| 2003 |
The CaMKIIδC splice variant (cytoplasmic isoform of CAMK2D) is selectively upregulated and its phosphorylation elevated after cardiac pressure overload. Transgenic overexpression of CaMKIIδC in mice caused dilated cardiomyopathy with reduced fractional shortening and premature death. CaMKII was found associated with the ryanodine receptor (RyR) by co-immunoprecipitation, and phosphorylation of RyR at a CaMKII site and phospholamban at the CaMKII-specific site were increased, establishing that CaMKIIδC directly phosphorylates Ca2+ regulatory proteins in vivo. |
Transgenic mouse overexpression, immunocytochemistry for subcellular localization, co-immunoprecipitation with RyR, phosphorylation site-specific Western blotting, isolated myocyte Ca2+ measurements |
Circulation research |
High |
12676814
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| 2003 |
Transgenic overexpression of CaMKIIδC uniquely alters cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling: SR Ca2+ content is reduced >50%, fractional SR Ca2+ release is increased, and spontaneous Ca2+ spark frequency is doubled. Acute CaMKII inhibition normalized Ca2+ spark frequency and ICa, confirming direct CaMKII activation of ryanodine receptors and L-type Ca2+ current. Enhanced diastolic SR Ca2+ leak, reduced SR Ca2+-ATPase expression, and increased Na+-Ca2+ exchanger function collectively explain the reduced SR Ca2+ load. |
Transgenic mouse model, confocal Ca2+ spark imaging, patch-clamp (ICa), caffeine-exposure [Ca2+]i decline kinetics, CaMKII inhibitor (KN-93) acute application, protein expression measurements |
Circulation research |
High |
12676813
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| 2001 |
CaMKII (including the δ isoform encoded by CAMK2D) is a dodecameric holoenzyme where Ca2+/calmodulin binding to the autoregulatory domain disinhibits kinase activity, enabling autophosphorylation at Thr286 (Thr287 in δ) that generates Ca2+/CaM-independent (autonomous) activity, CaM trapping, and CaM capping, conferring molecular memory to the enzyme. |
Biochemical reconstitution, in vitro kinase assays, autoregulatory domain mutagenesis, calmodulin-binding studies (reviewed with primary experimental data) |
Annual review of biochemistry |
High |
12045104
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| 1999 |
Multiple δ-isoforms of CaMKII (δ2, δ3, δ4, δ8, δ9, δ11) are differentially expressed in human cardiac and skeletal muscle; isoform δ3 is characteristically expressed in cardiac muscle and its transcript and protein levels are significantly increased in failing human myocardium with dilated cardiomyopathy, establishing CAMK2D upregulation as a feature of human heart failure. |
RT-PCR isoform profiling, complete cDNA sequencing of human δ2, semi-quantitative RT-PCR on left ventricular tissue from failing vs. non-failing hearts, Western blotting with subclass-specific antibody |
Circulation research |
High |
10189359
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| 2006 |
CaMKII (the δ isoform, CAMK2D) selectively signals to HDAC4 but not other class IIa HDACs via a unique docking site on HDAC4 absent in HDAC5/7/9. CaMKII phosphorylation of HDAC4 promotes nuclear export and prevents nuclear import, derepressing HDAC target genes. In cardiomyocytes, CaMKII phosphorylation of HDAC4 drives hypertrophic growth, which is blocked by a signal-resistant HDAC4 mutant. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro kinase assays with HDAC4 docking-site mutants, subcellular localization imaging (nuclear export assays), cardiomyocyte hypertrophy assays with signal-resistant mutant |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
16767219
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| 2013 |
Oxidative modification of CaMKIIδ (CAMK2D) at methionine residues (Met281/282) activates the kinase and triggers atrial fibrillation. Knock-in mice with the critical oxidation sites mutated (MM-VV) and mice overexpressing methionine sulfoxide reductase A (which reduces oxidized CaMKII) were resistant to angiotensin II-induced AF, demonstrating that reactive oxygen species activate CaMKIIδ through oxidation to promote arrhythmia. |
Knock-in mouse model (MM-VV oxidation-site mutants), transgenic methionine sulfoxide reductase A overexpression, angiotensin II infusion AF model, AF susceptibility testing by programmed electrical stimulation, oxidized CaMKII immunoblotting in patient atria |
Circulation |
High |
24030498
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| 2017 |
miR-146a directly targets and suppresses Camk2d expression in chondrocytes, and miR-146a knockout mice show alleviated articular cartilage degeneration in OA models. Camk2d is identified as an essential target of miR-146a in regulating cartilage homeostasis, and treatment with miR-146a inhibitor alleviated OA-induced cartilage destruction via restoring Camk2d expression. |
