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CACNA1C

Voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C · UniProt Q13936

Length
2221 aa
Mass
249.0 kDa
Annotated
2026-06-09
100 papers in source corpus 40 papers cited in narrative 40 extracted findings
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Mechanistic narrative

Synthesis pass · prose summary of the discoveries below

CACNA1C encodes the pore-forming α1C subunit of the Cav1.2 L-type voltage-gated calcium channel, which serves as a Ca2+-entry hub and signaling scaffold that couples membrane depolarization to excitation-contraction coupling, neuronal plasticity, and Ca2+-dependent transcription (PMID:11441182, PMID:16251435, PMID:15132976). Cav1.2 nucleates a macromolecular signaling complex in which a β2-adrenergic receptor, G protein, adenylyl cyclase, PKA and PP2A are physically tethered for local, specific regulation (PMID:11441182); channel gating is tuned by convergent phosphorylation, with PKA and PKC both targeting Ser1928 on the α1C C-terminus (PMID:15509562), PKG phosphorylating α1C and the β2a subunit to inhibit current (PMID:17626895), and CaMKII binding the β2a subunit to drive a high-activity gating mode (PMID:20194790). Two phosphosites partition basal from stimulated activity: Ser1700 maintains basal L-type current and supports β-adrenergic potentiation (PMID:25368181), while PKA phosphorylation of Ser1928 displaces the associated β2AR to render the channel refractory to further adrenergic stimulation (PMID:27103070), a regulation that itself requires the auxiliary β subunit binding site (PMID:30422117). Ca2+/calmodulin and the related CaBP1 compete at the C-terminal IQ region to set Ca2+-dependent inactivation versus facilitation (PMID:12944271, PMID:15140941). Channel abundance and surface delivery are controlled by auxiliary and trafficking proteins including α2δ-1, BIN1, Rab25, the PIKfyve/lysosomal and ERα/Mdm2 ubiquitin–proteasome degradation routes, and by alternative splicing through Fox proteins and transcriptional inputs from NFAT5 and TDP-43 (PMID:19564422, PMID:19841139, PMID:19797702, PMID:22138472, PMID:27368804, PMID:31355778, PMID:31012223, PMID:27076616). Downstream, Cav1.2 Ca2+ influx — and in some contexts a Ca2+-flux-independent, β2-subunit/H-Ras-dependent route (PMID:30150369) — drives calcineurin/NFAT, CaMKII/HDAC, and Ras/ERK/CREB transcriptional programs governing cardiac hypertrophy, jaw and bone morphogenesis, smooth muscle contraction, hippocampal late-LTP and memory, and neuronal survival (PMID:16251435, PMID:21111744, PMID:23549079, PMID:29202453, PMID:15132976, PMID:27066530). A gain-of-function G406R mutation underlies Timothy syndrome, acting dominantly even in non-excitable cells (PMID:23752588).

Mechanistic history

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  1. 1991 Medium

    Establishing the chromosomal locus of the cardiac dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channel α1 subunit gave the molecular anchor for all subsequent CACNA1C genetics.

    Evidence PCR mapping of human-rodent somatic cell hybrids

    PMID:1653763

    Open questions at the time
    • No functional or expression data
    • Channel biology not yet addressed
  2. 2001 High

    It was unknown how β-adrenergic signals reach Cav1.2 with such speed and specificity; identifying a receptor-channel macromolecular complex showed signaling is hardwired by physical proximity.

    Evidence Reciprocal Co-IP and electrophysiology in hippocampal neurons identifying β2AR, G protein, adenylyl cyclase, PKA, PP2A on Cav1.2

    PMID:11441182

    Open questions at the time
    • Stoichiometry and structural arrangement unresolved
    • Phosphosite specificity not defined here
  3. 2003 High

    How Cav1.2 senses its own Ca2+ flux was unclear; mapping apoCaM/Ca2+-CaM binding to the C-terminal IQ/A/C regions defined the molecular basis of Ca2+-dependent inactivation.

    Evidence Fluorescence and peptide competition binding assays with IQ-motif mutagenesis

    PMID:12944271

    Open questions at the time
    • In vitro peptide system, not full channel context
    • Functional CDI tested indirectly
  4. 2004 High

    Convergence of kinase inputs was unknown; demonstrating PKC binds the C-terminus and phosphorylates Ser1928 — the same PKA site — revealed an integration node for distinct signaling pathways.

    Evidence In vitro kinase assay, Co-IP, site-directed mutagenesis, metabolic labeling in cells

    PMID:15509562

    Open questions at the time
    • Physiological consequence of Ser1928 phosphorylation not yet defined
    • PKC isoform specificity partial
  5. 2004 High

    Whether a CaM relative could reverse channel feedback was untested; CaBP1 was shown to compete with CaM at the IQ motif and convert inactivation to facilitation, diversifying Ca2+ feedback.

    Evidence Co-IP, PSD fractionation, immunofluorescence, whole-cell electrophysiology

    PMID:15140941

    Open questions at the time
    • Cell-type-specific roles unclear
    • Structural basis of competition not resolved
  6. 2004 High

    The requirement of Cav1.2 for smooth muscle contraction was inferred but not genetically proven; smooth-muscle KO established it as essential and non-redundant for bladder contractility.

    Evidence Smooth muscle-specific conditional KO with electrophysiology and contractility/pharmacology

    PMID:15132976

    Open questions at the time
    • Compensatory pathways excluded only for bladder
    • Molecular coupling to contractile machinery not addressed
  7. 2005 High

    The role of Cav1.2 in long-term plasticity was unknown; conditional KO showed it is selectively required for protein-synthesis-dependent late-LTP, spatial memory, and CREB-dependent transcription.

    Evidence Hippocampus/cortex conditional KO with LTP, behavior, and biochemical signaling assays

    PMID:16251435

    Open questions at the time
    • Mechanism linking channel to MAPK/CRE not fully mapped
    • Ca2+-flux vs scaffold contribution undistinguished
  8. 2007 High

    How cGMP signaling restrains Cav1.2 was unknown; PKGIα phosphorylation of α1C and β2a Ser496 was shown to inhibit current.

    Evidence In vitro kinase assay, phospho-specific antibodies, patch clamp, mutagenesis in HEK and myocytes

    PMID:17626895

    Open questions at the time
    • In vivo cardiac significance not tested
    • Additional PKG sites not fully resolved
  9. 2009 High

    How channel electrophysiology is tuned developmentally was unclear; Fox1/Fox2 were shown to direct alternative splicing of exons 9* and 33, generating variants with distinct properties.

