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Bin-Dayel AF, Abdel Baky NA, Fadda LM, Mohammad RA, Al-Mohanna F. Effect of aliskiren and carvedilol on expression of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II δ-subunit isoforms in cardiac hypertrophy rat model. Toxicol Mech Methods 2016; 26:122-31. [DOI: 10.3109/15376516.2015.1128035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Anfal Fahad Bin-Dayel
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt,
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
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- Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and
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- Department of Cell Biology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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He J, Yao J, Sheng H, Zhu J. Involvement of the dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A-alternative splicing factor-calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIδ signaling pathway in myocardial infarction-induced heart failure of rats. J Card Fail 2015; 21:751-60. [PMID: 26067684 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2015.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alternative splicing factor (ASF)-regulated alternative splicing of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIδ (CaMKIIδ) plays an important role in pathologic cardiac remodeling. ASF can be phosphorylated by dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (Dyrk1A). This study aimed to investigate the possible involvement of the Dyrk1A-ASF-CaMKIIδ signaling pathway in the progression of myocardial infarction (MI)-induced heart failure (HF). METHODS AND RESULTS MI in rats was induced by means of left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. Seven weeks after MI, the increase in left ventricular internal diameter at end-diastole (LVIDd), and the decrease in both ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) indicated that MI rats had developed HF. Quantitative real time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction indicated the dysregulation of CaMKIIδ alternative splicing, ie, up-regulation of CaMKIIδA and CaMKIIδC and down-regulation of CaMKIIδB in the hearts of HF rats. Electrophoresis and immunostaining revealed that HF activated the phosphorylation of ASF and affected its subcellular localization. Western blot analysis demonstrated a significant elevation in the activity and expression of Dyrk1A in HF rats. Inversely, treatment of MI-induced HF rats with Dyrk1A inhibitor, either harmine or EGCG, improved the symptoms of HF, reversed the molecular changes of Dyrk1A and ASF, and regulated alternative splicing of CaMKIIδ in HF rats. CONCLUSIONS Enhanced activation of Dyrk1A-ASF-CaMKIIδ signaling pathway may underlie the mechanisms of HF after MI, and Dyrk1A inhibition may contribute to inactivation of this pathway and thereby retard the progression of MI-induced HF.
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- Jing He
- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China; Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
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Dobrev D, Wehrens XHT. Calmodulin kinase II, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ leak, and atrial fibrillation. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2010; 20:30-4. [PMID: 20685575 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Although it is generally accepted that excitation-contraction coupling is defective in patients with atrial fibrillation, the underlying cellular mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Recent studies suggest that abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium "leak" via ryanodine receptors contributes to atrial arrhythmogenesis. Increased activity of the enzyme calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) and, specifically, enhanced CaMKII phosphorylation of ryanodine receptors appear to play a critical role in the induction and perhaps maintenance of atrial fibrillation. In this review, we will summarize new insights into the role of enhanced CaMKII in sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak and atrial arrhythmogenesis during atrial fibrillation.
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- Dobromir Dobrev
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany.
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Little GH, Saw A, Bai Y, Dow J, Marjoram P, Simkhovich B, Leeka J, Kedes L, Kloner RA, Poizat C. Critical role of nuclear calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIdeltaB in cardiomyocyte survival in cardiomyopathy. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:24857-68. [PMID: 19602725 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.003186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) plays a central role in cardiac contractility and heart disease. However, the specific role of alternatively spliced variants of CaMKII in cardiac disease and apoptosis remains poorly explored. Here we report that the deltaB subunit of CaMKII (CaMKIIdeltaB), which is the predominant nuclear isoform of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases in heart muscle, acts as an anti-apoptotic factor and is a novel target of the antineoplastic and cardiomyopathic drug doxorubicin (Dox (adriamycin)). Hearts of rats that develop cardiomyopathy following chronic treatment with Dox also show down-regulation of CaMKIIdeltaB mRNA, which correlates with decreased cardiac function in vivo, reduced expression of sarcomeric proteins, and increased tissue damage associated with Dox cardiotoxicity. Overexpression of CaMKIIdeltaB in primary cardiac cells inhibits Dox-mediated apoptosis and prevents the loss of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. Specific silencing of CaMKIIdeltaB by small interfering RNA prevents the formation of organized sarcomeres and decreases the expression of Bcl-2, which all mimic the effect of Dox. CaMKIIdeltaB is required for GATA-4-mediated co-activation and binding to the Bcl-2 promoter. These results reveal that CaMKIIdeltaB plays an essential role in cardiomyocyte survival and provide a mechanism for the protective role of CaMKIIdeltaB. These results suggest that selective targeting of CaMKII in the nuclear compartment might represent a strategy to regulate cardiac apoptosis and to reduce Dox-mediated cardiotoxicity.