miR-146a knockout mouse models (spontaneous and surgically induced OA), miR-146a inhibitor treatment, luciferase reporter assays for direct miR-146a/Camk2d targeting, cartilage matrix gene expression assays |
Cell death & disease |
Medium |
28383548
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| 2023 |
CAMK2D serves as a molecular scaffold that concentrates the RNF8-MAD2 mitotic checkpoint complex via transient interactions between phospho-Thr287 of CAMK2D and the FHA domain of RNF8. RNF8 competes with p31comet for binding to closed-conformation MAD2 via its RING domain. This CAMK2D-RNF8-MAD2 complex generates the mitotic checkpoint signal; RNF8 overexpression impairs glioma stem cell mitotic progression in an FHA- and RING-dependent manner. |
RNF8 proximity proteomics (BioID), co-immunoprecipitation, domain-specific mutant analysis (FHA-domain and RING-domain mutants), mitotic progression assays in glioma stem cells, GSC tumorigenicity assays |
Cell death and differentiation |
Medium |
37468549
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| 2023 |
CAMK2D gain-of-function (GoF) variants cause both dilated cardiomyopathy and neurodevelopmental symptoms (intellectual disability, delayed speech, behavioral problems), whereas loss-of-function (LoF) variants induce only neurological symptoms. Eight individuals with heterozygous CAMK2D variants were identified, and functional testing of variants confirmed GoF or LoF activity, establishing that CAMK2D plays essential roles in both human heart and brain development. |
Whole-exome/genome sequencing of patient cohort, functional variant classification (kinase activity assays for GoF/LoF), clinical phenotyping including cardiac evaluation, mouse neurodevelopment studies |
American journal of human genetics |
Medium |
38272033
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| 2023 |
BBLN (bublin coiled-coil protein) directly binds and activates CAMK2D to promote cardiac inflammation, fibrosis, and necroptosis. A BBLN mutant with impaired CAMK2D binding was inert. siRNA-mediated knockdown of CAMK2D retarded BBLN-induced heart failure symptoms. BBLN is induced by hypoxia (a major feature of tetralogy of Fallot) and its downregulation decreased CAMK2D hyperactivity and cardiovascular dysfunction. |
BBLN overexpression mouse model, BBLN CAMK2D-binding mutant, siRNA knockdown of CAMK2D, protein interaction assays, cardiac function measurements (mortality, fibrosis, necroptosis markers), hypoxia induction experiments |
Nature cardiovascular research |
Medium |
38666071
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| 2023 |
CAMK2D is highly expressed in 70% of malignant mesothelioma tissues and is upregulated in BAP1-knockout human mesothelial cells. The CaMKII inhibitor KN-93 shows selective antiproliferative activity against BAP1-deficient cells and suppresses tumor growth in BAP1-deficient xenograft models, establishing CAMK2D as a therapeutic target downstream of BAP1 loss. |
BAP1 knockout cell line generation, cDNA microarray and qRT-PCR, IHC of 80 MMe tissue samples, KN-93 inhibitor treatment, xenograft mouse tumor growth assays |
Cell death discovery |
Medium |
37479714
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| 2024 |
CAMK2D phosphorylates Tau at Ser324, and within the hsa_circ_0001546/14-3-3/CAMK2D/Tau complex this phosphorylation changes the phosphorylation status of Tau bound to 14-3-3, promoting Tau aggregation. The resulting Tau aggregation induces accumulation of lipid peroxides (LPOs) causing LPO-dependent (GPX4-independent) ferroptosis, which inhibits epithelial ovarian cancer peritoneal metastasis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation to identify complex components, site-specific phosphorylation analysis (Ser324), Tau aggregation assays, ferroptosis rescue with ferrostatin-1 and TRx0237 in vivo, RNA pull-down for circRNA-protein interactions |
Advanced science |
Medium |
38634567
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| 2025 |
CAMK2D (and mammalian TANK binding kinase 1) phosphorylates TIR domain proteins at a conserved serine residue spatially close to the catalytic glutamate, blocking TIR NADase activity and suppressing SARM1 TIR signaling in animals. This phosphorylation mechanism maintains growth by preventing TIR-mediated cell death/axon degeneration. |
In vitro kinase assays with CAMK2D phosphorylating TIR domains, site-directed mutagenesis of the conserved serine, NADase activity assays, SARM1 signaling functional assays |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
Medium |
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| 2025 |
