title: Multiple roles of the DSCR1 (Adapt78 or RCAN1) gene and its protein product calcipressin 1 (or RCAN1) in disease.
abstract: The DSCR1 (Adapt78) gene is transiently induced by stresses to temporarily protect cells against further potentially lethal challenges. However, chronic expression of the DSCR1 (Adapt78) gene has now been implicated in several pathological conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Down syndrome and cardiac hypertrophy. Calcipressin 1 has been shown to function through direct binding and inhibition of the serine threonine protein phosphatase Calcineurin. Pharmacological inhibition of calcineurin, by the immunosuppressive drugs cyclosporin A and FK506, affects a wide variety of diseases. It is, therefore, likely that this endogenous calcineurin inhibitor, calcipressin 1, may also play a role in a variety of human diseases.
authors.affiliation: Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0191, USA.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ermak
authors.forename: K J A
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D019703:Calcineurin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D065095:Calcineurin Inhibitors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C108612:RCAN1 protein, human; D019703:Calcineurin