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Galis P, Bartosova L, Farkasova V, Szobi A, Horvath C, Kovacova D, Adameova A, Rajtik T. Intermittent Hypoxic Preconditioning Plays a Cardioprotective Role in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2023:10.1007/s12012-023-09793-7. [PMID: 37119387 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-023-09793-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Intermittent hypoxic preconditioning (IHP) is a well-established cardioprotective intervention in models of ischemia/reperfusion injury. Nevertheless, the significance of IHP in different cardiac pathologies remains elusive. In order to investigate the role of IHP and its effects on calcium-dependent signalization in HF, we employed a model of cardiomyopathy induced by doxorubicin (Dox), a widely used drug from the class of cardiotoxic antineoplastics, which was i.p. injected to Wistar rats (4 applications of 4 mg/kg/week). IHP-treated group was exposed to IHP for 2 weeks prior to Dox administration. IHP ameliorated Dox-induced reduction in cardiac output. Western blot analysis revealed increased expression of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) while the expression of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1-α, which is a crucial regulator of hypoxia-inducible genes, was not changed. Animals administered with Dox had further decreased expression of TRPV1 and TRPV4 (transient receptor potential, vanilloid subtype) ion channels along with suppressed Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) activation. In summary, IHP-mediated improvement in cardiac output in the model of Dox-induced cardiomyopathy is likely a result of increased SERCA2a expression which could implicate IHP as a potential protective intervention in Dox cardiomyopathy, however, further analysis of observed effects is still required.
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- Peter Galis
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 841 04, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pathophysiology, Comenius University, Špitálska 24, 813 72, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 841 04, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Odbojárov 10, 832 32, Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská Cesta 9, 841 04, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Tabasso C, Frossard MP, Ducret C, Chehade H, Mauduit C, Benahmed M, Simeoni U, Siddeek B. Transient Post-Natal Exposure to Xenoestrogens Induces Long-Term Alterations in Cardiac Calcium Signaling. TOXICS 2022; 10:toxics10030102. [PMID: 35324727 PMCID: PMC8954167 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10030102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Today, non-communicable disorders are widespread worldwide. Among them, cardiovascular diseases represent the main cause of death. At the origin of these diseases, exposure to challenges during developmental windows of vulnerability (peri-conception, in utero, and early infancy periods) have been incriminated. Among the challenges that have been described, endocrine disruptors are of high concern because of their omnipresence in the environment. Worrisomely, since birth, children are exposed to a significant number of endocrine disruptors. However, the role of such early exposure on long-term cardiac health is poorly described. In this context, based on a model of rats exposed postnatally and transiently to an estrogenic compound prototype (estradiol benzoate, EB), we aimed to delineate the effects on the adult heart of such transient early exposure to endocrine disruptors and identify the underlying mechanisms involved in the potential pathogenesis. We found that this transient post-natal exposure to EB induced cardiac hypertrophy in adulthood, with increased cardiomyocyte size. The evaluation of cardiac calcium signaling, through immunoblot approaches, highlighted decreased expression of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2 (SERCA2) and decreased Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells (NFAT3) phosphorylation as a potential underlying mechanism of cardiac hypertrophy. Furthermore, the treatment of cardiomyocytes with EB in vitro induced a decrease in SERCA2 protein levels. Overall, our study demonstrates that early transient exposure to EB induces permanent cardiac alterations. Together, our data highlight SERCA2 down-regulation as a potential mechanism involved in the cardiac pathogenesis induced by EB. These results suggest programming of adult heart dysfunctions such as arrhythmia and heart failures by early exposure to endocrine disruptors and could open new perspectives for treatment and prevention.
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- Cassandra Tabasso
- Woman-Mother-Child Department, Division of Pediatrics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; (C.T.); (M.-P.F.); (C.D.); (H.C.); (U.S.)
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- Woman-Mother-Child Department, Division of Pediatrics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; (C.T.); (M.-P.F.); (C.D.); (H.C.); (U.S.)
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- Woman-Mother-Child Department, Division of Pediatrics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; (C.T.); (M.-P.F.); (C.D.); (H.C.); (U.S.)
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- Woman-Mother-Child Department, Division of Pediatrics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; (C.T.); (M.-P.F.); (C.D.); (H.C.); (U.S.)
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1065, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), Team 10, 06204 Nice, France; (C.M.); (M.B.)
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1065, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire (C3M), Team 10, 06204 Nice, France; (C.M.); (M.B.)
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- Woman-Mother-Child Department, Division of Pediatrics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; (C.T.); (M.-P.F.); (C.D.); (H.C.); (U.S.)
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- Woman-Mother-Child Department, Division of Pediatrics, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; (C.T.); (M.-P.F.); (C.D.); (H.C.); (U.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +41-21-3143-212
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Nusier M, Shah AK, Dhalla NS. Structure-Function Relationships and Modifications of Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+-Transport. Physiol Res 2022; 70:S443-S470. [DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is a specialized tubular network, which not only maintains the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ at a low level but is also known to release and accumulate Ca2+ for the occurrence of cardiac contraction and relaxation, respectively. This subcellular organelle is composed of several phospholipids and different Ca2+-cycling, Ca2+-binding and regulatory proteins, which work in a coordinated manner to determine its function in cardiomyocytes. Some of the major proteins in the cardiac SR membrane include Ca2+-pump ATPase (SERCA2), Ca2+-release protein (ryanodine receptor), calsequestrin (Ca2+-binding protein) and phospholamban (regulatory protein). The phosphorylation of SR Ca2+-cycling proteins by protein kinase A or Ca2+-calmodulin kinase (directly or indirectly) has been demonstrated to augment SR Ca2+-release and Ca2+-uptake activities and promote cardiac contraction and relaxation functions. The activation of phospholipases and proteases as well as changes in different gene expressions under different pathological conditions have been shown to alter the SR composition and produce Ca2+-handling abnormalities in cardiomyocytes for the development of cardiac dysfunction. The post-translational modifications of SR Ca2+ cycling proteins by processes such as oxidation, nitrosylation, glycosylation, lipidation, acetylation, sumoylation, and O GlcNacylation have also been reported to affect the SR Ca2+ release and uptake activities as well as cardiac contractile activity. The SR function in the heart is also influenced in association with changes in cardiac performance by several hormones including thyroid hormones and adiponectin as well as by exercise-training. On the basis of such observations, it is suggested that both Ca2+-cycling and regulatory proteins in the SR membranes are intimately involved in determining the status of cardiac function and are thus excellent targets for drug development for the treatment of heart disease.
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen, Research Centre, 351 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6 Canada.
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Yang L, Deng J, Ma W, Qiao A, Xu S, Yu Y, Boriboun C, Kang X, Han D, Ernst P, Zhou L, Shi J, Zhang E, Li TS, Qiu H, Nakagawa S, Blackshaw S, Zhang J, Qin G. Ablation of lncRNA Miat attenuates pathological hypertrophy and heart failure. Am J Cancer Res 2021; 11:7995-8007. [PMID: 34335976 PMCID: PMC8315059 DOI: 10.7150/thno.50990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Rationale: The conserved long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) myocardial infarction associate transcript (Miat) was identified for its multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms that are strongly associated with susceptibility to MI, but its role in cardiovascular biology remains elusive. Here we investigated whether Miat regulates cardiac response to pathological hypertrophic stimuli. Methods: Both an angiotensin II (Ang II) infusion model and a transverse aortic constriction (TAC) model were used in adult WT and Miat-null knockout (Miat-KO) mice to induce pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Heart structure and function were evaluated by echocardiography and histological assessments. Gene expression in the heart was evaluated by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq), quantitative real-time RT-PCR (qRT-PCR), and Western blotting. Primary WT and Miat-KO mouse cardiomyocytes were isolated and used in Ca2+ transient and contractility measurements. Results: Continuous Ang II infusion for 4 weeks induced concentric hypertrophy in WT mice, but to a lesser extent in Miat-KO mice. Surgical TAC for 6 weeks resulted in decreased systolic function and heart failure in WT mice but not in Miat-KO mice. In both models, Miat-KO mice displayed reduced heart-weight to tibia-length ratio, cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area, cardiomyocyte apoptosis, and cardiac interstitial fibrosis and a better-preserved capillary density, as compared to WT mice. In addition, Ang II treatment led to significantly reduced mRNA and protein expression of the Ca2+ cycling genes Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase 2a (SERCA2a) and ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) and a dramatic increase in global RNA splicing events in the left ventricle (LV) of WT mice, and these changes were largely blunted in Miat-KO mice. Consistently, cardiomyocytes isolated from Miat-KO mice demonstrated more efficient Ca2+ cycling and greater contractility. Conclusions: Ablation of Miat attenuates pathological hypertrophy and heart failure, in part, by enhancing cardiomyocyte contractility.
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Kobos L, Shannahan J. Particulate matter inhalation and the exacerbation of cardiopulmonary toxicity due to metabolic disease. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2021; 246:822-834. [PMID: 33467887 DOI: 10.1177/1535370220983275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Particulate matter is a significant public health issue in the United States and globally. Inhalation of particulate matter is associated with a number of systemic and organ-specific adverse health outcomes, with the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems being particularly vulnerable. Certain subpopulations are well-recognized as being more susceptible to inhalation exposures, such as the elderly and those with pre-existing respiratory disease. Metabolic syndrome is becoming increasingly prevalent in our society and has known adverse effects on the heart, lungs, and vascular systems. The limited evaluations of individuals with metabolic syndromehave demonstrated that theymay compose a sensitive subpopulation to particulate exposures. However, the toxicological mechanisms responsible for this increased vulnerability are not fully understood. This review evaluates the currently available literature regarding how the response of an individual's pulmonary and cardiovascular systems is influenced by metabolic syndrome and metabolic syndrome-associated conditions such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes. Further, we will discuss potential therapeutic agents and targets for the alleviation and treatment of particulate-matter induced metabolic illness. The information reviewed here may contribute to the understanding of metabolic illness as a risk factor for particulate matter exposure and further the development of therapeutic approaches to treat vulnerable subpopulations, such as those with metabolic diseases.
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- Lisa Kobos
- School of Health Sciences, College of Human and Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Health Sciences, College of Human and Health Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Transmembrane Prolyl 4-Hydroxylase is a Novel Regulator of Calcium Signaling in Astrocytes. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0253-20.2020. [PMID: 33298456 PMCID: PMC7814479 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0253-20.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Prolyl 4-hydroxylases (P4Hs) have vital roles in regulating collagen synthesis and hypoxia response. A transmembrane P4H (P4H-TM) is a recently identified member of the family. Biallelic loss of function P4H-TM mutations cause a severe autosomal recessive intellectual disability syndrome in humans, but functions of P4H-TM are essentially unknown at cellular level. Our microarray data on P4h-tm -/- mouse cortexes where P4H-TM is abundantly expressed indicated expression changes in genes involved in calcium signaling and expression of several calcium sequestering ATPases was upregulated in P4h-tm -/- primary mouse astrocytes. Cytosolic and intraorganellar calcium imaging of P4h-tm -/- cells revealed that receptor-operated calcium entry (ROCE) and store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) and calcium re-uptake by mitochondria were compromised. HIF1, but not HIF2, was found to be a key mediator of the P4H-TM effect on calcium signaling. Furthermore, total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) imaging showed that calcium agonist-induced gliotransmission was attenuated in P4h-tm -/- astrocytes. This phenotype was accompanied by redistribution of mitochondria from distal processes to central parts of the cell body and decreased intracellular ATP content. Our data show that P4H-TM is a novel regulator of calcium dynamics and gliotransmission.