    Evidence siRNA/overexpression, minigene reporters, RT-PCR in cortical neurons

    PMID:19564422

    Open questions at the time
    • Functional consequence of each variant in vivo incomplete
    • Other splice regulators not surveyed
  10. 2009 High

    Activity-dependent removal of Cav1.2 was uncharacterized; NMDAR-driven PIKfyve binding was shown to target the channel to lysosomes, linking degradation to excitotoxicity protection.

    Evidence Co-IP, live imaging, siRNA, fractionation, toxicity assays

    PMID:19841139

    Open questions at the time
    • Direct vs indirect PIKfyve binding unresolved
    • Ubiquitin involvement not addressed here
  11. 2009 High

    Determinants of Cav1.2 surface expression in vasculature were unknown; α2δ-1 was shown to be essential for membrane trafficking and myogenic tone.

    Evidence Surface biotinylation, shRNA, patch clamp, pressurized myography

    PMID:19797702

    Open questions at the time
    • Mechanism of α2δ-1-dependent trafficking not detailed
    • Vascular-bed specificity unclear
  12. 2009 Medium

    An N-terminal modulator of cardiac Cav1.2 was unknown; KChIP2 was shown to bind the N-terminus and modulate I_Ca,L, with compensatory CACNB2 upregulation upon loss.

    Evidence Co-IP, patch clamp, gene-chip/PCR in KChIP2 KO mice

    PMID:19713767

    Open questions at the time
    • Single-lab interaction not reciprocally validated elsewhere in corpus
    • Direct vs compensatory effect on current entangled
  13. 2010 High

    Multiple trafficking and gating regulators were defined in cardiac and vascular myocytes: CaMKII/β2a gating-mode control, Rem GTPase gating arrest, Rab25 surface delivery, and ROS/NF-κB transcriptional control of channel abundance.

    Evidence Mutagenesis and single-channel/whole-cell electrophysiology in myocytes; immunoFRET; Ca2+/ROS imaging and reporter assays

    PMID:20194790 PMID:20616312 PMID:20616314 PMID:27076616

    Open questions at the time
    • Integration of these regulators in vivo incomplete
    • ROS/NF-κB chain is indirect
  14. 2010 High

    Whether Cav1.2 Ca2+ load drives pathological remodeling was unproven; β2a-mediated influx was shown sufficient to induce hypertrophy via calcineurin/NFAT and CaMKII/HDAC.

    Evidence Transgenic and adenoviral β2a overexpression with pathway inhibition and NFAT/HDAC translocation assays

    PMID:21111744

    Open questions at the time
    • Relative weighting of two pathways unresolved
    • Ca2+ pool source partially defined
  15. 2011 High

    How Cav1.2 reaches cardiac T-tubules and its relevance to heart failure was unknown; BIN1 was identified as the trafficking factor, reduced in failing hearts.

    Evidence Human myocyte imaging, T-tubule fractionation, patch clamp, mouse shRNA, zebrafish morpholino

    PMID:22138472

    Open questions at the time
    • Direct BIN1–Cav1.2 binding interface not mapped
    • Causality in human failure correlative
  16. 2013 Medium

    Roles of Cav1.2 in development and non-excitable cells were unclear; influx-driven calcineurin signaling shapes jaw morphogenesis, and the Timothy syndrome G406R mutation acts dominantly via Fstl1/BMP signaling even without measurable currents.

    Evidence Mouse gain/loss-of-function, zebrafish, pharmacology; TS-Cav1.2 transgenic with Fstl1 analysis in hair follicle stem cells

    PMID:23549079 PMID:23752588

    Open questions at the time
    • Mechanism of Ca2+-independent signaling in non-excitable cells incomplete
    • Single-lab for TS hair follicle phenotype
  17. 2013 Medium

    An immune role was undefined; Cav1.2 was shown to be selectively expressed in TH2 lymphocytes where PKC-dependent activation controls Ca2+ entry and cytokine output.

    Evidence Antisense knockdown, PKC modulation, Ca2+ imaging, cytokine assays in primary human T cells

    PMID:24365142

    Open questions at the time
    • Voltage-gating in non-excitable T cells unresolved
    • Single-lab finding
  18. 2014 High

    How basal and β-adrenergic-stimulated cardiac current is set was unresolved; Ser1700 phosphorylation was shown essential for basal I_Ca,L and incremental β-adrenergic potentiation in vivo.

    Evidence S1700A knock-in mice, patch clamp, cardiac function and exercise testing

    PMID:25368181

    Open questions at the time
    • Kinase(s) acting on Ser1700 in vivo not fully defined
    • Interplay with Ser1928 not addressed here
  19. 2015 Medium

    Store-operated coupling to Cav1.2 was unclear; Homer proteins were shown to bridge STIM1 to α1C, with Homer disruption enhancing Cav1.2 Ca2+ entry.

    Evidence Co-IP, Homer1 siRNA, dominant-negative peptide, Ca2+ imaging in HEK cells

    PMID:25712868

    Open questions at the time
    • Native-tissue relevance untested
    • Direct binding interfaces not mapped
  20. 2015 Medium

    A developmental survival role in auditory circuits was unknown; embryonic Cav1.2 deletion reduced auditory nuclei volume and cell number and altered LSO firing.

    Evidence Conditional KO, brainstem electrophysiology, volumetric/cell-count and ABR analysis

    PMID:26242732

    Open questions at the time
    • Molecular survival pathway not identified
    • Single-lab finding
  21. 2016 High

    The link between Cav1.2 and transcription/desensitization deepened: PKA-Ser1928 displaces β2AR to limit adrenergic responsiveness, NFAT5 and ROS-driven transcription control channel abundance, and behavioral/affective roles were dissected across brain regions and cell types.

    Evidence S1928A knock-in with Co-IP/electrophysiology; NFAT5 promoter binding and zebrafish rescue; region/temporally specific conditional KOs with behavior and plasticity assays

    PMID:27066530 PMID:27103070 PMID:27368804 PMID:27922594 PMID:28165117 PMID:28696432

    Open questions at the time
    • Causal links between channel regulation and specific behaviors partially correlative
    • Developmental vs adult mechanisms not unified
  22. 2018 High

    Whether Cav1.2 signals to the nucleus independent of Ca2+ transport was unknown; depolarization was shown to drive Ras/ERK/CREB nuclear signaling via β2-subunit/H-Ras interaction, requiring pore Ca2+ occupancy but not flux.

