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Enrichment of mutant calmodulin protein in a murine model of a human calmodulinopathy.

Wen-Chin Tsai, Chiu-Fen Yang, Shu-Yu Lin, Suh-Yuen Liang, Wei-Chung Tsai, Shuai Guo, Xiaochun Li, Susan Ofner, Kai-Chien Yang, Tzu-Ching Meng and 2 more

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Calmodulin mutation N54I causes autosomal dominant CPVT in mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  2. CALM1, CALM2, and CALM3 expression and translation efficiency provide insight into the severity of calmodulinopathy.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2026
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12 authors.

Wen-Chin TsaiDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
Chiu-Fen YangDepartment of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
Shu-Yu LinInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Suh-Yuen LiangBioinformatics Core Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Chung TsaiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shuai GuoDepartment of Pediatrics, Riley Heart Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Xiaochun LiDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Susan OfnerDepartment of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Kai-Chien YangGraduate Institute and Department of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tzu-Ching MengInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Peng-Sheng ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Michael RubartDepartment of Pediatrics, Riley Heart Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Funding

Transcriptional regulation of cardiac morphogenesisP01HL134599 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI Anthony B. Firulli · 2017 to 2026
$25.7M
SK Current, beta-3 adrenoceptor activation and Sex Differences in Ventricular ArrhythmogenesisR01HL139829 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI PENG-SHENG CHEN, ZHILIN QU · 2018 to 2026
$4.5M
Using electrical nerve stimulation to control atrial fibrillation.OT2OD028190 · OD · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI CHEN, PENG-SHENG · 2019 to 2021
$2.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL134599NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL139829NIH HHS OT2 OD028190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterozygosity for missense mutations in 1 of 3 seemingly redundant calmodulin-encoding (CALM-encoding) genes can cause life-threatening arrhythmias, suggesting that small fractions of mutant CALM protein suffice to cause a severe phenotype. However, the exact molar ratios of wild-type to mutant CALM protein in calmodulinopathy hearts remain unknown. The aim of the present study was to quantitate mutant versus wild-type CALM transcript and protein levels in hearts of knockin mice harboring the p.N98S mutation in the Calm1 gene. We found that the transcripts from the mutant Calm1 allele were the least abundantly expressed Calm transcripts in both hetero- and homozygous mutant hearts, while mutant hearts accumulated high levels of N98S-CALM protein in a Calm1N98S allele dosage-dependent manner, exceeding those of wild-type CALM protein. We further show that the severity of the electrophysiological phenotype incrementally increased with the graded increase in the mutant/wild-type CALM protein expression ratio seen in homozygous versus heterozygous mutant mice. We finally show a decrease in N98S-CALM protein degradation, suggesting that mutant CALM stabilization contributed to its enrichment in the heart. Our results support what we believe to be a novel mechanism by which a mutation in a single Calm gene can give rise to a severe phenotype.

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Arrhythmias, CardiacCalmodulinAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Knock-In TechniquesHeterozygoteHomozygoteHumansMaleMiceMutation, MissenseMyocardiumPhenotypeCALM1 protein, humanCalmodulinCalmodulinCardiologyCell biology

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PMID40705464
PMCPMC12487685

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