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Feng M, Elaïb Z, Borgel D, Denis CV, Adam F, Bryckaert M, Rosa JP, Bobe R. NAADP/SERCA3-Dependent Ca 2+ Stores Pathway Specifically Controls Early Autocrine ADP Secretion Potentiating Platelet Activation. Circ Res 2020; 127:e166-e183. [PMID: 32588751 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.119.316090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE Ca2+ signaling is a key and ubiquitous actor of cell organization and its modulation controls many cellular responses. SERCAs (sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPases) pump Ca2+ into internal stores that play a major role in the cytosolic Ca2+ concentration rise upon cell activation. Platelets exhibit 2 types of SERCAs, SERCA2b and SERCA3 (SERCA3 deficient mice), which may exert specific roles, yet ill-defined. We have recently shown that Ca2+ mobilization from SERCA3-dependent stores was required for full platelet activation in weak stimulation conditions. OBJECTIVE To uncover the signaling mechanisms associated with Ca2+ mobilization from SERCA3-dependent stores leading to ADP secretion. METHODS AND RESULTS Using platelets from wild-type or Serca3-deficient mice, we demonstrated that an early (within 5-10 s following stimulation) secretion of ADP specifically dependent on SERCA3 stored Ca2+ is exclusively mobilized by nicotinic acid adenosine dinucleotide-phosphate (NAADP): both Ca2+ mobilization from SERCA3-dependent stores and primary ADP secretion are blocked by the NAADP receptor antagonist Ned-19, and reciprocally both are stimulated by permeant NAADP. In contrast, Ca2+ mobilization from SERCA3-dependent stores and primary ADP secretion were unaffected by inhibition of the production of IP3 (inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate) by phospholipase-C and accordingly were not stimulated by permeant IP3. CONCLUSIONS Upon activation, an NAADP/SERCA3 Ca2+ mobilization pathway initiates an early ADP secretion, potentiating platelet activation, and a secondary wave of ADP secretion driven by both an IP3/SERCA2b-dependent Ca2+ stores pathway and the NAADP/SERCA3 pathway. This does not exclude that Ca2+ mobilized from SERCA3 stores may also enhance platelet global reactivity to agonists. Because of its modulating effect on platelet activation, this NAADP-SERCA3 pathway may be a relevant target for anti-thrombotic therapy. Graphic Abstract: A graphic abstract is available for this article.
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- Miao Feng
- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- From the HITh, UMR_S1176, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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Mäki-Marttunen T, Devor A, Phillips WA, Dale AM, Andreassen OA, Einevoll GT. Computational Modeling of Genetic Contributions to Excitability and Neural Coding in Layer V Pyramidal Cells: Applications to Schizophrenia Pathology. Front Comput Neurosci 2019; 13:66. [PMID: 31616272 PMCID: PMC6775251 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2019.00066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pyramidal cells in layer V of the neocortex are one of the most widely studied neuron types in the mammalian brain. Due to their role as integrators of feedforward and cortical feedback inputs, they are well-positioned to contribute to the symptoms and pathology in mental disorders-such as schizophrenia-that are characterized by a mismatch between the internal perception and external inputs. In this modeling study, we analyze the input/output properties of layer V pyramidal cells and their sensitivity to modeled genetic variants in schizophrenia-associated genes. We show that the excitability of layer V pyramidal cells and the way they integrate inputs in space and time are altered by many types of variants in ion-channel and Ca2+ transporter-encoding genes that have been identified as risk genes by recent genome-wide association studies. We also show that the variability in the output patterns of spiking and Ca2+ transients in layer V pyramidal cells is altered by these model variants. Importantly, we show that many of the predicted effects are robust to noise and qualitatively similar across different computational models of layer V pyramidal cells. Our modeling framework reveals several aspects of single-neuron excitability that can be linked to known schizophrenia-related phenotypes and existing hypotheses on disease mechanisms. In particular, our models predict that single-cell steady-state firing rate is positively correlated with the coding capacity of the neuron and negatively correlated with the amplitude of a prepulse-mediated adaptation and sensitivity to coincidence of stimuli in the apical dendrite and the perisomatic region of a layer V pyramidal cell. These results help to uncover the voltage-gated ion-channel and Ca2+ transporter-associated genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia phenotypes and biomarkers.
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.,Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.,Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States
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- Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.,Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- NORMENT, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.,Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Mäki-Marttunen T, Krull F, Bettella F, Hagen E, Næss S, Ness TV, Moberget T, Elvsåshagen T, Metzner C, Devor A, Edwards AG, Fyhn M, Djurovic S, Dale AM, Andreassen OA, Einevoll GT. Alterations in Schizophrenia-Associated Genes Can Lead to Increased Power in Delta Oscillations. Cereb Cortex 2019; 29:875-891. [PMID: 30475994 PMCID: PMC6319172 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Genome-wide association studies have implicated many ion channels in schizophrenia pathophysiology. Although the functions of these channels are relatively well characterized by single-cell studies, the contributions of common variation in these channels to neurophysiological biomarkers and symptoms of schizophrenia remain elusive. Here, using computational modeling, we show that a common biomarker of schizophrenia, namely, an increase in delta-oscillation power, may be a direct consequence of altered expression or kinetics of voltage-gated ion channels or calcium transporters. Our model of a circuit of layer V pyramidal cells highlights multiple types of schizophrenia-related variants that contribute to altered dynamics in the delta-frequency band. Moreover, our model predicts that the same membrane mechanisms that increase the layer V pyramidal cell network gain and response to delta-frequency oscillations may also cause a deficit in a single-cell correlate of the prepulse inhibition, which is a behavioral biomarker highly associated with schizophrenia.
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- Tuomo Mäki-Marttunen
- Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway
- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Computer Science and Informatics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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Mukund K, Ward SR, Lieber RL, Subramaniam S. Co-Expression Network Approach to Studying the Effects of Botulinum Neurotoxin-A. IEEE/ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS 2018; 15:2009-2016. [PMID: 29053464 DOI: 10.1109/tcbb.2017.2763949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Botulinum Neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) is a potent neurotoxin with several clinical applications. The goal of this study was to utilize co-expression network theory to analyze temporal transcriptional data from skeletal muscle after BoNT-A treatment. Expression data for 2000 genes (extracted using a ranking heuristic) served as the basis for this analysis. Using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), we identified 19 co-expressed modules, further hierarchically clustered into five groups. Quantifying average expression and co-expression patterns across these groups revealed temporal aspects of muscle's response to BoNT-A. Functional analysis revealed enrichment of group 1 with metabolism; group 5 with contradictory functions of atrophy and cellular recovery; and groups 2 and 3 with extracellular matrix (ECM) and non-fast fiber isoforms. Topological positioning of two highly ranked, significantly expressed genes-Dclk1 and Ostalpha-within group 5 suggested possible mechanistic roles in recovery from BoNT-A induced atrophy. Phenotypic correlations of groups with titin and myosin protein content further emphasized the effect of BoNT-A on the sarcomeric contraction machinery in early phase of chemodenervation. In summary, our approach revealed a hierarchical functional response to BoNT-A induced paralysis with early metabolic and later ECM responses and identified putative biomarkers associated with chemodenervation. Additionally, our results provide an unbiased validation of the response documented in our previous work.
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Krishnan B, Massilamany C, Basavalingappa RH, Gangaplara A, Rajasekaran RA, Afzal MZ, Khalilzad-Sharghi V, Zhou Y, Riethoven JJ, Nandi SS, Mishra PK, Sobel RA, Strande JL, Steffen D, Reddy J. Epitope Mapping of SERCA2a Identifies an Antigenic Determinant That Induces Mainly Atrial Myocarditis in A/J Mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2018; 200:523-537. [PMID: 29229678 PMCID: PMC5760440 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ adenosine triphosphatase (SERCA)2a, a critical regulator of calcium homeostasis, is known to be decreased in heart failure. Patients with myocarditis or dilated cardiomyopathy develop autoantibodies to SERCA2a suggesting that they may have pathogenetic significance. In this report, we describe epitope mapping analysis of SERCA2a in A/J mice that leads us to make five observations: 1) SERCA2a contains multiple T cell epitopes that induce varying degrees of myocarditis. One epitope, SERCA2a 971-990, induces widespread atrial inflammation without affecting noncardiac tissues; the cardiac abnormalities could be noninvasively captured by echocardiography, electrocardiography, and magnetic resonance microscopy imaging. 2) SERCA2a 971-990-induced disease was associated with the induction of CD4 T cell responses and the epitope preferentially binds MHC class II/IAk rather than IEk By creating IAk/and IEk/SERCA2a 971-990 dextramers, the T cell responses were determined by flow cytometry to be Ag specific. 3) SERCA2a 971-990-sensitized T cells produce both Th1 and Th17 cytokines. 4) Animals immunized with SERCA2a 971-990 showed Ag-specific Abs with enhanced production of IgG2a and IgG2b isotypes, suggesting that SERCA2a 971-990 can potentially act as a common epitope for both T cells and B cells. 5) Finally, SERCA2a 971-990-sensitized T cells were able to transfer disease to naive recipients. Together, these data indicate that SERCA2a is a critical autoantigen in the mediation of atrial inflammation in mice and that our model may be helpful to study the inflammatory events that underlie the development of conditions such as atrial fibrillation in humans.
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- Bharathi Krishnan
- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
- Vaccine Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- Center for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198; and
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198; and
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583;
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Mäki-Marttunen T, Lines GT, Edwards AG, Tveito A, Dale AM, Einevoll GT, Andreassen OA. Pleiotropic effects of schizophrenia-associated genetic variants in neuron firing and cardiac pacemaking revealed by computational modeling. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:5. [PMID: 30446648 PMCID: PMC5802468 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-017-0007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia patients have an increased risk of cardiac dysfunction. A possible factor underlying this comorbidity are the common variants in the large set of genes that have recently been discovered in genome-wide association studies (GWASs) as risk genes of schizophrenia. Many of these genes control the cell electrogenesis and calcium homeostasis. We applied biophysically detailed models of layer V pyramidal cells and sinoatrial node cells to study the contribution of schizophrenia-associated genes on cellular excitability. By including data from functional genomics literature to simulate the effects of common variants of these genes, we showed that variants of voltage-gated Na+ channel or hyperpolarization-activated cation channel-encoding genes cause qualitatively similar effects on layer V pyramidal cell and sinoatrial node cell excitability. By contrast, variants of Ca2+ channel or transporter-encoding genes mostly have opposite effects on cellular excitability in the two cell types. We also show that the variants may crucially affect the propagation of the cardiac action potential in the sinus node. These results may help explain some of the cardiac comorbidity in schizophrenia, and may facilitate generation of effective antipsychotic medications without cardiac side-effects such as arrhythmia.
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- Tuomo Mäki-Marttunen
- NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. .,Simula Research Laboratory and Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway.
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- Simula Research Laboratory and Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway
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- Simula Research Laboratory and Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway
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- Simula Research Laboratory and Center for Cardiological Innovation, Oslo, Norway
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- 0000 0001 2107 4242grid.266100.3Multimodal Imaging Laboratory, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA ,0000 0001 2107 4242grid.266100.3Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA ,0000 0001 2107 4242grid.266100.3Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA
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- 0000 0004 0607 975Xgrid.19477.3cDepartment of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway ,0000 0004 1936 8921grid.5510.1Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- 0000 0004 1936 8921grid.5510.1NORMENT, KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway ,0000 0004 0389 8485grid.55325.34Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Tanwar V, Adelstein JM, Grimmer JA, Youtz DJ, Sugar BP, Wold LE. PM 2.5 exposure in utero contributes to neonatal cardiac dysfunction in mice. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 230:116-124. [PMID: 28649039 PMCID: PMC5595647 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Exposure of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to pregnant dams has been shown to be strongly associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in offspring at adulthood, however, effects evident during neonatal periods are unclear. We designed this study to examine cardiac function of neonatal mice (14 days old) exposed to in utero PM2.5. METHODS Pregnant FVB female mice were exposed either to filtered air (FA) or PM2.5 at an average concentration of 91.78 μg/m3 for 6 h/day, 5 days/wk (similar to exposure in a large industrial area) throughout the gestation period (21 days). After birth, animals were analyzed at day 14 of life. RESULTS Fourteen day old mice exposed to PM2.5 during the in utero period demonstrated decreased fractional shortening (%FS, 41.1 ± 1.2% FA, 33.7 ± 1.2% PM2.5, p < 0.01) and LVEDd (2.87 ± 0.08 mm FA, 2.58 ± 0.07 mm PM2.5, p < 0.05) compared to FA exposed mice. Contractile kinetics and calcium transients in isolated cardiomyocytes from PM2.5 exposed mice illustrated reduced peak shortening (%PS, 16.7 ± 0.5% FA, 14.7 ± 0.4% PM2.5, p < 0.01), negative contractile velocity (-dL/dT, -6.91 ± 0.3 μm/s FA, -5.46 ± 0.2 μm/s PM2.5, p < 0.001), increased time to relaxation 90% (TR90, 0.07 ± 0.003 s FA, 0.08 ± 0.004 s PM2.5, p < 0.05), decreased calcium transient amplitude (Δ340/380, 33.8 ± 3.4 FA, 29.5 ± 2.8 p.m.2.5) and slower fluorescence decay rate (τ, 0.72 ± 0.1 s FA, 1.16 ± 0.15 s PM2.5, p < 0.05). Immunoblotting studies demonstrated alterations in expression of Ca2+ handling proteins- SERCA-2A, p-PLN, NCX and CaV1.2 in hearts of 14 day old in utero PM2.5 exposed mice compared to FA exposed hearts. CONCLUSION PM2.5 exposure during the critical in utero period adversely affects the developing mouse fetus leading to functional cardiac changes that were evident during the very early (14 days) stages of adolescence. These data demonstrated that exposure to PM2.5 during the gestation period significantly impacts cardiovascular outcomes early in life.
