University of Cincinnati Home Page.
Kranias Home page
Department of Pharmacology & Cell Biophysics
Dr. Evangelia Kranias Lab
University of Cincinnati logo.


Director
Cardiovascular Biology




Members




Research
Opportunities


Links



PubMed



Publications (PubMed) 2000-present

2008

Vafiadaki E, Arvanitis DA, Pagakis SN, Papalouka V, Sanoudou D, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Kranias EG.The Anti-apoptotic Protein HAX-1 Interacts with SERCA2 and Regulates Its Protein Levels to Promote Cell Survival.Mol Biol Cell. 2008 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]


Fan GC, Zhou X, Wang X, Song G, Qian J, Nicolaou P, Chen G, Ren X, Kranias EG. Heat Shock Protein 20 Interacting With Phosphorylated Akt Reduces Doxorubicin-Triggered Oxidative Stress and Cardiotoxicity. Circ Res. 2008 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print]


Nicolaou P, Knöll R, Haghighi K, Fan GC, Dorn GW 2nd, Hasenfuß G, Kranias EG. A human mutation in the anti-apoptotic heat shock protein 20 abrogates its cardioprotective effects. J Biol Chem. 2008 Sep 12. [Epub ahead of print]


Chen G, Zhou X, Pathak A, Dorn 2nd GW, Kranias EG. The Human G147D-Protein Phosphatase 1 Inhibitor-1 Polymorphism Is Not Associated
with Altered Clinical Characteristics in Heart Failure. Cardiology. 2008 Aug 12;112(3):224-231.


Haghighi K, Chen G, Sato Y, Fan GC, He S, Kolokathis F, Pater L, Paraskevaidis I, Jones WK, Dorn GW 2nd, Kremastinos DT, Kranias EG. A human phospholamban promoter polymorphism in dilated cardiomyopathy alters transcriptional regulation by glucocorticoids. Hum Mutat. 2008 May;29(5):640-7.


Fan GC, Yuan Q, Kranias EG. Regulatory roles of junctin in sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium cycling and myocardial function.Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Jan;18(1):1-5.


Chen G, Zhou X, Nicolaou P, Rodriguez P, Song G, Mitton B, Pathak A, Zachariah A, Fan GC, Dorn GW 2nd, Kranias EG. A human polymorphism of protein phosphatase-1 inhibitor-1 is associated with attenuated contractile response of cardiomyocytes to beta-adrenergic stimulation.FASEB J. 2008 Jun;22(6):1790-6.


Pattison JS, Waggoner JR, James J, Martin L, Gulick J, Osinska H, Klevitsky R, Kranias EG, Robbins J. Phospholamban overexpression in transgenic rabbits. Transgenic Res. 2008 Apr;17(2):157-70.

2007

Mohler PJ, Healy JA, Xue H, Puca AA, Kline CF, Allingham RR, Kranias EG,Rockman HA, Bennett V. Ankyrin-B syndrome: enhanced cardiac function balanced by risk of cardiac death and premature senescence. PLoS ONE. 2007 Oct 17;2(10):e1051.


Arvanitis DA, Vafiadaki E, Fan GC, Mitton BA, Gregory KN, Del Monte F, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A, Sanoudou D, Kranias EG. Histidine-rich Ca-binding protein interacts with sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Sep;293(3):H1581-9.


Zhou X, Fan GC, Ren X, Waggoner JR, Gregory KN, Chen G, Jones WK, Kranias EG. Overexpression of histidine-rich Ca-binding protein protects against ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiac injury. Cardiovasc Res. 2007 Aug 1;75(3):487-97.


Rodriguez P, Mitton B, Nicolaou P, Chen G, Kranias EG. Phosphorylation of human inhibitor-1 at Ser67 and/or Thr75 attenuates stimulatory effects of protein kinase A signaling in cardiac myocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jul;293(1):H762-9.


Pathak A, Baldwin B, Kranias EG. Key protein alterations associated with hyperdynamic cardiac function: insights based on proteomic analysis of the protein phosphatase 1 inhibitor-1 overexpressing hearts. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2007 Jan-Feb;48(1):30-6.


Vafiadaki E, Sanoudou D, Arvanitis DA, Catino DH, Kranias EG, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Phospholamban interacts with HAX-1, a mitochondrial protein with anti-apoptotic function. J Mol Biol. 2007 Mar 16;367(1):65-79.


Yuan Q, Fan GC, Dong M, Altschafl B, Diwan A, Ren X, Hahn HH, Zhao W, Waggoner JR, Jones LR, Jones WK, Bers DM, Dorn GW 2nd, Wang HS, Valdivia HH, Chu G, Kranias EG. Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium overloading in junctin deficiency enhances cardiac contractility but increases ventricular automaticity. Circulation. 2007 Jan 23;115(3):300-9.