    Evidence Channel mutants (Ca2+-impermeable, CaM-binding, W440A), recombinant H-Ras/β2 pulldowns, reporter assays in cell lines

    PMID:30150369 PMID:30176250

    Open questions at the time
    • In vivo prevalence of flux-independent signaling unclear
    • Downstream gene targets incompletely cataloged
  23. 2019 High

    Auxiliary β subunits, transcriptional control by TDP-43, and ERα/Mdm2-mediated ubiquitination were shown to govern Cav1.2 regulation, expression, and degradation across heart, pancreatic β cells, and neurons.

    Evidence β-binding-deficient α1C transgenic and viral pharmacology; β-cell Tardbp KO with Cav1.2 rescue; ubiquitin mutants, Mdm2 overexpression, proteasome inhibition in vivo

    PMID:30422117 PMID:31012223 PMID:31355778

    Open questions at the time
    • Degradation pathway is single-lab
    • Tissue-specific weighting of these mechanisms unresolved
  24. 2023 Medium

    How Cav1.2 integrates with Ca2+-release machinery in vascular microdomains was unclear; ANO1-Cav1.2-IP3R were shown to co-assemble to sustain serotonin-induced arterial contraction.

    Evidence Co-IP, superresolution microscopy, smooth-muscle ANO1 ablation, pharmacology, GCaMP imaging

    PMID:37702787

    Open questions at the time
    • Stoichiometry of tripartite complex unknown
    • Direct vs proximity-based interactions undistinguished
  25. 2024 Medium

    The microcircuit role of Cav1.2 in primate cognition was undefined; in dPFC spines it was localized near ER and coupled to SK3, producing an inverted-U dependence of firing on L-type channel activity for working memory.

    Evidence EM/light microscopy, pharmacology during unit recording in behaving macaques, transcriptomics

    PMID:38776078

    Open questions at the time
    • Causal genetic manipulation in primates lacking
    • Link to human disease alleles indirect

Open questions

Synthesis pass · forward-looking unresolved questions
  • How the many context-specific Cav1.2 regulatory modules (kinase phosphosites, auxiliary subunits, trafficking/degradation routes, and flux-independent signaling) are coordinated within a single native complex and how disease alleles perturb that integration remain unresolved.
  • No integrated structural model of the native macromolecular complex
  • Mechanism unifying excitable and non-excitable signaling roles unknown
  • Causal mapping from channel regulation to specific human phenotypes incomplete

Mechanism profile

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Molecular activity
GO:0005215 transporter activity 4 GO:0060089 molecular transducer activity 3
Localization
GO:0005886 plasma membrane 4 GO:0005634 nucleus 2 GO:0005764 lysosome 2
Pathway
R-HSA-112316 Neuronal System 3 R-HSA-162582 Signal Transduction 3 R-HSA-397014 Muscle contraction 3 R-HSA-74160 Gene expression (Transcription) 3
Complex memberships
ANO1-Cav1.2-IP3R microdomain complexCav1.2 L-type calcium channel (α1C/β2/α2δ)β2AR-Cav1.2 signaling complex