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- Gillian H Little
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Rothschild SC, Lister JA, Tombes RM. Differential expression of CaMK-II genes during early zebrafish embryogenesis. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:295-305. [PMID: 17103413 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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CaMK-II is a highly conserved Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase expressed throughout the lifespan of all vertebrates. During early development, CaMK-II regulates cell cycle progression and "non-canonical" Wnt-dependent convergent extension. In the zebrafish, Danio rerio, CaMK-II activity rises within 2 hr after fertilization. At the time of somite formation, zygotic expression from six genes (camk2a1, camk2b1, camk2g1, camk2g2, camk2d1, camk2d2) results in a second phase of increased activity. Zebrafish CaMK-II genes are 92-95% identical to their human counterparts in the non-variable regions. During the first three days of development, alternative splicing yields at least 20 splice variants, many of which are unique. Whole-mount in situ hybridization reveals that camk2g1 comprises the majority of maternal expression. All six genes are expressed strongly in ventral regions at the 18-somite stage. Later, camk2a1 is expressed in anterior somites, heart, and then forebrain. Camk2b1 is expressed in somites, mid- and forebrain, gut, retina, and pectoral fins. Camk2g1 appears strongly along the midline and then in brain, gut, and pectoral fins. Camk2g2 is expressed early in the midbrain and trunk and exhibits the earliest retinal expression. Camk2d1 is elevated early at somite boundaries, then epidermal tissue, while camk2d2 is expressed in discrete anterior locations, steadily increasing along either side of the dorsal midline and then throughout the brain, including the retina. These findings reveal a complex pattern of CaMK-II gene expression consistent with pleiotropic roles during development.
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- Sarah C Rothschild
- Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Little GH, Bai Y, Williams T, Poizat C. Nuclear calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIdelta preferentially transmits signals to histone deacetylase 4 in cardiac cells. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:7219-31. [PMID: 17179159 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604281200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Class II histone deacetylases (HDACs) act as repressors of cardiac hypertrophy, an adaptative response of the heart characterized by a reprogramming of fetal cardiac genes. Prolonged hypertrophy often leads to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Upstream endogenous regulators of class II HDACs that regulate hypertrophic growth are just beginning to emerge. Here we demonstrate that the delta B isoform of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKIIdeltaB), known to promote cardiac hypertrophy, transmits signals specifically to HDAC4 but not other class II HDACs. CaMKIIdeltaB efficiently phosphorylates both a glutathione S-transferase (GST)-HDAC4 fragment spanning amino acids 207-311 and full-length FLAG-HDAC4 but not the equivalents in HDAC5. Although previous studies in skeletal muscle cells have shown that HDAC4 lacking serine 246 cannot be phosphorylated by CaMKI/IV, a similar mutant is still phosphorylated by CaMKIIdeltaB. Importantly, mutation of serine 210 to alanine totally abolishes phosphorylation of the GST fragment and significantly reduces phosphorylation of full-length HDAC by CaMKIIdeltaB. RNA interference knockdown of CaMKIIdeltaB prevents the effects of hypertrophic stimuli. Overexpression of CaMKIIdeltaB in primary neonatal cardiomyocytes increases the activity of the Mef2 transcription factor and completely rescues HDAC4-mediated repression of MEF2 but only partially rescues inhibition by HDAC5 or the HDAC4 S210A mutant. CaMKIIdeltaB strongly interacts with HDAC4 in cells but not with HDAC5. These results demonstrate that CaMKIIdeltaB preferentially targets HDAC4, and this involves serine 210. These findings identify HDAC4 as a specific downstream substrate of CaMKIIdeltaB in cardiac cells and have broad applications for the signaling pathways leading to cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
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- Gillian H Little
