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ISSN (Print): 1381-6128
ISSN (Online): 1873-4286

Targeting Cardiomyocyte Ca2+ Homeostasis in Heart Failure

Author(s): Asmund T. Roe, Michael Frisk and William E. Louch

Volume 21, Issue 4, 2015

Page: [431 - 448] Pages: 18

DOI: 10.2174/138161282104141204124129

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Abstract

Improved treatments for heart failure patients will require the development of novel therapeutic strategies that target basal disease mechanisms. Disrupted cardiomyocyte Ca2+ homeostasis is recognized as a major contributor to the heart failure phenotype, as it plays a key role in systolic and diastolic dysfunction, arrhythmogenesis, and hypertrophy and apoptosis signaling. In this review, we outline existing knowledge of the involvement of Ca2+ homeostasis in these deficits, and identify four promising targets for therapeutic intervention: the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase, the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger, the ryanodine receptor, and t-tubule structure. We discuss experimental data indicating the applicability of these targets that has led to recent and ongoing clinical trials, and suggest future therapeutic approaches.

Keywords: Cardiac myocytes, calcium homeostasis, heart failure, SR Ca2+ ATPase, Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, ryanodine receptor, t-tubules.


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