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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 23.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2007 Jun 25;116(2):134–142. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.659086

TABLE 2.

Summary of Current Density and Gating Parameters

SCN5A SCN5A + WT-β4 SCN5A + L179F-β4
INa density
 pA/pF −425.70±25.58 (n=5) −378.43±61.81 (n=7) −341.56±35.30 (n=8)
Activation
 V1/2, mV −43.78±1.28 (n=5) −43.69±1.61 (n=7) −43.37±1.13 (n=8)
 Slope factor 3.12±0.10 (n=5) 3.63±0.16* (n=7) 3.85±0.23* (n=8)
Inactivation
 V1/2, mV −78.77±1.11 (n=10) −82.28±0.74* (n=9) −79.10±0.59 (n=9)
 Slope factor 4.72±0.09 (n=10) 6.03±0.23* (n=9) 6.03±0.35* (n=9)
Recovery from inactivation
τ Fast, ms 1.52±0.14 (n=12) 1.48±0.10 (n=18) 1.80±0.18 (n=22)
 Amp fast, % 0.83±0.02 (n=12) 0.82±0.02 (n=18) 0.75±0.02* (n=22)
τ Slow, ms 37.28±3.93 (n=12) 24.50±4.01* (n=18) 47.95±7.51 (n=22)
 Amp slow, % 0.18±0.01 (n=12) 0.19±0.01 (n=18) 0.20±0.01 (n=22)
Decay, −20 mV
τ Fast, ms 0.68±0.02 (n=5) 0.77±0.04 (n=6) 0.80±0.04 (n=8)
τ Slow, ms 2.85±0.26 (n=5) 3.16±0.31 (n=6) 3.66±0.27 (n=8)

All data are represented as mean±SD. INa indicates robust sodium current.

*

P<0.05 vs SCN5A.

P<0.05 vs WT-β4.