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CaMKIIβ Signaling drives expression of metabolic and stress response genes in skeletal muscle, and its loss contributes to the LGMDR1 phenotype.
Human molecular genetics - 11 Sept 2026
Kramerova Irina, Anastopulos Frieda, Becerra Diana, Goldstein de Salazar Ruby, Keeble Alexander R, Chamberlain Jeffrey S, Moore Steven A, McNally Elizabeth M, Spencer Melissa J
Abstract excerpt
Calcium calmodulin kinase II (CaMKII) signaling is activated by muscle use and drives gene expression that promotes slow oxidative muscle phenotype. Previously, we showed that the calpain 3 knockout (C3KO) mouse model of limb girdle muscular dystrophy R1 (LGMDR1) exhibits impaired slow-oxidative gene expression and these deficits were associated with reduced levels of the CaMKIIβ isoform and attenuated CaMKII...
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- Animals
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Mice
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle
