Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Myocardial TRPC6-mediated Zn2+ influx induces beneficial positive inotropy through β-adrenoceptors

  • Sayaka Oda,
  • Kazuhiro Nishiyama,
  • Yuka Furumoto,
  • Yohei Yamaguchi,
  • Akiyuki Nishimura,
  • Xiaokang Tang,
  • Yuri Kato,
  • Takuro Numaga-Tomita,
  • Toshiyuki Kaneko,
  • Supachoke Mangmool,
  • Takuya Kuroda,
  • Reishin Okubo,
  • Makoto Sanbo,
  • Masumi Hirabayashi,
  • Yoji Sato,
  • Yasuaki Nakagawa,
  • Koichiro Kuwahara,
  • Ryu Nagata,
  • Gentaro Iribe,
  • Yasuo Mori,
  • Motohiro Nishida

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34194-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Baroreflex control of cardiac contractility is essential to maintain cardiocirculatory homeostasis. Here, Oda et al show that α1 adrenoceptor-stimulated Zn2+ entry through TRPC6 channels boosts β adrenoceptor-dependent myocardial positive inotropy.