| 2002 |
HCN1 protein shows a 60-fold increase in density from soma to distal apical dendritic membranes in hippocampal, subicular, and neocortical layer-5 pyramidal cells, with distal dendritic shafts having 16-fold more HCN1 than proximal dendrites, and higher density in dendritic shafts than spines at equivalent distances from soma. |
High-resolution immunolocalization with quantitative immunogold electron microscopy |
Nature neuroscience |
High |
12389030
|
| 2001 |
HCN1 and HCN2 subunits coassemble to form heteromeric channels with properties intermediate between the two homomers; HCN1 activates 5-10x faster than HCN2 and at more positive voltages, and HCN1 shows minimal cAMP-induced activation curve shift (+4 mV) whereas HCN2 shows +17 mV shift; heteromeric channels closely resemble native Ih in CA1 pyramidal neurons. |
Xenopus oocyte expression, cell-free patch-clamp recordings, cAMP dose-response analysis |
The Journal of general physiology |
High |
11331358
|
| 2000 |
HCN1 and HCN2 subunits form functional heteromeric channels demonstrated with concatenated cDNA constructs; heteromeric channels activate faster than HCN2 homomers with voltage dependence similar to HCN2 and cAMP sensitivity intermediate between HCN1 and HCN2. |
Concatenated cDNA constructs expressed in Xenopus oocytes, electrophysiology |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
11133998
|
| 2004 |
HCN1 channels are a major component of dendritic Ih in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells and constrain LTP specifically at distal perforant path inputs (but not proximal Schaffer collateral inputs), thereby limiting spatial learning and memory; forebrain HCN1 knockout enhances LTP at perforant path and augments theta oscillation power. |
Global and forebrain-restricted HCN1 knockout mice, whole-cell recordings, LTP induction, behavioral testing (Morris water maze, fear conditioning) |
Cell |
High |
15550252
|
| 2003 |
HCN4 and HCN1 coassemble into heteromeric channels in cardiac sinoatrial node; 4-1 tandem (HCN4-HCN1) channels have activation kinetics approaching native If, though the cAMP sensitivity and activation range differ from native channels, suggesting additional context-dependent mechanisms modulate channel properties in situ. |
Heterologous expression in HEK293 cells, concatenated tandem constructs, voltage-clamp electrophysiology |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
12702747
|
| 2004 |
Filamin A interacts specifically with HCN1 (not HCN2 or HCN4) via a 22-amino acid region in the C-terminal domain downstream of the cyclic nucleotide-binding domain; this interaction is verified by co-immunoprecipitation from bovine brain; in filamin A-expressing cells HCN1 channels cluster in hot spots whereas they distribute evenly without filamin A, indicating filamin A regulates membrane localization; filamin A also modulates HCN1 gating kinetics. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation from brain tissue, deletion mapping of binding domain, comparison of channel distribution and gating in filamin A-positive vs. filamin A-negative cell lines |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
15292205
|
| 2009 |
HCN1 channel subunits are directly inhibited by ketamine at clinically relevant concentrations in a subunit-specific manner (HCN1-containing channels more sensitive than others); in cortical pyramidal neurons ketamine induces membrane hyperpolarization and enhanced dendritosomatic synaptic coupling in wild-type but not HCN1 KO mice; HCN1 KO mice show reduced sensitivity to ketamine-induced loss-of-righting reflex (hypnosis); propofol similarly inhibits HCN1 and reduces propofol hypnotic sensitivity in HCN1 KO mice, while etomidate does neither. |
Recombinant channel electrophysiology, whole-cell recordings in cortical pyramidal neurons from WT and HCN1 KO mice, loss-of-righting reflex behavioral assay |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
19158287
|
| 2011 |
HCN1 subunits localize to the active zone of asymmetric presynaptic terminals targeting entorhinal cortical layer III pyramidal neurons; presynaptic HCN channels inhibit glutamate release by suppressing Cav3.2 T-type calcium channel activity; HCN1 and Cav3.2 colocalize at the ultrastructural level by electron microscopy. |