Vila-Petroff M, Salas MA, Said M, Valverde CA, Sapia L, Portiansky E, Hajjar RJ, Kranias EG, Mundiña-Weilenmann C, Mattiazzi A. CaMKII inhibition protects against necrosis and apoptosis in irreversible ischemia-reperfusion injury. Cardiovasc Res. 2007 Mar 1;73(4):689-98.


Fan GC, Yuan Q, Zhao W, Chu G, Kranias EG. Junctin is a prominent regulator of contractility in cardiomyocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Jan 19;352(3):617-22.

2006

Ji, Y., Zhao, W., Li, B., DeSantiago, J., Picht, E., Kaetzel, M., Schultz, J.J., Kranias, E.G., Bers, D.M., Dedman, J.R: Targeted inhibition of sarcoplasmic reticulum CaMKII activity results in alterations of Ca2+ homeostasis and cardiac contractility. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006 Feb;290(2):H599-606. Epub 2005 Sep 2.

 

Wu, Y., Shintani, A., Grueter, C., Zhang, R., Hou, Y., Yang, J., Kranias, E.G., Colbran, R.J., Anderson, M.E.: Suppression of dynamic Ca2+ transient responses to pacing in ventricular myocytes from mice with genetic Calmodulin kinase II inhibition. J Mol Cell Cardiol. Feb;40(2):213-223. 2006.

 

Haghighi, K., Kolokathis, F., Gramolini, A. O., Waggoner, J. R., Pater, L., Lynch, R.A., Fan, G.C., Tsiapras, D., Dorn, G.W., MacLennan, D.H., Kremastinos, D.K., Kranias, E.G.: A mutation in the human phospholamban gene, deleting arginine14, results in lethal, hereditary cardiomyopathy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. Jan 31;103(5):1388-93. 2006.

 

Gramolini, A.O., Trivieri, M.G., Oudit, G., Kislinger, T., Li, W., Patel, M., Kranias, E.G., Backx, P.H., MacLennan. D.H.: Cardiac-spefific Overexpression of Sarcolipin in Phospholamban Null Mice Imparis Myocyte Function Which is Restored by Phosphorylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Feb 14;103(7):2446-51.

 

Zhao, W., Yuan, Q., Pathak, A., Chu, G., Mitton, B., Waggoner, J., Qian, J., Sun, X., Jin, J., Braz, J.C., Hahn, H.S., Marreez, Y., Syed, F., Pollesello, P., Annila, A., Brown, K.M., Wang, H.S., Schultz, J.E., Molkentin, J.D., Liggett, S.T., Dorn, G.W., Kranias, E.G.: The presence of Lys27 Instead of Asn27 in Human phospholamban promotes SERCA2 Superinhibition and Cardiac Remodeling. Circulation.113:995-1004, 2006.

Valverde C.A, Mundiña-Weilenmann C., Reyes M., Kranias E.G., Escobar A.L., Mattiazzi A. Phospholamban Phosphorylation sites enhance the Recovery of Intracellular Ca2+ After Perfusion Arrest in Isolated, Perfused Mouse Heart. Cardiovas. Res. 2006 Mar 1; [Epub ahead of print].

Gregory, K.N., Ginsburg, K.S., Bodi, I., Hahn, H., Marreez, Y.M., Song, Q., Padmanabhan, P.A., Mitton, B.A., Waggoner, J.R., del Monte, F., Park, W.J., Dorn, G.W., Bers, D.M., Kranias, E.G.: Histidine-rich Ca binding protein: a regulator of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium sequestration and cardiac function. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2006 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print].

Mattiazzi A., Mundiña-Weilenmann, C., Vittone, L., Said, M., Kranias, E.G.: The importance of the Thr17 residue of phospholamban as a phosphorylation site under hysiological and pathological conditions. Braz. J. Med. Bio. Res. Braz J Med Biol Res. 2006 May;39(5):563-72. Epub 2006 Apr 20.

2005

Pathak, A., del Monte, F., Zhao, W., Mitton, B., Carr, A., Shultz, J., Hahn, H., Syed, F., Bodi, I., Weiser, D., Mavila, N., Jha, L., O'Neal, E., Qian, J., Fan, G., Marreez, Y., McGraw, D.W., Heist, E.K., Guerrero, J.L., DePaoli-Roach, A.A., Hajjar, R.J., and Kranias, E.G.: Enhancement of cardiac function and suppression of heart failure progression by inhibition of protein phosphatase 1 Circ. Res 96:756-66, 2005.

 

Sanoudou, D., Vafiadaki, E., Arvanitis, D.A., Kranias, E.G., Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, A.: Array lessons from the heart: focus on the genome and transcriptome of cardiomyocytes. Physiological Genomics 21:131-43, 2005.