- Institute for Genetic Medicine and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Grueter CE, Colbran RJ, Anderson ME. CaMKII, an emerging molecular driver for calcium homeostasis, arrhythmias, and cardiac dysfunction. J Mol Med (Berl) 2006; 85:5-14. [PMID: 17119905 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-006-0125-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2006] [Revised: 10/04/2006] [Accepted: 10/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Maintenance of cytoplasmic calcium homeostasis is critical for all cells. An exciting field has emerged in elucidating the multiple roles that Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) plays in regulating Ca(2+) cycling in normal cardiac myocytes and in pathophysiological states. Moreover, CaMKII was recently identified as a potential drug target in cardiac disease. This work has given us a closer view of the complexity and therapeutic possibilities of CaMKII regulation of Ca(2+) signaling in cardiac myocytes.
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- Chad E Grueter
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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Abraham ST, Shaw C. Increased expression of deltaCaMKII isoforms in skeletal muscle regeneration: Implications in dystrophic muscle disease. J Cell Biochem 2006; 97:621-32. [PMID: 16215994 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The expression of delta isoforms of calcium-calmodulin/dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) has been reported in mammalian skeletal muscle; however, their functions in this tissue are largely unknown. This study was conducted to determine if deltaCaMKII expression was altered during regeneration of skeletal muscle fibers in two distinct models. In the first model, necrosis and regeneration were induced in quadriceps of normal mice by intramuscular administration of 50% glycerol. Immunostaining and confocal microscopy revealed that deltaCaMKII expression was clearly enhanced in fibers showing centralized nuclei. The second model was the mdx mouse, which undergoes enhanced muscle necrosis and regeneration due to a mutation in the dystrophin gene. sern blot analysis of hind leg extracts from 4 to 6 week old mdx mice revealed that deltaCaMKII content was decreased when compared to age-matched control mice. This loss in delta kinase content was seen in myofibrillar and membrane fractions and was in contrast to unchanged deltaCaMKII levels in cardiac and brain extracts from dystrophic mice. Confocal microscopy of mdx quadriceps and tibialis muscle showed that deltaCaMKII expression was uniformly decreased in most fibers from dystrophic mice; however, enhanced kinase expression was observed in regenerating muscle fibers. These data support a fundamental role for deltaCaMKII in the regeneration process of muscle fibers in normal and mdx skeletal muscle and may have important implications in the reparative process following muscle death.
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- S Thomas Abraham
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Campbell University School of Pharmacy, PO 1090, Buies Creek, NC 27529, USA.
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Hund TJ, Rudy Y. A role for calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in cardiac disease and arrhythmia. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2006:201-20. [PMID: 16610345 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29715-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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More than 20 years have passed since the discovery that a collection of specific calcium/calmodulin-dependent phosphorylation events is the result of a single multifunctional kinase. Since that time, we have learned a great deal about this multifunctional and ubiquitous kinase, known today as calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). CaMKII is interesting not only for its widespread distribution and broad specificity but also for its biophysical properties, most notably its activation by the critical second messenger complex calcium/calmodulin and its autophosphorylating capability. A central role for CaMKII has been identified in regulating a diverse array of fundamental cellular activities. Furthermore, altered CaMKII activity profoundly impacts function in the brain and heart. Recent findings that CaMKII expression in the heart changes during hypertrophy, heart failure, myocardial ischemia, and infarction suggest that CaMKII may be a viable therapeutic target for patients suffering from common forms of heart disease.