Electron microscopy immunolocalization, electrophysiology in HCN1 KO and WT mice, pharmacological dissection |
Nature neuroscience |
High |
21358644
|
| 2011 |
TRIP8b interacts with HCN1 at two distinct C-terminal sites: (1) an upstream site where HCN1 C-linker/cyclic nucleotide-binding domain binds an 80 aa core of TRIP8b, which is necessary and sufficient to inhibit channel opening and mediates downregulation of surface expression; (2) a downstream site where HCN1 C-terminal SNL tripeptide binds the TRIP8b tetratricopeptide repeat domain to stabilize the complex and optimize interaction. |
Deletion constructs, binding assays, electrophysiology, trafficking assays in transfected cells |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
21411649
|
| 2011 |
Proper distal dendritic targeting of HCN1 in CA1 pyramidal neurons requires TRIP8b; isoform-wide disruption of TRIP8b/HCN1 interaction leads to HCN1 mislocalization throughout the somatodendritic compartment; two remaining isoforms have opposing roles: TRIP8b(1a-4) promotes HCN1 surface expression in dendrites, while TRIP8b(1a) suppresses HCN1 misexpression in axons. |
Conditional TRIP8b knockout mice with selective exon deletion, immunohistochemistry, electrophysiology |
Neuron |
High |
21555075
|
| 2007 |
HCN1 channels at presynaptic terminals of the perforant path in immature rats modulate synaptic efficacy; presynaptic HCN1 expression and function disappear with maturation due to altered axonal transport (not reduced expression in entorhinal cortex soma); blocking action potential firing in vitro restores presynaptic HCN1 expression, indicating activity-dependent regulation of axonal transport. |
Immunohistochemistry at developmental time points, electrophysiology, activity blockade experiments in vitro |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
17460082
|
| 2006 |
Loss of HCN1 expression in apical dendrites of layer 5 cortical pyramidal neurons increases somatodendritic coupling and lowers the frequency threshold for dendritic Ca2+ spike generation by backpropagating action potentials, causing burst firing; computational modeling confirms that dendritic Ih loss recruits Ca2+ channels to amplify dendritic Ca2+ spikes. |
Dual whole-cell patch recordings from soma and apical dendrites in WAG/Rij rats plus age-matched controls, compartmental computational modeling |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
17095562
|
| 2009 |
In cortical pyramidal neurons from HCN1 knockout mice, loss of dendritic Ih triggers homeostatic upregulation of GABA-A alpha5 subunit-mediated tonic current that quantitatively compensates for the loss of shunt current to maintain normal baseline sublinear summation of EPSPs. |
Whole-cell recordings, pharmacology (bicuculline, L-655,708), immunoblotting, computational modeling |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
20164346
|
| 2001 |
HCN1 and HCN4 channels in taste cells are gated by extracellular protons: lowering extracellular pH shifts the activation curve to more positive voltages and flattens it in a dose-dependent manner, providing a molecular mechanism for sour taste transduction; HCN1 and HCN4 are expressed in a subset of taste cells that do not express gustducin. |
In situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, patch-clamp electrophysiology in taste cell slices with acid stimulation |
Nature |
High |
11675786
|
| 2009 |
HCN1 channels are required for rapid and full activation of Ih in entorhinal layer II stellate cells; they dominate resting membrane conductance, suppress low-frequency (<4 Hz) membrane potential oscillations, and control spike afterhyperpolarization recovery during sustained firing. |
Whole-cell recordings in brain slices from HCN1 knockout and wild-type adult mice |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
18003822
|
| 2009 |
HCN1 knockout flattens the dorsal-ventral gradient of membrane potential oscillation frequency and resonant frequency in medial entorhinal cortex layer II stellate cells, establishing HCN1 as the molecular substrate for the frequency gradient underlying grid cell field size differences. |
