Human connexin31.9, unlike its orthologous protein connexin30.2 in the mouse, is not detectable in the human cardiac conduction system.

Abstract:

:In the human heart connexin(Cx)40, Cx43 and Cx45-containing gap junctional channels electrically couple cardiomyocytes, forming a functional syncytium. In the mouse heart, additionally, Cx30.2-containing gap junctions have been detected in the atrioventricular node where they are implicated, together with Cx45, in impulse delay. However, whether the human ortholog of Cx30.2, Cx31.9, is expressed in the human heart has not previously been investigated. We therefore generated Cx31.9 specific antibodies to test for the expression of Cx31.9 in the human heart. These antibodies recognized the Cx31.9 protein in HeLaCx31.9 transfectants by immunofluorescence and immunoblot analyses. However, we did not find punctate Cx31.9 specific immunofluorescence signals in the working myocardium or in the impulse generation and conduction system of adult or fetal human heart. Complementary immunoblot analyses did not reveal Cx31.9 protein in the adult atrial or ventricular myocardium. We conclude that the Cx31.9 protein, unlike its counterpart in the mouse, is not expressed in detectable quantities and is thus unlikely to contribute to the impulse generation and conduction system or the working myocardium of the human heart.

journal_name

J Mol Cell Cardiol

authors

Kreuzberg MM,Liebermann M,Segschneider S,Dobrowolski R,Dobrzynski H,Kaba R,Rowlinson G,Dupont E,Severs NJ,Willecke K

doi

10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.12.007

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-04-01 00:00:00

pages

553-9

issue

4

eissn

0022-2828

issn

1095-8584

pii

S0022-2828(08)01446-6

journal_volume

46

pub_type

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