2021
Suppression of Kv3.3 channels by antisense oligonucleotides reverses biochemical effects and motor impairment in spinocerebellar ataxia type 13 mice
Zhang Y, Quraishi IH, McClure H, Williams LA, Cheng Y, Kale S, Dempsey GT, Agrawal S, Gerber DJ, McManus OB, Kaczmarek LK. Suppression of Kv3.3 channels by antisense oligonucleotides reverses biochemical effects and motor impairment in spinocerebellar ataxia type 13 mice. The FASEB Journal 2021, 35: e22053. PMID: 34820911, PMCID: PMC8630780, DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101356r.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHAX-1Wild-type animalsMultivesicular bodiesKv3.3 channelsLate endosomes/multivesicular bodiesTank Binding Kinase 1Type animalsCell survival proteinsDisease-causing mutationsVoltage-dependent potassium channelsSpinocerebellar ataxia type 13Survival proteinsKinase 1Mature intact animalsTBK1 activationAge-matched wild-type animalsLevels of CD63Progressive cerebellar degenerationWild-type miceMutationsProtein levelsMutant micePotassium channelsDependent potassium channelsType mice
2018
C-terminal proline deletions in KCNC3 cause delayed channel inactivation and an adult-onset progressive SCA13 with spasticity
Khare S, Galeano K, Zhang Y, Nick JA, Nick HS, Subramony SH, Sampson J, Kaczmarek LK, Waters MF. C-terminal proline deletions in KCNC3 cause delayed channel inactivation and an adult-onset progressive SCA13 with spasticity. The Cerebellum 2018, 17: 692-697. PMID: 29949095, PMCID: PMC8299775, DOI: 10.1007/s12311-018-0950-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIon channel functionMammalian cell cultureMutant proteinsIntracellular cSpinocerebellar ataxia 13Autosomal dominant neurological diseaseChannel functionAllelic heterogeneityProline deletionSCA13 patientsTerminal portionProgressive clinical symptomsNormal membranesCell culturesProteinElectrophysiological characterizationChannel inactivationInactivationClinical symptomsElectrophysiological profileNeurological diseasesClinical importanceSCA13Slow inactivationDeletion
2016
Kv3.3 Channels Bind Hax-1 and Arp2/3 to Assemble a Stable Local Actin Network that Regulates Channel Gating
Zhang Y, Zhang XF, Fleming MR, Amiri A, El-Hassar L, Surguchev AA, Hyland C, Jenkins DP, Desai R, Brown MR, Gazula VR, Waters MF, Large CH, Horvath TL, Navaratnam D, Vaccarino FM, Forscher P, Kaczmarek LK. Kv3.3 Channels Bind Hax-1 and Arp2/3 to Assemble a Stable Local Actin Network that Regulates Channel Gating. Cell 2016, 165: 434-448. PMID: 26997484, PMCID: PMC4826296, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActin CytoskeletonActin-Related Protein 2Actin-Related Protein 2-3 ComplexActin-Related Protein 3Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAmino Acid SequenceCell MembraneMolecular Sequence DataMutationNeuronsPluripotent Stem CellsRac GTP-Binding ProteinsShaw Potassium ChannelsSignal TransductionSpinocerebellar AtaxiasConceptsCytoplasmic C-terminusProline-rich domainPlasma membraneHAX-1Actin nucleationC-terminusCortical actin filament networkLocal actin networkStem cell-derived neuronsActin filament networkCell-derived neuronsAnti-apoptotic proteinsActin cytoskeletonKv3.3 potassium channelActin assemblyActin structuresActin networkArp2/3Channel gatingFilament networkGrowth conesCerebellar neurodegenerationKv3.3TerminusPotassium channels
2015
Kv3.3 potassium channels and spinocerebellar ataxia
Zhang Y, Kaczmarek LK. Kv3.3 potassium channels and spinocerebellar ataxia. The Journal Of Physiology 2015, 594: 4677-4684. PMID: 26442672, PMCID: PMC4983625, DOI: 10.1113/jp271343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPurkinje cellsPotassium channelsAuditory brainstem nucleiCentral nervous systemUnique neurodegenerative diseaseCerebellar Purkinje cellsVoltage-dependent potassium channelsSpinocerebellar ataxia type 13Neuronal survivalBrainstem nucleiExtracerebellar symptomsCerebellar degenerationNervous systemNeurodegenerative diseasesComplex spikesNormal functionKv3.3Disease-causing mutationsType 13Kv3.3 potassium channelSpinocerebellar ataxiaHigh rateCerebellumDifferent mutationsPhysiological functions