Whole-cell patch recordings in adult HCN1 global KO mice and controls, analysis of oscillation frequency, resonance, sag potential |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
19515931
|
| 2007 |
Propofol inhibits HCN1 channels by preferentially associating with closed-resting and closed-activated states through the membrane-embedded channel core domain; channel gating is best described by models where closed and open states communicate via voltage-independent reactions with no significant equilibrium occupancy of a deactivated open state. |
Kinetic modeling of HCN1 gating, decoupling of gating from cAMP and internal protons, electrophysiology with propofol application |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
17569731
|
| 2004 |
HCN2 and HCN1 channels both contribute to pacemaker current in globus pallidus GABAergic neurons; HCN channels (blocked by ZD7288) significantly slow and destabilize autonomous pacemaking; dendritic HCN2/HCN1 channels enable resetting of pacemaking by transient striatal GABAergic input, shown by computational simulation. |
Whole-cell electrophysiology in tissue slices, single-cell RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, computational modeling |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
15525777
|
| 2002 |
HCN1 in rabbit rod photoreceptors is localized to the inner segment and cell body; photoreceptor Ih properties (half-activation voltage ~-75 mV, small cAMP shift ~2.3 mV) closely match homomeric HCN1 expressed in HEK293 cells, establishing HCN1 as the molecular basis of homomeric Ih in rods. |
Immunocytochemistry, patch-clamp electrophysiology of native rods and HCN1-expressing HEK293 cells |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
12096053
|
| 2008 |
HCN1 knockout in mouse retina prolongs both scotopic and photopic ERG responses without altering scotopic b-wave amplitude, demonstrating that HCN1 in photoreceptors is required for shortening and shaping of light responses in both rod and cone pathways; HCN1 is strongly expressed in rod and cone photoreceptors as well as some bipolar, amacrine and ganglion cells. |
Immunohistochemistry, patch-clamp recording, electroretinography in HCN1 KO and WT mice |
The European journal of neuroscience |
High |
19019198
|
| 2014 |
De novo missense mutations in HCN1 cause epileptic encephalopathy; patch-clamp recordings show mutations have striking but divergent effects on Ih currents in homomeric channels including altered voltage dependence, kinetics, and gating, establishing gain- or loss-of-function as the pathogenic mechanism. |
Exome sequencing, patch-clamp recordings of mutant human HCN1 channels |
Nature genetics |
High |
24747641
|
| 2014 |
Filamin A (FLNa) promotes dynamin-dependent internalization of HCN1 channels into endosomal compartments in HEK293 cells; this internalization reduces Ih density; in hippocampal neurons, dominant-negative FLNa enhances HCN1 expression, and decoy peptides disrupting HCN1-FLNa interaction abolish punctate HCN1 distribution and augment endogenous Ih and membrane rebound responses. |
Mutational and pharmacological approaches, live imaging of channel internalization, dominant-negative FLNa expression, decoy peptides, whole-cell patch-clamp |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
24403084
|
| 2015 |
Nitric oxide (NO) selectively suppresses HCN1-mediated Ih by hyperpolarizing the half-activation voltage and slowing kinetics in superior olivary neurons that express HCN1 (MSO, LSO, SPN), while simultaneously enhancing HCN2-mediated Ih via cGMP-dependent mechanisms in MNTB neurons that express only HCN2; NO suppression of HCN1 is cGMP-independent and absent in HCN1 KO mice. |
Whole-cell patch-clamp in superior olivary complex slices from WT and HCN1 KO mice, NO donor application, cGMP pathway pharmacology |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
25605440
|
| 2012 |