 

Fan, G.C., Chu, G., Kranias, E.G.: Hsp20 and its cardioprotection. Trends Cardiovasc. Med. 15(4):138-47, 2005.

 

Rodriquez, P., Mitton, B., Kranias, E.G.: Phosphorylation of glutathione-S-transferase by protein kinase C-a implications for affinity-tag purification. Biotechnology Lett. 27(23-24): 1869-73. 2005.

 

Mattiazzi A, Mundian-Weilenmann C, Guoxiang C, Vittone L, Kranias E.: Role of phospholamban phosphorylation on Thr (17) in cardiac physiological and pathological conditions. Cardiovasc Res. (2005) 689, 366-375.

Ji, Y., Zhao, W., Li, B., DeSantiago, J., Picht, E., Kaetzel, M., Schultz, J.J., Kranias, E.G., Bers, D.M., Dedman, J.R.:Targeted inhibition of sarcoplasmic reticulum CaMKII activity results in alterations of Ca2+ homeostasis and cardiac contractility. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2005 Sep 2 [E-pub ahead of print].

Sanoudou, D., Vafiadaki, E., Arvanitis, D.A., Kranias, E, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, A.: Array lessons from the heart: focus on the genome and transcriptome of cardiomyocytes. Physiological Genomics 21:131-43, 2005.

Mundina-Weilenmann, C., Ferrero, P., Said, M., Vittone, L., Kranias, E.G., Mattiazzi, A.: Role of phosphorylation of Thr17 residue of phospholamban in Mechanical recovery during hypercapnic acidosis. Cardiovascular Research 66: 114-122, 2005.

Pathak, A., del Monte, F., Zhao, W., Mitton, B., Carr, A., Shultz, J., Hahn, H., Syed, F., Bodi, I., Weiser, D., Mavila, N., Jha, L., O’Neal, E., Qian, J., Fan, G., Marreez, Y., McGraw, D.W., Heist, E.K., Guerrero, J.L., DePaoli-Roach, A.A., Hajjar, R.J., and Kranias, E.G. Enhancement of cardiac function and suppression of heart failure progression by inhibition of protein phosphatase 1. Circ. Res 96:756-66, 2005. 

Fan G.C., Ren X., Qian J. Yuan Q., Wang Y., Jones W.K., Chu G., and Kranias E.G.: A novel cardioprotetive role of a small heat-shock protein Hsp20 against ischemia/reperfusion injury. Circulation 111:1792-9, 2005 

Invited Articles:


Mundina-Weilenmann C, Ferrero P, Said M, Vittone L, Kranias EG, Mattiazzi A.  Role of phosphorylation of Thr(17) residue of phospholamban in mechanical recovery during hypercapnic acidosis. Cardiovasc Res. 2005 Apr 1;66(1):114-22.

 

Fan, G.C., Chu, G. and Kranias, E.G.: Hsp20 and Its Cardioprotection. Trends in Cardiov. Med 2005 May;15(4):138-41.

 

Waggoner J., and Kranias EG.: Role of Phospholamban in the Pthogenesis of Heart Failure. Heart Failure Clinics. July 2005 Vol. 1, Issue 2, 207-218.

2004

Sutliff, R.L., Conforti, L., Weber, C., Kranias, E.G., and Paul, R.J.:  Regulation of the spontaneous contractile activity of the portal vein by the sarcoplasmic reticulum: Evidence from the phospholamban gene-ablated mouse.  Vascular Pharmacology 41: 197-204, 2004.

Szentesi, P., Pignier, C., Egger, M., Kranias, E.G., and Niggli E. Sarcoplamic reticulum Ca2+ refilling controls recovery from refractoriness in heart muscle. Circ. Res. 95:807-813, 2004.

Chu, G., Kerr, J.P., Mitton, B., Egnaczyk, G.F., Vazquez, J.A., Shen, M., Kilby, G.W., Stevenson, T.I., Maggio, J.E., Vockley, G., Rapundalo, S.T., and Kranias, E.G.Proteomic Analysis of hyperdynamic mouse hearts with enhanced sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium cycling. FASEB J. 18(14): 1725-27, 2004.

Fan, G., Gregory, K.N., Zhao, W., Park, W.J., and Kranias, E.G.: Regulation of myocardial function by histifine-rich, Ca2+ binding protein. Am. J. Physiol, 287:H1 705-H1 711, 2004.

Zhao, W., Uehara, Y., Chu, G., Young, K., and Kranias, E.G.: Threonine-17 phosphorylation of phospholamban: a key determinant of cardiac force-frequency relationship. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 37:602-12, 2004.

