Progression of Heart Failure

  • Marks A
  • Reiken S
  • Marx S
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Abstract

The cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2)/Ca2+ release channel on the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is regulated by evolutionarily highly conserved signaling pathways that control excitation-contraction (EC) coupling in the heart. Phosphorylation of RyR2 by cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) plays a key role in regulating the channel in response to stress via activation of the sympathetic nervous system (the “fight-or-flight response”).1 Maladaptive PKA hyperphosphorylation of RyR2 in failing hearts alters channel function, which may cause depletion of SR Ca2+ and diastolic release of SR Ca2+. This can initiate delayed afterdepolarizations that trigger ventricular arrhythmias.1 Mutations in RyR2 recently have been identified in patients with catecholaminergic induced sudden cardiac death (SCD).2–4⇓⇓ There may be a direct link between the PKA hyperphosphorylation of RyR2 that occurs during the progression of heart failure and fatal cardiac arrhythmias.

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Marks, A. R., Reiken, S., & Marx, S. O. (2002). Progression of Heart Failure. Circulation, 105(3), 272–275. https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.105.3.272

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