2022
Muscle LIM Protein Force-Sensing Mediates Sarcomeric Biomechanical Signaling in Human Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Riaz M, Park J, Sewanan LR, Ren Y, Schwan J, Das SK, Pomianowski PT, Huang Y, Ellis MW, Luo J, Liu J, Song L, Chen IP, Qiu C, Yazawa M, Tellides G, Hwa J, Young LH, Yang L, Marboe CC, Jacoby DL, Campbell SG, Qyang Y. Muscle LIM Protein Force-Sensing Mediates Sarcomeric Biomechanical Signaling in Human Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2022, 145: 1238-1253. PMID: 35384713, PMCID: PMC9109819, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.056265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypertrophic cardiomyopathySarcomeric mutationsFamilial hypertrophic cardiomyopathySudden cardiac deathCardiac myosin heavy chainMechanism-based treatmentsDevelopment of hypertrophyActivated T cellsCalcineurin-nuclear factorForce productionPhenotypic expressionPluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytesStem cell-derived cardiomyocytesHeart failureCardiac deathVentricular hypertrophyCell-derived cardiomyocytesCardiac contractilityPharmacological interventionsT cellsCardiac diseaseCardiac hypertrophyPatient-specific induced pluripotent stem cellsPharmacological meansTwitch relaxation
2013
NO triggers RGS4 degradation to coordinate angiogenesis and cardiomyocyte growth
Jaba IM, Zhuang ZW, Li N, Jiang Y, Martin KA, Sinusas AJ, Papademetris X, Simons M, Sessa WC, Young LH, Tirziu D. NO triggers RGS4 degradation to coordinate angiogenesis and cardiomyocyte growth. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2013, 123: 1718-1731. PMID: 23454748, PMCID: PMC3613910, DOI: 10.1172/jci65112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, BiologicalAnimalsCell EnlargementCells, CulturedCoronary VesselsEndothelium, VascularHeart VentriclesMechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1MiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMultiprotein ComplexesMyocytes, CardiacNeovascularization, PhysiologicNG-Nitroarginine Methyl EsterNitric OxideNitric Oxide SynthasePlacenta Growth FactorPregnancy ProteinsProteinsProteolysisProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRGS ProteinsSignal TransductionTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesConceptsCardiomyocyte growthAkt/mTORC1 signalingNovel NO-dependent mechanismProteasomal degradationCoordination of angiogenesisMTORC1 signalingConditional overexpressionMurine cardiac tissueG proteinsTransgenic expressionAkt/Physiological mechanismsMyocyte growthVessel growthGrowth factorTransgenic miceHypertrophic responseAngiogenesisKnockout miceMyocardial hypertrophyExpressionGrowthCardiac hypertrophyNOS inhibitor L-NAMEInduction
2004
AMP-activated protein kinase mediates ischemic glucose uptake and prevents postischemic cardiac dysfunction, apoptosis, and injury
Russell RR, Li J, Coven DL, Pypaert M, Zechner C, Palmeri M, Giordano FJ, Mu J, Birnbaum MJ, Young LH. AMP-activated protein kinase mediates ischemic glucose uptake and prevents postischemic cardiac dysfunction, apoptosis, and injury. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2004, 114: 495-503. PMID: 15314686, PMCID: PMC503766, DOI: 10.1172/jci19297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-flow ischemiaGlucose uptakePostischemic reperfusionWT heartsLeft ventricular dPNormal fractional shorteningLV contractile functionPostischemic cardiac dysfunctionInsulin-stimulated glucose uptakeImportant protective roleLong-term inhibitionFatty acid oxidationFractional shorteningHeart failureVentricular dPCardiac consequencesCardiac dysfunctionCaspase-3 activityMyocardial ischemiaContractile functionReperfusionCardiac hypertrophyIschemiaTransgenic miceProtective role