Physiological and pathological roles of protein kinase A in the heart

Y Liu, J Chen, SK Fontes, EN Bautista… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Protein kinase A (PKA) is a central regulator of cardiac performance and morphology.
Myocardial PKA activation is induced by a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, and stress …

TNNI1, TNNI2 and TNNI3: Evolution, regulation, and protein structure–function relationships

JJ Sheng, JP Jin - Gene, 2016 - Elsevier
Troponin I (TnI) is the inhibitory subunit of the troponin complex in the sarcomeric thin
filament of striated muscle and plays a central role in the calcium regulation of contraction …

Single-fluorophore biosensors for sensitive and multiplexed detection of signalling activities

S Mehta, Y Zhang, RH Roth, J Zhang, A Mo… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Unravelling the dynamic molecular interplay behind complex physiological processes such
as neuronal plasticity requires the ability to both detect minute changes in biochemical …

Histone deacetylase activity governs diastolic dysfunction through a nongenomic mechanism

MY Jeong, YH Lin, SA Wennersten… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
There are no approved drugs for the treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection
fraction (HFpEF), which is characterized by left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. We …

Pharmacological targeting of AKAP-directed compartmentalized cAMP signalling

A Dema, E Perets, MS Schulz, VA Deák, E Klussmann - Cellular signalling, 2015 - Elsevier
The second messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) can bind and activate
protein kinase A (PKA). The cAMP/PKA system is ubiquitous and involved in a wide array of …

Modulation of cardiac thin filament structure by phosphorylated troponin-I analyzed by protein-protein docking and molecular dynamics simulation

E Pavadai, MJ Rynkiewicz, Z Yang, IR Gould… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tropomyosin, controlled by troponin-linked Ca 2+-binding, regulates muscle contraction by
a macromolecular scale steric-mechanism that governs myosin-crossbridge–actin …

Clinical pharmacology of cardiac cyclic AMP in human heart failure: too much or too little?

A Lymperopoulos - Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Cyclic 3', 5'-adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a major signaling
hub in cardiac physiology. Although cAMP signaling has been extensively studied in cardiac …

Cardiac troponin structure-function and the influence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated mutations on modulation of contractility

Y Cheng, M Regnier - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Cardiac troponin (cTn) acts as a pivotal regulator of muscle contraction and relaxation and is
composed of three distinct subunits (cTnC: a highly conserved Ca 2+ binding subunit, cTnI …

Umbrella sampling simulations measure switch peptide binding and hydrophobic patch opening free energies in cardiac troponin

AM Cool, S Lindert - Journal of chemical information and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The cardiac troponin (cTn) complex is an important regulatory protein in heart contraction.
Upon binding of Ca2+, cTn undergoes a conformational shift that allows the troponin I switch …

Transcriptome and functional profile of cardiac myocytes is influenced by biological sex

CL Trexler, AT Odell, MY Jeong… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Although cardiovascular disease is the primary killer of women in the United
States, women and female animals have traditionally been omitted from research studies. In …