Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Jun 2023)

Calpain: the regulatory point of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

  • Guo-Yang Liu,
  • Guo-Yang Liu,
  • Guo-Yang Liu,
  • Wan-Li Xie,
  • Wan-Li Xie,
  • Wan-Li Xie,
  • Yan-Ting Wang,
  • Yan-Ting Wang,
  • Yan-Ting Wang,
  • Lu Chen,
  • Lu Chen,
  • Lu Chen,
  • Zhen-Zhen Xu,
  • Zhen-Zhen Xu,
  • Zhen-Zhen Xu,
  • Yong Lv,
  • Yong Lv,
  • Yong Lv,
  • Qing-Ping Wu,
  • Qing-Ping Wu,
  • Qing-Ping Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1194402
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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Calpain is a conserved cysteine protease readily expressed in several mammalian tissues, which is usually activated by Ca2+ and with maximum activity at neutral pH. The activity of calpain is tightly regulated because its aberrant activation will nonspecifically cleave various proteins in cells. Abnormally elevation of Ca2+ promotes the abnormal activation of calpain during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, resulting in myocardial injury and cardiac dysfunction. In this paper, we mainly reviewed the effects of calpain in various programmed cell death (such as apoptosis, mitochondrial-mediated necrosis, autophagy-dependent cell death, and parthanatos) in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion. In addition, we also discussed the abnormal activation of calpain during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, the effect of calpain on myocardial repair, and the possible future research directions of calpain.

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