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- Vineeta Tanwar
- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Medical Student Research Program, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Tanwar V, Gorr MW, Velten M, Eichenseer CM, Long VP, Bonilla IM, Shettigar V, Ziolo MT, Davis JP, Baine SH, Carnes CA, Wold LE. In Utero Particulate Matter Exposure Produces Heart Failure, Electrical Remodeling, and Epigenetic Changes at Adulthood. J Am Heart Assoc 2017; 6:e005796. [PMID: 28400369 PMCID: PMC5533043 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.117.005796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Particulate matter (PM; PM2.5 [PM with diameters of <2.5 μm]) exposure during development is strongly associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes at adulthood. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that in utero PM2.5 exposure alone could alter cardiac structure and function at adulthood. METHODS AND RESULTS Female FVB mice were exposed either to filtered air or PM2.5 at an average concentration of 73.61 μg/m3 for 6 h/day, 7 days/week throughout pregnancy. After birth, animals were analyzed at 12 weeks of age. Echocardiographic (n=9-10 mice/group) and pressure-volume loop analyses (n=5 mice/group) revealed reduced fractional shortening, increased left ventricular end-systolic and -diastolic diameters, reduced left ventricular posterior wall thickness, end-systolic elastance, contractile reserve (dP/dtmax/end-systolic volume), frequency-dependent acceleration of relaxation), and blunted contractile response to β-adrenergic stimulation in PM2.5-exposed mice. Isolated cardiomyocyte (n=4-5 mice/group) function illustrated reduced peak shortening, ±dL/dT, and prolonged action potential duration at 90% repolarization. Histological left ventricular analyses (n=3 mice/group) showed increased collagen deposition in in utero PM2.5-exposed mice at adulthood. Cardiac interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1ß, collagen-1, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 9, and MMP13 gene expressions were increased at birth in in utero PM2.5-exposed mice (n=4 mice/group). In adult hearts (n=5 mice/group), gene expressions of sirtuin (Sirt) 1 and Sirt2 were decreased, DNA methyltransferase (Dnmt) 1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b were increased, and protein expression (n=6 mice/group) of Ca2+-ATPase, phosphorylated phospholamban, and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger were decreased. CONCLUSIONS In utero PM2.5 exposure triggers an acute inflammatory response, chronic matrix remodeling, and alterations in Ca2+ handling proteins, resulting in global adult cardiac dysfunction. These results also highlight the potential involvement of epigenetics in priming of adult cardiac disease.
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- Vineeta Tanwar
- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, University Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Zhang W, Kong C, Tong M, Chooi W, Huang N, Li R, Chan B. Maturation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) in 3D collagen matrix: Effects of niche cell supplementation and mechanical stimulation. Acta Biomater 2017; 49:204-217. [PMID: 27890729 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.11.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC-CMs) are regarded as a promising source for regenerative medicine, drug testing and disease modeling. Nevertheless, cardiomyocytes are immature in terms of their contractile structure, metabolism and electrophysiological properties. Here, we fabricate cardiac muscle strips by encapsulating hESC-CMs in collagen-based biomaterials. Supplementation of niche cells at 3% to the number of hESC-CMs enhance the maturation of the hESC-CMs in 3D tissue matrix. The benefits of adding mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are comparable to that of adding fibroblasts. These two cell types demonstrate similar effects in promoting the compaction and cell spreading, as well as expression of maturation markers at both gene and protein levels. Mechanical loading, particularly cyclic stretch, produces engineered cardiac tissues with higher maturity in terms of twitch force, elastic modulus, sarcomere length and molecular signature, when comparing to static stretch or non-stretched controls. The current study demonstrates that the application of niche cells and mechanical stretch both stimulate the maturation of hESC-CMs in 3D architecture. Our results therefore suggest that this 3D model can be used for in vitro cardiac maturation study. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESC-CMs) are regarded as being a promising source of cells for regenerative medicine, drug testing and disease modeling. Nevertheless, cardiomyocytes are immature in terms of their contractile structure, metabolism and electrophysiological properties. In the current study, we have fabricated cardiac muscle strips by encapsulating hESC-CMs in collagen-based biomaterials and demonstrated that supplementation of mesenchymal niche cells as well as provision of mechanical loading particularly stretching have significantly promoted the maturation of the cardiomyocytes and hence improved the mechanical functional characteristics of the tissue strips. Specifically, with 3% niche cells including both fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells, a more mature hESC-CMs derived cardiac strip was resulted, in terms of compaction and spreading of cells, and upregulation of molecular signature in both gene and protein expression of maturation. Mechanical loading, particularly cyclic stretch, produces engineered cardiac tissues with higher maturity in terms of molecular signature markers and functional parameters including twitch force, elastic modulus and sarcomere length, when comparing with static stretch or non-stretched controls. The current study demonstrates that the application of niche cells and mechanical stretch both stimulate the maturation of hESC-CMs in 3D architecture, resulting in more mature cardiac strips. Our results contribute to bioengineering of functional heart tissue strips for drug screening and disease modeling.
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Zhao CZ, Zhao XM, Yang J, Mou Y, Chen B, Wu HD, Dai DP, Ding J, Hu SJ. Inhibition of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase improves pressure overload induced chronic cardiac remodeling. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39186. [PMID: 28008986 PMCID: PMC5180215 DOI: 10.1038/srep39186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (FPPS) is a key enzyme in the mevalonate pathway. In our previous studies, we find that inhibition of FPPS attenuates angiotensin II-induced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis by suppressing RhoA while FPPS and Ras are up-regulated in pressure overload rats. In this study, we evaluate the effects and mechanisms of FPPS inhibition in pressure overload mice. Male FPPS-small interfering RNA (SiRNA) transgenic (Tg) mice and non-transgenic littermate control (NLC) were randomly divided into suprarenal abdominal aortic constriction (AAC) group and sham operation group. 12 weeks following AAC, mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation. Histological and echocardiographic assessments showed that inhibition of FPPS improved chronic cardiac remodeling which was induced by AAC. The reductions of Ras farnesylation and GTP-Ras, as well as their downstream extracellular signal-related kinases 1/2 (ERK1/2) expression were observed in the heart of Tg-AAC mice compared with NLC-AAC mice, along with the reduction of fetal gene expression. We provide here important experimental evidence that inhibition of FPPS improves AAC induced chronic cardiac remodeling and fibrosis by the reduction of farnesylated Ras and the downregulation of Ras-ERK1/2 pathway.
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- Chen-Ze Zhao
- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou First Municipal Hospital and Affiliated Hangzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Hangzhou, China
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- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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- From the Institute of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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Full activation of mouse platelets requires ADP secretion regulated by SERCA3 ATPase-dependent calcium stores. Blood 2016; 128:1129-38. [PMID: 27301859 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-10-678383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The role of the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium (Ca(2+)) adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) 3 (SERCA3) in platelet physiology remains poorly understood. Here, we show that SERCA3 knockout (SERCA3(-/-)) mice exhibit prolonged tail bleeding time and rebleeding. Thrombus formation was delayed both in arteries and venules in an in vivo ferric chloride-induced thrombosis model. Defective platelet adhesion and thrombus growth over collagen was confirmed in vitro. Adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP) removal by apyrase diminished adhesion and thrombus growth of control platelets to the level of SERCA3(-/-) platelets. Aggregation, dense granule secretion, and Ca(2+) mobilization of SERCA3(-/-) platelets induced by low collagen or low thrombin concentration were weaker than controls. Accordingly, SERCA3(-/-) platelets exhibited a partial defect in total stored Ca(2+) and in Ca(2+) store reuptake following thrombin stimulation. Importantly ADP, but not serotonin, rescued aggregation, secretion, and Ca(2+) mobilization in SERCA3(-/-) platelets, suggesting specificity. Dense granules appeared normal upon electron microscopy, mepacrine staining, and total serotonin content, ruling out a dense granule defect. ADP induced normal platelet aggregation, excluding a defect in ADP activation pathways. The SERCA3-specific inhibitor 2,5-di-(tert-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone diminished both Ca(2+) mobilization and secretion of control platelets, as opposed to the SERCA2b inhibitor thapsigargin. This confirmed the specific role of catalytically active SERCA3 in ADP secretion. Accordingly, SERCA3-dependent Ca(2+) stores appeared depleted in SERCA3(-/-) platelets. Finally, αIIbβ3 integrin blockade did not affect SERCA3-dependent secretion, therefore proving independent of αIIbβ3 engagement. Altogether, these results show that SERCA3-dependent Ca(2+) stores control a specific ADP secretion pathway required for full platelet secretion induced by agonists at low concentration and independent of αIIbβ3.
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Mederle K, Gess B, Pluteanu F, Plackic J, Tiefenbach KJ, Grill A, Kockskämper J, Castrop H. The angiotensin receptor-associated protein Atrap is a stimulator of the cardiac Ca2+-ATPase SERCA2a. Cardiovasc Res 2016; 110:359-70. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvw064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Li LH, Tian XR, Jiang Z, Zeng LW, He WF, Hu ZP. The Golgi Apparatus: Panel Point of Cytosolic Ca(2+) Regulation. Neurosignals 2016; 21:272-84. [PMID: 23796968 DOI: 10.1159/000350471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The Golgi apparatus (GA), an intermediate organelle of the cell inner membrane system, plays a key role in protein glycosylation and secretion. In recent years, this organelle has been found to act as a vital intracellular Ca(2+) store because different Ca (2+) regulators, such as the inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate receptor, sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) -ATPase and secretory pathway Ca 2+ -ATPase, were demonstrated to localize on their membrane. The mechanisms involved in Ca(2+) release and uptake in the GA have now been established.Here, based on careful backward looking on compartments and patterns in GA Ca (2+) regulation, we review neurological diseases related to GA calcium remodeling and propose a modified cytosolic Ca(2+) adjustment model, in which GA acts as part of the panel point.