Evidence

Reading pass · 40 per-paper findings extracted from the source corpus
Year Finding Method Journal Conf PMIDs
2001 The β2 adrenergic receptor forms a direct macromolecular signaling complex with Cav1.2, also containing a G protein, adenylyl cyclase, PKA, and PP2A, enabling highly localized and specific signal transduction from receptor to channel in hippocampal neurons. Co-immunoprecipitation, electrophysiology in hippocampal neurons Science High 11441182
2004 PKC isoforms form a macromolecular complex with the α1c subunit of Cav1.2 via direct interaction with the C-terminus, and phosphorylate Ser1928 both in vitro and in vivo, the same residue phosphorylated by PKA, indicating convergence of PKA and PKC signaling on Cav1.2 at Ser1928. In vitro kinase assay, Co-immunoprecipitation, site-directed mutagenesis, metabolic labeling in intact cells The Journal of biological chemistry High 15509562
2003 Apocalmodulin (apoCaM) binds with higher affinity to the C-IQ region of Cav1.2 than to the IQ peptide alone; Ca2+-CaM binds all three C-terminal regions (A, C, IQ); binding to IQ and C peptides increases Ca2+ affinity of the C-lobe of CaM; apoCaM binding to the IQ motif is necessary for rapid Ca2+ binding to the C-lobe and subsequent Ca2+-dependent inactivation. Double mutation of IQ motif residues reduces apoCaM interaction. Fluorescence binding assays, peptide competition assays, site-directed mutagenesis of IQ motif in channel Biophysical journal High 12944271
2004 CaBP1 (Ca2+-binding protein-1) directly interacts with the α1 subunit of Cav1.2 at IQ domain and other CaM-binding sites; IQ binding is Ca2+-dependent and competitive with CaM. CaBP1 co-purifies with Cav1.2 in postsynaptic density fractions from rat brain and colocalizes in neuronal dendrites. CaBP1 prevents Ca2+-dependent inactivation and causes Ca2+-dependent facilitation of Cav1.2 currents, contrasting with CaM's promotion of inactivation. Co-immunoprecipitation, postsynaptic density fractionation, double-label immunofluorescence, whole-cell electrophysiology in transfected cells The Journal of neuroscience High 15140941
2005 Conditional knockout of Cav1.2 (CACNA1C) in hippocampus and neocortex selectively abolishes protein synthesis-dependent, NMDAR-independent late-phase LTP (L-LTP) at Schaffer collateral/CA1 synapses, impairs hippocampus-dependent spatial memory, and decreases MAPK pathway activation and CRE-dependent transcription in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Conditional knockout mouse (Cav1.2 HCKO), electrophysiology (LTP recording), spatial memory behavioral assays, biochemical signaling assays The Journal of neuroscience High 16251435
2007 Protein kinase G (PKGIα) phosphorylates specific residues within both the α1c and β2a subunits of Cav1.2 in vitro and in intact HEK cells and cardiac myocytes; PKG-mediated inhibition of Cav1.2 whole-cell current is significantly reduced by alanine substitution of Ser496 on the β2a subunit. In vitro kinase assay, phospho-epitope-specific antibodies, whole-cell patch clamp, site-directed mutagenesis Circulation research High 17626895
2009 Fox family splicing regulators (Fox1 and Fox2) directly control alternative splicing of CaV1.2 exons 9* and 33 during cortical development: Fox proteins repress exon 9* inclusion and enhance exon 33 inclusion via binding elements in adjacent introns, generating splice variants with distinct electrophysiological properties. siRNA knockdown, overexpression of Fox1/Fox2, minigene reporter assays, RT-PCR of endogenous CaV1.2 mRNA in cortical neurons Molecular and cellular biology High 19564422
2009 NMDA receptor activation causes internalization and lysosomal degradation of CaV1.2 channels through binding to PIKfyve (phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase), which generates PtdIns(3,5)P2 and promotes CaV1.2 targeting to lysosomes; PIKfyve knockdown prevents CaV1.2 degradation and increases neuronal susceptibility to excitotoxicity. Immunoprecipitation, live imaging, siRNA knockdown, biochemical fractionation, toxicity assays The Journal of cell biology High 19841139
2009 α2δ-1 is the sole α2δ isoform in cerebral artery myocytes, is essential for plasma membrane expression of Cav1.2 α1 subunits, and directly regulates CaV1.2 current; α2δ-1 knockdown reduces surface Cav1.2, decreases intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and inhibits pressure-induced vasoconstriction (myogenic tone). Surface biotinylation, shRNA knockdown, patch-clamp electrophysiology, pressurized vessel myography, confocal microscopy Circulation research High 19797702
2010 CaMKII binding to β2a subunit residue Leu493 and phosphorylation of Thr498 are required for CaV1.2 to enter a high-activity gating mode (mode 2); expression of T498A or L493A β2a mutants reduces Ca2+ entry through Cav1.2, inhibits early afterdepolarizations (EADs), and improves cardiomyocyte survival in CaMKII-overloaded conditions. Site-directed mutagenesis, patch-clamp electrophysiology (single-channel and whole-cell), adenoviral overexpression in adult rabbit ventricular myocytes, cell survival assays Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America High 20194790
2010 Rem GTPase inhibits Cav1.2 in heart primarily by arresting surface channels in a low open-probability gating mode (not by reducing channel trafficking); this inhibition requires GTP-binding but not membrane targeting, and Rem-inhibited channels cannot be rescued by PKA-dependent phosphorylation but can be rescued by Bay K 8644. Patch-clamp electrophysiology (whole-cell and gating charge measurements), overexpression in adult guinea pig cardiomyocytes, dominant-negative and chimeric Rem mutants Circulation research High 20616312
2010 Increasing L-type Ca2+ influx through Cav1.2 (via β2a subunit overexpression) is sufficient to induce pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy through calcineurin/NFAT and CaMKII/HDAC signaling pathways; both cytosolic and SR/ER-nuclear envelope Ca2+ pools are involved. Transgenic mouse models with β2a overexpression, adenoviral overexpression in cultured cardiomyocytes, L-type channel blockade, calcineurin/CaMKII inhibition, NFAT/HDAC translocation assays Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology High 21111744
2010 IP3R-mediated SR Ca2+ release elevates mitochondrial [Ca2+], induces mitochondrial ROS generation, which activates NF-κB to stimulate CaV1.2 channel transcription in arterial myocytes, thereby modulating vasoconstriction. Mitochondrial Ca2+ imaging, ROS measurements, NF-κB reporter assays, siRNA knockdown, qRT-PCR, patch-clamp, pressurized myography Circulation research Medium 20616314
