Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Cardiac dopamine D1 receptor triggers ventricular arrhythmia in chronic heart failure

  • Toshihiro Yamaguchi,
  • Tomokazu S. Sumida,
  • Seitaro Nomura,
  • Masahiro Satoh,
  • Tomoaki Higo,
  • Masamichi Ito,
  • Toshiyuki Ko,
  • Kanna Fujita,
  • Mary E. Sweet,
  • Atsushi Sanbe,
  • Kenji Yoshimi,
  • Ichiro Manabe,
  • Toshikuni Sasaoka,
  • Matthew R. G. Taylor,
  • Haruhiro Toko,
  • Eiki Takimoto,
  • Atsuhiko T. Naito,
  • Issei Komuro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18128-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The pathophysiological role of dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) in chronic heart failure remains elusive. Here the authors show that D1R-expressing cardiomyocytes appear in chronic heart failure and play a pivotal role in triggering lethal ventricular arrhythmias.