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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited form of heart disease that affects 1 in 500 individuals. Here it is shown that calcineurin, a calcium-regulated phosphatase, plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of HCM. Administration of the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin and FK506 prevented disease in mice that were genetically predisposed to develop HCM as a result of aberrant expression of tropomodulin, myosin light chain–2, or fetal β-tropomyosin in the heart. Cyclosporin had a similar effect in a rat model of pressure-overload hypertrophy. These results suggest that calcineurin inhibitors merit investigation as potential therapeutics for certain forms of human heart disease.

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Sussman, M. A., Lim, H. W., Gude, N., Taigen, T., Olson, E. N., Robbins, J., Colbert, M. C., Gualberto, A., Wieczorek, D. F., & Molkentin, J. D. (1998). Prevention of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice by Calcineurin Inhibition. Science, 281(5383), 1690–1693.

Authors 10
  1. Mark A. Sussman (first)
  2. Hae W. Lim (additional)
  3. Natalie Gude (additional)
  4. Tyler Taigen (additional)
  5. Eric N. Olson (additional)
  6. Jeffrey Robbins (additional)
  7. Melissa C. Colbert (additional)
  8. Antonio Gualberto (additional)
  9. David F. Wieczorek (additional)
  10. Jeffery D. Molkentin (additional)
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@article{Sussman_1998, title={Prevention of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice by Calcineurin Inhibition}, volume={281}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5383.1690}, DOI={10.1126/science.281.5383.1690}, number={5383}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Sussman, Mark A. and Lim, Hae W. and Gude, Natalie and Taigen, Tyler and Olson, Eric N. and Robbins, Jeffrey and Colbert, Melissa C. and Gualberto, Antonio and Wieczorek, David F. and Molkentin, Jeffery D.}, year={1998}, month=sep, pages={1690–1693} }