2011 BIN1 (bridging integrator 1) traffics Cav1.2 to cardiac T-tubules; BIN1 is significantly reduced in failing human cardiomyocytes, and this reduction impairs Cav1.2 trafficking to T-tubules, reduces surface Ca2+ current, and impairs calcium transients and contractility. Confocal imaging of human failing/non-failing myocytes, T-tubule biochemical fractionation, patch clamp, shRNA knockdown in mouse cardiomyocytes, zebrafish morpholino knockdown Heart rhythm High 22138472
2013 Ca2+ influx through CaV1.2 regulates jaw/mandible development by controlling cellular hypertrophy and hyperplasia via the calcineurin signaling pathway in jaw primordium cells; CaV1.2 is expressed in first and second pharyngeal arch cells. Gain-of-function and loss-of-function mouse models, zebrafish knockdown/rescue, pharmacological blockade, calcineurin pathway assays The Journal of clinical investigation High 23549079
2013 Timothy syndrome (TS) gain-of-function mutation G406R in Cav1.2 acts in a dominant-negative manner in hair follicle stem cells to delay anagen; Cav1.2 regulates production of the BMP inhibitor follistatin-like1 (Fstl1) from the bulge to derepress stem cell quiescence. This occurs in the absence of detectable voltage-dependent Ca2+ currents in these non-excitable cells. Transgenic mouse expressing TS-Cav1.2, L-type channel blocker treatment, Fstl1 expression analysis, hair follicle stem cell assays Genes & development Medium 23752588
2014 Phosphorylation of Ser1700 on Cav1.2 is essential for maintaining basal L-type Ca2+ current in cardiomyocytes and for the incremental increase by β-adrenergic receptor stimulation (isoproterenol); Ser1700Ala knock-in mice develop cardiac hypertrophy and have reduced stress-induced exercise tolerance. Knock-in mouse model (S1700A), patch-clamp electrophysiology in neonatal and adult cardiomyocytes, in vivo cardiac function assays, exercise testing Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America High 25368181
2016 Phosphorylation of Cav1.2 Ser1928 by PKA, within the β2AR binding site (residues 1923-1942), displaces the β2AR from Cav1.2 upon β-adrenergic stimulation, rendering Cav1.2 refractory to further β-adrenergic stimulation for several minutes; this effect is lost in S1928A knock-in mice. Long-term potentiation induced by prolonged theta tetanus requires Cav1.2 and its regulation by channel-associated β2AR. S1928A knock-in mice, Co-immunoprecipitation, electrophysiology (patch clamp and LTP recording), β-adrenergic stimulation assays The EMBO journal High 27103070
2016 Deletion of cacna1c in the adult mouse prefrontal cortex produces antidepressant-like effects and reduces REDD1 protein levels; REDD1 overexpression in the PFC of cacna1c heterozygous mice reverses the antidepressant-like phenotype and is associated with lower phospho-Akt (S473) and higher nuclear FoxO3a levels. Viral vector-mediated conditional knockout, behavioral assays (SPT, FST, TST), molecular signaling assays (REDD1, Akt, FoxO3a) Neuropsychopharmacology Medium 27922594
2016 NFAT5 binds to a consensus sequence (TGGAAGCGTTC) in the promoter of Cacna1c and activates its transcription; siRNA-mediated NFAT5 knockdown suppresses Cacna1c expression and decreases L-type Ca2+ current in mouse neonatal cardiomyocytes; morpholino knockdown of nfat5 in zebrafish prevents cacna1c expression and results in non-contractile ventricle, rescued by overexpression of either cacna1c or nfat5. Promoter analysis, ChIP/binding assay, siRNA knockdown, patch clamp, zebrafish morpholino knockdown with rescue Journal of molecular medicine High 27368804
2017 Increased Ca2+ influx through CaV1.2 in osteoblasts activates osteogenic transcriptional programs, promotes mineralization, and inhibits osteoclast activity through increased osteoprotegerin secretion; CaV1.2 is expressed in proliferating chondrocytes and osteoblasts in developing bone. Transgenic gain-of-function CaV1.2 mutant mice (Prx1-, Col2a1-, Col1a1-Cre), BMSC primary cultures, osteoprotegerin assays, ovariectomy bone-loss model JCI insight Medium 29202453
2018 Membrane depolarization triggers nuclear signaling (c-Fos and MeCP2 activation via Ras/ERK/CREB pathway) through Cav1.2 in a Ca2+-influx-independent manner; this requires the intracellular β2 subunit's interaction with H-Ras and is dependent on Ca2+ occupancy of the open channel pore but not Ca2+ transport. Loss of α1-β2 interaction (W440A mutation) or absence of β2 abolishes nuclear signaling. Mutagenesis (Ca2+-impermeable channel α1L745P, CaM-binding disrupting α1I1624A, α1W440A), pulldown assays with recombinant H-Ras and β2, transfection in HEK293 and SH-SY5Y cells, reporter assays for c-Fos/MeCP2 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America High 30150369
2019 CaV1.2 β subunits are dispensable for channel trafficking to the sarcolemma in adult cardiomyocytes but are required for β-adrenergic regulation of Cav1.2 and positive inotropy; transgenic α1C lacking the β-subunit binding site traffics normally but cannot be stimulated by isoproterenol. Transgenic mouse expressing β-binding-deficient α1C, patch clamp, contractility assays in isolated cardiomyocytes and intact heart, viral β-subunit-sequestering peptide The Journal of clinical investigation High 30422117
2019 TDP-43 regulates CaV1.2 expression in pancreatic β cells; TDP-43 loss (nuclear depletion) downregulates CaV1.2 and inhibits exocytosis, reducing early-phase insulin secretion; overexpression of CaV1.2 restores early-phase insulin secretion in Tardbp-knockdown MIN6 cells. β cell-specific Tardbp knockout mice, MIN6 cell siRNA knockdown, CaV1.2 overexpression rescue, insulin secretion assays, exocytosis measurements The Journal of clinical investigation High 31355778
2019 Estrogen receptor α (ERα) promotes Cav1.2 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation in neurons via K29-linked ubiquitin chains and the E3 ligase Mdm2, utilizing the PEST sequence in Cav1.2; ERα agonist administration reduces cerebral Cav1.2 protein and increases Cav1.2 ubiquitination in OVX APP/PS1 mice. Ubiquitin mutant (K29R), TRABID overexpression, Mdm2 overexpression, MG132 proteasome inhibitor, in vivo ERα agonist (PPT) treatment, immunofluorescence colocalization in vivo Aging cell Medium 31012223
2020 Ketamine directly inhibits Cav1.2 calcium channels and blocks Cav1.2-mediated induction of immediate early genes and transcription factors in smooth muscle; Cav1.2-specific inactivation in smooth muscle mimics the ketamine cystitis phenotype, and Cav1.2 agonist Bay K 8644 reverses ketamine-induced smooth muscle dysfunction. Patch-clamp electrophysiology, smooth muscle-specific Cav1.2 conditional knockout, pharmacological rescue with Bay K 8644, gene expression assays Nature communications High 32859919
