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Fischer TH, Kleinwächter A, Herting J, Eiringhaus J, Hartmann N, Renner A, Gummert J, Haverich A, Schmitto JD, Sossalla S. Inhibition of CaMKII Attenuates Progressing Disruption of Ca2+Homeostasis Upon Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in Human Heart Failure. Artif Organs 2016; 40:719-26. [DOI: 10.1111/aor.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Thomas H. Fischer
- Department for Cardiology and Pulmonology; Georg-August University; Göttingen Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK); Göttingen Germany
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- Department for Cardiology and Pulmonology; Georg-August University; Göttingen Germany
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- Department for Cardiology and Pulmonology; Georg-August University; Göttingen Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK); Göttingen Germany
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- Department for Cardiology and Pulmonology; Georg-August University; Göttingen Germany
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- Department for Cardiology and Pulmonology; Georg-August University; Göttingen Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK); Göttingen Germany
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- Department for Heart and Transplantation Surgery; Heart Center; Bad Oeynhausen Germany
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- Department for Heart and Transplantation Surgery; Heart Center; Bad Oeynhausen Germany
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- Department for Thoracic and Heart Surgery; Medical University of Hannover; Hannover Germany
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- Department for Thoracic and Heart Surgery; Medical University of Hannover; Hannover Germany
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- Department for Cardiology and Pulmonology; Georg-August University; Göttingen Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK); Göttingen Germany
- Department for Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive Care Medicine; University Medical Center; Kiel Germany
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Ortega A, Tarazón E, Roselló-Lletí E, Gil-Cayuela C, Lago F, González-Juanatey JR, Cinca J, Jorge E, Martínez-Dolz L, Portolés M, Rivera M. Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Show Up-Regulation of KCNN3 and KCNJ2 Genes and CACNG8-Linked Left Ventricular Dysfunction. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0145518. [PMID: 26710323 PMCID: PMC4692400 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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AIMS Disruptions in cardiac ion channels have shown to influence the impaired cardiac contraction in heart failure. We sought to determine the altered gene expression profile of this category in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients and relate the altered gene expression with the clinical signs present in our patients, such as ventricular dysfunction and sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (SMVT). METHODS AND RESULTS Left ventricular (LV) tissue samples were used in RNA-sequencing technique to elucidate the transcriptomic changes of 13 DCM patients compared to controls (n = 10). We analyzed the differential gene expression of cardiac ion channels, and we found a total of 34 altered genes. We found that the calcium channel CACNG8 mRNA and protein levels were down-regulated and highly and inversely related with LV ejection fraction (LVEF) (r = -0.78, P<0.01). Furthermore, the potassium channels KCNN3 and KCNJ2 mRNA and protein levels were up-regulated and showed also a significant and inverse correlation with LVEF (r = -0.61, P<0.05; r = -0.60, P<0.05) in patients with SMVT. CONCLUSION A broad set of deregulated genes have been identified by RNA-sequencing technique. The relationship of CACNG8, KCNN3 and KCNJ2 with LVEF, and the up-regulation of KCNN3 and KCNJ2 in all patients with SMVT, irrespective of CACNG8 expression, suggest a significant role for these three ion flux related genes in the LV dysfunction present in this cardiomyopathy and an important relationship between KCNN3 and KCNJ2 up-regulation and the presence of SMVT.
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- Ana Ortega
- Cardiocirculatory Unit, Health Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiocirculatory Unit, Health Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiocirculatory Unit, Health Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiocirculatory Unit, Health Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiology Research Unit, Department of Cardiology and Institute of Biomedical Research, University Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Cellular and Molecular Cardiology Research Unit, Department of Cardiology and Institute of Biomedical Research, University Clinical Hospital, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Cardiology Service of Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cardiology Service of Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit, Cardiology Department, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiocirculatory Unit, Health Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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- Cardiocirculatory Unit, Health Research Institute of La Fe University Hospital (IIS La Fe), Valencia, Spain
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Quijada P, Hariharan N, Cubillo JD, Bala KM, Emathinger JM, Wang BJ, Ormachea L, Bers DM, Sussman MA, Poizat C. Nuclear Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II Signaling Enhances Cardiac Progenitor Cell Survival and Cardiac Lineage Commitment. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:25411-26. [PMID: 26324717 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.657775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ca(2+)/Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) signaling in the heart regulates cardiomyocyte contractility and growth in response to elevated intracellular Ca(2+). The δB isoform of CaMKII is the predominant nuclear splice variant in the adult heart and regulates cardiomyocyte hypertrophic gene expression by signaling to the histone deacetylase HDAC4. However, the role of CaMKIIδ in cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs) has not been previously explored. During post-natal growth endogenous CPCs display primarily cytosolic CaMKIIδ, which localizes to the nuclear compartment of CPCs after myocardial infarction injury. CPCs undergoing early differentiation in vitro increase levels of CaMKIIδB in the nuclear compartment where the kinase may contribute to the regulation of CPC commitment. CPCs modified with lentiviral-based constructs to overexpress CaMKIIδB (CPCeδB) have reduced proliferative rate compared with CPCs expressing eGFP alone (CPCe). Additionally, stable expression of CaMKIIδB promotes distinct morphological changes such as increased cell surface area and length of cells compared with CPCe. CPCeδB are resistant to oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) relative to CPCe, whereas knockdown of CaMKIIδB resulted in an up-regulation of cell death and cellular senescence markers compared with scrambled treated controls. Dexamethasone (Dex) treatment increased mRNA and protein expression of cardiomyogenic markers cardiac troponin T and α-smooth muscle actin in CPCeδB compared with CPCe, suggesting increased differentiation. Therefore, CaMKIIδB may serve as a novel modulatory protein to enhance CPC survival and commitment into the cardiac and smooth muscle lineages.