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- Li-Hua Li
- Department of Neurology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central-South University, Changsha; School of Medicine, Jishou University, Jishou , PR China
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Singh AR, Sivadas A, Sabharwal A, Vellarikal SK, Jayarajan R, Verma A, Kapoor S, Joshi A, Scaria V, Sivasubbu S. Chamber Specific Gene Expression Landscape of the Zebrafish Heart. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147823. [PMID: 26815362 PMCID: PMC4729522 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The organization of structure and function of cardiac chambers in vertebrates is defined by chamber-specific distinct gene expression. This peculiarity and uniqueness of the genetic signatures demonstrates functional resolution attributed to the different chambers of the heart. Altered expression of the cardiac chamber genes can lead to individual chamber related dysfunctions and disease patho-physiologies. Information on transcriptional repertoire of cardiac compartments is important to understand the spectrum of chamber specific anomalies. We have carried out a genome wide transcriptome profiling study of the three cardiac chambers in the zebrafish heart using RNA sequencing. We have captured the gene expression patterns of 13,396 protein coding genes in the three cardiac chambers—atrium, ventricle and bulbus arteriosus. Of these, 7,260 known protein coding genes are highly expressed (≥10 FPKM) in the zebrafish heart. Thus, this study represents nearly an all-inclusive information on the zebrafish cardiac transcriptome. In this study, a total of 96 differentially expressed genes across the three cardiac chambers in zebrafish were identified. The atrium, ventricle and bulbus arteriosus displayed 20, 32 and 44 uniquely expressing genes respectively. We validated the expression of predicted chamber-restricted genes using independent semi-quantitative and qualitative experimental techniques. In addition, we identified 23 putative novel protein coding genes that are specifically restricted to the ventricle and not in the atrium or bulbus arteriosus. In our knowledge, these 23 novel genes have either not been investigated in detail or are sparsely studied. The transcriptome identified in this study includes 68 differentially expressing zebrafish cardiac chamber genes that have a human ortholog. We also carried out spatiotemporal gene expression profiling of the 96 differentially expressed genes throughout the three cardiac chambers in 11 developmental stages and 6 tissue types of zebrafish. We hypothesize that clustering the differentially expressed genes with both known and unknown functions will deliver detailed insights on fundamental gene networks that are important for the development and specification of the cardiac chambers. It is also postulated that this transcriptome atlas will help utilize zebrafish in a better way as a model for studying cardiac development and to explore functional role of gene networks in cardiac disease pathogenesis.
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- Angom Ramcharan Singh
- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- GN Ramachandran Knowledge Center for Genome Informatics, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
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- GN Ramachandran Knowledge Center for Genome Informatics, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- * E-mail: (VS); (SS)
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, CSIR-IGIB South Campus, Mathura Road, Delhi 110025, India
- * E-mail: (VS); (SS)
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Mäki-Marttunen T, Halnes G, Devor A, Witoelar A, Bettella F, Djurovic S, Wang Y, Einevoll GT, Andreassen OA, Dale AM. Functional Effects of Schizophrenia-Linked Genetic Variants on Intrinsic Single-Neuron Excitability: A Modeling Study. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY: COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING 2016; 1:49-59. [PMID: 26949748 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a large number of genetic risk factors for schizophrenia (SCZ) featuring ion channels and calcium transporters. For some of these risk factors, independent prior investigations have examined the effects of genetic alterations on the cellular electrical excitability and calcium homeostasis. In the present proof-of-concept study, we harnessed these experimental results for modeling of computational properties on layer V cortical pyramidal cells and identified possible common alterations in behavior across SCZ-related genes. METHODS We applied a biophysically detailed multicompartmental model to study the excitability of a layer V pyramidal cell. We reviewed the literature on functional genomics for variants of genes associated with SCZ and used changes in neuron model parameters to represent the effects of these variants. RESULTS We present and apply a framework for examining the effects of subtle single nucleotide polymorphisms in ion channel and calcium transporter-encoding genes on neuron excitability. Our analysis indicates that most of the considered SCZ-related genetic variants affect the spiking behavior and intracellular calcium dynamics resulting from summation of inputs across the dendritic tree. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that alteration in the ability of a single neuron to integrate the inputs and scale its excitability may constitute a fundamental mechanistic contributor to mental disease, alongside the previously proposed deficits in synaptic communication and network behavior.
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- Tuomo Mäki-Marttunen
- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research and KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research (TM-M, AW, FB, YW, OAA), Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo; and Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (GH, GTE), Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway; Departments of Neurosciences (AD, YW, AMD) and Radiology (AD, AMD), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (AD), Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Division of Mental Health and Addiction (FB, YW, OAA) and Department of Medical Genetics (SD), Oslo University Hospital, Oslo; Norwegian Centre for Mental Disorders Research (SD), KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen; and Department of Physics (GTE), University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Haghighi K, Bidwell P, Kranias EG. Phospholamban interactome in cardiac contractility and survival: A new vision of an old friend. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2014; 77:160-7. [PMID: 25451386 PMCID: PMC4312245 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Depressed sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium cycling, reflecting impaired SR Ca-transport and Ca-release, is a key and universal characteristic of human and experimental heart failure. These SR processes are regulated by multimeric protein complexes, including protein kinases and phosphatases as well as their anchoring and regulatory subunits that fine-tune Ca-handling in specific SR sub-compartments. SR Ca-transport is mediated by the SR Ca-ATPase (SERCA2a) and its regulatory phosphoprotein, phospholamban (PLN). Dephosphorylated PLN is an inhibitor of SERCA2a and phosphorylation by protein kinase A (PKA) or calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CAMKII) relieves these inhibitory effects. Recent studies identified additional regulatory proteins, associated with PLN, that control SR Ca-transport. These include the inhibitor-1 (I-1) of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), the small heat shock protein 20 (Hsp20) and the HS-1 associated protein X-1 (HAX1). In addition, the intra-luminal histidine-rich calcium binding protein (HRC) has been shown to interact with both SERCA2a and triadin. Notably, there is physical and direct interaction between these protein players, mediating a fine-cross talk between SR Ca-uptake, storage and release. Importantly, regulation of SR Ca-cycling by the PLN/SERCA interactome does not only impact cardiomyocyte contractility, but also survival and remodeling. Indeed, naturally occurring variants in these Ca-cycling genes modulate their activity and interactions with other protein partners, resulting in depressed contractility and accelerated remodeling. These genetic variants may serve as potential prognostic or diagnostic markers in cardiac pathophysiology.
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- Kobra Haghighi
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA.
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Holemans T, Vandecaetsbeek I, Wuytack F, Vangheluwe P. Measuring Ca2+-dependent Ca2+-uptake activity in the mouse heart. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2014; 2014:876-86. [PMID: 25086013 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot076893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The apparent Ca(2+) affinity of the isoforms of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase SERCA2 is controlled primarily by two proteins, phospholamban (PLB) and sarcolipin (SLN). The rate of ATP-driven Ca(2+) uptake into sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)-derived vesicles can be monitored by a technique in which the net uptake of (45)Ca(2+) in the form of an intravesicular calcium oxalate precipitate is recorded. Here, we present details of a modification of such a protocol for determining the apparent Ca(2+) affinity of the Ca(2+) pump, and its control by various regulators, in crude homogenates of mouse heart.
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- Tine Holemans
- Laboratory of Cellular Transport Systems, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Transport Systems, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Transport Systems, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Transport Systems, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, B3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Koshman YE, Chu M, Kim T, Kalmanson O, Farjah M, Kumar M, Lewis W, Geenen DL, de Tombe P, Goldspink PH, Solaro RJ, Samarel AM. Cardiomyocyte-specific expression of CRNK, the C-terminal domain of PYK2, maintains ventricular function and slows ventricular remodeling in a mouse model of dilated cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2014; 72:281-91. [PMID: 24713463 PMCID: PMC4064715 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2014.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 02/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Up-regulation and activation of PYK2, a member of the FAK family of protein tyrosine kinases, is involved in the pathogenesis of left ventricular (LV) remodeling and heart failure (HF). PYK2 activation can be prevented by CRNK, the C-terminal domain of PYK2. We previously demonstrated that adenoviral-mediated CRNK gene transfer improved survival and LV function, and slowed LV remodeling in a rat model of coronary artery ligation-induced HF. We now interrogate whether cardiomyocyte-specific, transgenic CRNK expression prevents LV remodeling and HF in a mouse model of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) caused by constitutively active Protein Kinase Cε (caPKCε). Transgenic (TG; FVB/N background) mice were engineered to express rat CRNK under control of the α-myosin heavy chain promoter, and crossed with FVB/N mice with cardiomyocyte-specific expression of caPKCε to create double TG mice. LV structure, function, and gene expression were evaluated in all 4 groups (nonTG FVB/N; caPKCε(+/-); CRNK(+/-); and caPKCε×CRNK (PXC) double TG mice) at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12mo of age. CRNK expression followed a Mendelian distribution, and CRNK mice developed and survived normally through 12mo. Cardiac structure, function and selected gene expression of CRNK mice were similar to nonTG littermates. CRNK had no effect on caPKCε expression and vice versa. PYK2 was up-regulated ~6-fold in caPKCε mice, who developed a non-hypertrophic, progressive DCM with reduced systolic (Contractility Index=151±5 vs. 90±4s(-1)) and diastolic (Tau=7.5±0.5 vs. 14.7±1.3ms) function, and LV dilatation (LV Remodeling Index (LVRI)=4.2±0.1 vs. 6.0±0.3 for FVB/N vs. caPKCε mice, respectively; P<0.05 for each at 12mo). In double TG PXC mice, CRNK expression significantly prolonged survival, improved contractile function (Contractile Index=115±8s(-1); Tau=9.5±1.0ms), and reduced LV remodeling (LVRI=4.9±0.1). Cardiomyocyte-specific expression of CRNK improves contractile function and slows LV remodeling in a mouse model of DCM.
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- Yevgeniya E Koshman
- Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois - Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA; Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
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Arking DE, Pulit SL, Crotti L, van der Harst P, Munroe PB, Koopmann TT, Sotoodehnia N, Rossin EJ, Morley M, Wang X, Johnson AD, Lundby A, Gudbjartsson DF, Noseworthy PA, Eijgelsheim M, Bradford Y, Tarasov KV, Dörr M, Müller-Nurasyid M, Lahtinen AM, Nolte IM, Smith AV, Bis JC, Isaacs A, Newhouse SJ, Evans DS, Post WS, Waggott D, Lyytikäinen LP, Hicks AA, Eisele L, Ellinghaus D, Hayward C, Navarro P, Ulivi S, Tanaka T, Tester DJ, Chatel S, Gustafsson S, Kumari M, Morris RW, Naluai ÅT, Padmanabhan S, Kluttig A, Strohmer B, Panayiotou AG, Torres M, Knoflach M, Hubacek JA, Slowikowski K, Raychaudhuri S, Kumar RD, Harris TB, Launer LJ, Shuldiner AR, Alonso A, Bader JS, Ehret G, Huang H, Kao WHL, Strait JB, Macfarlane PW, Brown M, Caulfield MJ, Samani NJ, Kronenberg F, Willeit J, Smith JG, Greiser KH, Meyer Zu Schwabedissen H, Werdan K, Carella M, Zelante L, Heckbert SR, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Kolcic I, Polašek O, Wright AF, Griffin M, Daly MJ, Arnar DO, Hólm H, Thorsteinsdottir U, Denny JC, Roden DM, Zuvich RL, Emilsson V, Plump AS, Larson MG, O'Donnell CJ, Yin X, Bobbo M, D'Adamo AP, Iorio A, Sinagra G, Carracedo A, Cummings SR, Nalls MA, Jula A, Kontula KK, Marjamaa A, Oikarinen L, Perola M, Porthan K, Erbel R, Hoffmann P, Jöckel KH, Kälsch H, Nöthen MM, den Hoed M, Loos RJF, Thelle DS, Gieger C, Meitinger T, Perz S, Peters A, Prucha H, Sinner MF, Waldenberger M, de Boer RA, Franke L, van der Vleuten PA, Beckmann BM, Martens E, Bardai A, Hofman N, Wilde AAM, Behr ER, Dalageorgou C, Giudicessi JR, Medeiros-Domingo A, Barc J, Kyndt F, Probst V, Ghidoni A, Insolia R, Hamilton RM, Scherer SW, Brandimarto J, Margulies K, Moravec CE, del Greco M F, Fuchsberger C, O'Connell JR, Lee WK, Watt GCM, Campbell H, Wild SH, El Mokhtari NE, Frey N, Asselbergs FW, Mateo Leach I, Navis G, van den Berg MP, van Veldhuisen DJ, Kellis M, Krijthe BP, Franco OH, Hofman A, Kors JA, Uitterlinden AG, Witteman JCM, Kedenko L, Lamina C, Oostra BA, Abecasis GR, Lakatta EG, Mulas A, Orrú M, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Markus MRP, Völker U, Snieder H, Spector TD, Ärnlöv J, Lind L, Sundström J, Syvänen AC, Kivimaki M, Kähönen M, Mononen N, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS, Adamkova V, Kiechl S, Brion M, Nicolaides AN, Paulweber B, Haerting J, Dominiczak AF, Nyberg F, Whincup PH, Hingorani AD, Schott JJ, Bezzina CR, Ingelsson E, Ferrucci L, Gasparini P, Wilson JF, Rudan I, Franke A, Mühleisen TW, Pramstaller PP, Lehtimäki TJ, Paterson AD, Parsa A, Liu Y, van Duijn CM, Siscovick DS, Gudnason V, Jamshidi Y, Salomaa V, Felix SB, Sanna S, Ritchie MD, Stricker BH, Stefansson K, Boyer LA, Cappola TP, Olsen JV, Lage K, Schwartz PJ, Kääb S, Chakravarti A, Ackerman MJ, Pfeufer A, de Bakker PIW, Newton-Cheh C. Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization. Nat Genet 2014; 46:826-36. [PMID: 24952745 PMCID: PMC4124521 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The QT interval, an electrocardiographic measure reflecting myocardial repolarization, is a heritable trait. QT prolongation is a risk factor for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) and could indicate the presence of the potentially lethal Mendelian Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). Using a genome-wide association and replication study in up to 100,000 individuals we identified 35 common variant QT interval loci, that collectively explain ∼8-10% of QT variation and highlight the importance of calcium regulation in myocardial repolarization. Rare variant analysis of 6 novel QT loci in 298 unrelated LQTS probands identified coding variants not found in controls but of uncertain causality and therefore requiring validation. Several newly identified loci encode for proteins that physically interact with other recognized repolarization proteins. Our integration of common variant association, expression and orthogonal protein-protein interaction screens provides new insights into cardiac electrophysiology and identifies novel candidate genes for ventricular arrhythmias, LQTS,and SCD.
