The Cardiac Sarcomere and Cell Cycle

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2022

Publication Title

Current cardiology reports

Keywords

JGM, Cell cycle, Heart failure, Regeneration, Sarcomere

JAX Source

Curr Cardiol Rep . 2022 Jun;24(6):623-630.

Volume

24

Issue

6

First Page

623

Last Page

630

PMID

35380383

DOI

10.1007/s11886-022-01682-9

Grant

J.T.H. is supported by the National Institutes of Health (HL142787 and EB028898). A.M.P. and F.A.L. are supported by the American Heart Association (PRE34381021 and PRE35110005).

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The lack of adult human cardiomyocyte proliferative capacity impairs cardiac regeneration such as after myocardial injury. The sarcomere, a specialized actin cytoskeletal structure that is essential for twitch contraction in cardiomyocytes, has been considered a critical factor limiting adult human cardiomyocyte proliferation through incompletely understood mechanisms. RECENT FINDINGS: This review summarizes known and emerging regulatory mechanisms connecting the human cardiomyocyte sarcomere to cell cycle regulation including structural and signaling mechanisms. Cardiac regeneration could be augmented through targeting the inhibitory effects of the sarcomere on cardiomyocyte proliferation.

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