In RBM20-deficient mouse hearts, CAMK2D is misspliced and overactivated, with increased phosphorylation of multiple CAMK2D substrates. Camk2d knockout in Rbm20-deficient mice (double KO) rescued heart failure and sudden cardiac death. AAV9-mediated re-expression of single CAMK2D splice variants in DKO hearts reintroduced cardiac dysfunction irrespective of splice variant, demonstrating that CAMK2D overactivation—not missplicing per se—underlies the pathological phenotype. Pharmacological inhibition with hesperadin rescued cardiac function in Rbm20-R636Q knock-in mice. |
Double knockout mouse genetics (Camk2d/Rbm20), phosphoproteomic analysis of CAMK2D targets, AAV9 splice variant re-expression, hesperadin (CAMK2 inhibitor) pharmacological treatment, cardiac function measurements (echocardiography, survival) |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
Medium |
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| 2026 |
Alternative splicing of CAMK2D, specifically increased inclusion of exon 14 encoding the nuclear splice variant CAMK2D-B, is inversely correlated with myocardial functional recovery after LVAD support. Hyperphosphorylation near the nuclear localization signal in CAMK2D-B prevents adrenergic stress-dependent nuclear targeting of this isoform. A cytoplasm-restricted CAMK2D-B uniquely remodeled the phosphoproteome of primary rat cardiomyocytes compared with a nuclear-competent version, and blunted calcium transients in engineered heart tissues, establishing that subcellular localization of CAMK2D-B determines its functional impact on cardiomyocyte calcium handling. |
Bulk RNA-seq, tandem mass tag proteomics and phosphoproteomics of paired pre/post-LVAD human myocardium, subcellular fractionation, primary rat cardiomyocyte nuclear localization assays, engineered human heart tissue calcium transient measurements |
Circulation |
High |
41487088
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| 2025 |
CAMK2 (cardiomyocyte-specific Camk2d/Camk2g double knockout) is an upstream regulator that triggers pathological metabolic substrate switching in heart failure: pressure-overloaded cDKO hearts showed no increase in myocardial glucose uptake (by [18F]FDG-PET) and retained lipid reserves, while control hearts showed a six-fold increase in glucose uptake. Transcriptomics revealed CAMK2-dependent induction of Nr4a1 and repression of fatty acid genes preceding upregulation of glucose utilization genes. NR4A1 directly bound and repressed the FATP1 promoter, defining a CAMK2–NR4A1 axis driving lipid depletion and HFrEF. |
Cardiomyocyte-specific Camk2d/Camk2g double knockout mice, dynamic [18F]FDG-PET imaging, transcriptomics, cardiomyocyte-specific Nr4a1 knockout, NR4A1 overexpression in iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, FATP1 promoter binding assays |
bioRxiv (preprint)preprint |
Medium |
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| 2025 |
CAMK2D overexpression in retinal pigment epithelial cells attenuates sodium iodate-induced apoptosis and retinal degeneration, and knockdown exacerbates degeneration. CAMK2D regulates complement factor I (CFI) expression, and the protective effect of CAMK2D operates through CFI: CFI knockdown increases apoptosis, but CAMK2D overexpression in CFI-knockdown cells partially restores protection. Western blot confirmed CAMK2D regulates CFI protein levels in vivo. |
Lentiviral and AAV-mediated CAMK2D knockdown/overexpression in ARPE-19 cells and mouse RPE, flow cytometry apoptosis assay, OCT/ERG retinal function, TUNEL staining, RNA-seq, Western blot for CFI |
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science |
Medium |
39873650
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| 2022 |
Silencing CAMK2D in spermatogonia from varicocele rat testes significantly promoted spermatogonial proliferation, accompanied by downregulation of CAMKII, FOXO1, and β-catenin, identifying a CAMK2D–FOXO1/β-catenin axis that restrains spermatogonial proliferation. |
CAMK2D siRNA knockdown in spermatogonia, CCK-8 proliferation assay, qRT-PCR and Western blotting for CAMKII, FOXO1, and β-catenin, immunofluorescence for c-kit |
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine |
Low |
35911132
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| 2020 |
CDR1as (a circular RNA) acts as a sponge for miR-7-5p, thereby de-repressing CAMK2D and CNN3 expression. This CDR1as/miR-7-5p/CAMK2D axis mediates hypoxia-induced osteoblastic differentiation and calcification of human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Dual-luciferase reporter and RNA antisense purification assays validated direct miR-7-5p targeting of CAMK2D. |
Dual-luciferase reporter assay, RNA antisense purification, miR-7-5p mimic/inhibitor transfection, CAMK2D overexpression/knockdown, alizarin red S staining, alkaline phosphatase activity, calcium deposition quantification |
Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids |
Low |
33230455
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