HCN1 in cochlear hair cell stereocilia forms a ternary complex with protocadherin 15 CD3 (a tip-link protein) and F-actin-binding filamin A; alternatively, HCN1 interacts with HCN2 in a complex excluding protocadherin 15 CD3; HCN1-specific N-terminal sequence (not conserved in HCN2 or HCN4) mediates the interaction with protocadherin 15 CD3; the HCN1 N-terminal peptide also binds PI(3,4,5)P3 and PI(4,5)P2. |
Immunoprecipitation from organ of Corti, EM immunogold localization, peptide competition assays, phosphoinositide-binding assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
22948144
|
| 2008 |
HCN1 N-terminus binds protocadherin 15 CD3 C-terminus in a Ca2+-dependent manner (K_D = 5.26×10^-8 M at 61 µM Ca2+, compared to K_D = 2.39×10^-7 M without Ca2+); binding is mediated by amino acids 158-179 of protocadherin 15 CD3; HCN1 N-terminal self-association (for channel formation) is also Ca2+-dependent but favored at lower Ca2+ concentrations, suggesting competition between binding partners in vivo. |
Yeast two-hybrid, pull-down assays, surface plasmon resonance with Ca2+ titration, deletion mutagenesis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
19008224
|
| 2014 |
Nedd4-2 ubiquitin ligase interacts with HCN1 via a PY motif in the HCN1 C-terminus (and an additional ~100 aa region downstream); Nedd4-2 co-expression reduces HCN1 surface expression by 34% in HEK293 cells and reduces h-current amplitude by 85-92% in oocytes through increased ubiquitination; Nedd4-2 opposes the trafficking-promoting effect of TRIP8b(1a-4), and may reduce N-glycosylation of HCN1. |
Co-immunoprecipitation from rat brain tissue and HEK293 cells, deletion mutagenesis of PY motif, Xenopus oocyte current recordings, HEK293 surface expression assays |
FASEB journal |
High |
24451387
|
| 2014 |
A di-arginine ER retention signal in the intrinsically disordered region of the HCN1 C-terminus negatively regulates surface expression; deletion of this signal redirects a reporter to the plasma membrane in Xenopus photoreceptors; mutation of the signal in intact HCN1 increases surface expression in HEK293 cells. |
Transgenic Xenopus laevis photoreceptor reporter assays, deletion constructs, HEK293 surface expression assay |
Cellular and molecular life sciences |
High |
25142030
|
| 2012 |
TRIP8b-independent mechanisms control HCN1 localization and function at presynaptic cortical terminals; presynaptic HCN channel expression and function is comparable in TRIP8b-null and wild-type mice, while dendritic HCN channels are strongly reduced; kainic acid-induced seizures persistently decrease presynaptic HCN channel function independently of TRIP8b. |
Electron microscopy, whole-cell electrophysiology in TRIP8b-null and WT mice, kainate seizure model |
The Journal of neuroscience |
High |
23077068
|
| 2017 |
HCN1 co-immunoprecipitates with Cav3.2 T-type calcium channels from mouse brain and from tsA-201 cells; the HCN1 N-terminus associates with the Cav3.2 N-terminus; HCN1 expression reduces Cav3.2 Ba2+ current amplitude, shifts Cav3.2 activation gating to more depolarized potentials, and alters kinetics; no reciprocal regulation of HCN1 by Cav3.2 was observed. |
Co-immunoprecipitation from mouse brain and co-transfected cells, whole-cell electrophysiology, N-terminus interaction mapping |
Channels (Austin, Tex.) |
Medium |
28467171
|
| 2013 |
HCN1 channels expressed in cerebellar Purkinje cells reduce the duration of inhibitory synaptic responses; selective deletion of HCN1 from Purkinje cells impairs late stages of motor learning in vestibulo-ocular reflex and rotarod tests but does not affect responses to excitatory inputs when membrane hyperpolarization is absent. |
Cell-type-specific HCN1 conditional knockout mice, whole-cell recordings from Purkinje cells, behavioral motor learning assays |
The Journal of physiology |
High |
24000178
|
| 2012 |
Knockdown of HCN1 in dorsal hippocampal CA1 region increases cellular excitability and reduces Ih, and produces antidepressant- and anxiolytic-like behaviors associated with upregulation of BDNF-mTOR signaling pathways. |
Lentiviral shRNA knockdown of HCN1 in rat dorsal hippocampal CA1, whole-cell recordings, behavioral tests, BDNF-mTOR pathway biochemistry |
Neuron |
High |
22884333
|
| 2022 |
