced by the mutation is repaired by the open state blocker. The statistics of the open probability density function (for the wild type, the mutant (μ = 20), and the mutant where the drug has been applied) are given in Table 14.2 and the corresponding probability density functions are shown in Fig. 14.4. Again we note that the open blocker repairs the main features of the solution.
14.5 A More Sophisticated Markov Model
The Markov model presented in Fig. 14.1 above has a structure that is a bit simpler than the Markov model commonly used to model the sodium channel. A more common structure is given in Fig. 14.5. This is the model we studied in Chap. 12. When a burst mode is added to it, the Markov model obtains the form illustrated in Fig. 14.6.
To understand how the burst mode changes the properties of the model, it is of interest to compute the equilibrium probabilities. The equilibrium state of the model presented in Fig. 14.6 is characterized by the following system of equations:
It follows that
and, since the sum of the probabilities equals one, we have
and
Therefore,
so the total open probability increases as the mutation severity index μ increases. This will lead to a sustained sodium current characteristic of the mutation under consideration.
It is also interesting to see how the mutation severity index changes the probability of being in the normal or burst mode. To understand this, we define b and b ∗ as the sum of the probabilities in the normal and burst modes, respectively. By using the equilibrium probabilities derived above, we obtain
and thus the probability of being in the burst mode increases as the mutation severity index increases.
14.6 Numerical Experiments Illustrating the Effect of the Burst Mode
The effect of increasing the mutation severity index of the Markov model given in Fig. 14.6 is shown in Fig. 14.7 using the parameters given in Table 14.3. The associated currents are shown in Fig. 14.8 and we note that when the mutation severity index increases, there is a significant late sodium current (Table 14.4).
14.7 A Theoretical Drug for the Mutation Represented by the Burst Mode
In the simplified Markov model presented in Fig. 14.1 above, we saw that an open blocker was able to repair the effect of the mutation. Now the Markov model is extended (see Fig. 14.6), but it is reasonable to believe that an open blocker is still the best alternative, since both the open probability and the mean open time are affected by the mutation. We consider the Markov model given in Fig. 14.9, where an open blocker is added to both the open states of the Markov model given in Fig. 14.6. By following our usual procedure, we find that
The associated mean open time is given by
We now want to tune the drug characterized by the two parameters k ob and k bo such that
and
where the subscript wt denotes wild type values. As above, we have two equations for the two unknowns k ob and k bo and the solution is given by
and
where
So we obtain
We note that the formulas for the optimal open blocker for the Markov model given in Fig. 14.9 are exactly the same as for the open blocker of the prototype Markov model given in Fig. 14.2.
In Fig. 14.10, we show the probability density functions of the wild type, the mutant (using μ = 30), and the mutant case where the optimal open blocker is applied. The blocker repairs the effect of the mutation and the same effect is seen in Fig. 14.11 where the currents are given; the open blocker removes the late sodium current.
14.8 Notes
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The burst mode is discussed by Bennett et al. [2] and modeled in the paper by Clancy and Rudy [14].
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The form of the model illustrated in Fig. 14.6 is taken from Clancy and Rudy [14], but the functions and parameters of the model are not taken from their paper.
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As mentioned above, the introduction of a burst mode is a convenient way of modeling the effect of certain mutations. The notion that gating may enter various modes has been considerably extended and studied in the papers by Chakrapani et al. [10–12] and by Ionescu et al. [37]. In the recent paper by Siekmann et al [83] the concept of modal gating is studied and a method for detecting mode changes based on single channel data is developed.
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