scholarly journals Involvement of the cardiac ryanodine receptor/calcium release channel in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

2002 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Marks ◽  
Silvia Priori ◽  
Mirella Memmi ◽  
Kimmo Kontula ◽  
P�ivi J. Laitinen
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Calcium Release Channel ◽  
Release Channel ◽  
Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor

scholarly journals Sudden Death in Familial Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Associated With Calcium Release Channel (Ryanodine Receptor) Leak

Circulation ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 109 (25) ◽  
pp. 3208-3214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan E. Lehnart ◽  
Xander H.T. Wehrens ◽  
Päivi J. Laitinen ◽  
Steven R. Reiken ◽  
Shi-Xiang Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Calcium Release Channel ◽  
Release Channel

Inactivation of the cardiac ryanodine receptor calcium release channel by nitric oxide

Cell Calcium ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 447-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Zahradníková ◽  
Igor Minarovic ◽  
Richard C. Venema ◽  
LászlóG. Meszaros
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Calcium Release Channel ◽  
Release Channel ◽  
Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor

scholarly journals The arrhythmogenic N53I variant subtly changes the structure and dynamics in the calmodulin N-terminal domain, altering its interaction with the cardiac ryanodine receptor

2020 ◽  
Vol 295 (22) ◽  
pp. 7620-7634
Author(s):  
Christian Holt ◽  
Louise Hamborg ◽  
Kelvin Lau ◽  
Malene Brohus ◽  
Anders Bundgaard Sørensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Hydrophobic Surface ◽  
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Calmodulin Binding ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor

Mutations in the genes encoding the highly conserved Ca2+-sensing protein calmodulin (CaM) cause severe cardiac arrhythmias, including catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia or long QT syndrome and sudden cardiac death. Most of the identified arrhythmogenic mutations reside in the C-terminal domain of CaM and mostly affect Ca2+-coordinating residues. One exception is the catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia–causing N53I substitution, which resides in the N-terminal domain (N-domain). It does not affect Ca2+ coordination and has only a minor impact on binding affinity toward Ca2+ and on other biophysical properties. Nevertheless, the N53I substitution dramatically affects CaM's ability to reduce the open probability of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) while having no effect on the regulation of the plasmalemmal voltage-gated Ca2+ channel, Cav1.2. To gain more insight into the molecular disease mechanism of this mutant, we used NMR to investigate the structures and dynamics of both apo- and Ca2+-bound CaM-N53I in solution. We also solved the crystal structures of WT and N53I CaM in complex with the primary calmodulin-binding domain (CaMBD2) from RyR2 at 1.84–2.13 Å resolutions. We found that all structures of the arrhythmogenic CaM-N53I variant are highly similar to those of WT CaM. However, we noted that the N53I substitution exposes an additional hydrophobic surface and that the intramolecular dynamics of the protein are significantly altered such that they destabilize the CaM N-domain. We conclude that the N53I-induced changes alter the interaction of the CaM N-domain with RyR2 and thereby likely cause the arrhythmogenic phenotype of this mutation.

Abstract 17874: Aerobic Exercise Training Improves Exercise Capacity, Reduces Arrhythmia Susceptibility but Does Not Normalize Ryanodine Receptor Mediated Aberrant Calcium Release in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Swain ◽  
Hsiang-Ting Ho ◽  
Minori Minagawa ◽  
Bjorn C Knollmann ◽  
Sandor Gyorke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Aerobic Exercise ◽  
Exercise Capacity ◽  
Ryanodine Receptor ◽  
Calcium Release ◽  
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Treadmill Running ◽  
Aerobic Exercise Training ◽  
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

Introduction: Loss of Calsequestrin (CASQ2) promotes abnormal calcium (Ca2+) release events via the cardiac Ryanodine receptor (RyR2) during adrenergic stimulation, which trigger Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT). Rationale: Since aerobic exercise training (AET) has been shown to normalize Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ cycling parameters in diseased hearts, we explored if AET impacts RyR2 dysfunction and CPVT susceptibility in CASQ2-/- mice. Methods and Results: Age matched wildtype (WT) and CASQ2-/- male mice (n=8) were subjected to treadmill running for 6 weeks (16mts/min for 1hr, 5 days/week at 10% incline). Subsequently, a graded exercise test showed that sedentary (Sed) CASQ2-/- mice have a significantly lower exercise capacity relative to SedWT. Compared to trained (Ex) WT mice, AET moderately increased maximal running speed, time, and RER values in ExCASQ2-/- mice, indicating improved aerobic capacity. Electrocardiographic analyses showed that ExCASQ2-/- mice were resistant to triggered arrhythmias compared to their Sed controls. Spectral analyses of heart rate variability indicated that the high frequency band power increased significantly in ExCASQ2-/- mice, especially during Isoproterenol (Iso) challenge compared to ExWT. Despite fewer arrhythmias, confocal Ca2+ imaging revealed that ExCASQ2-/- ventricular cardiomyocytes are prone to spontaneous Ca2+ sparks and waves even at baseline (compared to ExWT) along with a concomitant decrease in Ca2+ transient amplitude and SR Ca2+ load, both at baseline and during Iso challenge. Conclusions: Our results thus far indicate that AET partially improves exercise capacity and aerobic fitness in the CASQ2-/- mouse model of CPVT. Paradoxically, although arrhythmia incidence is reduced, RyR2 mediated dysfunctions in SR Ca2+ cycling are not normalized after 6 weeks of AET. Importantly, the parasympathetic tone is significantly enhanced in the ExCASQ2-/- mice particularly during Iso challenge. Ongoing studies will address mechanisms (SR protein expression, post translational modifications and pharmacological interventions to investigate the observed autonomic imbalance) that could underlie the intriguing effects of exercise in this model of CPVT.

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