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- Pearl Quijada
- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, and
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- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, and
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- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182
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- From the Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, Cardiovascular Research Program, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 11211, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Despite improvements in the therapy of underlying heart disease, sudden cardiac death is a major cause of death worldwide. Disturbed Na and Ca handling is known to be a major predisposing factor for life-threatening tachyarrhythmias. In cardiomyocytes, many ion channels and transporters, including voltage-gated Na and Ca channels, cardiac ryanodine receptors, Na/Ca-exchanger, and SR Ca-ATPase are involved in this regulation. We have learned a lot about the pathophysiological relevance of disturbed ion channel function from monogenetic disorders. Changes in the gating of a single ion channel and the activity of an ion pump suffice to dramatically increase the propensity for arrhythmias even in structurally normal hearts. Nevertheless, patients with heart failure with acquired dysfunction in many ion channels and transporters exhibit profound dysregulation of Na and Ca handling and Ca/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase and are especially prone to arrhythmias. A deeper understanding of the underlying arrhythmic principles is mandatory if we are to improve their outcome. This review addresses basic tachyarrhythmic mechanisms, the underlying ionic mechanisms and the consequences for ion homeostasis, and the situation in complex diseases like heart failure.
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- Stefan Wagner
- From the Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (S.W., L.S.M.); and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA (D.M.B.)
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (S.W., L.S.M.); and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA (D.M.B.).
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- From the Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (S.W., L.S.M.); and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, Davis, CA (D.M.B.)
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Duan DD. Calm down when the heart is stressed: Inhibiting calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II for antiarrhythmias. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2015; 25:398-400. [PMID: 25910598 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2015.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) plays a pivotal role in many regulatory processes of cellular functions ranging from membrane potentials and electric-contraction (E-C) coupling to mitochondrial integrity and survival of cardiomyocytes. The review article by Hund and Mohler in this issue of Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine highlights the importance of the elevated CaMKII signaling pathways under stressed conditions such as myocardial hypertrophy and ischemia in the detrimental remodeling of ion channels and in the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias. Down-regulation of the elevated CaMKII is now emerging as a powerful therapeutic strategy for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and other forms of heart disease such as hypertrophic and ischemic heart failure. The development of new specific and effective CaMKII inhibitors as therapeutic agents for cardiac arrhythmias is challenged by the tremendous complexity of CaMKII expression and distribution of multi isoforms, as well as the multitude of downstream targets in the CaMKII signaling pathways and regulatory processes. A systematic understanding of the structure and regulation of the CaMKII signaling and functional network under the scope of genome and phenome may improve and extend our knowledge about the role of CaMKII in cardiac health and disease and accelerate the discovery of new CaMKII inhibitors that target not only the ATP-binding site but also the regulation sites in the CaMKII signaling and functional network.
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- Dayue Darrel Duan
- The Laboratory of Cardiovascular Phenomics, Center for Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine University of Nevada, Reno, NV; Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine University of Nevada, Reno, NV.
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van Oort RJ, Brown JH, Westenbrink BD. CaMKII confirms its promise in ischaemic heart disease. Eur J Heart Fail 2014; 16:1268-9. [DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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- Ralph J. van Oort
- Department of Experimental Cardiology; Academic Medical Center; Amsterdam the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacology; University of California San Diego; San Diego CA USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen; Groningen the Netherlands
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