Pharmacological or genetic inhibition of LTCC promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation through inhibition of calcineurin activity

Faculty Pharmacy Year: 2025
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Journal: npj Regenerative Medicine NATURE PORTFOLIO Volume:
Keywords : Pharmacological , genetic inhibition , LTCC promotes cardiomyocyte    
Abstract:
Cardiomyocytes (CMs) lost during ischemic cardiac injury cannot be replaced due to their limited proliferative capacity. Calcium is an important signal transducer that regulates key cellular processes, but its role in regulating CM proliferation is incompletely understood. Here we show a robust pathway for new calcium signaling-based cardiac regenerative strategies. A drug screen targeting proteins involved in CM calcium cycling in human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac organoids (hCOs) revealed that only the inhibition of L-Type Calcium Channel (LTCC) induced the CM cell cycle. Furthermore, overexpression of Ras-related associated with Diabetes (RRAD), an endogenous inhibitor of LTCC, induced CM cell cycle activity in vitro, in human cardiac slices, and in vivo. Mechanistically, LTCC inhibition by RRAD or nifedipine induced CM cell cycle by modulating calcineurin activity. Moreover, ectopic expression of RRAD/CDK4/CCND in combination induced CM proliferation in vitro and in vivo, improved cardiac function and reduced scar size post-myocardial infarction
   
     
 
       

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