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- T J Hund
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8118, Saint Louis, MO 63118, USA.
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Lantsman K, Tombes RM. CaMK-II oligomerization potential determined using CFP/YFP FRET. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1746:45-54. [PMID: 16185778 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2005] [Revised: 08/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Members of the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMK-II) family are encoded throughout the animal kingdom by up to four genes (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta). Over three dozen known CaMK-II splice variants assemble into approximately 12-subunit oligomers with catalytic domains facing out from a central core. In this study, the catalytic domain of alpha, beta, and delta CaMK-IIs was replaced with cyan (CFP) or yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) for fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) studies. FRET, when normalized to total CFP and YFP, reproducibly yielded values which reflected oligomerization preference, inter-subunit spacing, and localization. FRET occurred when individual CFP and YFP-linked CaMK-IIs were co-expressed, but not when they were expressed separately and then mixed. All hetero-oligomers exhibited FRET values that were averages of their homo-oligomeric parents, indicating no oligomeric preference or restriction. FRET for CaMK-II homo-oligomers was inversely proportional to the variable region length. FPs were monomerized (Leu221 to Lys221) for this study, thus eliminating any potential artifact caused by FP-CaMK-II aggregates. Our results indicate that alpha, beta, and delta CaMK-IIs can freely hetero-oligomerize and that increased variable region lengths place amino termini further apart, potentially influencing the rate of inter-subunit autophosphorylation.
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- Konstantin Lantsman
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2012, USA
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Tombes RM, Faison MO, Turbeville JM. Organization and evolution of multifunctional Ca2+/CaM-dependent protein kinase genes. Gene 2003; 322:17-31. [PMID: 14644494 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The "multi-functional" Ca(2+) and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, type II (CaMK-II) is an evolutionarily conserved protein. It has been found as a single gene in the horseshoe crab, marine sponge, sea urchin, nematode, and fruit fly, whereas most vertebrates possess four genes (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta). Species from fruit flies to humans encode alternative splice variants which are differentially targeted to phosphorylate diverse downstream targets of Ca(2+) signaling. By comparing known CaMK-II protein and nucleotide sequences, we have now provided evidence for the evolutionary relatedness of CaMK-IIs. Parsimony analyses unambiguously indicate that the four vertebrate CaMK-II genes arose via repeated duplications. Nucleotide phylogenies show consistent but moderate support for the placement of the vertebrate delta CaMK-II as the earliest diverging vertebrate gene. delta CaMK-II is the only gene with both central and C-terminal variable domains and has three to four times more intronic sequence than the other three genes. beta and gamma CaMK-II genes show strong sequence similarity and have comparable exon and intron organization and utilization. alpha CaMK-II is absent from amphibians (Xenopus laevis) and has the most restricted tissue specificity in mammals, whereas beta, gamma, and delta CaMK-IIs are expressed in most tissues. All 38 known mammalian CaMK-II splice variants were compiled with their tissue specificity and exon usage. Some of these variants use alternative 5' and 3' donors within a single exon as well as alternative promoters. These findings serve as an important benchmark for future phylogenetic, developmental, or biochemical studies on this important, conserved, and highly regulated gene family.
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- Robert M Tombes
- Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2012, USA.