2015 Homer proteins mediate the physical interaction between STIM1 and the Cav1.2 α1 subunit; store depletion (thapsigargin) induces co-immunoprecipitation of Homer1 with STIM1 and Cav1.2 α1; disruption of Homer function (PPKKFR peptide or siRNA Homer1) reduces STIM1-Cav1.2 association and enhances nifedipine-sensitive Ca2+ entry through Cav1.2. Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown of Homer1, dominant-negative PPKKFR peptide, Ca2+ imaging in HEK-293 cells expressing Cav1.2 subunits Biochimica et biophysica acta Medium 25712868
2010 Rab25 GTPase co-localizes with Cav1.2 in cerebral artery myocytes and is required for surface expression of Cav1.2 channels; Rab25 knockdown reduces both surface and intracellular Cav1.2 abundance through lysosomal and proteasomal degradation, decreases whole-cell CaV1.2 current, and inhibits pressure-induced vasoconstriction. immunoFRET microscopy, surface biotinylation, siRNA knockdown, patch-clamp electrophysiology, pressurized myography American journal of physiology. Cell physiology Medium 27076616
2010 α5β1-integrin engagement by fibronectin acutely enhances Cav1.2 current and forms a macromolecular complex with Cav1.2; co-association requires cell adhesion to fibronectin and Cav1.2 C-terminal residues Ser1901, Tyr2122, and two proline-rich domains; phosphorylation at Y2122 and/or S1901 and c-Src binding to PRDs mediate current potentiation. Co-immunoprecipitation, site-directed mutagenesis of Cav1.2, patch-clamp electrophysiology, confocal immunofluorescence American journal of physiology. Cell physiology Medium 21178109
2004 Smooth muscle-specific knockout of Cav1.2 (SMACKO) abolishes L-type calcium current, protein, and spontaneous contractile activity in the bladder; K+- and carbachol-induced contractions are reduced ~10-fold; Rho-kinase and Ca2+-release pathways cannot compensate for the absence of Cav1.2. CCh-induced contraction requires extracellular Ca2+ but not PLC or intracellular Ca2+ stores. Smooth muscle-specific conditional knockout mouse, electrophysiology, contractility assays, pharmacological dissection FASEB journal High 15132976
2009 KChIP2 directly interacts with the amino-terminus of CaV1.2 (confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation) and functionally modulates the cardiac L-type Ca2+ current; KChIP2 knockout mice show decreased ICa,L and compensatory transcriptional upregulation of the calcium channel β2 subunit (CACNB2). Co-immunoprecipitation, patch-clamp electrophysiology, gene-chip and real-time PCR in KChIP2(-/-) mice Channels (Austin, Tex.) Medium 19713767
2013 PKC-dependent activation of Cav1.2 channels selectively controls human TH2 lymphocyte Ca2+ entry and cytokine responses; Cav1.2 is selectively expressed and maintained in TH2 but not TH1 or TH9 cells; both nicardipine and Cav1.2-specific antisense oligonucleotides decrease Ca2+ and cytokine responses in TH2 cells. Flow cytometry, antisense oligonucleotide knockdown, PKC inhibition/activation, Ca2+ imaging, cytokine assays in primary human T cells The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology Medium 24365142
2016 Forebrain-specific conditional knockout of cacna1c in adult mice improved cognitive flexibility and strengthened synaptic plasticity, while embryonic deletion caused cognitive decline, impaired synaptic plasticity, reduced sociability, hyperactivity, and increased anxiety-like behavior, demonstrating a differential developmental vs adult role for Cav1.2. Conditional knockout (embryonic vs. adult timing using inducible Cre), synaptic plasticity recordings, behavioral phenotyping, chronic stress exposure Molecular psychiatry High 28696432
2016 Cacna1c deletion specifically in nucleus accumbens neurons increases susceptibility to social defeat stress; reduced Cacna1c expression in nucleus accumbens is causally associated with maladaptive outcomes after chronic social defeat. Viral Cre-mediated conditional knockout in nucleus accumbens of floxed Cacna1c mice, social interaction and female urine preference assays The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology Medium 28165117
2016 Cacna1c forebrain knockout mice exhibit enhanced death of young hippocampal neurons (without change in NPC proliferation) and deficits in brain BDNF levels; adult hippocampal Cre-mediated knockdown of Cav1.2 recapitulates the survival deficit. Forebrain-specific conditional knockout, BrdU/Ki67 labeling, TUNEL/survival assays, BDNF measurement, viral Cre knockdown in adults eNeuro Medium 27066530
2018 Cacna1c knockout specifically in serotonin (5-HT) neurons disrupts active-coping behavior in the forced swim test; this is rescued by blocking 5-HT1A receptors; Cacna1c knockout mice show enhanced Fos expression in caudal DR 5-HT neurons and enhanced response to a 5-HT1A antagonist in rostral DR neurons, indicating disrupted 5-HT neuron activation and 5-HT1A feedback inhibition. 5-HT neuron-specific conditional Cacna1c knockout (temporally controlled), forced swim test, c-Fos immunohistochemistry, pharmacological rescue with WAY-100635 Neuropharmacology Medium 30176250
2015 Loss of Cav1.2 in the auditory brainstem (targeted embryonic deletion) causes significant decreases in auditory nuclei volume and cell number; action potentials of lateral superior olive neurons are narrower than controls; the medial nucleus of the trapezoid body undergoes rapid cell loss between P0 and P4. Conditional knockout mouse, electrophysiology of auditory brainstem neurons, volumetric and cell-count analysis, auditory brainstem response recordings The Journal of biological chemistry Medium 26242732
2023 ANO1, CaV1.2, and IP3R co-assemble in a microdomain at or near the plasma membrane of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation and superresolution nanomicroscopy); this tripartite complex integrates stochastic Ca2+ release events and Ca2+ waves to sustain serotonin-induced arterial contraction. Co-immunoprecipitation, confocal and superresolution microscopy, smooth muscle-specific ANO1 ablation, pharmacological blockade of CaV1.2 and IP3R, Ca2+ imaging with GCaMP The Journal of general physiology Medium 37702787
2024 In layer III pyramidal cells of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, Cav1.2 (CACNA1C) is concentrated in dendritic spines near calcium-storing smooth ER, co-expressed with GRIN2B and KCNN3 (SK3); L-type calcium channel activation drives SK3-mediated inhibition of firing; both blockade and excessive activation of L-type channels reduce neuronal firing needed for working memory. Electron and light microscopy of macaque dPFC, pharmacological blockade and activation of L-type channels during unit recording, working memory behavioral tasks, transcriptomic profiling of human and macaque pyramidal cells JAMA psychiatry Medium 38776078
1991 The human CACNA1C gene (encoding the α1 subunit of the cardiac dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channel, CCHL1A1) was mapped to chromosome 12p12-pter by PCR analysis of somatic cell hybrids. PCR of human-rodent somatic cell hybrids with human-specific oligonucleotides Genomics Medium 1653763