Fan, G.C., Chu, G., Song, Q., Yuan, Q., and Kranias, E.G.: Small heat-shock protein Hsp20 phosphorylation inhibits beta-agonist-induced cardiac apoptosis. Circ. Res. 94(11): 1474-82, 2004.

Song, Q., Young, K.B., Chu, G., Gulick, J., Gerst, M., Grupp, I.L., Robbins, J., and Kranias E.G.: Overexpression of phospholamban in slow-twitch skeletal muscle is associated with depressed contractile function and muscle remodeling. FASEB J. 18(9): 974-6, 2004.

Yatani, A., Kim, S. Kudej, R.K., Wang, Q., Depre, C., Irie, K., Kranais, E.G., Vatner, S.F., and Vatner, D.E.: Insights into cardioprotection obtained from study of cellular Ca2+ handling in myocardium of true hibernating mammals. Am. J. Physiology. 286(6):H2219-28, 2004.

Janczewski, A.M., Zahid, M., Lemster, B.H., Frye, C., Gibson, G., Higuchi, Y., Kranias, E.G., Feldman, A.M., and McTiernan, C.F.: Phospholamban gene ablation improves calcium transients but not cardiac function in a heart failure model. Cardiov. Res. 62(3):468-80, 2004.

Pan, Y., Kislinger, T., Gramolini, A.O., Zvaritch, E., Kranias, E.G., MacLennan, D.H., and Emili, A.: Identification of biochemical adaptations in hyper- or hypocontractile hearts from phospholamban mutant mice by expression proteomics. PNAS 101:2241-46, 2004.

Braz, J.C., Gregory, K., Pathak, A., Sahin, B., Zhao, W., Jones, F., Klevitsky, R., Kimball, T.F., Lorenz, J.N., Nairn, A.C., Liggett, S.B., Bodi, I., Wang, S., Schwartz, A., Lakatta, E.G., DePaoli-Roach, A.A., Hewett, T.E., Bibb, J.A., Westfall, M.V., Kranias, E.G., and Molkentin, J.D.: PKC alpha regulates cardiac contractility and propensity towards heart failure. Nature Med. 10(3):248-54, 2004.

*Gregory, K.N., *Hahn, H., Haghighi, K., Marreez, Y., Odley, A., **Kranias, E.G., and **Dorn, G.W.: Increased particulate partitioning of PKC reverses susceptibility of phospholamban knockout hearts to ischemic injury. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 36:313-18, 2004.
*Both authors contributed equally. **Both senior authors contributed equally.

Chu, G., Egnaczyk, G.F., Zhao, W., Gerst, M., Maggio, J.E., and Kranias, E.G.: Phosphoproteome -adrenergic stimulation: identificationbanalysis of cardiomyocytes subjected to  and characterization of a cardiac heat shock protein p20. Circ. Res. 94:184-93, 2004.

Engelhardt, S., Hein, L., Kranias, E.G., and Lohse, M.J.: Altered calcium handling is critically involved in the cardiotoxic effects of chronic beta-adrenergic stimulation. Circulation. 109(9):1154-60, 2004.

Invited Articles:


MacLennan, D.H. and Kranias, E.G.: Regulation of the Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Ca2+-ATPase by Phospholamban and Sarcolipin.  In: Handbook of ATPases, pp. 25-62 (Futei, M., Wada, Y., Kaplan, J.H., eds.), 2004.

 

Zhao, W., Qiujing, S., and Kranias, E.G.: The critical role of phospholamban in cardiac function. Hellenic J. Cardiol. 45: 208-217, 2004.

 

Haghighi, K., Gregory, K.N., and Kranias, E.G.: Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase -phospholamban interaction and cardiovascular disease. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 322(4):1214-1222, 2004.                                                              

 

Haghighi, K., Gregory, K.N., and Kranias, E.G.: Phospholamban and Heart Failure. Journal of Heart Failure 1(3): 159-166, 2004.

 

Sutliff, R.L., Conforti, L., Weber, C., Kranias, E.G., and Paul, R.J.:  Regulation of the spontaneous contractile activity of the portal vein by the sarcoplasmic reticulum: Evidence from the phospholamban gene-ablated mouse.  Vascular Pharmacology 41(6):197-204, 2004.

2003

MacLennan DH, Kranias EG. Phospholamban: a crucial regulator of cardiac contractility. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jul;4(7):566-77. Review.

Schmidt AG, Haghighi K, Frank B, Pater L, Dorn GW, Walsh RA, Kranias EG. Polymorphic SERCA2a variants do not account for inter-individual differences in phospholamban-SERCA2a interactions in human heart failure. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2003 Jul;35(7):867-70.

