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Article Dans Une Revue Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology Année : 2006

Ca2+ currents in cardiac myocytes: Old story, new insights.

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Calcium is a ubiquitous second messenger which plays key roles in numerous physiological functions. In cardiac myocytes, Ca2+ crosses the plasma membrane via specialized voltage-gated Ca2+ channels which have two main functions: (i) carrying depolarizing current by allowing positively charged Ca2+ ions to move into the cell; (ii) triggering Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Recently, it has been suggested than Ca2+ channels also participate in excitation-transcription coupling. The purpose of this review is to discuss the physiological roles of Ca2+ currents in cardiac myocytes. Next, we describe local regulation of Ca2+ channels by cyclic nucleotides. We also provide an overview of recent studies investigating the structure-function relationship of Ca2+ channels in cardiac myocytes using heterologous system expression and transgenic mice, with descriptions of the recently discovered Ca2+ channels alpha(1D) and alpha(1E). We finally discuss the potential involvement of Ca2+ currents in cardiac pathologies, such as diseases with autoimmune components, and cardiac remodeling.
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inserm-00141882 , version 1 (01-08-2007)

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Fabien Brette, Jérôme Leroy, Jean-Yves Le Guennec, Laurent Sallé. Ca2+ currents in cardiac myocytes: Old story, new insights.. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2006, 91 (1-2), pp.1-82. ⟨10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2005.01.001⟩. ⟨inserm-00141882⟩
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