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- Dan E Arking
- 1] Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2]
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- 1] Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [4]
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- 1] Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. [2] Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. [3] Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- 1] Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. [2] Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- 1] Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. [2] Barts and the London Genome Centre, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Heart Failure Research Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- 1] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [2] Cardiology Division, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- 1] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- 1] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
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- 1] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. [3] The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1] Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences, Human Cardiovascular Studies Unit, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- 1] Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. [2] DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- 1] Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany. [2] Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Epidemiology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany. [3] Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany. [4] Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Chair of Genetic Epidemiology, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany. [5] DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- 1] Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- 1] Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland. [2] Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Stephen J Newhouse
- Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
| | - Daniel S Evans
- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
| | - Wendy S Post
- 1] Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Daryl Waggott
- Informatics and Biocomputing Platform, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories and University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
| | - Andrew A Hicks
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy (affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany)
| | - Lewin Eisele
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
| | - David Ellinghaus
- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
| | - Caroline Hayward
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Pau Navarro
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Sheila Ulivi
- Institute for Maternal and Child Health, "Burlo Garofolo" Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Toshiko Tanaka
- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - David J Tester
- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. [2] Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
| | - Stéphanie Chatel
- 1] Institut du Thorax, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. [2] Institut du Thorax, INSERM UMR1087, CNRS UMR 6291, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Stefan Gustafsson
- 1] Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. [2] Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Meena Kumari
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK
| | - Richard W Morris
- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, UK
| | - Åsa T Naluai
- 1] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. [2] Biobanking and Molecular Resource Infrastructure of Sweden (BBMRI), Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - Sandosh Padmanabhan
- BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Alexander Kluttig
- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
| | - Bernhard Strohmer
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria
| | - Andrie G Panayiotou
- 1] Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health in association with the Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. [2] Cyprus Cardiovascular and Educational Research Trust, Nicosia, Cyprus
| | - Maria Torres
- Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Centro Nacional de Genotipado, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - Michael Knoflach
- Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Jaroslav A Hubacek
- Centre for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Kamil Slowikowski
- 1] Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Harvard Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Soumya Raychaudhuri
- 1] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Medicine, Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [5] Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
| | - Runjun D Kumar
- 1] Computational and Systems Biology Program, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [2] Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| | - Tamara B Harris
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
| | - Lenore J Launer
- Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
| | - Alan R Shuldiner
- 1] Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [3] Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Alvaro Alonso
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| | - Joel S Bader
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Georg Ehret
- Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Hailiang Huang
- 1] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - W H Linda Kao
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - James B Strait
- 1] Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences, Human Cardiovascular Studies Unit, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Peter W Macfarlane
- Electrocardiology, University of Glasgow Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
| | - Morris Brown
- Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
| | - Mark J Caulfield
- Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
| | - Nilesh J Samani
- Department of Cardiovascular Science, University of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
| | - Florian Kronenberg
- Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Johann Willeit
- Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
| | | | | | - J Gustav Smith
- 1] Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Department of Cardiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
| | - Karin H Greiser
- 1] Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. [2] Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
| | | | - Karl Werdan
- Department of Medicine III, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
| | - Massimo Carella
- Medical Genetics Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
| | - Leopoldo Zelante
- Medical Genetics Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
| | - Susan R Heckbert
- 1] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [2] Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Bruce M Psaty
- 1] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [2] Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [3] Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [4] Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington, USA. [5] Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
| | - Jerome I Rotter
- Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA
| | - Ivana Kolcic
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - Ozren Polašek
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
| | - Alan F Wright
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Maura Griffin
- Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre, London, UK
| | - Mark J Daly
- 1] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | | | - David O Arnar
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
| | | | | | | | - Joshua C Denny
- 1] Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. [2] Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| | - Dan M Roden
- 1] Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. [2] Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. [3] Office of Personalized Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| | - Rebecca L Zuvich
- Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
| | | | | | - Martin G Larson
- 1] National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Christopher J O'Donnell
- 1] National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Xiaoyan Yin
- 1] National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Marco Bobbo
- Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Adamo P D'Adamo
- 1] Institute for Maternal and Child Health, "Burlo Garofolo" Trieste, Trieste, Italy. [2] Clinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Annamaria Iorio
- Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Gianfranco Sinagra
- Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - Angel Carracedo
- 1] Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Centro Nacional de Genotipado, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. [2] Fundación Publica Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Servicio Galego de Saude, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. [3] Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
| | - Steven R Cummings
- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
| | - Michael A Nalls
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
| | - Antti Jula
- Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Kimmo K Kontula
- Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Annukka Marjamaa
- 1] Research Programs Unit, Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Lasse Oikarinen
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Markus Perola
- 1] Public Health Genomics Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [3] Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
| | - Kimmo Porthan
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Raimund Erbel
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
| | - Per Hoffmann
- 1] Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. [2] Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. [3] Division of Medical Genetics, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. [4] Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
| | - Karl-Heinz Jöckel
- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
| | - Hagen Kälsch
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
| | - Markus M Nöthen
- 1] Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. [2] Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
| | | | - Marcel den Hoed
- 1] Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. [2] MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
| | - Ruth J F Loos
- 1] MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. [2] Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. [3] Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
| | - Dag S Thelle
- 1] Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. [2] Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
| | - Christian Gieger
- Institute of Genetic Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - Thomas Meitinger
- 1] DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany. [2] Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. [3] Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - Siegfried Perz
- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - Annette Peters
- 1] DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany. [2] Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - Hanna Prucha
- 1] Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy and Education, Munich, Germany. [2] Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
| | - Moritz F Sinner
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany
| | - Melanie Waldenberger
- Research Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
| | - Rudolf A de Boer
- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Lude Franke
- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Pieter A van der Vleuten
- 1] Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. [2] Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Britt Maria Beckmann
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany
| | - Eimo Martens
- 1] Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany. [2] Department of Medicine, Hospital of Friedberg, Friedberg, Germany
| | - Abdennasser Bardai
- Heart Failure Research Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Nynke Hofman
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Arthur A M Wilde
- 1] Heart Failure Research Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Princess Al-Jawhara Al-Brahim Centre of Excellence in Research of Hereditary Disorders, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
| | - Elijah R Behr
- Cardiovascular and Cell Sciences Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK
| | | | - John R Giudicessi
- Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
| | - Argelia Medeiros-Domingo
- Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
| | - Julien Barc
- Institut du Thorax, INSERM UMR1087, CNRS UMR 6291, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Florence Kyndt
- 1] Institut du Thorax, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. [2] Institut du Thorax, INSERM UMR1087, CNRS UMR 6291, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Vincent Probst
- 1] Institut du Thorax, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. [2] Institut du Thorax, INSERM UMR1087, CNRS UMR 6291, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Alice Ghidoni
- 1] Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. [2] Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
| | - Roberto Insolia
- 1] Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. [2] Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
| | - Robert M Hamilton
- 1] The Labatt Family Heart Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [2] Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Stephen W Scherer
- The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Jeffrey Brandimarto
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Kenneth Margulies
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Christine E Moravec
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| | - Fabiola del Greco M
- Center for Biomedicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy (affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany)
| | - Christian Fuchsberger
- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| | - Jeffrey R O'Connell
- 1] Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Wai K Lee
- BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Graham C M Watt
- General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Harry Campbell
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Sarah H Wild
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Nour E El Mokhtari
- Biobank PopGen, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
| | - Norbert Frey
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
| | - Folkert W Asselbergs
- 1] Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research, Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands-Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [2] Department of Cardiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [3] Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London, London, UK
| | - Irene Mateo Leach
- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Gerjan Navis
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Maarten P van den Berg
- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Dirk J van Veldhuisen
- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Manolis Kellis
- 1] Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
| | - Bouwe P Krijthe
- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Oscar H Franco
- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Albert Hofman
- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Jan A Kors
- Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - André G Uitterlinden
- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands. [3] Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Jacqueline C M Witteman
- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands
| | - Lyudmyla Kedenko
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria
| | - Claudia Lamina
- Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Ben A Oostra
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Gonçalo R Abecasis
- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| | - Edward G Lakatta
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Sciences, Human Cardiovascular Studies Unit, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Antonella Mulas
- Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Marco Orrú
- Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
| | - David Schlessinger
- Laboratory of Genetics, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, US National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Manuela Uda
- Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
| | - Marcello R P Markus
- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
| | - Uwe Völker
- 1] DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. [2] Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
| | - Harold Snieder
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
| | - Timothy D Spector
- Department of Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, London, UK
| | - Johan Ärnlöv
- 1] Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. [2] School of Health and Social Sciences, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
| | - Lars Lind
- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Johan Sundström
- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Ann-Christine Syvänen
- Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
| | - Mika Kivimaki
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK
| | - Mika Kähönen
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
| | - Nina Mononen
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories and University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
| | - Olli T Raitakari
- 1] Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. [2] Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Jorma S Viikari
- Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
| | - Vera Adamkova
- Centre for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
| | - Stefan Kiechl
- Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
| | - Maria Brion
- 1] Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Centro Nacional de Genotipado, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. [2] Xenética de Enfermidades Cardiovasculares e Oftalmolóxicas, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Servicio Galego de Saude, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - Andrew N Nicolaides
- 1] Cyprus Cardiovascular and Educational Research Trust, Nicosia, Cyprus. [2] Vascular Screening and Diagnostic Centre, London, UK
| | - Bernhard Paulweber
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University/Salzburger Landeskliniken, Salzburg, Austria
| | - Johannes Haerting
- Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Informatics, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
| | - Anna F Dominiczak
- BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
| | - Fredrik Nyberg
- 1] Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. [2] Global Epidemiology, AstraZeneca Research and Development, Mölndal, Sweden
| | - Peter H Whincup
- Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's University of London, London, UK
| | - Aroon D Hingorani
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK
| | - Jean-Jacques Schott
- 1] Institut du Thorax, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. [2] Institut du Thorax, INSERM UMR1087, CNRS UMR 6291, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Connie R Bezzina
- Heart Failure Research Center, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| | - Erik Ingelsson
- 1] Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. [2] Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Luigi Ferrucci
- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Paolo Gasparini
- 1] Institute for Maternal and Child Health, "Burlo Garofolo" Trieste, Trieste, Italy. [2] Clinical Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
| | - James F Wilson
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Igor Rudan
- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Andre Franke
- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- 1] Department of Genomics, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. [2] Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. [3] Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Structural and Functional Organization of the Brain, Genomic Imaging, Research Centre Juelich, Juelich, Germany
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- 1] Center for Biomedicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy (affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany). [2] Department of Neurology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany. [3] Department of Neurology, General Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Fimlab Laboratories and University of Tampere School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
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- Genetics and Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 1] Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [2] Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- 1] Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [2] Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. [3] Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- 1] Icelandic Heart Association, Kopavogur, Iceland. [2] Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Human Genetics Research Centre, St George's University of London, London, UK
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- Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Department of Internal Medicine B, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. [2] DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
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- Center for Systems Genomics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- 1] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [2] Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging (NCHA), Leiden, The Netherlands. [3] Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [4] Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [5] Inspectorate of Health Care, The Hague, The Netherlands
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- 1] deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland. [2] Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- 1] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. [4] Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. [5] Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- 1] Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany. [2] DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- 1] Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. [2] Windland Smith Rice Sudden Death Genomics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. [3] Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. [4]
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- 1] Center for Biomedicine, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC), Bolzano, Italy (affiliated institute of the University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany). [2] Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. [3] Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany. [4]
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [2] Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. [3]
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- 1] Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [5]
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Abstract
Heart failure is one of the leading causes of sudden death in developed countries. While current therapies are mostly aimed at mitigating associated symptoms, novel therapies targeting the subcellular mechanisms underlying heart failure are emerging. Failing hearts are characterized by reduced contractile properties caused by impaired Ca(2+) cycling between the sarcoplasm and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Sarcoplasmic/ endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)ATPase 2a (SERCA2a) mediates Ca(2+) reuptake into the SR in cardiomyocytes. Of note, the expression level and/or activity of SERCA2a, translating to the quantity of SR Ca(2+) uptake, are significantly reduced in failing hearts. Normalization of the SERCA2a expression level by gene delivery has been shown to restore hampered cardiac functions and ameliorate associated symptoms in pre-clinical as well as clinical studies. SERCA2a activity can be regulated at multiple levels of a signaling cascade comprised of phospholamban, protein phosphatase 1, inhibitor-1, and PKCα. SERCA2 activity is also regulated by post-translational modifications including SUMOylation and acetylation. In this review, we will highlight the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of SERCA2a activity and the potential therapeutic modalities for the treatment of heart failure.