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Ji Y, Li B, Reed TD, Lorenz JN, Kaetzel MA, Dedman JR. Targeted inhibition of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in cardiac longitudinal sarcoplasmic reticulum results in decreased phospholamban phosphorylation at threonine 17. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:25063-71. [PMID: 12692124 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302193200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To investigate the role of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum function, transgenic mice were designed and generated to target the expression of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II inhibitory peptide in cardiac longitudinal sarcoplasmic reticulum using a truncated phospholamban transmembrane domain. The expressed inhibitory peptide was highly concentrated in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. This resulted in a 59.7 and 73.6% decrease in phospholamban phosphorylation at threonine 17 under basal and beta-adrenergic stimulated conditions without changing phospholamban phosphorylation at serine 16. Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ uptake assays showed that the Vmax was decreased by approximately 30% although the apparent affinity for Ca2+ was unchanged in heterozygous hearts. The in vivo measurement of cardiac function showed no significant reductions in positive and negative dP/dt, but a moderate 18% decrease in dP/dt40, indicative of isovolumic contractility, and a 26.1% increase in the time constant of relaxation (tau) under basal conditions. The changes in these parameters indicate a moderate cardiac dysfunction in transgenic mice. Although the 3 and 4-month-old transgenic mice displayed no overt signs of cardiac disease, when stressed by gestation and parturition, the 7-month-old female mice develop dilated heart failure, suggesting the important role of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II pathway in the development of cardiac disease.
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- Yong Ji
- Department of Genome Science, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267-0505, USA
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Zhang T, Maier LS, Dalton ND, Miyamoto S, Ross J, Bers DM, Brown JH. The deltaC isoform of CaMKII is activated in cardiac hypertrophy and induces dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Circ Res 2003; 92:912-9. [PMID: 12676814 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000069686.31472.c5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 436] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Recent studies have demonstrated that transgenic (TG) expression of either Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaMKIV) or CaMKIIdeltaB, both of which localize to the nucleus, induces cardiac hypertrophy. However, CaMKIV is not present in heart, and cardiomyocytes express not only the nuclear CaMKIIdeltaB but also a cytoplasmic isoform, CaMKIIdeltaC. In the present study, we demonstrate that expression of the deltaC isoform of CaMKII is selectively increased and its phosphorylation elevated as early as 2 days and continuously for up to 7 days after pressure overload. To determine whether enhanced activity of this cytoplasmic deltaC isoform of CaMKII can lead to phosphorylation of Ca2+ regulatory proteins and induce hypertrophy, we generated TG mice that expressed the deltaC isoform of CaMKII. Immunocytochemical staining demonstrated that the expressed transgene is confined to the cytoplasm of cardiomyocytes isolated from these mice. These mice develop a dilated cardiomyopathy with up to a 65% decrease in fractional shortening and die prematurely. Isolated myocytes are enlarged and exhibit reduced contractility and altered Ca2+ handling. Phosphorylation of the ryanodine receptor (RyR) at a CaMKII site is increased even before development of heart failure, and CaMKII is found associated with the RyR in immunoprecipitates from the CaMKII TG mice. Phosphorylation of phospholamban is also increased specifically at the CaMKII but not at the PKA phosphorylation site. These findings are the first to demonstrate that CaMKIIdeltaC can mediate phosphorylation of Ca2+ regulatory proteins in vivo and provide evidence for the involvement of CaMKIIdeltaC activation in the pathogenesis of dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Cardiomegaly/enzymology
- Cardiomegaly/mortality
- Cardiomegaly/pathology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/enzymology
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/pathology
- Cell Size/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Constriction, Pathologic/physiopathology
- Enzyme Activation
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Heart Failure/enzymology
- Heart Failure/pathology
- Heart Ventricles/pathology
- Heart Ventricles/physiopathology
- Isoenzymes/genetics
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Myocardium/enzymology
- Myocardium/pathology
- Phosphorylation
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Survival Rate
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Affiliation(s)
- Tong Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, Calif 92093-0636, USA
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Balla Z, Hoch B, Karczewski P, Blasig IE. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIdelta 2 and gamma isoforms regulate potassium currents of rat brain capillary endothelial cells under hypoxic conditions. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:21306-14. [PMID: 11925434 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200553200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Endothelial K+ and Ca2+ homeostasis plays an important role in the regulation of tissue supply and metabolism under normal and pathological conditions. However, the exact molecular mechanism of how Ca2+ is involved in the regulation of K+ homeostasis in capillary endothelial cells, especially under oxidative stress, is not clear. To reveal Ca2+-triggered pathways, which modulate K+ homeostasis, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and voltage-gated outward K+ currents were studied in rat brain capillary endothelial cells under hypoxia. Whole cell voltage-clamp measurements showed voltage-gated outward K+ current with transient and sustained components. mRNA and protein of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II delta2 and two gamma isoenzymes were identified. Activation of the isoforms (autophosphorylation) was typically achieved by the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin, which was prevented by the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II-specific inhibitor KN-93. Hypoxia resulted in autophosphorylation of the delta2 and gammaB isoforms, augmented the current amplitude, increased the inactivation time constant, and decreased the extent of inactivation of the transient current. KN-93 prevented both the activation of the isoforms and the alterations in the K+ current characteristics. It is concluded that the activation of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II decreases inactivation of the voltage-gated outward K+ current, thereby counteracting depolarization of the hypoxic endothelium.
