Entry
Name
Cardiac muscle contraction - Monopterus albus (swamp eel)
Description
Contraction of the heart is a complex process initiated by the electrical excitation of cardiac myocytes (excitation-contraction coupling, ECC). In cardiac myocytes, Ca2+ influx induced by activation of voltage-dependent L-type Ca channels (DHP receptors) upon membrane depolarization triggers the release of Ca2+ via Ca2+ release channels (ryanodine receptors) of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through a Ca2+ -induced Ca release (CICR) mechanism. Ca2+ ions released via the CICR mechanism diffuse through the cytosolic space to contractile proteins to bind to troponinC resulting in the release of inhibition induced by troponinI. The Ca2+ binding to troponinC thereby triggers the sliding of thin and thick filaments, that is, the activation of a crossbridge and subsequent cardiac force development and/or cell shortening. Recovery occurs as Ca2+ is pumped out of the cell by the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) or is returned to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) by sarco(endo)plasmic Ca2+ -ATPase (SERCA) pumps on the non-junctional region of the SR.
Class
Organismal Systems; Circulatory system
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Organism
Monopterus albus (swamp eel) [GN:
malb ]
Gene
109959866 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C-like isoform X1 [KO:K04850 ]
109951925 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D-like [KO:K04851 ]
109970859 cacna1d; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
109953071 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F-like isoform X1 [KO:K04853 ]
109968827 cacna1s; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S [KO:K04857 ]
109963145 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-1-like [KO:K04862 ]
109955415 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-3-like [KO:K04863 ]
109951756 cacnb2; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04863 ]
109966068 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-3-like isoform X1 [KO:K04864 ]
109971856 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-4-like isoform X1 [KO:K04864 ]
109960559 voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-4-like isoform X1 [KO:K04865 ]
109974011 cacnb4; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit beta-4 isoform X1 [KO:K04865 ]
109959825 voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1-like isoform X1 [KO:K04858 ]
109967519 cacna2d1; voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-1 isoform X1 [KO:K04858 ]
109959020 voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-2-like [KO:K04859 ]
109952382 voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-2-like [KO:K04859 ]
109951927 voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-3-like [KO:K04860 ]
109971450 cacna2d3; voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-3 isoform X1 [KO:K04860 ]
109956360 voltage-dependent calcium channel subunit alpha-2/delta-4-like [KO:K04861 ]
109971996 cacng1; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-1 subunit [KO:K04866 ]
109969450 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-1 subunit-like [KO:K04866 ]
109975051 cacng2; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-2 subunit [KO:K04867 ]
109958934 cacng3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-3 subunit [KO:K04868 ]
109968232 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-3 subunit-like [KO:K04868 ]
109971995 cacng4; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-4 subunit [KO:K04869 ]
109969519 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-4 subunit-like [KO:K04869 ]
109971991 cacng5; voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-5 subunit [KO:K04870 ]
109968888 cacng6; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-6 subunit [KO:K04871 ]
109970192 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-6 subunit-like [KO:K04871 ]
109968895 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-7 subunit-like isoform X1 [KO:K04872 ]
109970171 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-7 subunit-like [KO:K04872 ]
109968892 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-4 subunit-like [KO:K04873 ]
109970234 voltage-dependent calcium channel gamma-4 subunit-like isoform X1 [KO:K04873 ]
109963518 sarcoplasmic reticulum histidine-rich calcium-binding protein-like [KO:K23450 ]
109955954 myosin regulatory light chain 2, ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform [KO:K10351 ]
109959694 myosin regulatory light chain 2, ventricular/cardiac muscle isoform [KO:K10351 ]
109974777 cytochrome c1, heme protein, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00413 ]
109969197 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 2, mitochondrial-like [KO:K00415 ]
109971545 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 2, mitochondrial-like [KO:K00415 ]
109964054 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 6, mitochondrial-like [KO:K00416 ]
109969336 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 6, mitochondrial-like [KO:K00416 ]
109974136 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 2, mitochondrial-like isoform X1 [KO:K02263 ]
109965540 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 1, mitochondrial [KO:K02263 ]
109954847 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6A, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K02266 ]
109962984 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A-related protein, mitochondrial [KO:K02270 ]
109973032 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A-related protein, mitochondrial-like [KO:K02270 ]
109952758 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-233-like [KO:K01540 ]
109951970 atp1b3; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-3 [KO:K01540 ]
109959553 atp1b2; sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-2 [KO:K01540 ]
109965735 sodium/potassium-transporting ATPase subunit beta-233-like [KO:K01540 ]
Compound
Reference
Authors
Bers DM
Title
Calcium cycling and signaling in cardiac myocytes.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Bers DM
Title
Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Endoh M
Title
Signal transduction and Ca2+ signaling in intact myocardium.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Endoh M
Title
Cardiac Ca2+ signaling and Ca2+ sensitizers.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Bers DM, Despa S
Title
Cardiac myocytes Ca2+ and Na+ regulation in normal and failing hearts.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Gordon AM, Homsher E, Regnier M
Title
Regulation of contraction in striated muscle.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Phrommintikul A, Chattipakorn N
Title
Roles of cardiac ryanodine receptor in heart failure and sudden cardiac death.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Lacinova L
Title
Voltage-dependent calcium channels.
Journal
Gen Physiol Biophys 24 Suppl 1:1-78 (2005)
Reference
Authors
Lingrel J, Moseley A, Dostanic I, Cougnon M, He S, James P, Woo A, O'Connor K, Neumann J
Title
Functional roles of the alpha isoforms of the Na,K-ATPase.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Berg JS, Powell BC, Cheney RE
Title
A millennial myosin census.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Parmacek MS, Solaro RJ
Title
Biology of the troponin complex in cardiac myocytes.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Yamashita H, Sugiura S, Fujita H, Yasuda S, Nagai R, Saeki Y, Sunagawa K, Sugi H
Title
Myosin light chain isoforms modify force-generating ability of cardiac myosin by changing the kinetics of actin-myosin interaction.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Pritchard TJ, Kranias EG
Title
Junctin and the histidine-rich Ca2+ binding protein: potential roles in heart failure and arrhythmogenesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Landstrom AP, Dobrev D, Wehrens XHT
Title
Calcium Signaling and Cardiac Arrhythmias.
Journal
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