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SUBMITTER: Eden M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5438100 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eden Matthias M Meder Benjamin B Völkers Mirko M Poomvanicha Montatip M Domes Katrin K Branchereau M M Marck P P Will Rainer R Bernt Alexander A Rangrez Ashraf A Busch Matthias M Hrabě de Angelis Martin M Heymes Christophe C Rottbauer Wolfgang W Most Patrick P Hofmann Franz F Frey Norbert N
Nature communications 20160428
Calcium signalling plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of heart failure. Here we describe a cardiac protein named Myoscape/FAM40B/STRIP2, which directly interacts with the L-type calcium channel. Knockdown of Myoscape in cardiomyocytes decreases calcium transients associated with smaller Ca(2+) amplitudes and a lower diastolic Ca(2+) content. Likewise, L-type calcium channel currents are significantly diminished on Myoscape ablation, and downregulation of Myoscape significantly reduces con ...[more]