title: Ryanodine receptor-targeted anti-arrhythmic therapy.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmia is an important cause of death in patients with heart failure (HF) and inherited arrhythmia syndromes, such as catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT). Alterations in intracellular calcium handling play a prominent role in the generation of arrhythmias in the failing heart. Diastolic calcium leak from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) via cardiac ryanodine receptors (RyR2) may initiate delayed afterdepolarizations and triggered activity leading to arrhythmias. Similarly, SR Ca(2+) leak through mutant RyR2 channels may cause triggered activity during exercise in patients with CPVT. Novel therapeutic approaches, based on recent advances in the understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying arrhythmias in HF and CPVT, are currently being evaluated to specifically correct defective Ca(2+) release in these lethal syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Center for Molecular Cardiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Xander H T
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wehrens
authors.forename: Stephan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lehnart
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Marks
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel