1st Edition

Handbook of Ion Channels

Edited By Jie Zheng, Matthew C. Trudeau Copyright 2015
    692 Pages 20 Color & 238 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    692 Pages 20 Color & 238 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The New Benchmark for Understanding the Latest Developments of Ion Channels

    Ion channels control the electrical properties of neurons and cardiac cells, mediate the detection and response to sensory stimuli, and regulate the response to physical stimuli. They can often interact with the cellular environment due to their location at the surface of cells. In nonexcitable tissues, they also help regulate basic salt balance critical for homeostasis. All of these features make ion channels important targets for pharmaceuticals.

    Handbook of Ion Channels illustrates the fundamental importance of these membrane proteins to human health and disease. Renowned researchers from around the world introduce the technical aspects of ion channel research, provide a modern guide to the properties of major ion channels, and present powerful methods for modeling ion channel diseases and performing clinical trials for ion channel drugs.

    Conveniently divided into five parts, the handbook first describes the basic concepts of permeation and gating mechanisms, balancing classic theories and the latest developments. The second part covers the principles and practical issues of both traditional and new ion channel techniques and their applications to channel research. The third part organizes the material to follow the superfamilies of ion channels. This part focuses on the classification, properties, gating mechanisms, function, and pharmacology of established and novel channel types. The fourth part addresses ion channel regulation as well as trafficking and distribution. The final part examines several ion channel-related diseases, discussing genetics, mechanisms, and pharmaceutical advances.

    Basic Concepts
    Electricity, nerves, batteries: A short history Clay M. Armstrong
    Ion selectivity and conductance Dorothy M. Kim, Jason G. McCoy, and Crina M. Nimigean
    Basic mechanisms of voltage sensing Sandipan Chowdhury and Baron Chanda
    Ligand-dependent gating mechanism William N. Zagotta
    Mechanosensitive channels and their emerging gating mechanisms Sergei Sukharev and Andriy Anishkin

    Ion Channel Methods
    Patch clamping and single-channel analysis León D. Islas
    Models of ion channel gating Frank T. Horrigan and Toshinori Hoshi
    Utilizing Markov chains to model ion channel sequence variation and kinetics Anthony Fodor
    Investigation of ion channel structure using fluorescence spectroscopy Rikard Blunck
    A practical guide to solving the structure of an ion channel protein Tahmina Rahman and Declan A. Doyle
    Structural study of ion channels by cryo-electron microscopy Qiu-Xing Jiang and Liang Shi
    Rosetta structural modeling Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy
    Genetic methods for studying ion channel function in physiology and disease Andrea L. Meredith
    Ion channel inhibitors Jon Sack and Kenneth S. Eum
    High-throughput methods for ion channels Haibo Yu and Min Li

    Ion Channel Families
    Voltage-gated sodium channels William A. Catterall
    BK channels Huanghe Yang and Jianmin Cui
    Inward rectifying potassium channels Monica Sala-Rabanal and Colin G. Nichols
    Two-pore domain potassium channels Leigh D. Plant and Steve A.N. Goldstein
    KCNQ channels Nikita Gamper and Mark S. Shapiro
    Ionotropic glutamate receptors Andrew Plested
    5-HT3 receptors Sarah C.R. Lummis
    GABAA receptors Trevor G. Smart
    Cyclic nucleotide–gated channels Michael D. Varnum and Gucan Dai
    Acid-sensing ion channels Cecilia Canessa
    Degenerin/ENaC channels James D. Stockand
    TRPC channels Jin-Bin Tian, Dhananjay Thakur, Yungang Lu, and Michael X. Zhu
    TRPV channels Sharona E. Gordon
    TRPM channels David D. McKemy
    TRPML channels Qiong Gao, Xiaoli Zhang, and Haoxing Xu
    CLC chloride channels and transporters Giovanni Zifarelli and Michael Pusch
    Ca-activated chloride channels Xiuming Wong and Lily Jan
    Store-operated CRAC channels Murali Prakriya

    Ion Channel Regulation
    Mechanism of G-protein regulation of K+ channels Rahul Mahajan and Diomedes E. Logothetis
    Calmodulin regulation of voltage-gated calcium channels and beyond Manu Ben-Johny and David T. Yue
    Phosphorylation of voltage-gated ion channels James S. Trimmer and Hiroaki Misonou
    Alternative splicing Andrea L. Meredith
    Single transmembrane regulatory subunits of voltage-gated potassium channels William R. Kobertz and Anatoli Lvov

    Ion Channel Physiology and Diseases
    Ion channels of the heart Donald M. Bers and Eleonora Grandi
    Ion channels in pain J.P. Johnson, Jr.
    CLC-related proteins in diseases Allan H. Bretag and Linlin Ma
    Cystic fibrosis and the CFTR anion channel Yoshiro Sohma and Tzyh-Chang Hwang
    Drugs targeting ion channels KeWei Wang

    Index

    Biography

    Jie Zheng, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. He earned a PhD in physiology from Yale University and received his postdoctoral training at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the University of Washington. Dr. Zheng has published over ten book chapters and review articles as well as numerous original research papers. His current research focuses on the activation mechanism of the temperature-dependent thermoTRP channels.

    Matthew Trudeau, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He earned a PhD in physiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Dr. Trudeau’s current work focuses on hERG potassium channels.

    "… for several years now, researchers have discussed the need for a new, updated, and modern standard work for the field particularly given the explosion of new approaches to channel research, some of which barely existed in 2001. And now we have it. Jie Zheng and Matthew Trudeau have organized an authoritative multi-author handbook covering much of the ion channel field, encompassing the conceptual, technical, organizational, and pathophysiological aspects of ion channel function … I enjoyed reading it and learned a lot, particularly in areas that I haven’t kept up with. It will be a great reference."
    —Richard W. Aldrich, The Journal of General Physiology, July 2015

    "… an excellent source to those wanting to understand, or better understand, basic mechanisms and the diversity of ion channels with respect to cellular function."
    The Physiologist, July 2015

    "This is the most comprehensive reference book on ion channels to date. It covers from basic concepts and mechanisms to advanced topics and applications. All chapters are written by leading experts in their fields."
    —Yongchang Chang, MD, PhD, Laboratory of Ion Channel Biophysics, Division of Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Institute

    "Today we have single-channel recording, genes, hundreds of ion channel subtypes, evolutionary trees, crystal structures, 300,000 papers, many targeted drugs, and very many investigators contributing to this vigorous and mainstream field. The chapters in this volume are testimony to that beautiful success…"
    —From the Foreword by Professor Bertil Hille, University of Washington