Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

CaMKII induces permeability transition through Drp1 phosphorylation during chronic β-AR stimulation

  • Shangcheng Xu,
  • Pei Wang,
  • Huiliang Zhang,
  • Guohua Gong,
  • Nicolas Gutierrez Cortes,
  • Weizhong Zhu,
  • Yisang Yoon,
  • Rong Tian,
  • Wang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13189
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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β-adrenergic receptor signaling induces mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening. Here, Xuet al. show that this effect is mediated by phosphorylation of mitochondrial fission protein Drp1 by CamKII, which increases the frequency of transient mPTP opening.