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- Woo Jin Park
- Global Research Laboratory and College of Life Sciences, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 500-712, Korea.
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Heinis FI, Andersson KB, Christensen G, Metzger JM. Prominent heart organ-level performance deficits in a genetic model of targeted severe and progressive SERCA2 deficiency. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79609. [PMID: 24223976 PMCID: PMC3817129 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The cardiac SERCA2 Ca2+ pump is critical for maintaining normal Ca2+ handling in the heart. Reduced SERCA2a content and blunted Ca2+ reuptake are frequently observed in failing hearts and evidence implicates poor cardiac Ca2+ handling in the progression of heart failure. To gain insight into mechanism we investigated a novel genetic mouse model of inducible severe and progressive SERCA2 deficiency (inducible Serca2 knockout, SERCA2 KO). These mice eventually die from overt heart failure 7-10 weeks after knockout but as yet there have been no reports on intrinsic mechanical performance at the isolated whole heart organ level. Thus we studied whole-organ ex vivo function of hearts isolated from SERCA2 KO mice at one and four weeks post-knockout in adult animals. We found that isolated KO heart function was only modestly impaired one week post-knockout, when SERCA2a protein was 32% of normal. At four weeks post-knockout, function was severely impaired with near non-detectable levels of SERCA2. During perfusion with 10 mM caffeine, LV developed pressures were similar between 4-week KO and control hearts, and end-diastolic pressures were lower in KO. When hearts were subjected to ischemia-reperfusion injury, recovery was not different between control and KO hearts at either one or four weeks post-knockout. Our findings indicate that ex vivo function of isolated SERCA2 KO hearts is severely impaired long before symptoms appear in vivo, suggesting that physiologically relevant heart function in vivo can be sustained for weeks in the absence of robust SR Ca2+ flux.
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- Frazer I. Heinis
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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Pleger ST, Brinks H, Ritterhoff J, Raake P, Koch WJ, Katus HA, Most P. Heart failure gene therapy: the path to clinical practice. Circ Res 2013; 113:792-809. [PMID: 23989720 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.113.300269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Gene therapy, aimed at the correction of key pathologies being out of reach for conventional drugs, bears the potential to alter the treatment of cardiovascular diseases radically and thereby of heart failure. Heart failure gene therapy refers to a therapeutic system of targeted drug delivery to the heart that uses formulations of DNA and RNA, whose products determine the therapeutic classification through their biological actions. Among resident cardiac cells, cardiomyocytes have been the therapeutic target of numerous attempts to regenerate systolic and diastolic performance, to reverse remodeling and restore electric stability and metabolism. Although the concept to intervene directly within the genetic and molecular foundation of cardiac cells is simple and elegant, the path to clinical reality has been arduous because of the challenge on delivery technologies and vectors, expression regulation, and complex mechanisms of action of therapeutic gene products. Nonetheless, since the first demonstration of in vivo gene transfer into myocardium, there have been a series of advancements that have driven the evolution of heart failure gene therapy from an experimental tool to the threshold of becoming a viable clinical option. The objective of this review is to discuss the current state of the art in the field and point out inevitable innovations on which the future evolution of heart failure gene therapy into an effective and safe clinical treatment relies.
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- Sven T Pleger
- Center for Molecular and Translational Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Germany
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Cardiomyocyte calcium cycling in a naturally occurring German shepherd dog model of inherited ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death. J Vet Cardiol 2013; 15:5-14. [PMID: 23434243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2012.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To further characterize arrhythmic mechanisms in German shepherd dogs (GSDs) affected with inherited ventricular arrhythmias by evaluating intracellular calcium cycling and expression of calcium handling genes. ANIMALS Twenty five GSDs, 9 backcross dogs, and 6 normal mongrel dogs (controls) were studied. The GSDs and backcross dogs were from a research colony of inherited ventricular arrhythmias. The control research dogs were purchased. METHODS Action potentials (APs) and pseudo-electrocardiograms (ECG) were recorded from left ventricular (LV) wedge preparations of GSDs and normal dogs. Midmyocardial (Mid) LV cells from GSDs and normal mongrels were isolated by enzymatic digestion. Cells were either field stimulated or voltage clamped and calcium transients were measured by confocal microscopy using the indicator Fluo-3AM. Expression of calcium handling genes was measured by quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS Mean calcium transient decay (tau) was not different between affected GSDs and control dogs, but striking cell-to-cell variability for tau was observed within affected GSDs and between affected GSDs and controls (P < 0.0001 each); within-dog variability accounted for 75% of total variability. Calcium sparks and afterdepolarizations occurred in GSD but not control cells. ATP2A2/SERCA2a expression was significantly reduced (P = 0.0063) in affected GSDs and inversely correlated (P = 0.0006) with severity of ventricular arrhythmias. CONCLUSIONS German shepherd dogs with inherited ventricular arrhythmias have electrophysiologic abnormalities in calcium cycling associated with reduced ATP2A2/SERCA2a expression. These animals provide a unique opportunity to study calcium remodeling at the genetic and molecular level in familial ventricular arrhythmias.
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Heart disease remains the leading cause of death and disability in the Western world. Current therapies aim at treating the symptoms rather than the subcellular mechanisms, underlying the etiology and pathological remodeling in heart failure. A universal characteristic, contributing to the decreased contractile performance in human and experimental failing hearts, is impaired calcium sequestration into the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). SR calcium uptake is mediated by a Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA2), whose activity is reversibly regulated by phospholamban (PLN). Dephosphorylated PLN is an inhibitor of SERCA and phosphorylation of PLN relieves this inhibition. However, the initial simple view of a PLN/SERCA regulatory complex has been modified by our recent identification of SUMO, S100 and the histidine-rich Ca-binding protein as regulators of SERCA activity. In addition, PLN activity is regulated by 2 phosphoproteins, the inhibitor-1 of protein phosphatase 1 and the small heat shock protein 20, which affect the overall SERCA-mediated Ca-transport. This review will highlight the regulatory mechanisms of cardiac contractility by the multimeric SERCA/PLN-ensemble and the potential for new therapeutic avenues targeting this complex by using small molecules and gene transfer methods.
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- Evangelia G Kranias
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0575, USA.
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Elliott EB, Kelly A, Smith GL, Loughrey CM. Isolated rabbit working heart function during progressive inhibition of myocardial SERCA activity. Circ Res 2012; 110:1618-27. [PMID: 22556337 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.262337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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RATIONALE The extent to which sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)ATPase (SERCA) activity alone determines left ventricular (LV) pump function is unknown. OBJECTIVE To correlate SERCA activity with hemodynamic function of rabbit LV during thapsigargin perfusion. METHODS AND RESULTS Isolated rabbit hearts were perfused in working heart configuration, and LV pump function was assessed using a pressure-volume catheter. Rapid and complete (>95%) inhibition of SERCA was associated with a moderate decrease in cardiac function (to 70%-85% of control). Further decrease in cardiac function to 50%-75% of control occurred over the next ≈ 30 minutes despite no detectable further inhibition of SERCA activity. Analysis of the 20 seconds prior to pump failure revealed a rapid decrease in end diastolic volume. Intermediate levels of SERCA function (≈ 50% of control) had only minor hemodynamic effects. Parallel experiments in field-stimulated isolated ventricular cardiomyocytes monitored intracellular Ca(2+) and cell shortening. On perfusion with thapsigargin, Ca(2+) transient amplitude and cell shortening fell to ≈ 70% of control followed by increased diastolic Ca(2+) concentration and diastolic cell shortening to achieve a new steady state. CONCLUSIONS The relationship between SERCA activity and LV function in the rabbit is highly nonlinear. In the short term, only moderate effects on LV pump function were observed despite almost complete (>95%) reduction in SERCA activity. The terminal decline of function was associated with sudden sustained increase in diastolic tone comparable to the sustained contraction observed in isolated cardiomyocytes. Secondary increases of intracellular Ca(2+) and Na(+) following complete SERCA inhibition eventually limit contractile function and precipitate LV pump failure.
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- Elspeth B Elliott
- Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, West Medical Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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Zou Y, Liang Y, Gong H, Zhou N, Ma H, Guan A, Sun A, Wang P, Niu Y, Jiang H, Takano H, Toko H, Yao A, Takeshima H, Akazawa H, Shiojima I, Wang Y, Komuro I, Ge J. Ryanodine Receptor Type 2 Is Required for the Development of Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy. Hypertension 2011; 58:1099-110. [PMID: 21986507 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.173500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ryanodine receptor type 2 (RyR-2) mediates Ca
2+
release from sarcoplasmic reticulum and contributes to myocardial contractile function. However, the role of RyR-2 in the development of cardiac hypertrophy is not completely understood. Here, mice with or without reduction of
RyR-2
gene (
RyR-2
+/−
and wild-type, respectively) were analyzed. At baseline, there was no difference in morphology of cardiomyocyte and heart and cardiac contractility between
RyR-2
+/−
and wild-type mice, although Ca
2+
release from sarcoplasmic reticulum was impaired in isolated
RyR-2
+/−
cardiomyocytes. During a 3-week period of pressure overload, which was induced by constriction of transverse aorta, isolated
RyR-2
+/−
cardiomyocytes displayed more reduction of Ca
2+
transient amplitude, rate of an increase in intracellular Ca
2+
concentration during systole, and percentile of fractional shortening, and hearts of
RyR-2
+/−
mice displayed less compensated hypertrophy, fibrosis, and contractility; more apoptosis with less autophagy of cardiomyocytes; and similar decrease of angiogenesis as compared with wild-type ones. Moreover, constriction of transverse aorta-induced increases in the activation of calcineurin, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases, and protein kinase B/Akt but not that of Ca
2+
/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and its downstream targets in the heart of wild-type mice were abolished in the
RyR-2
+/−
one, suggesting that RyR-2 is a regulator of calcineurin, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases, and Akt but not of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II activation during pressure overload. Taken together, our data indicate that RyR-2 contributes to the development of cardiac hypertrophy and adaptation of cardiac function during pressure overload through regulation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca
2+
release; activation of calcineurin, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases, and Akt; and cardiomyocyte survival.
