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. 2023:279:3-39.
doi: 10.1007/164_2022_627.

CaV1.1 Calcium Channel Signaling Complexes in Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Insights from Channelopathies

Marta Campiglio  1 , Agnieszka Dyrda  2 , Wietske E Tuinte  2 , Enikő Török  2
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CaV1.1 Calcium Channel Signaling Complexes in Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Insights from Channelopathies

Marta Campiglio et al. Handb Exp Pharmacol. 2023.

Abstract

In skeletal muscle, excitation-contraction (EC) coupling relies on the mechanical coupling between two ion channels: the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel (CaV1.1), located in the sarcolemma and functioning as the voltage sensor of EC coupling, and the ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1), located on the sarcoplasmic reticulum serving as the calcium release channel. To this day, the molecular mechanism by which these two ion channels are linked remains elusive. However, recently, skeletal muscle EC coupling could be reconstituted in heterologous cells, revealing that only four proteins are essential for this process: CaV1.1, RyR1, and the cytosolic proteins CaVβ1a and STAC3. Due to the crucial role of these proteins in skeletal muscle EC coupling, any mutation that affects any one of these proteins can have devastating consequences, resulting in congenital myopathies and other pathologies.Here, we summarize the current knowledge concerning these four essential proteins and discuss the pathophysiology of the CaV1.1, RyR1, and STAC3-related skeletal muscle diseases with an emphasis on the molecular mechanisms. Being part of the same signalosome, mutations in different proteins often result in congenital myopathies with similar symptoms or even in the same disease.

Keywords: Calcium signaling; Congenital myopathies; Malignant hyperthermia; STAC3.

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