Journal
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 302-314Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvm006
Keywords
sarcoplasmic reticulum; ryanodine receptor; calcium handling; arrhythmia
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- British Heart Foundation [FS/06/082, FS/04/088, BS/04/02] Funding Source: Medline
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Heart failure (HF) is a chronic multi-factorial disease characterized by sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) dysfunction that manifests as severely reduced contractility and increased risk of arrhythmia. Several lines of evidence have revealed the existence of defective ryanodine receptor (RyR2)-mediated Ca2+ teak in HE although its relevance as a causative factor rather than a phenotypic consequence of the disease is questioned. This review will consider the relative contribution of RyR2-mediated Ca2+ teak to the profound cellular, transcriptional and electrical remodelling associated with HF. In particular, it will focus on our current understanding of the role of defective phosphorylation of RyR2 as a both a chronic mediator of excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) dysfunction and as a potent catalyst of RyR2-dependent arrhythmogenesis. A hypothetical concept that. SR Ca2+ teak fundamentally underlies the increased arrhythmogenic susceptibility in HF, but that it may not directly contribute to contractile dysfunction, which may involve maladaptive perturbations in metabolism and energy utilization, is also discussed.
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