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- Yunzeng Zou
- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital (Y.Z., Y.L., N.Z., A.G., A.S., Y.N., H.J., J.G.) and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences (H.G.), Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Vascular Surgery (Y.W.), Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Cardiology (H.M.), Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (P.W., H.Taka., H.To.), Chiba
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Ahmad S, Nichols DP, Strand M, Rancourt RC, Randell SH, White CW, Ahmad A. SERCA2 regulates non-CF and CF airway epithelial cell response to ozone. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27451. [PMID: 22096575 PMCID: PMC3214057 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Calcium mobilization can regulate a wide range of essential functions of respiratory epithelium, including ion transport, ciliary beat frequency, and secretion of mucus, all of which are modified in cystic fibrosis (CF). SERCA2, an important controller of calcium signaling, is deficient in CF epithelium. We conducted this study to determine whether SERCA2 deficiency can modulate airway epithelial responses to environmental oxidants such as ozone. This could contribute to the pathogenesis of pulmonary exacerbations, which are important and frequent clinical events in CF. To address this, we used air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures of non-CF and CF cell lines, as well as differentiated cultures of cells derived from non-CF and CF patients. We found that ozone exposure caused enhanced membrane damage, mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptotic cell death in CF airway epithelial cell lines relative to non-CF. Ozone exposure caused increased proinflammatory cytokine production in CF airway epithelial cell lines. Elevated proinflammatory cytokine production also was observed in shRNA-mediated SERCA2 knockdown cells. Overexpression of SERCA2 reversed ozone-induced proinflammatory cytokine production. Ozone-induced proinflammatory cytokine production was NF-κB- dependent. In a stable NF-κB reporter cell line, SERCA2 inhibition and knockdown both upregulated cytomix-induced NF-κB activity, indicating importance of SERCA2 in modulating NF-κB activity. In this system, increased NF-κB activity was also accompanied by increased IL-8 production. Ozone also induced NF-κB activity and IL-8 release, an effect that was greater in SERCA2-silenced NF-κB-reporter cells. SERCA2 overexpression reversed cytomix-induced increased IL-8 release and total nuclear p65 in CFTR-deficient (16HBE-AS) cells. These studies suggest that SERCA2 is an important regulator of the proinflammatory response of airway epithelial cells and could be a potential therapeutic target.
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- Shama Ahmad
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America.
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Petkova-Kirova PS, London B, Salama G, Rasmusson RL, Bondarenko VE. Mathematical modeling mechanisms of arrhythmias in transgenic mouse heart overexpressing TNF-α. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 302:H934-52. [PMID: 22081697 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00493.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Transgenic mice overexpressing tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α mice) possess many of the features of human heart failure, such as dilated cardiomyopathy, impaired Ca(2+) handling, arrhythmias, and decreased survival. Although TNF-α mice have been studied extensively with a number of experimental methods, the mechanisms of heart failure are not completely understood. We created a mathematical model that reproduced experimentally observed changes in the action potential (AP) and Ca(2+) handling of isolated TNF-α mice ventricular myocytes. To study the contribution of the differences in ion currents, AP, Ca(2+) handling, and intercellular coupling to the development of arrhythmias in TNF-α mice, we further created several multicellular model tissues with combinations of wild-type (WT)/reduced gap junction conductance, WT/prolonged AP, and WT/decreased Na(+) current (I(Na)) amplitude. All model tissues were examined for susceptibility to Ca(2+) alternans, AP propagation block, and reentry. Our modeling results demonstrated that, similar to experimental data in TNF-α mice, Ca(2+) alternans in TNF-α tissues developed at longer basic cycle lengths. The greater susceptibility to Ca(2+) alternans was attributed to the prolonged AP, resulting in larger inactivation of I(Na), and to the decreased SR Ca(2+) uptake and corresponding smaller SR Ca(2+) load. Simulations demonstrated that AP prolongation induces an increased susceptibility to AP propagation block. Programmed stimulation of the model tissues with a premature impulse showed that reduced gap junction conduction increased the vulnerable window for initiation reentry, supporting the idea that reduced intercellular coupling is the major factor for reentrant arrhythmias in TNF-α mice.
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- Polina S Petkova-Kirova
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Raeymaekers L, Vandecaetsbeek I, Wuytack F, Vangheluwe P. Modeling Ca2+ dynamics of mouse cardiac cells points to a critical role of SERCA's affinity for Ca2+. Biophys J 2011; 100:1216-25. [PMID: 21354394 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The SERCA2a isoform of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pumps is specifically expressed in the heart, whereas SERCA2b is the ubiquitously expressed variant. It has been shown previously that replacement of SERCA2a by SERCA2b in mice (SERCA2(b/b) mice) results in only a moderate functional impairment, whereas SERCA activity is decreased by a 40% lower SERCA protein expression and by increased inhibition by phospholamban. To find out whether the documented kinetic differences in SERCA2b relative to SERCA2a (i.e., a twofold higher apparent Ca(2+) affinity, but twofold lower maximal turnover rate) can explain these compensatory changes, we simulated Ca(2+) dynamics in mouse ventricular myocytes. The model shows that the relative Ca(2+) transport capacity of SERCA2a and SERCA2b depends on the SERCA concentration. The simulations point to a dominant effect of SERCA2b's higher Ca(2+) affinity over its lower maximal turnover rate. The results suggest that increased systolic and decreased diastolic Ca(2+) levels in unstimulated conditions could contribute to the downregulation of SERCA in SERCA2(b/b) mice. In stress conditions, Ca(2+) handling is less efficient by SERCA2b than by SERCA2a, which might contribute to the observed hypertrophy in SERCA2(b/b) mice. Altogether, SERCA2a might be a better compromise between performance in basal conditions and performance during β-adrenergic stress.
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- Luc Raeymaekers
- Laboratory of Cellular Transport Systems, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
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Ronkainen VP, Skoumal R, Tavi P. Hypoxia and HIF-1 suppress SERCA2a expression in embryonic cardiac myocytes through two interdependent hypoxia response elements. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2011; 50:1008-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2011.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vandecaetsbeek I, Vangheluwe P, Raeymaekers L, Wuytack F, Vanoevelen J. The Ca2+ pumps of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2011; 3:cshperspect.a004184. [PMID: 21441596 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a004184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The various splice variants of the three SERCA- and the two SPCA-pump genes in higher vertebrates encode P-type ATPases of the P(2A) group found respectively in the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and the secretory pathway. Of these, SERCA2b and SPCA1a represent the housekeeping isoforms. The SERCA2b form is characterized by a luminal carboxy terminus imposing a higher affinity for cytosolic Ca(2+) compared to the other SERCAs. This is mediated by intramembrane and luminal interactions of this extension with the pump. Other known affinity modulators like phospholamban and sarcolipin decrease the affinity for Ca(2+). The number of proteins reported to interact with SERCA is rapidly growing. Here, we limit the discussion to those for which the interaction site with the ATPase is specified: HAX-1, calumenin, histidine-rich Ca(2+)-binding protein, and indirectly calreticulin, calnexin, and ERp57. The role of the phylogenetically older and structurally simpler SPCAs as transporters of Ca(2+), but also of Mn(2+), is also addressed.
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- Ilse Vandecaetsbeek
- Laboratory of Ca-transport ATPases, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Arvanitis DA, Vafiadaki E, Sanoudou D, Kranias EG. Histidine-rich calcium binding protein: the new regulator of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium cycling. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2010; 50:43-9. [PMID: 20807542 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The histidine-rich calcium binding protein (HRC) is a novel regulator of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-uptake, storage and release. Residing in the SR lumen, HRC binds Ca(2+) with high capacity but low affinity. In vitro phosphorylation of HRC affects ryanodine affinity of the ryanodine receptor (RyR), suggesting a functional role of HRC on SR Ca(2+)-release. Indeed, acute HRC overexpression in isolated rodent cardiomyocytes decreases Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+)-release, increases SR Ca(2+)-load, and impairs contractility. The HRC effects on RyR may be regulated by the Ca(2+)-sensitivity of its interaction with triadin. However, HRC also affects the SR Ca(2+)-ATPase, as shown by HRC overexpression in transgenic mouse hearts, which resulted in reduced SR Ca(2+)-uptake rates, cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy. In fact, in vitro generated evidence suggests that HRC directly interacts with SR Ca(2+)-ATPase2, supporting a dual role of HRC in Ca(2+)-homeostasis: regulation of both SR Ca(2+)-uptake and Ca(2+)-release. Furthermore, HRC plays an important role in myocyte differentiation and in antiapoptotic cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion induced cardiac injury. Interestingly, HRC has been linked with familiar cardiac conduction disease and an HRC polymorphism was shown to associate with malignant ventricular arrhythmias in the background of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. This review summarizes studies, which have established the critical role of HRC in Ca(2+)-homeostasis, suggesting its importance in cardiac physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Demetrios A Arvanitis
- Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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NADPH oxidase inhibition ameliorates cardiac dysfunction in rabbits with heart failure. Mol Cell Biochem 2010; 343:143-53. [PMID: 20567884 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-010-0508-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/02/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Increased NADPH oxidase activity is found in both experimental and clinical HF. Here, we investigated the effects and mechanisms of NADPH oxidase inhibition on cardiac function in rabbits with HF. HF was induced by combined volume and pressure overload. Rabbits with HF or sham operation were randomized to orally receive apocynin, an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase (15 mg per day) or placebo for 8 weeks. Echocardiography was performed to examine the cardiac function and structure of the rabbits. Cardiac fibrosis was evaluated by masson's trichrome staining. The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β), connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression were measured by real-time PCR. The expression of SERCA2a and phospholamban (PLB) was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western Blot. SERCA2a activity was evaluated by measuring the Pi liberated from ATP hydrolysis. Rabbits with HF exhibited cardiac dysfunction and fibrosis. These changes were associated with significant increases in myocardial NADPH oxidase activity and oxidative stress. Compared with sham-operated rabbits, the TGF-β, CTGF, MMP-2, and MMP-9 mRNA expression significantly increased, the expression of SERCA2a and PLB dramatically decreased, and the SERCA2a activity was lower in HF rabbits. Apocynin reduced NADPH oxidase activity and oxidative stress, decreased TGF-β, CTGF, MMP-2, and MMP-9 expression, attenuated cardiac fibrosis, increased SERCA2a and PLB expression, restored SERCA2a activity, and thereby ameliorated cardiac dysfunction. Thus, chronic NADPH oxidase inhibition ameliorated cardiac dysfunction by decreasing cardiac fibrosis and preserving SERCA2a expression and activity.
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Tsika RW, Ma L, Kehat I, Schramm C, Simmer G, Morgan B, Fine DM, Hanft LM, McDonald KS, Molkentin JD, Krenz M, Yang S, Ji J. TEAD-1 overexpression in the mouse heart promotes an age-dependent heart dysfunction. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:13721-35. [PMID: 20194497 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.063057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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TEA domain transcription factor-1 (TEAD-1) is essential for proper heart development and is implicated in cardiac specific gene expression and the hypertrophic response of primary cardiomyocytes to hormonal and mechanical stimuli, and its activity increases in the pressure-overloaded hypertrophied rat heart. To investigate whether TEAD-1 is an in vivo modulator of cardiac specific gene expression and hypertrophy, we developed transgenic mice expressing hemagglutinin-tagged TEAD-1 under the control of the muscle creatine kinase promoter. We show that a sustained increase in TEAD-1 protein leads to an age-dependent dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed decreases in cardiac output, stroke volume, ejection fraction, and fractional shortening. Isolated TEAD-1 hearts revealed decreased left ventricular power output that correlated with increased betaMyHC protein. Histological analysis showed altered alignment of cardiomyocytes, septal wall thickening, and fibrosis, although electrocardiography displayed a left axis shift of mean electrical axis. Transcripts representing most members of the fetal heart gene program remained elevated from fetal to adult life. Western blot analyses revealed decreases in p-phospholamban, SERCA2a, p-CX43, p-GSK-3alpha/beta, nuclear beta-catenin, GATA4, NFATc3/c4, and increased NCX1, nuclear DYKR1A, and Pur alpha/beta protein. TEAD-1 mice did not display cardiac hypertrophy. TEAD-1 mice do not tolerate stress as they die over a 4-day period after surgical induction of pressure overload. These data provide the first in vivo evidence that increased TEAD-1 can induce characteristics of cardiac remodeling associated with cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
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- Richard W Tsika
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA.
