Abstract
Cardiomyopathies are associated with arrhythmias and cardiac ion channel downregulation. This downregulation is arrhythmogenic. Paradoxically, antiarrhythmic therapies are based on ion channel-blocking drugs that further downregulate these channels and exhibit proarrhythmic risk. Recent studies have shown that inhibition of the protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase (PERK) arm of the unfolded protein response (UPR) prevents select cardiac ion channel downregulation and plays a protective role against arrhythmias. Prevention of ion channel downregulation represents as a novel therapeutic strategy to treat arrhythmias in myocardial infarction and heart failure.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 443-451 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Trends in Molecular Medicine |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is supported by R01 HL104025 (SCD) and Rhode Island Foundation grant 20154145 (M.L.).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords
- cardiac ion channel
- heart failure
- mRNA degradation
- myocardial infarction
- therapy
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Review
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't