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ArticleScience translational medicine2014

Identification of a new modulator of the intercalated disc in a zebrafish model of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.

Angeliki Asimaki, Sudhir Kapoor, Eva Plovie, Anne Karin Arndt, Edward Adams, ZhenZhen Liu, Cynthia A James, Daniel P Judge, Hugh Calkins, Jared Churko and 4 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06174220 (Targeted Therapy With Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Inhibition for Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 155 papers.

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155citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06174220 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Targeted Therapy With Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Inhibition for Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy

TypeinterventionalSponsorHamilton Health Sciences CorporationRan2025 to 2027Enrolled120ConditionsArrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy, Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular CardiomyopathyArmsTideglusib, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

155 citing papers in PubMed, 271 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Angeliki AsimakiDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Sudhir KapoorDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Eva PlovieDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Anne Karin ArndtDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Edward AdamsDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
ZhenZhen LiuDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cynthia A JamesDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Daniel P JudgeDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Hugh CalkinsDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Jared ChurkoStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Joseph C WuStanford Cardiovascular Institute, Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Calum A MacRaeDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
André G KléberDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Jeffrey E SaffitzDepartment of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. jsaffitz@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USJohns Hopkins University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

Genetics, Mechanisms and Clinical Phenotypes of Arrhythmogenic CardiomyopathyR01HL116906 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI MARCUS, FRANK I, MESTRONI, LUISA · 2013 to 2016
$9.2M
Biorepository of Human iPSCs for Studying Dilated and Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyR24HL117756 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BUSTAMANTE, CARLOS DANIEL, SNYDER, MICHAEL P. · 2014 to 2018
$8.8M
Induced pluripotent stem cells in the understanding and treatment of heart diseaseU01HL099776 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LONGAKER, MICHAEL T, WU, JOSEPH C. · 2009 to 2015
$8.2M
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Disease ModelingR01HL113006 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI WU, JOSEPH C. · 2012 to 2025
$6.8M
Disease Mechanisms in ARVCR01HL102361 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SAFFITZ, JEFFREY E · 2010 to 2013
$1.7M
Development of a High-throughput Integrated In Vivo Heart Failure AssayR01HL109264 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MACRAE, CALUM A. · 2012 to 2014
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102361NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL109264NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL113006NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116906NHLBI NIH HHS R24 HL117756NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL099776PHS HHS RCHL100110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is characterized by frequent cardiac arrhythmias. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms and discover potential chemical modifiers, we created a zebrafish model of ACM with cardiac myocyte-specific expression of the human 2057del2 mutation in the gene encoding plakoglobin. A high-throughput screen identified SB216763 as a suppressor of the disease phenotype. Early SB216763 therapy prevented heart failure and reduced mortality in the fish model. Zebrafish ventricular myocytes that expressed 2057del2 plakoglobin exhibited 70 to 80% reductions in I(Na) and I(K1) current densities, which were normalized by SB216763. Neonatal rat ventricular myocytes that expressed 2057del2 plakoglobin recapitulated pathobiological features seen in patients with ACM, all of which were reversed or prevented by SB216763. The reverse remodeling observed with SB216763 involved marked subcellular redistribution of plakoglobin, connexin 43, and Nav1.5, but without changes in their total cellular content, implicating a defect in protein trafficking to intercalated discs. In further support of this mechanism, we observed SB216763-reversible, abnormal subcellular distribution of SAP97 (a protein known to mediate forward trafficking of Nav1.5 and Kir2.1) in rat cardiac myocytes expressing 2057del2 plakoglobin and in cardiac myocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells from two ACM probands with plakophilin-2 mutations. These observations pinpoint aberrant trafficking of intercalated disc proteins as a central mechanism in ACM myocyte injury and electrical abnormalities.

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AnimalsArrhythmias, CardiacCardiomyopathiesDisease Models, AnimalElectrophysiologygamma CateninMuscle CellsZebrafishZebrafish Proteinsgamma CateninZebrafish Proteins

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PMID24920660
PMCPMC4471875
OpenAlexW1970727687

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