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- Zsolt Balla
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, 13125 Germany
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Protas L, DiFrancesco D, Robinson RB. L-type but not T-type calcium current changes during postnatal development in rabbit sinoatrial node. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 281:H1252-9. [PMID: 11514294 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.3.h1252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although the neonatal sinus node beats at a faster rate than the adult, when a sodium current (I(Na)) present in the newborn is blocked, the spontaneous rate is slower in neonatal myocytes than in adult myocytes. This suggests a possible functional substitution of I(Na) by another current during development. We used ruptured [T-type calcium current (I(Ca,T))] and perforated [L-type calcium current (I(Ca,L))] patch clamps to study developmental changes in calcium currents in sinus node cells from adult and newborn rabbits. I(Ca,T) density did not differ with age, and no significant differences were found in the voltage dependence of activation or inactivation. I(Ca,L) density was lower in the adult than newborn (12.1 +/- 1.4 vs. 17.6 +/- 2.5 pA/pF, P = 0.049). However, activation and inactivation midpoints were shifted in opposite directions, reducing the potential contribution during late diastolic depolarization in the newborn (activation midpoints -17.3 +/- 0.8 and -22.3 +/- 1.4 mV in the newborn and adult, respectively, P = 0.001; inactivation midpoints -33.4 +/- 1.4 and -28.3 +/- 1.7 mV for the newborn and adult, respectively, P = 0.038). Recovery of I(Ca,L) from inactivation was also slower in the newborn. The results suggest that a smaller but more negatively activating and rapidly recovering I(Ca,L) in the adult sinus node may contribute to the enhanced impulse initiation at this age in the absence of I(Na).
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- L Protas
- Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Wu Y, Colbran RJ, Anderson ME. Calmodulin kinase is a molecular switch for cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2877-81. [PMID: 11226334 PMCID: PMC30233 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051449198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Signaling between cell membrane-bound L-type Ca(2+) channels (LTCC) and ryanodine receptor Ca(2+) release channels (RyR) on sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) stores grades excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) in striated muscle. A physical connection regulates LTCC and RyR in skeletal muscle, but the molecular mechanism for coordinating LTCC and RyR in cardiomyocytes, where this physical link is absent, is unknown. Calmodulin kinase (CaMK) has characteristics suitable for an ECC coordinating molecule: it is activated by Ca(2+)/calmodulin, it regulates LTCC and RyR, and it is enriched in the vicinity of LTCC and RyR. Intact cardiomyocytes were studied under conditions where CaMK activity could be controlled independently of intracellular Ca(2+) by using an engineered Ca(2+)-independent form of CaMK and a highly specific CaMK inhibitory peptide. CaMK reciprocally enhanced L-type Ca(2+) current and reduced release of Ca(2+) from the SR while increasing SR Ca(2+) content. These findings support the hypothesis that CaMK is required to functionally couple LTCC and RyR during cardiac ECC.
