Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

TRPC channels blockade abolishes endotoxemic cardiac dysfunction by hampering intracellular inflammation and Ca2+ leakage

  • Na Tang,
  • Wen Tian,
  • Guang-Yuan Ma,
  • Xiong Xiao,
  • Lei Zhou,
  • Ze-Zhi Li,
  • Xiao-Xiao Liu,
  • Chong-Yao Li,
  • Ke-Han Wu,
  • Wenjuan Liu,
  • Xue-Ying Wang,
  • Yuan-Yuan Gao,
  • Xin Yang,
  • Jianzhao Qi,
  • Ding Li,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Wen-Sheng Chen,
  • Jinming Gao,
  • Xiao-Qiang Li,
  • Wei Cao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35242-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 21

Abstract

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TRPCs, nonselective cation channels, are involved in cardiac contraction and conduction. Here, the authors show that Trpc1/6 deficiency or pharmacological inhibition improves endotoxemic cardiac dysfunction and prolongs survival by prominently suppressing cardiac inflammation and ER Ca2+ release.