Said M, Vittone L, Mundina-Weilenmann C, Ferrero P, Kranias E, Mattiazzi A. Role of dual site phospholamban phosphorylation in the stunned heart: Insights from phospholamban-site specific mutants. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 May 22

Haghighi K, Kolokathis F, Pater L, Lynch RA, Asahi M, Gramolini AO, Fan GC, Tsiapras D, Hahn HS, Adamopoulos S, Liggett SB, Dorn GW 2nd, MacLennan DH, Kremastinos DT, Kranias EG. Human phospholamban null results in lethal dilated cardiomyopathy revealing a critical difference between mouse and human. J Clin Invest. 2003 Mar;111(6):869-76.

Song Q, Schmidt AG, Hahn HS, Carr AN, Frank B, Pater L, Gerst M, Young K, Hoit BD, McConnell BK, Haghighi K, Seidman CE, Seidman JG, Dorn GW 2nd, Kranias EG. Rescue of cardiomyocyte dysfunction by phospholamban ablation does not prevent ventricular failure in genetic hypertrophy. J Clin Invest. 2003 Mar;111(6):859-67.

Brittsan AG, Ginsburg KS, Chu G, Yatani A, Wolska BM, Schmidt AG, Asahi M, MacLennan DH, Bers DM, Kranias EG. Chronic SR Ca2+-ATPase inhibition causes adaptive changes in cellular Ca2+ transport. Circ Res. 2003 Apr 18;92(7):769-76. Epub 2003 Mar 13.

Sato Y, Schmidt AG, Kiriazis H, Hoit BD, Kranias EG. Compensated hypertrophy of cardiac ventricles in aged transgenic FVB/N mice overexpressing calsequestrin. Mol Cell Biochem. 2003 Jan;242(1-2):19-25.

Dash R, Schmidt AG, Pathak A, Gerst MJ, Biniakiewicz D, Kadambi VJ, Hoit BD, Abraham WT, Kranias EG. Differential regulation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase mediates gender-dependent catecholamine-induced hypertrophy. Cardiovasc Res. 2003 Mar;57(3):704-14.

Schmitt JP, Kamisago M, Asahi M, Li GH, Ahmad F, Mende U, Kranias EG, MacLennan DH, Seidman JG, Seidman CE. Dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure caused by a mutation in phospholamban. Science. 2003 Feb 28;299(5611):1410-3.

Chu G, Haghighi K, Kranias EG. From mouse to man: understanding heart failure through genetically altered mouse models. J Card Fail. 2002 Dec;8(6 Suppl):S432-49.

Isoda T, Paolocci N, Haghighi K, Wang C, Wang Y, Georgakopoulos D, Servillo G, Della Fazia MA, Kranias EG, Depaoli-Roach AA, Sassone-Corsi P, Kass DA. Novel regulation of cardiac force-frequency relation by CREM (cAMP response element modulator). FASEB J. 2003 Feb;17(2):144-51.

Zhao W, Frank KF, Chu G, Gerst MJ, Schmidt AG, Ji Y, Periasamy M, Kranias EG. Combined phospholamban ablation and SERCA1a overexpression result in a new hyperdynamic cardiac state. Cardiovasc Res. 2003 Jan;57(1):71-81.

Invited Articles:
 

Sato, Y., Schmidt, A.G., Kiriazis, H., Hoit, B.D., and Kranias, E.G.: Compensated hypertrophy of cardiac ventricles in aged transgenic FVB/N mice overexpressing calsequestrin. Molec. & Cellular Biochem. 242: 19-25, 2003.

 

Dash, R. and Kranias, E.G.: The contractile and neurohoromonal roles of phospholamban in heart failure.  In: Cardiac Remodeling and Failure, pp. 135-152, (P.K.    Singal, I.M.C. Dixon, L.A. Kirshenbaum and N.S. Dhalla), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

 

MacLennan, D.H. and Kranias, E.G.: Phospholamban: a crucial regulator of cardiac contractility. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 4(7): 566-77, 2003.

 

Mitton, B, and Kranias, E.G.: Proteomics: its potential in the Post-Genome. Hellenic J Cardiol. 44: 301-307, 2003. 

2002

Brixius K, Savvidou-Zaroti P, Mehlhorn U, Bloch W, Kranias EG, Schwinger RH. Increased Ca2+-sensitivity of myofibrillar tension in heart failure and its functional implication. Basic Res Cardiol. 2002;97 Suppl 1:I111-7.

Frank KF, Bolck B, Brixius K, Kranias EG, Schwinger RH. Modulation of SERCA: implications for the failing human heart. Basic Res Cardiol. 2002;97 Suppl 1:I72-8.

Chu G, Kranias EG. Functional interplay between dual site phospholambam phosphorylation: insights from genetically altered mouse models. Basic Res Cardiol. 2002;97 Suppl 1:I43-8.

