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2 - Neuronal Ion Channels and Disease Flashcards

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How many neurons are in our nervous system?

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85 Billion

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How many synapses are in our nervous system

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Over 100 Trillion

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Model Neuron Components

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Input (Dendrites)
Integration (Dendritic Tree & Cell Body)
Action Potential Initiation (Axon Hillock)
Conduction (Myelinated Axon)
Output (Synaptic Bouton)

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3 types of electrical signal responses from different neuronal populations

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No Adaptation (Fire Continuously)
Adaptation (Fire, then slow their firing rate)
Pacemaker (No excitatory input required)

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Ion Channels - 2 Essential Properties

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Gating (Open or closed)

Permeation (Selectivity and conductance of ion flow through the channel)

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4 types of Ion Channel gating

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Voltage Gated
Ligand Gated (Extracellular Ligand)
Ligand Gated (Intracellular Ligand)
Stress Activated

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Sodium Potassium Pump - Function

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Keep K+ in and Na+ out

Keep inside more (-) than outside

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Reversal Potential

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The point at which Na+ no longer feels a drive into the cell

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Potassium Channel Structure

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Tetramer
Each subunit has:
Intracellular N-Terminus
6 Transmembrane regions
Intracellular C-Terminus
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On a Potassium Channel subunit, what senses the voltage change?

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Transmembrane Regions 1 - 4

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On a Potassium Channel subunit, what forms the pore, itself?

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Transmembrane Regions 5 & 6

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Sodium Channel Structure

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Single subunit with long intracellular/extracellular regions dividing the channel into 4 domains that behave like a tetramer, even though they’re technically all connected.
Comes with lots of proteins and junk to regulate the channel’s activity

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Calcium Channel Structure

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Like a Sodium Channel. Four domains stitched together for the main pore-forming Alpha-1 Subunit, with auxiliary subunits (like Beta-1) crucial for getting the channel to the cell surface.

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Why do Calcium Channels need a Beta subunit?

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To reach the cell surface

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Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels

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Open in basal state. Think “leak channels” from Mowsh.

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2 types of Voltage Gated Calcium Channels

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Low Voltage Activated (T-Type)

High Voltage Activated (L-Type, P/Q-Type, N-Type, R-Type)

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Nodes of Ranvier contain high concentration of

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Voltage Gated Sodium Channels

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Presynaptic Terminus contains high concentration of

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Voltage Gated Calcium Channels

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Diseases Linked to Calcium Channels

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Autism
Epilepsy
Self-Biting Behavior
Neuropathic Pain

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Diseases Linked to Potassium Channels

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Long QT Syndrome
Paralysis
Diabetes

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Diseases Linked to Sodium Channels

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Long QT Syndrome
Epilepsy
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Pain

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4 main ways Voltage-Gated Ion Channels go bad

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Mutations (Ion channelopathies)
Autoimmune Diseases
Defects in expression level
Mislocation within cell

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Painful Sodium Channelopathies

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Inherited Erythromelagia
PEPD
Overlap Syndrome
Channelopathy associated insensitivity to pain
Painful peripheral neuropathies
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Inherited Erythromelagia - Channel & Mutation

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Nav1.7 - Gain of function, primarily enhanced activation

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Inherited Erythromelagia - Pattern
Pain - Distal limbs (intense burning & flushing)
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PEPD (Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder) - Channel & Mutation
Nav1.7 - Gain of function, primarily impaired fast-activation
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PEPD (Paroxysmal Extreme Pain Disorder) - Pattern
Pain - Perirectal, periorbital, perimandibular
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Overlap Syndrome - Channel & Mutation
Nav1.7 - Enhanced activation + impaired fast-inactivation
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Overlap Syndrome - Pattern
Mixed
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Channelopathy associated insensitivity to pain - Channel & Mutation
Nav1.7 - Loss of Function
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Painful Peripheral Neuropathies - Channel & Mutation
Nav1.7 OR Nav1.8 - Gain of function, multiple effects on channel
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Painful Peripheral Neuropathies - Pattern
Early pain usually distal
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Painful Na Channelopathies - Typical Channel
Nav1.7
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Sodium Channel Speeds (In Health)
Fast Activation | Fast Inactivation
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Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures - Mutation
Altered channel inactivation (Alpha and/or Beta-1 subunits) causing persistent inward current
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Multiple Sclerosis - Proposed Mechanism
Demyelination disease Sodium channels more widely distributed Increased Nav1.6 sodium influx Na+/Ca++ Exchanger compensates, leaving us with high intracellular calcium
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Kv7.1 Channels - Location
Heart & Inner Ear
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Leading cause of Long QT Syndrome
Kv7.1 Mutation leading to exertion-triggered cardiac arrhythmias
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Retigabine
Makes Potassium Channels unresponsibe, no longer fire action potentials
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M Channels
Regulated by Muscarinic Receptor activation
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Kv7.2 and Kv7.3
Heterotetramers that cause BFNS
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BFNS
Benign Family Neonatal Seizures - A loss of function mutation in potassium channels Kv7.2 and Kv7.3
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Queen of Ion Channels
Calcium Channels - Beyond contributing to the electrical properties of the neuron, they serve as the bridge between electrical and chemical signals
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Cav2.1 Channelopathies
Familial Hemiplegic Migraine | Episodic Ataxia Type 2
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Familial Hemiplegic Migraine
Migraines with weakness on one side of the body, can last up to weeks. From a Cav2.1 Channelopathy (missense mutation). Sometimes acompnaies by coma and ataxia
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Episodic Ataxia Type 2
Severe discoordination of motor activities. From a Cav2.1 Channelopathy via truncation or incorrect splicing, leading to a nonfunctional Cav2.1 channel.
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Cav1.2 Channelopathy
Timothy Syndrome
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Timothy Syndrome
Multisystem - Including Arrhythmias, Autism, Abnormal Facial Features, Webbed Fingers. From a subtle gain-of-function mutation in Cav1.2, allowing slightly more Calcium in after inactivation
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Opiate Analgesia Mechanism of Action
Acts on GPCR on presynaptic terminus, which sends 2nd messenger to inhibit Ca2+ channel.
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Medical Marijuana Mechanism of Action
Acts on cannabinoid receptors, which inhibit voltage-gated Ca2+ channels, reducing synaptic release.
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Target of Gabapentin
Alpha-2-delta subunit of Cav channels
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Gabapentin
Treats neuropathic pain and epilepsy

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