Article
Investigation of a transgenic mouse model of familial dilated cardiomyopathy.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Sept 2010
Song Weihua, Dyer Emma, Stuckey Daniel, Leung Man-Ching, Memo Massimiliano, Mansfield Catherine, Ferenczi Michael, Liu Ke, Redwood Charles, Nowak Kristen, Harding Sian, Clarke Kieran, Wells Dominic, Marston Steven
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated a transgenic mouse model of inherited dilated cardiomyopathy that stably expresses the ACTC E361G mutation at around 50% of total actin in the heart. F-actin isolated from ACTC E361G mouse hearts was incorporated into thin filaments with native human tropomyosin and troponin and compared with NTG mouse actin by in vitro motility assay. There was no significant difference in sliding speed,...
Topics
- Actins
- Animals
- Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
- Disease Models, Animal
- Heart
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Tropomyosin