Schmidt AG, Zhai J, Carr AN, Gerst MJ, Lorenz JN, Pollesello P, Annila A, Hoit BD, Kranias EG. Structural and functional implications of the phospholamban hinge domain: impaired SR Ca2+ uptake as a primary cause of heart failure. Cardiovasc Res. 2002 Nov;56(2):248-59.

Cross HR, Kranias EG, Murphy E, Steenbergen C. Ablation of PLB exacerbates ischemic injury to a lesser extent in female than male mice: protective role of NO. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2003 Feb;284(2):H683-90. Epub 2002 Oct 03.

Schmidt AG, Gerst M, Zhai J, Carr AN, Pater L, Kranias EG, Hoit BD. Evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function from spectral and color M-mode Doppler in genetically altered mice. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002 Oct;15(10 Pt 1):1065-73.

Carr AN, Kranias EG. Thyroid hormone regulation of calcium cycling proteins. Thyroid. 2002 Jun;12(6):453-7.

Paul RJ, Shull GE, Kranias EG. The sarcoplasmic reticulum and smooth muscle function: evidence from transgenic mice. Novartis Found Symp. 2002;246:228-38; discussion 238-43, 272-6.

Chu G, Carr AN, Young KB, Lester JW, Yatani A, Sanbe A, Colbert MC, Schwartz SM, Frank KF, Lampe PD, Robbins J, Molkentin JD, Kranias EG. Enhanced myocyte contractility and Ca2+ handling in a calcineurin transgenic model of heart failure. Cardiovasc Res. 2002 Apr;54(1):105-16.

Carr AN, Schmidt AG, Suzuki Y, del Monte F, Sato Y, Lanner C, Breeden K, Jing SL, Allen PB, Greengard P, Yatani A, Hoit BD, Grupp IL, Hajjar RJ, DePaoli-Roach AA, Kranias EG. Type 1 phosphatase, a negative regulator of cardiac function. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Jun;22(12):4124-35.

Wolska BM, Arteaga GM, Pena JR, Nowak G, Phillips RM, Sahai S, de Tombe PP, Martin AF, Kranias EG, Solaro RJ. Expression of slow skeletal troponin I in hearts of phospholamban knockout mice alters the relaxant effect of beta-adrenergic stimulation. Circ Res. 2002;90:882-8.

Pi Y, Kemnitz KR, Zhang D, Kranias EG, Walker JW. Phosphorylation of troponin I controls cardiac twitch dynamics: evidence from phosphorylation site mutants expressed on a troponin I- null background in mice. Circ Res. 2002;90:649-56.

Li Y, Kranias EG, Mignery GA, Bers DM. Protein kinase A phosphorylation of the ryanodine receptor does not affect calcium sparks in mouse ventricular myocytes. Circ Res. 2002;90:309-16.

Kiriazis H, Sato Y, Kadambi VJ, Schmidt AG, Gerst MJ, Hoit BD, Kranias EG. Hypertrophy and functional alterations in hyperdynamic phospholamban- knockout mouse hearts under chronic aortic stenosis. Cardiovasc Res. 2002;53:372-81.

Chu G, Carr AN, Young KB, Lester JW, Yatani A, Sanbe A, Colbert MC, Schwartz SM, Frank KF, Lampe PD, Robbins J, Molkentin JD, Kranias EG. Enhanced myocyte contractility and Ca(2+) handling in a calcineurin transgenic model of heart failure. Cardiovasc Res. 2002;54:105-16.

Carr AN, Schmidt AG, Suzuki Y, del Monte F, Sato Y, Lanner C, Breeden K, Jing SL, Allen PB, Greengard P, Yatani A, Hoit BD, Grupp IL, Hajjar RJ, DePaoli-Roach AA, Kranias EG. Type 1 phosphatase, a negative regulator of cardiac function. Mol Cell Biol. 2002;22:4124-35.

Invited Articles:


Paul, R.J., Shull, G.E. and Kranias, E.G.:  The sarcoplasmic reticulum and smooth muscle function: evidence from transgenic mice. In: Role of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in smooth muscle, pp. 228-243, (Wiley, Chichester: Novartis Symposium No. 246), 2002.

 

Chu, G. and Kranias, E.G.: Functional interplay between dual site phospholamban phosphorylation:  Insights from genetically altered mouse models.  Basic Res. Cardiol. 97, Suppl. 1: 1/43-1/48, 2002.

 

Frank, K.F., Bolck, B., Brixius, K., Kranias, E.G., and Schwinger, R.H.G.:  Modulation of SERCA: Implications for the failing human heart.  Basic Res. Cardiol. 97, Suppl. 1: 1/72-1/78, 2002.