Corticosterone reduces dorsal (but not ventral) CA1 neuron excitability and increases HCN1 protein expression, TRIP8b expression, and Ih via glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and PKA (not CaMKII) signaling pathways; chronic social defeat stress causes sustained elevated perisomatic HCN1 expression and Ih in dorsal CA1 neurons associated with social avoidance. |
Corticosterone bath application with pharmacological inhibitors of GR, PKA, and CaMKII; immunohistochemistry; whole-cell recordings from dorsal and ventral CA1 in stress model mice |
Molecular psychiatry |
Medium |
35840797
|
| 2019 |
TMEM74 physically interacts with HCN1 and promotes HCN1 surface trafficking in BLA pyramidal neurons; Tmem74 knockout reduces surface HCN1 expression and Ih, increases neuronal excitability, and produces anxiety-like behavior; TMEM74 transmembrane domain 1 is required for its membrane localization and Ih enhancement. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, surface expression assays, whole-cell recordings in Tmem74 KO mice, viral rescue in BLA, behavioral anxiety assays |
Molecular psychiatry |
Medium |
30886335
|
| 2000 |
HCN1 mRNA expression in individual neurons strongly correlates with faster Ih activation kinetics; HCN1 mRNA is present in neocortical and hippocampal pyramidal neurons but absent from dopaminergic midbrain and thalamocortical neurons; HCN1 is expressed at least 8-fold higher in cortical than subcortical neurons. |
Combined patch-clamp and single-cell RT-multiplex PCR in mouse CNS |
The European journal of neuroscience |
High |
10971612
|
| 2013 |
HCN1 channels in sinoatrial node stabilize the leading pacemaker region; HCN1-deficient mice display congenital sinus node dysfunction with bradycardia, sinus dysrhythmia, prolonged sinoatrial node recovery time, increased sinoatrial conduction time, and recurrent sinus pauses, causing reduced cardiac output; HCN1 colocalizes with HCN4 in sinoatrial node. |
HCN1 KO mice, whole-cell recordings from isolated sinoatrial node cells, telemetric ECG, echocardiography, in vivo electrophysiology |
Circulation |
High |
24218458
|
| 2015 |
A missense mutation (A354V) in HCN1 found in tremulous TRM/Rij rats produces a loss-of-function HCN1 channel that fails to conduct hyperpolarization-activated currents in vitro; pharmacological blockade of HCN1 with ZD7288 in vivo evokes kinetic tremors and activates neurons in the inferior olive; inferior olive lesions reduce tremor, establishing inferior olive as a key locus. |
Positional cloning, in vitro electrophysiology of mutant channels, ZD7288 in vivo injection, inferior olive lesioning |
PloS one |
High |
25970616
|
| 2021 |
The HCN1 M305L variant (corresponding to M294L in mouse) lacks voltage-dependent activation and deactivation while retaining normal cation selectivity; molecular dynamics simulations identify a sulphur-aromatic interaction between M305 and F389 in the S5 domain that couples voltage sensor movement to pore opening; a single mutant subunit is sufficient to significantly disrupt voltage-dependent activation in heterotetramers. |
Two-electrode voltage-clamp in Xenopus oocytes with variable stoichiometry co-injection, molecular dynamics simulation, allosteric gating modeling |
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology |
High |
34298002
|
| 2022 |
Molecular dynamics simulations of HCN1 selectivity filter show only one stable ion binding site (more flexible and dilated than Kv channels), differential ion coordination and hydration compared to Kv and CNG channels; the C358T mutation stabilizes the binding site and improves fit for Li+ coordination. |
Molecular dynamics simulations of HCN1 channel and C358T mutant |
Biophysical journal |
Medium |
35474263
|
| 2009 |
HCN1 channels constrain DHPG-induced mGluR-LTD at Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapses via a presynaptic mechanism: ZD7288 block of HCN channels increases glutamate release probability (shown by reduced paired-pulse ratio and MK-801 experiments), and HCN1 KO mice show enhanced DHPG-LTD but not LFS-LTD, indicating input-specific presynaptic HCN1 regulation. |
Field recordings, paired-pulse ratio analysis, MK-801 occlusion experiments, HCN1 KO mice |
