Sinoatrial Node Pacemaker Activity Requires Ca <sup>2+</sup> /Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Activation

Cardiac beating arises from the spontaneous rhythmic excitation of sinoatrial (SA) node cells. Here we report that SA node pacemaker activity is critically dependent on Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). In freshly dissociated rabbit single SA node cells, inhibition of CaMKII by...

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Main Authors: Tatiana M. Vinogradova, Yingying Zhou, K. Yu. Bogdanov, Dongmei Yang, Meike Kuschel, Heping Cheng, Rui‐Ping Xiao
Format: Artigo
Language:English
Published: 2000
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.87.9.760
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