KCNQ1 is a pore-forming K+ channel subunit critically important to cardiac repolarization at high heart rates. (2R)-N-[4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-thiazolyl]-1-[(4-methylphenyl)sulfonyl]-2 piperidinecarboxamide, or ML277, is an activator of this channel that rescues function of pathophysiologically important mutant channel complexes in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes, and that therefore may have therapeutic potential. Here we extend our understanding of ML277 actions through cell-attached single-channel recordings of wild-type and mutant KCNQ1 channels with voltage sensor domains fixed in resting, intermediate, and activated states. ML277 has profound effects on KCNQ1 single-channel kinetics, eliminating the flickering nature of the openings, converting them to discrete opening bursts, and increasing their amplitudes approximately threefold. KCNQ1 single-channel behavior after ML277 treatment most resembles IO state-locked channels (E160R/R231E) rather than AO state channels (E160R/R237E), suggesting that at least during ML277 treatment, KCNQ1 does not frequently visit the AO state. Introduction of KCNE1 subunits reduces the effectiveness of ML277, but some enhancement of single-channel openings is still observed.
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