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Stage 0 corpus · 100 papers · ranked by NIH iCite citations
Year Title Journal Citations PMID
2001 A beta2 adrenergic receptor signaling complex assembled with the Ca2+ channel Cav1.2. Science (New York, N.Y.) 441 11441182
2005 Role of hippocampal Cav1.2 Ca2+ channels in NMDA receptor-independent synaptic plasticity and spatial memory. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 357 16251435
2014 L-type CaV1.2 calcium channels: from in vitro findings to in vivo function. Physiological reviews 285 24382889
2012 CACNA1C (Cav1.2) in the pathophysiology of psychiatric disease. Progress in neurobiology 226 22705413
2011 BIN1 is reduced and Cav1.2 trafficking is impaired in human failing cardiomyocytes. Heart rhythm 136 22138472
2017 Cross-disorder risk gene CACNA1C differentially modulates susceptibility to psychiatric disorders during development and adulthood. Molecular psychiatry 125 28696432
2013 MIR137 gene and target gene CACNA1C of miR-137 contribute to schizophrenia susceptibility in Han Chinese. Schizophrenia research 123 24275578
2018 CACNA1C: Association With Psychiatric Disorders, Behavior, and Neurogenesis. Schizophrenia bulletin 119 29982775
2010 CaV1.2 beta-subunit coordinates CaMKII-triggered cardiomyocyte death and afterdepolarizations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106 20194790
2004 Ser1928 is a common site for Cav1.2 phosphorylation by protein kinase C isoforms. The Journal of biological chemistry 101 15509562
2005 Splicing for alternative structures of Cav1.2 Ca2+ channels in cardiac and smooth muscles. Cardiovascular research 100 16051206
2007 Protein kinase G phosphorylates Cav1.2 alpha1c and beta2 subunits. Circulation research 95 17626895
2004 Ca2+-binding protein-1 facilitates and forms a postsynaptic complex with Cav1.2 (L-type) Ca2+ channels. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 94 15140941
2010 Calcium influx through Cav1.2 is a proximal signal for pathological cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 92 21111744
2004 An essential role of Cav1.2 L-type calcium channel for urinary bladder function. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 89 15132976
2014 Long QT syndrome type 8: novel CACNA1C mutations causing QT prolongation and variant phenotypes. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 79 24728418
2003 Apocalmodulin and Ca2+ calmodulin-binding sites on the CaV1.2 channel. Biophysical journal 78 12944271
2009 CaV1.2 channelopathies: from arrhythmias to autism, bipolar disorder, and immunodeficiency. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology 77 19916019
2012 CaV1.2 signaling complexes in the heart. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 73 23266596
2009 Smooth muscle cell alpha2delta-1 subunits are essential for vasoregulation by CaV1.2 channels. Circulation research 69 19797702
2014 Basal and β-adrenergic regulation of the cardiac calcium channel CaV1.2 requires phosphorylation of serine 1700. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 66 25368181
2009 Developmental control of CaV1.2 L-type calcium channel splicing by Fox proteins. Molecular and cellular biology 66 19564422
2010 Mitochondria control functional CaV1.2 expression in smooth muscle cells of cerebral arteries. Circulation research 62 20616314
2016 Phosphorylation of Cav1.2 on S1928 uncouples the L-type Ca2+ channel from the β2 adrenergic receptor. The EMBO journal 61 27103070
2013 Calcium influx through L-type CaV1.2 Ca2+ channels regulates mandibular development. The Journal of clinical investigation 61 23549079
2018 Postsynaptic localization and regulation of AMPA receptors and Cav1.2 by β2 adrenergic receptor/PKA and Ca2+/CaMKII signaling. The EMBO journal 57 30249603
2003 Enhanced expression of L-type Cav1.3 calcium channels in murine embryonic hearts from Cav1.2-deficient mice. The Journal of biological chemistry 57 12900400
2015 Calcium Signaling Pathway Genes RUNX2 and CACNA1C Are Associated With Calcific Aortic Valve Disease. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 56 26553695
2015 MiR-103 inhibits osteoblast proliferation mainly through suppressing Cav1.2 expression in simulated microgravity. Bone 53 25868801
2013 CACNA1C, schizophrenia and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 53 24262814
2019 Cardiac CaV1.2 channels require β subunits for β-adrenergic-mediated modulation but not trafficking. The Journal of clinical investigation 52 30422117
2019 TDP-43 regulates early-phase insulin secretion via CaV1.2-mediated exocytosis in islets. The Journal of clinical investigation 52 31355778
2016 Cacna1c in the Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Depression-Related Behaviors via REDD1. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 52 27922594
2012 Distinct localization and modulation of Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 L-type Ca2+ channels in mouse sinoatrial node. The Journal of physiology 52 23045342
2009 PIKfyve regulates CaV1.2 degradation and prevents excitotoxic cell death. The Journal of cell biology 52 19841139
2016 The Neuropsychiatric Disease-Associated Gene cacna1c Mediates Survival of Young Hippocampal Neurons. eNeuro 51 27066530
2009 CACNA1C gene polymorphisms, cardiovascular disease outcomes, and treatment response. Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics 51 20031608
2010 Molecular mechanisms, and selective pharmacological rescue, of Rem-inhibited CaV1.2 channels in heart. Circulation research 50 20616312
2018 Cacna1c haploinsufficiency leads to pro-social 50-kHz ultrasonic communication deficits in rats. Disease models & mechanisms 47 29739816
2016 Cav1.2 and Cav1.3 L-type calcium channels independently control short- and long-term sensitization to pain. The Journal of physiology 46 27231046
2012 CaV1.2 sparklets in heart and vascular smooth muscle. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 46 23220157
2013 CaV1.2 calcium channel expression in reactive astrocytes is associated with the formation of amyloid-β plaques in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 45 23948887
2010 Analysis of Cav1.2 and ryanodine receptor clusters in rat ventricular myocytes. Biophysical journal 43 21156134
2020 Disruption of Cav1.2-mediated signaling is a pathway for ketamine-induced pathology. Nature communications 42 32859919
2019 Estrogen receptor α promotes Cav1.2 ubiquitination and degradation in neuronal cells and in APP/PS1 mice. Aging cell 40 31012223
2015 CaV1.2/CaV3.x channels mediate divergent vasomotor responses in human cerebral arteries. The Journal of general physiology 40 25918359
2017 Increased Ca2+ signaling through CaV1.2 promotes bone formation and prevents estrogen deficiency-induced bone loss. JCI insight 39 29202453
2016 CACNA1C hypermethylation is associated with bipolar disorder. Translational psychiatry 39 27271857
2016 Common variants in CACNA1C and MDD susceptibility: A comprehensive meta-analysis. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 36 27260792
2011 ANK3, CACNA1C and ZNF804A gene variants in bipolar disorders and psychosis subphenotype. The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry 36 21767209
2013 Further evidence for genetic association of CACNA1C and schizophrenia: new risk loci in a Han Chinese population and a meta-analysis. Schizophrenia research 35 24355530
2015 Genetic analysis of SNPs in CACNA1C and ANK3 gene with schizophrenia: A comprehensive meta-analysis. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics 33 26227746