Learning & memory |
Medium |
19940037
|
| 2017 |
Presynaptic HCN1 channels in a subset of entorhinal cortical synaptic terminals restrict the rate of synaptic vesicle exocytosis; HCN1 loss increases both spontaneous (miniature and spontaneous) and evoked glutamate release as measured by FM1-43 two-photon imaging and electrophysiology in forebrain-specific and global HCN1 KO mice. |
Two-photon FM1-43 imaging of vesicle exocytosis, whole-cell electrophysiology, forebrain-specific and global HCN1 KO mice |
Scientific reports |
High |
28071723
|
| 2022 |
The HCN1 G391D knock-in mutation produces pronounced HCN1 protein mislocalization including disrupted targeting to basket cell axon terminals; both G391D and M153I knock-in mice show spontaneous tonic-clonic seizures; Na+ channel antagonists (lamotrigine, phenytoin) paradoxically induce seizures in both lines consistent with impaired inhibitory neuron function; some mutations render HCN1 channels unresponsive to classic antagonists. |
HCN1 knock-in mouse models, immunohistochemistry, EEG monitoring, pharmacological seizure induction |
eLife |
High |
35972069
|
| 2023 |
Seven HCN1 pathogenic variants in transmembrane domains associated with severe epileptic encephalopathy all produce a significantly larger instantaneous cation leak current; other biophysical properties (half-activation voltage, kinetics) vary between variants; cation leak is identified as a common pathogenic mechanism for HCN1-DEE. |
Two-electrode voltage-clamp in Xenopus oocytes for seven variants from eleven patients |
Brain communications |
High |
37265603
|
| 2012 |
In HCN1 knockout mice, CA1 and CA3 place fields are larger but more stable; the effect is more pronounced in CA1 than CA3, consistent with HCN1's strong expression in CA1 and weaker expression in CA3; CA3 effects likely reflect loss of HCN1 in entorhinal grid cells that provide spatial input. |
In vivo place cell recordings in forebrain-specific HCN1 KO mice during spatial navigation |
Neuron |
High |
22099465
|
| 2012 |
TRIP8b specific splice isoforms regulate axonal HCN1 trafficking in entorhinal perforant path: TRIP8b knockout increases axonal HCN1 in adult medial perforant path; mice lacking only the two most abundant isoforms (1a, 1a-4) show normal HCN1 distribution; overexpression of TRIP8b(1a) (not 1a-4) in cultured neurons promotes somatodendritic and reduces axonal HCN1 localization. |
TRIP8b isoform-specific knockout mice, immunohistochemistry, overexpression in cultured entorhinal neurons |
PloS one |
High |
22363812
|
| 2018 |
HCN1 missense mutations cluster within or near transmembrane domains in severe epileptic encephalopathy, while milder phenotype variants are in N- and C-terminal regions; functional analysis shows effects ranging from complete loss-of-function to shifts in activation kinetics/voltage dependence; Gly391Asp blocks ion permeation in homotetramers by Asp-complexed cation, while heterotetramers show instantaneous current due to pore deformation, shown by molecular dynamics simulation. |
Patch-clamp of 12 selected variants, molecular dynamics simulation of G391D homo- and heterotetramers, cohort genotype-phenotype analysis |
Brain |
High |
30351409
|
| 2014 |
TRIP8b is required for maximal total HCN1 protein expression in retinal neurons; in TRIP8b KO mice, HCN1 is able to traffic to the surface of retinal neurons normally, but total HCN1 protein is dramatically reduced; multiple TRIP8b isoforms (including three in photoreceptors) colocalize with HCN1 in retina. |
TRIP8b KO mouse immunohistochemistry, Western blotting, isoform expression profiling |
PloS one |
Medium |
24409334
|
| 2001 |
Receptor activation of Gs- or Gi-coupled receptors (5-HT4a, mu-opioid) upregulates cAMP to modulate HCN2 but not HCN1 currents in oocytes; HCN2 shows increased amplitude, faster activation, slower deactivation, and a ~15 mV depolarizing shift in voltage dependence; HCN1 is insensitive because it has minimal basal cAMP modulation. |
Xenopus oocyte co-expression of GPCRs with HCN channels, pharmacological dissection of signaling pathway (SQ22536, PKA/PKC inhibitors) |
Pflugers Archiv |
High |
11680627
|