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- Y Wu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Donai H, Murakami T, Amano T, Sogawa Y, Yamauchi T. Induction and alternative splicing of delta isoform of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II during neural differentiation of P19 embryonal carcinoma cells and during brain development. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2000; 85:189-99. [PMID: 11146121 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(00)00221-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Since the expression of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II) is regulated during brain development, the developmental change of the enzyme was investigated during the neural differentiation of murine P19 embryonal carcinoma cells. CaM kinase II activity was induced during the differentiation of P19 cells treated with retinoic acid. Expression of the enzyme was induced 2 days after the treatment and maximized at 5 days. The enzyme activity increased about approximately 8-fold. The enzyme protein was shown to differ between differentiated and undifferentiated cells. The delta isoform of CaM kinase II was found as the major isoform in P19 cells by immunoblotting and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). A total of four and three alternatively spliced variants of delta isoform were detected in P19 cells by RT-PCR analysis and by immunoblotting, respectively. Although multiple alternatively spliced forms have been reported, the major splice variants of delta isoform in differentiated cells were delta l and delta 9 isoforms, which were specifically detected in differentiated cells. In undifferentiated cells, the major splice variant corresponded to delta 2 isoform. These results indicated that the expression of delta isoform of CaM kinase II was induced, and the splicing pattern of the isoform changed, during neural differentiation. Cell type distinctive changes of splicing pattern of delta isoform were also observed not only during differentiation of cultured neuronal cells, but also during development of rat forebrain and cerebellum.
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- H Donai
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Shomachi 1, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan
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Bartel S, Vetter D, Schlegel WP, Wallukat G, Krause EG, Karczewski P. Phosphorylation of phospholamban at threonine-17 in the absence and presence of beta-adrenergic stimulation in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:2173-85. [PMID: 11112993 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The site-specific phospholamban phosphorylation was studied with respect to the interplay of cAMP- and Ca(2+)signaling in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. To elucidate the signal pathway(s) for the activation of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII) we studied Thr17 phosphorylation of phospholamban in dependence of Ca(2+)channel activation by S(-)-Bay K8644 and in dependence of the depletion of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)stores by ryanodine or thapsigargin in the absence or presence of beta -adrenergic stimulation. The isoproterenol (0.1 microM)-induced Thr17 phosphorylation was potentiated 2.5-fold in presence of 1 microM S(-)-Bay K8644. Interestingly, S(-)-Bay K8644 alone was also able to induce Thr17 phosphorylation in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. Ryanodine (1.0 microM) reduced both the isoproterenol (0.1 microM) and S(-)-Bay K8644-(1 microM) mediated Thr17 phosphorylation by about 90%. Thapsigargin (1 microM) diminished the S(-)-Bay K8644 and isoproterenol-associated Thr17 phosphorylation by 53.5+/-6.3% and 92. 5+/-11.1%, respectively. Ser16 phosphorylation was not affected under these conditions. KN-93 reduced the Thr17 phosphorylation by S(-)-Bay K8644 and isoproterenol to levels of 1.1+/-0.3% and 8.6+/-2. 1%, respectively. However, the effect of KN-93 was attenuated (47. 8+/-3.6%) in isoproterenol prestimulated cells. Protein phosphatase inhibition by okadaic acid increased exclusively the Ser16 phosphorylation. In summary, our results reflect a cross-talk between beta -adrenoceptor stimulation and intracellular Ca(2+)at the level of CaMKII-mediated phospholamban phosphorylation in neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. We report conditions which exclusively produce Thr17 or Ser16 phosphorylation. We postulate that Ca(2+)transport systems of the sarcoplasmic reticulum are critical determinants for the activation of CaMKII that catalyzes phosphorylation of phospholamban.
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- S Bartel
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, 13125, Germany.
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Hoch B, Wobus AM, Krause EG, Karczewski P. ?-Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II expression pattern in adult mouse heart and cardiogenic differentiation of embryonic stem cells. J Cell Biochem 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/1097-4644(20001101)79:2<293::aid-jcb120>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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