2020
Dstac Regulates Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Drosophila Body Wall Muscles
Hsu IU, Linsley JW, Reid LE, Hume RI, Leflein A, Kuwada JY. Dstac Regulates Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Drosophila Body Wall Muscles. Frontiers In Physiology 2020, 11: 573723. PMID: 33123029, PMCID: PMC7573238, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.573723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExcitation-contraction couplingL-type voltage-gated calcium channelsVoltage-gated calcium channelsSubset of neuronsBody wall musclesL-type CaCalcium channelsNormal expression levelsEC couplingMuscle contractionSkeletal muscleSpecific antibodiesMuscleLarval body wall musclesDmca1DExpression levelsWall musclesNormal locomotionDrosophila body wall musclesNeuronsVertebrate skeletal muscleAntibodiesDeficient larvae
2016
Congenital myopathy results from misregulation of a muscle Ca2+ channel by mutant Stac3
Linsley JW, Hsu IU, Groom L, Yarotskyy V, Lavorato M, Horstick EJ, Linsley D, Wang W, Franzini-Armstrong C, Dirksen RT, Kuwada JY. Congenital myopathy results from misregulation of a muscle Ca2+ channel by mutant Stac3. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 114: e228-e236. PMID: 28003463, PMCID: PMC5240691, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619238114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEC couplingDihydropyridine receptorNative American myopathySarcoplasmic reticulumExcitation-contraction couplingSkeletal muscle contractionVoltage-sensing dihydropyridine receptorCaffeine-induced CaRyanodine receptor 1Receptor 1Muscle contractionInternal storesMuscle Ca2Muscle fibersSTAC3Luminal CaMyopathyTransverse tubule membranesTubule membranesCaffeine sensitivityHuman myopathiesCoupling apparatusHuman diseasesDynamic imagingCritical role