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Published 3 February 2003. doi:10.1085/jgp.20028651
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Journal of General Physiology, Volume 121, Number 2, February 2003 163-175

Molecular Action of Lidocaine on the Voltage Sensors of Sodium Channels

Michael F. Sheets1 and Dorothy A. Hanck2

1 The Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
2 Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637

Address correspondence to Michael Sheets, CVRTI, Building 500, 95 South 2000 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Fax: (801) 581-3128; E-mail: michael{at}cvrti.utah.edu

Block of sodium ionic current by lidocaine is associated with alteration of the gating charge-voltage (Q-V) relationship characterized by a 38% reduction in maximal gating charge (Qmax) and by the appearance of additional gating charge at negative test potentials. We investigated the molecular basis of the lidocaine-induced reduction in cardiac Na channel–gating charge by sequentially neutralizing basic residues in each of the voltage sensors (S4 segments) in the four domains of the human heart Na channel (hH1a). By determining the relative reduction in the Qmax of each mutant channel modified by lidocaine we identified those S4 segments that contributed to a reduction in gating charge. No interaction of lidocaine was found with the voltage sensors in domains I or II. The largest inhibition of charge movement was found for the S4 of domain III consistent with lidocaine completely inhibiting its movement. Protection experiments with intracellular MTSET (a charged sulfhydryl reagent) in a Na channel with the fourth outermost arginine in the S4 of domain III mutated to a cysteine demonstrated that lidocaine stabilized the S4 in domain III in a depolarized configuration. Lidocaine also partially inhibited movement of the S4 in domain IV, but lidocaine's most dramatic effect was to alter the voltage-dependent charge movement of the S4 in domain IV such that it accounted for the appearance of additional gating charge at potentials near -100 mV. These findings suggest that lidocaine's actions on Na channel gating charge result from allosteric coupling of the binding site(s) of lidocaine to the voltage sensors formed by the S4 segments in domains III and IV.

Key Words: gating current • NaV1.5 • heart • mutant • local anesthetic drug


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