 

Carr, A.N. and Kranias, E.G.:  Thyroid hormone regulation of calcium cycling proteins. In: Thyroid 12, 453-457, 2002.

 

Chu, G., Haghighi, K. and Kranias, E.G.: From mouse to man: Understanding heart failure through genetically altered mouse models. In: Journal of Cardiac Failure 8(6 Suppl): S432-S449, 2002.

 

Pathak, A. and Kranias, E.G.: The role of molecular biology in medicine: new horizons in the 21st century.  Archives of Hellenic Medicine 19(5): 497-503, 2002.

 

2001

Slack JP, Grupp IL, Dash R, Holder D, Schmidt A, Gerst MJ, Tamura T, Tilgmann C, James PF, Johnson R, Gerdes AM, Kranias EG. The enhanced contractility of the phospholamban-deficient mouse heart persists with aging. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2001;33:1031-40.

Shannon TR, Chu G, Kranias EG, Bers DM. Phospholamban decreases the energetic efficiency of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca pump. J Biol Chem. 2001;276:7195-201.

Schmidt AG, Edes I, Kranias EG. Phospholamban: a promising therapeutic target in heart failure? Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2001;15:387-96.

Sato Y, Kiriazis H, Yatani A, Schmidt AG, Hahn H, Ferguson DG, Sako H, Mitarai S, Honda R, Mesnard-Rouiller L, Frank KF, Beyermann B, Wu G, Fujimori K, Dorn GW, 2nd, Kranias EG. Rescue of contractile parameters and myocyte hypertrophy in calsequestrin overexpressing myocardium by phospholamban ablation. J Biol Chem. 2001;276:9392-9.

Sato Y, Schmidt AG, Kiriazis H, Hoit BD, Kranias EG. Letter to the editor: Re-evaluation of heart failure in transgenic mice with impaired SR Ca2+ release. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2001;33:1757-9.

Nobe K, Sutliff RL, Kranias EG, Paul RJ. Phospholamban regulation of bladder contractility: evidence from gene- altered mouse models. J Physiol. 2001;535:867-78.

Haghighi K, Schmidt AG, Hoit BD, Brittsan AG, Yatani A, Lester JW, Zhai J, Kimura Y, Dorn GW, 2nd, MacLennan DH, Kranias EG. Superinhibition of sarcoplasmic reticulum function by phospholamban induces cardiac contractile failure. J Biol Chem. 2001;276:24145-52.

Freeman K, Lerman I, Kranias EG, Bohlmeyer T, Bristow MR, Lefkowitz RJ, Iaccarino G, Koch WJ, Leinwand LA. Alterations in cardiac adrenergic signaling and calcium cycling differentially affect the progression of cardiomyopathy. J Clin Invest. 2001;107:967-74.

Frank KF, Mesnard-Rouiller L, Chu G, Young KB, Zhao W, Haghighi K, Sato Y, Kranias EG. Structure and expression of the mouse cardiac calsequestrin gene. Basic Res Cardiol. 2001;96:636-44.

Dash R, Kadambi V, Schmidt AG, Tepe NM, Biniakiewicz D, Gerst MJ, Canning AM, Abraham WT, Hoit BD, Liggett SB, Lorenz JN, Dorn GW, 2nd, Kranias EG. Interactions between phospholamban and beta-adrenergic drive may lead to cardiomyopathy and early mortality. Circulation. 2001;103:889-96.

Dash R, Frank KF, Carr AN, Moravec CS, Kranias EG. Gender influences on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-handling in failing human myocardium. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2001;33:1345-53.

Carr AN, Sutliff RL, Weber CS, Allen PB, Greengard P, de Lanerolle P, Kranias EG, Paul RJ. Is myosin phosphatase regulated in vivo by inhibitor-1? Evidence from inhibitor-1 knockout mice. J Physiol. 2001;534:357-66.

Aronow BJ, Toyokawa T, Canning A, Haghighi K, Delling U, Kranias E, Molkentin JD, Dorn GW, 2nd. Divergent transcriptional responses to independent genetic causes of cardiac hypertrophy. Physiol Genomics. 2001;6:19-28.

Invited Articles:


Brittsan, A.G. and Kranias, E.G.:  Phospholamban and cardiac contractile function. J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol. 32, 2131-2139, 2000.      

 

Schmidt, A.G., Kadambi, V.J., Young, K.B. and Kranias, E.G.: Genetic alterations and modeling of cardiovascular physiology. In: Cardiovascular Physiology in the Genetically Engineered Mouse, pp. 17-38 (Hoit, B.D. and Walsh, R.A.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 2001.

 

39Schmidt, A.G., Edes, I. and Kranias, E.G.: Phospholamban: a promising therapeutic target in heart failure. In: Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, pp. 387-396 (Opie, L.H. and Remme, W.J., eds.), 2001.