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Stokke MK, Hougen K, Sjaastad I, Louch WE, Briston SJ, Enger UH, Andersson KB, Christensen G, Eisner DA, Sejersted OM, Trafford AW. Reduced SERCA2 abundance decreases the propensity for Ca2+ wave development in ventricular myocytes. Cardiovasc Res 2009; 86:63-71. [PMID: 20019150 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS To describe the overall role of reduced sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2) for Ca(2+) wave development. METHODS AND RESULTS SERCA2 knockout [Serca2(flox/flox) Tg(alphaMHC-MerCreMer); KO] mice allowing inducible cardiomyocyte-specific disruption of the Serca2 gene in adult mice were compared with Serca(flox/flox) (FF) control mice. Six days after Serca2 gene disruption, SERCA2 protein abundance was reduced by 53% in KO compared with FF, whereas SERCA2 activity in field-stimulated, Fluo-5F AM-loaded cells was reduced by 42%. Baseline Ca(2+) content of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and Ca(2+) transient amplitude and rate constant of decay measured in whole-cell voltage-clamped cells were decreased in KO to 75, 81, and 69% of FF values. Ca(2+) waves developed in only 31% of KO cardiomyocytes compared with 57% of FF when external Ca(2+) was raised (10 mM), although SR Ca(2+) content needed for waves to develop was 79% of FF values. In addition, waves propagated at a 15% lower velocity in KO cells. Ventricular extrasystoles (VES) occurred with lower frequency in SERCA2 KO mice (KO: 3 +/- 1 VES/h vs. FF: 8 +/- 1 VES/h) (P < 0.05 for all results). CONCLUSION Reduced SERCA2 abundance resulted in decreased amplitude and decay rate of Ca(2+) transients, reduced SR Ca(2+) content, and decreased propensity for Ca(2+) wave development.
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- Mathis K Stokke
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Kirkeveien 166, N-0407 Oslo, Norway.
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Vandecaetsbeek I, Raeymaekers L, Wuytack F, Vangheluwe P. Factors controlling the activity of the SERCA2a pump in the normal and failing heart. Biofactors 2009; 35:484-99. [PMID: 19904717 DOI: 10.1002/biof.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Heart failure is the leading cause of death in western countries and is often associated with impaired Ca(2+) handling in the cardiomyocyte. In fact, cardiomyocyte relaxation and contraction are tightly controlled by the activity of the cardiac sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum (ER/SR) Ca(2+) pump SERCA2a, pumping Ca(2+) from the cytosol into the lumen of the ER/SR. This review addresses three important facets that control the SERCA2 activity in the heart. First, we focus on the alternative splicing of the SERCA2 messenger, which is strictly regulated in the developing heart. This splicing controls the formation of three SERCA2 splice variants with different enzymatic properties. Second, we will discuss the role and regulation of SERCA2a activity in the normal and failing heart. The two well-studied Ca(2+) affinity modulators phospholamban and sarcolipin control the activity of SERCA2a within a narrow window. An aberrantly high or low Ca(2+) affinity is often observed in and may even trigger cardiac failure. Correcting SERCA2a activity might therefore constitute a therapeutic approach to improve the contractility of the failing heart. Finally, we address the controversies and unanswered questions of other putative regulators of the cardiac Ca(2+) pump, such as sarcalumenin, HRC, S100A1, Bcl-2, HAX-1, calreticulin, calnexin, ERp57, IRS-1, and -2.
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- Ilse Vandecaetsbeek
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Laboratory of Ca(2+)-transport ATPases, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Ca2+-ATPases (pumps) are key actors in the regulation of Ca2+ in eukaryotic cells and are thus essential to the correct functioning of the cell machinery. They have high affinity for Ca2+ and can efficiently regulate it down to very low concentration levels. Two of the pumps have been known for decades (the SERCA and PMCA pumps); one (the SPCA pump) has only become known recently. Each pump is the product of a multigene family, the number of isoforms being further increased by alternative splicing of the primary transcripts. The three pumps share the basic features of the catalytic mechanism but differ in a number of properties related to tissue distribution, regulation, and role in the cellular homeostasis of Ca2+. The molecular understanding of the function of the pumps has received great impetus from the solution of the three-dimensional structure of one of them, the SERCA pump. These spectacular advances in the structure and molecular mechanism of the pumps have been accompanied by the emergence and rapid expansion of the topic of pump malfunction, which has paralleled the rapid expansion of knowledge in the topic of Ca2+-signaling dysfunction. Most of the pump defects described so far are genetic: when they are very severe, they produce gross and global disturbances of Ca2+ homeostasis that are incompatible with cell life. However, pump defects may also be of a type that produce subtler, often tissue-specific disturbances that affect individual components of the Ca2+-controlling and/or processing machinery. They do not bring cells to immediate death but seriously compromise their normal functioning.
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Vangheluwe P, Sepúlveda MR, Missiaen L, Raeymaekers L, Wuytack F, Vanoevelen J. Intracellular Ca2+- and Mn2+-Transport ATPases. Chem Rev 2009; 109:4733-59. [DOI: 10.1021/cr900013m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Peter Vangheluwe
- Laboratory of Ca2+-transport ATPases and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ca2+-transport ATPases and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ca2+-transport ATPases and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ca2+-transport ATPases and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ca2+-transport ATPases and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ca2+-transport ATPases and Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Talukder MAH, Yang F, Nishijima Y, Chen CA, Kalyanasundaram A, Periasamy M, Zweier JL. Reduced SERCA2a converts sub-lethal myocardial injury to infarction and affects postischemic functional recovery. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 46:285-7. [PMID: 19046972 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2008] [Revised: 10/24/2008] [Accepted: 10/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The goal of the present study was to assess how reduced SERCA2a expression affects in vivo myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. We specifically wanted to determine to what extent hearts with reduced SERCA2a levels are susceptible to in vivo I/R injury. Therefore, we examined the effects of different ischemic periods on post-ischemic myocardial injury in wild-type (WT) and SERCA2a heterozygous knockout (SERCA2a(+/-)) mice expressing lower levels of SERCA2a pump in vivo. Following 20-min ischemia and 48-hour reperfusion, SERCA2a(+/-) mice developed significant myocardial infarction (MI) compared to negligible infarction in WT mice (14+/-3% vs. 3+/-1%, P<0.01); whereas following 30-min ischemia, the infarction was significantly larger in SERCA2a(+/-) mice compared to WT mice (49+/-5% vs. 37+/-3%, P<0.05). Further, echocardiographic analysis revealed worsened postischemic contractile function in SERCA2a(+/-) mice compared to WT mice. Thus, these findings demonstrate that maintaining optimal SERCA2a function is critical for myocardial protection from I/R injury and postischemic functional recovery.
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- M A Hassan Talukder
- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, and The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Ohio, USA
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Choi JH, Jo H, Hong JH, Lee SI, Shin DM. Alteration of expression of Ca2+ signaling proteins and adaptation of Ca2+ signaling in SERCA2+/- mouse parotid acini. Yonsei Med J 2008; 49:311-21. [PMID: 18452270 PMCID: PMC2615323 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2008.49.2.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA), encoded by ATP2A2, is an essential component for G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)-dependent Ca2+ signaling. However, whether the changes in Ca2+ signaling and Ca2+ signaling proteins in parotid acinar cells are affected by a partial loss of SERCA2 are not known. MATERIALS AND METHODS In SERCA2+/- mouse parotid gland acinar cells, Ca2+ signaling, expression levels of Ca2+ signaling proteins, and amylase secretion were investigated. RESULTS SERCA2+/- mice showed decreased SERCA2 expression and an upregulation of the plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase. A partial loss of SERCA2 changed the expression level of 1, 4, 5-tris-inositolphosphate receptors (IP3Rs), but the localization and activities of IP3Rs were not altered. In SERCA2+/- mice, muscarinic stimulation resulted in greater amylase release, and the expression of synaptotagmin was increased compared to wild type mice. CONCLUSION These results suggest that a partial loss of SERCA2 affects the expression and activity of Ca2+ signaling proteins in the parotid gland acini, however, overall Ca2+ signaling is unchanged.
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- Jong-Hoon Choi
- Department of Oral Medicine, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, 250 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea
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Vafiadaki E, Papalouka V, Arvanitis DA, Kranias EG, Sanoudou D. The role of SERCA2a/PLN complex, Ca2+ homeostasis, and anti-apoptotic proteins in determining cell fate. Pflugers Arch 2008; 457:687-700. [DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0506-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2008] [Accepted: 03/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Caldwell PT, Thorne PA, Johnson PD, Boitano S, Runyan RB, Selmin O. Trichloroethylene disrupts cardiac gene expression and calcium homeostasis in rat myocytes. Toxicol Sci 2008; 104:135-43. [PMID: 18411232 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We have been investigating the molecular mechanisms by which trichloroethylene (TCE) might induce cardiac malformations in the embryonic heart. Previous results indicated that TCE disrupted expression of genes encoding proteins involved in regulation of intracellular Ca2+, [Ca2+](i), in cardiac cells, including ryanodine receptor isoform 2 (Ryr2), and sarcoendoplasmatic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase, Serca2a. These observations are important in light of the notion that altered cardiac contractility can produce morphological defects. The hypothesis tested in this study is that the TCE-induced changes in gene expression of Ca2+-associated proteins resulted in altered Ca2+ flux regulation. We used real-time PCR and digital imaging microscopy to characterize effects of various doses of TCE on gene expression and Ca2+ response to vasopressin (VP) in rat cardiac H9c2 myocytes. We observed a reduction in Serca2a and Ryr2 expression at 12 and 48 h after exposure to TCE. In addition, we found significant differences in Ca2+ response to VP in cells treated with TCE doses as low as 10 parts per billion. Taken all together, our data strongly indicate that exposure to TCE disrupts the ability of myocytes to regulate cellular Ca2+ fluxes. Perturbation of calcium signaling alters cardiac cell physiology and signal transduction and may hint to morphogenetic consequences in the context of heart development. These results point to a novel area of TCE biology and, if confirmed in vivo, may help to explain the apparent cardio-specific toxicity of TCE exposure in the rodent embryo.
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- Patricia T Caldwell
- Department of Veterinary Science & Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Diastolic dysfunction is characterized by prolonged relaxation, increased filling pressure, decreased contraction velocity, and reduced cardiac output. Phenotypical features of diastolic dysfunction can be observed at the level of the isolated myocyte. This article reviews the cellular mechanisms that control relaxation at the level of the myocyte in the healthy situation and discusses the alterations that can affect physiologic function during disease. It focuses specifically on the mechanisms that regulate intracellular calcium handling, and the response of the myofilaments to calcium, including the changes in these components that can contribute to diastolic dysfunction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Muthu Periasamy
- Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA.
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Hong CS, Kwon SJ, Cho MC, Kwak YG, Ha KC, Hong B, Li H, Chae SW, Chai OH, Song CH, Li Y, Kim JC, Woo SH, Lee SY, Lee CO, Kim DH. Overexpression of junctate induces cardiac hypertrophy and arrhythmia via altered calcium handling. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 44:672-82. [PMID: 18353357 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2007] [Revised: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 01/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Junctate-1 is a newly identified integral endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ binding protein. However, its functional role in the heart is unknown. In the present study, the consequences of constitutively overexpressed junctate in cardiomyocytes were investigated using transgenic (TG) mice overexpressing junctate-1. TG mice (8 weeks old) showed cardiac remodeling such as marked bi-atrial enlargement with intra-atrial thrombus and biventricular hypertrophy. The TG mice also showed bradycardia with atrial fibrillation, reduced amplitude and elongated decay time of Ca2+ transients, increased L-type Ca2+ current and prolonged action potential durations. Time-course study (2-8 weeks) showed an initially reduced SR function due to down-regulation of SERCA2 and calsequestrin followed by sarcolemmal protein expression and cardiac hypertrophy at later age. These sequential changes could well be correlated with the physiological changes. Adrenergic agonist treatment and subsequent biochemical study showed that junctate-1 TG mice (8 weeks old) were under local PKA signaling that could cause increased L-type Ca2+ current and reduced SR function. Junctate-1 in the heart is closely linked to the homeostasis of E-C coupling proteins and a sustained increase of junctate-1 expression leads to a severe cardiac remodeling and arrhythmias.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chang-Soo Hong
- Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Daegu University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
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