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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2025

α Protein Kinase 3 Is Essential for Neonatal and Adult Cardiac Function.

Wei Feng, Li Wang, Julius Bogomolovas, Zengming Zhang, Titania Huang, Chien-Wei Chang, Abraham Shain, Yusu Gu, Yoshitake Cho, Xiaohai Zhou and 1 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Novel compound heterozygousFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Wei FengDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9106-4258
Li WangDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6586-2571
Julius BogomolovasDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8344-1909
Zengming ZhangDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.
Titania HuangDivision of Biological Sciences University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.
Chien-Wei ChangDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0336-418X
Abraham ShainDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.
Yusu GuDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9543-8472
Yoshitake ChoDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7161-3248
Xiaohai ZhouDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0987-0374
Ju ChenDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla CA USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7674-4776

Funding

U of Calif, San Diego Neuroscience Microscopy ImagingP30NS047101 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GLEESON, JOSEPH G, ZHENG, BINHAI · 2003 to 2022
$9.0M
The role of obscurin and Obsl1 as key determinants for diastolic functionR01HL152251 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHO, YOSHITAKE, LANGE, STEPHAN · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
Molecular basis of ASNA1 cardiomyopathyR01HL170002 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ju Chen · 2024 to 2026
$1.6M
Gene Therapy for ALPK3 Cardiomyopathy Using MiniALPK3R01HL175344 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ju Chen · 2024 to 2026
$1.6M
PERM in Cardiac FunctionR01HL151239 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHO, YOSHITAKE, ROSS, ROBERT SCOTT · 2020 to 2023
$1.6M
ALPK3 in cardiac function and diseaseR01HL146759 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHEN, JU · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Sequencing SystemS10OD026929 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JEPSEN, KRISTEN LYNN · 2019 to 2019
$600k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146759NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL151239NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL152251NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL170002NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL175344NIH HHS S10 OD026929NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundALPK3 (α protein kinase 3) is an atypical kinase highly expressed in human and murine hearts. Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in ALPK3 lead to pediatric cardiomyopathy. The specific stages at which ALPK3 is essential for cardiac function and the mechanisms by which it regulates cardiac function require further exploration. METHODS AND

resultsWe generated ALPK3 global knockout and inducible cardiac-specific knockout mice. We performed time-course physiological and morphological assessments to determine ALPK3's role in neonatal and adult hearts. We also generated an

conclusionsOur study highlights the necessity of ALPK3 in neonatal and adult cardiac function. Our data support a model in which ALPK3 serves as a scaffold protein to recruit machineries essential for regulating thick filament protein turnover.

Indexed as

Cardiomyopathy, DilatedHypertrophy, Left VentricularMyocytes, CardiacVentricular Function, LeftAge FactorsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMice, KnockoutALPK3cardiomyopathyM‐bandMuRFsarcomere protein turnover

Identifiers

PMID40135575
PMCPMC12132735

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