Cl⁻ channels: what role do they play in mammalian heart?

Sheng Li Xue Bao. 2006 Apr 25;58(2):104-9.

Abstract

Cl(-) channel has been identified in heart over more than a decade. It is now known that Cl(-) channel is a super-family. The potentially important roles of cardiac Cl(-) channels have been emerging. Cardiac Cl(-) channels may play multifunctional roles in both physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Since the existence and distribution of cardiac Cl(-) channels vary with species and cardiac tissues, and blockade of Cl (-) channel with putative Cl(-) channel blockers or Cl(-) substitution has profound influence on cardiac electrical properties, it appears that the main role of cardiac Cl(-) channels may be to modulate cation channels or provide an ionic environment suitable for the activities of cation channels. So, to investigate the relationship between Cl(-) channels and cation channels may be of physiological and pathophysiological significance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium Channels / physiology
  • Cations / metabolism*
  • Chloride Channels / physiology*
  • Heart / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Potassium Channels / physiology
  • Sodium Channels / physiology
  • TRPM Cation Channels / physiology

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Cations
  • Chloride Channels
  • Potassium Channels
  • Sodium Channels
  • TRPM Cation Channels