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ArticleJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology2016

Probing the mechanism of cardiovascular drugs using a covalent levosimendan analog.

Sandra E Pineda-Sanabria, Ian M Robertson, Yin-Biao Sun, Malcolm Irving, Brian D Sykes

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Article in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Integrative Methods for Studying Cardiac Energetics.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
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  3. Levosimendan Efficacy and Safety: 20 Years of SIMDAX in Clinical Use.Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology · 2020
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  5. Optimizing fluorine labelling forJournal of biomolecular NMR · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sandra E Pineda-SanabriaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada.
Ian M RobertsonRandall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
Yin-Biao SunRandall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
Malcolm IrvingRandall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London SE1 1UL, UK.
Brian D SykesDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada. Electronic address: brian.sykes@ualberta.ca.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Alberta · CABritish Heart Foundation · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/09/001/26329British Heart Foundation FS/15/1/31071British Heart Foundation PG/12/52/29713CIHR 37769Medical Research Council G0601065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One approach to improve contraction in the failing heart is the administration of calcium (Ca(2+)) sensitizers. Although it is known that levosimendan and other sensitizers bind to troponin C (cTnC), their in vivo mechanism is not fully understood. Based on levosimendan, we designed a covalent Ca(2+) sensitizer (i9) that targets C84 of cTnC and exchanged this complex into cardiac muscle. The NMR structure of the covalent complex showed that i9 binds deep in the hydrophobic pocket of cTnC. Despite slightly reducing troponin I affinity, i9 enhanced the Ca(2+) sensitivity of cardiac muscle. We conclude that i9 enhances Ca(2+) sensitivity by stabilizing the open conformation of cTnC. These findings provide new insights into the in vivo mechanism of Ca(2+) sensitization and demonstrate that directly targeting cTnC has significant potential in cardiovascular therapy.

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AnimalsCalciumCardiovascular AgentsHeart FailureHumansHydrazonesMyocardial ContractionNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationPyridazinesRatsSimendanTroponin CTroponin ICalciumCardiovascular AgentsHydrazonesPyridazinesSimendanTroponin CTroponin ICalcium sensitizerCovalent modulatorHeart failureLevosimendanTroponin C

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PMID26853943
PMCPMC4831045
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