Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

A novel RyR1-selective inhibitor prevents and rescues sudden death in mouse models of malignant hyperthermia and heat stroke

  • Toshiko Yamazawa,
  • Takuya Kobayashi,
  • Nagomi Kurebayashi,
  • Masato Konishi,
  • Satoru Noguchi,
  • Takayoshi Inoue,
  • Yukiko U. Inoue,
  • Ichizo Nishino,
  • Shuichi Mori,
  • Hiroto Iinuma,
  • Noriaki Manaka,
  • Hiroyuki Kagechika,
  • Arkady Uryash,
  • Jose Adams,
  • Jose R. Lopez,
  • Xiaochen Liu,
  • Christine Diggle,
  • Paul D. Allen,
  • Sho Kakizawa,
  • Keigo Ikeda,
  • Bangzhong Lin,
  • Yui Ikemi,
  • Kazuto Nunomura,
  • Shinsaku Nakagawa,
  • Takashi Sakurai,
  • Takashi Murayama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24644-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Mutations in ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1), a Ca2+ release channel in skeletal muscle, cause malignant hyperthermia (MH) and are involved in heat stroke. Here, the authors show that an oxolinic acid-derivative RyR1 inhibitor effectively prevents and treats MH and heat stroke in various MH mouse models.