2000

Zvaritch E, Backx PH, Jirik F, Kimura Y, de Leon S, Schmidt AG, Hoit BD, Lester JW, Kranias EG, MacLennan DH. The transgenic expression of highly inhibitory monomeric forms of phospholamban in mouse heart impairs cardiac contractility. J Biol Chem. 2000;275:14985-91.

 Zhai J, Schmidt AG, Hoit BD, Kimura Y, MacLennan DH, Kranias EG. Cardiac-specific overexpression of a superinhibitory pentameric phospholamban mutant enhances inhibition of cardiac function in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2000;275:10538-44.

 Schwinger RH, Brixius K, Savvidou-Zaroti P, Bolck B, Zobel C, Frank K, Kranias EG, Hoischen S, Erdmann E. The enhanced contractility in phospholamban deficient mouse hearts is not associated with alterations in (Ca2+)-sensitivity or myosin ATPase- activity of the contractile proteins. Basic Res Cardiol. 2000;95:12-8.

 Schmidt AG, Kadambi VJ, Ball N, Sato Y, Walsh RA, Kranias EG, Hoit BD. Cardiac-specific overexpression of calsequestrin results in left ventricular hypertrophy, depressed force-frequency relation and pulsus alternans in vivo. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2000;32:1735-44.

 Li L, Desantiago J, Chu G, Kranias EG, Bers DM. Phosphorylation of phospholamban and troponin I in beta-adrenergic- induced acceleration of cardiac relaxation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2000;278:H769-79.

 Kranias EG. Commentary on the special topic section on the use of transgenic models. Annu Rev Physiol. 2000;62:965-9.

 Kiriazis H, Kranias EG. Genetically engineered models with alterations in cardiac membrane calcium-handling proteins. Annu Rev Physiol. 2000;62:321-51.

 Hoit BD, Kadambi VJ, Tramuta DA, Ball N, Kranias EG, Walsh RA. Influence of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium loading on mechanical and relaxation restitution. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2000;278:H958-63.

 Frank K, Tilgmann C, Shannon TR, Bers DM, Kranias EG. Regulatory role of phospholamban in the efficiency of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ transport. Biochemistry. 2000;39:14176-82.

 Frank K, Kranias EG. Phospholamban and cardiac contractility. Ann Med. 2000;32:572-8.

 Chu G, Lester JW, Young KB, Luo W, Zhai J, Kranias EG. A single site (Ser16) phosphorylation in phospholamban is sufficient in mediating its maximal cardiac responses to beta -agonists. J Biol Chem. 2000;275:38938-43.

 Brittsan AG, Carr AN, Schmidt AG, Kranias EG. Maximal inhibition of SERCA2 Ca(2+) affinity by phospholamban in transgenic hearts overexpressing a non-phosphorylatable form of phospholamban. J Biol Chem. 2000;275:12129-35.

 Brittsan AG, Kranias EG. Phospholamban and cardiac contractile function. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2000;32:2131-9.

 Bluhm WF, Kranias EG, Dillmann WH, Meyer M. Phospholamban: a major determinant of the cardiac force-frequency relationship. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2000;278:H249-55

Invited Articles:


Kiriazis, H. and Kranias, E.G.:  Genetically Engineered Models with alterations in cardiac membrane calcium-handling proteins. Annu. Rev. Physiol. 62:321-351, 2000.

 

Schmidt, A. and Kranias, E.G.:  Genetic Approaches to Elucidate the regulatory role of phospholamban in the heart.  In: “Molecular Approaches to the Therapy of Heart Failure”, pp. 39-52 (G. Hasenfuss and E. Marban) Steinkopff, Darmstadt and Springer  Publishers, 2000.

 

Edes, I. and Kranias, E.G.:  Ca2+-ATPases.  In:  Cell Physiology  (N. Sperelakis, ed.),  Academic Press, San Diego, 2000.

 

Edes, I., Chu, X. and Kranias, E.G.:  Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Transport.  In: Heart Physiology and Pathophysiology, pp 447-460.  (N. Sperelakis, Y. Kurachi, A. Terzic and M. Cohen, eds.), Academic Press, San Diego, 2000.

 

Frank, K. and Kranias, E.G.: Phospholamban and Cardiac Contractility.  In: Annals of Medicine (The Finnish Med. Soc. Duodecim) 32: 572-578, 2000.

  Kranias Lab
Research Topics

Heart Failure

Cardiac Function

The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

Phospholamban

SERCA

Calsequestrin

HRC

Junctin

HAX-1

Heat Shock Proteins

Protein Phosphate 1 Inhibitor-1

Proteomics & Phosphoproteomics

Transgenic Rabbits

Human SR Genetic Variations



Lab home