2013 Protein kinase C-dependent activation of CaV1.2 channels selectively controls human TH2-lymphocyte functions. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 33 24365142
2008 CaV1.2 rather than CaV1.3 is coupled to glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in INS-1 832/13 cells. Journal of molecular endocrinology 33 18562674
2006 Coexpression of voltage-dependent calcium channels Cav1.2, 2.1a, and 2.1b in vascular myocytes. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 33 16505211
2020 Cav1.2 channelopathies causing autism: new hallmarks on Timothy syndrome. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology 31 32621084
2017 Decreased Nucleus Accumbens Expression of Psychiatric Disorder Risk Gene Cacna1c Promotes Susceptibility to Social Stress. The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology 31 28165117
2012 Cav1.3 and Cav1.2 channels of adrenal chromaffin cells: emerging views on cAMP/cGMP-mediated phosphorylation and role in pacemaking. Biochimica et biophysica acta 31 23159773
2024 Key Roles of CACNA1C/Cav1.2 and CALB1/Calbindin in Prefrontal Neurons Altered in Cognitive Disorders. JAMA psychiatry 30 38776078
2019 CACNA1C (rs1006737) may be a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia: An updated meta-analysis. Brain and behavior 29 31033230
2018 β-Subunit of the voltage-gated Ca2+ channel Cav1.2 drives signaling to the nucleus via H-Ras. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 29 30150369
2015 Homer proteins mediate the interaction between STIM1 and Cav1.2 channels. Biochimica et biophysica acta 29 25712868
2007 Regulation of Cav1.2 current: interaction with intracellular molecules. Journal of pharmacological sciences 29 17409629
2019 miR-221 and -222 target CACNA1C and KCNJ5 leading to altered cardiac ion channel expression and current density. Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 28 31312877
2010 Spatial association of the Cav1.2 calcium channel with α5β1-integrin. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 28 21178109
2021 Inhibiting microRNA-155 attenuates atrial fibrillation by targeting CACNA1C. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 26 33636223
2015 Cacna1c (Cav1.2) Modulates Electroencephalographic Rhythm and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Recovery. Sleep 26 25845695
2013 State-dependent signaling by Cav1.2 regulates hair follicle stem cell function. Genes & development 26 23752588
2023 CACNA1C-Related Channelopathies. Handbook of experimental pharmacology 25 36598608
1991 Assignment of the human gene for the alpha 1 subunit of the cardiac DHP-sensitive Ca2+ channel (CCHL1A1) to chromosome 12p12-pter. Genomics 25 1653763
2020 Dopamine D1R-neuron cacna1c deficiency: a new model of extinction therapy-resistant post-traumatic stress. Molecular psychiatry 24 32332995
2005 Subtype switching of L-Type Ca 2+ channel from Cav1.3 to Cav1.2 in embryonic murine ventricle. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 22 16247219
2023 ANO1, CaV1.2, and IP3R form a localized unit of EC-coupling in mouse pulmonary arterial smooth muscle. The Journal of general physiology 21 37702787
2022 CACNA1C-AS2 inhibits cell proliferation and suppresses cell migration and invasion via targeting FBXO45 and PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathways in glioma. Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death 21 36038736
2016 NFAT5-mediated CACNA1C expression is critical for cardiac electrophysiological development and maturation. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) 21 27368804
2012 ANK3 and CACNA1C--missing genetic link for bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder in two German case-control samples. Journal of psychiatric research 21 22647524
2022 Bipolar-associated miR-499-5p controls neuroplasticity by downregulating the Cav1.2 subunit CACNB2. EMBO reports 20 35969184
2015 CACNA1C gene and schizophrenia: a case-control and pharmacogenetic study. Psychiatric genetics 20 26049408
2024 CardioDPi: An explainable deep-learning model for identifying cardiotoxic chemicals targeting hERG, Cav1.2, and Nav1.5 channels. Journal of hazardous materials 19 38805819
2022 CaV1.2 channelopathic mutations evoke diverse pathophysiological mechanisms. The Journal of general physiology 19 36167061
2019 Genetic Variation in the Psychiatric Risk Gene CACNA1C Modulates Reversal Learning Across Species. Schizophrenia bulletin 19 30304534
2018 Cav1.2 L-type calcium channels regulate stress coping behavior via serotonin neurons. Neuropharmacology 19 30176250
2017 Genes Involved in Neurodevelopment, Neuroplasticity, and Bipolar Disorder: CACNA1C, CHRNA1, and MAPK1. Neuropsychobiology 19 28494468
2015 L-type Calcium Channel Cav1.2 Is Required for Maintenance of Auditory Brainstem Nuclei. The Journal of biological chemistry 19 26242732
2020 Vasorelaxing Activity of R-(-)-3'-Hydroxy-2,4,5-trimethoxydalbergiquinol from Dalbergia tonkinensis: Involvement of Smooth Muscle CaV1.2 Channels. Planta medica 18 31994147
2009 Silencing of Cav1.2 gene in neonatal cardiomyocytes by lentiviral delivered shRNA. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 18 19422800
2023 Regulation of Cardiac Cav1.2 Channels by Calmodulin. International journal of molecular sciences 17 37047381
2022 Antenatal Dexamethasone Exposure Impairs Vascular Contractile Functions via Upregulating IP3 Receptor 1 and Cav1.2 in Adult Male Offspring. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 17 35762340
2021 Effects of clozapine and risperidone antipsychotic drugs on the expression of CACNA1C and behavioral changes in rat 'Ketamine model of schizophrenia. Neuroscience letters 17 34801642
2019 CACNA1C polymorphism and brain cortical structure in bipolar disorder. Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN 17 31829002
2017 A mutation in the CACNA1C gene leads to early repolarization syndrome with incomplete penetrance: A Chinese family study. PloS one 17 28493952
2016 Resistance to pathologic cardiac hypertrophy and reduced expression of CaV1.2 in Trpc3-depleted mice. Molecular and cellular biochemistry 17 27522668
2015 CACNA1C polymorphism and altered phosphorylation of tau in bipolar disorder. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 17 26541689
2022 Role of CACNA1C in Brugada syndrome: Prevalence and phenotype of probands referred for genetic testing. Heart rhythm 16 34999275
2022 Huntington-associated protein 1 inhibition contributes to neuropathic pain by suppressing Cav1.2 activity and attenuating inflammation. Pain 16 36508175
2009 Transcriptional and electrophysiological consequences of KChIP2-mediated regulation of CaV1.2. Channels (Austin, Tex.) 16 19713767
2020 The genome-wide supported CACNA1C gene polymorphisms and the risk of schizophrenia: an updated meta-analysis. BMC medical genetics 15 32770953
2019 Dysfunctional Cav1.2 channel in Timothy syndrome, from cell to bedside. Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) 15 31324123
2016 Rab25 influences functional Cav1.2 channel surface expression in arterial smooth muscle cells. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology 15 27076616
2015 Evaluating the association between CACNA1C rs1006737 and schizophrenia risk: A meta-analysis. Asia-Pacific psychiatry : official journal of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists 15 25588813

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