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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Signaling by the calcium-dependent phosphatase calcineurin profoundly influences the growth and gene expression of cardiac and skeletal muscle. Calcineurin binds to calsarcins, a family of muscle-specific proteins of the sarcomeric Z-disc, a focal point in the pathogenesis of human cardiomyopathies. We show that calsarcin-1 negatively modulates the functions of calcineurin, such that calcineurin signaling was enhanced in striated muscles of mice that do not express calsarcin-1. As a consequence of inappropriate calcineurin activation, mice with a null mutation in calsarcin-1 showed an excess of slow skeletal muscle fibers. The absence of calsarcin-1 also activated a hypertrophic gene program, despite the absence of hypertrophy, and enhanced the cardiac growth response to pressure overload. In contrast, cardiac adaptation to other hypertrophic stimuli, such as chronic catecholamine stimulation or exercise, was not affected. These findings show important roles for calsarcins as modulators of calcineurin signaling and the transmission of a specific subset of stress signals leading to cardiac remodeling in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1336-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Adrenergic beta-Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Biomechanics, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Calcineurin, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Cardiomyopathies, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Isoproterenol, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Muscle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Physical Conditioning, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Sarcomeres, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-Stress, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:15543153-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Mice lacking calsarcin-1 are sensitized to calcineurin signaling and show accelerated cardiomyopathy in response to pathological biomechanical stress.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9148, USA. norbert.frey@med.uni-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't