| 2001 |
RYR2 mutations (in N-terminal, central, and C-terminal regions) cause ARVD2/CPVT; RyR2 encodes the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release channel that mediates Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release during excitation-contraction coupling. |
Genomic structure elucidation, mutation identification by sequencing in affected families, cosegregation analysis |
Human molecular genetics |
High |
11157710 11159936
|
| 2005 |
Disease-linked RyR2 mutations (from N-terminal, central, and C-terminal regions) enhance the sensitivity of the channel to luminal (but not cytosolic) Ca2+ activation and increase the propensity for store overload-induced Ca2+ release (SOICR); no alteration in FKBP12.6-RyR2 interaction was detected. |
Stable inducible HEK293 cell lines expressing mutant RyR2, single-channel analysis, [3H]ryanodine binding, single-cell Ca2+ imaging in HL-1 cardiac cells |
Circulation research |
High |
16239587
|
| 2002 |
VTSIP-associated RyR2 point mutations increase, while ARVD2-associated mutations decrease, binding of RyR2 to its gating protein FKBP12.6, as measured by quantitative yeast two-hybrid assay. |
Quantitative yeast two-hybrid assay |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
12459180
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| 2010 |
In the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, RyR2 is S-nitrosylated and depleted of calstabin2 (FKBP12.6), resulting in leaky RyR2 channels and diastolic SR Ca2+ leak that triggers cardiac arrhythmias; stabilizing the RyR2-calstabin2 complex with S107 inhibited SR Ca2+ leak and prevented arrhythmias in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, S-nitrosylation assay, confocal Ca2+ imaging, in vivo arrhythmia monitoring in mdx mice |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
20080623
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| 2012 |
CaMKII phosphorylation of RyR2 at S2814 (but not PKA phosphorylation at S2808) is increased in non-ischemic heart failure; knock-in mice with inactivated S2814 (S2814A) are protected from pressure-overload heart failure and exhibit reduced SR Ca2+ leak. |
Knock-in mouse model (S2814A), transverse aortic constriction, confocal Ca2+ imaging, Western blotting |
Circulation research |
High |
22511749
|
| 2011 |
CaMKII phosphorylation of RyR2 at S2814 (not S2808) is required for SR Ca2+ leak, delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs), and atrial fibrillation induction in FKBP12.6-knockout mice; genetic inhibition of S2814 phosphorylation (S2814A knock-in) reduces Ca2+ spark frequency and prevents AF. |
Double knock-in mouse models (FKBP12.6-/-:S2814A and FKBP12.6-/-:S2808A), confocal Ca2+ imaging, patch clamp, intracardiac pacing |
Circulation research |
High |
22158709
|
| 2003 |
CaM inhibits RyR2 at all Ca2+ concentrations (100 nM–1 mM), increasing the Ca2+ EC50 of RyR2 7–10-fold; C-terminal Ca2+-binding sites on CaM determine the inhibitory effect, and apoCaM (Ca2+-binding deficient mutant) activates RyR2 and acts as a competitive inhibitor of Ca2+CaM regulation. |
Biochemical assay of RyR2 activity with Ca2+-insensitive CaM mutants, [3H]ryanodine binding |
Biochemistry |
High |
12614169
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| 2013 |
In situ, CaM binds RyR2 with high affinity (Kd ~10–20 nM); >90% of Z-line CaM in cardiomyocytes is RyR2-bound; reduced CaM-RyR2 affinity (~3-fold increase in Kd) occurs in post-MI rat heart failure; reduced CaM binding in RyR2(ADA/+) knock-in mice increases Ca2+ wave production and stress-induced ventricular arrhythmia. |
FRET in permeabilized cardiomyocytes, RyR2(ADA/+) knock-in mouse model, post-MI rat heart failure model |
Circulation research |
High |
24186966
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| 2016 |
CaMKII phosphorylation of RyR2 at S2814 promotes a pathological RyR2 conformational state (increased DPc10 access, reduced CaM affinity, elevated Ca2+ leak); dantrolene restores CaM affinity, reduces DPc10 access, and suppresses SR Ca2+ leak and ventricular tachycardia in RyR2-S2814D mice. |
Phosphomimetic/phosphoablative knock-in mice (S2814D/S2814A), DPc10 peptide conformational assay, FRET-based CaM affinity measurement, confocal Ca2+ imaging, in vivo arrhythmia assessment |
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology |
High |
27318036
|
| 2015 |
CaMKIIδ-dependent phosphorylation of RyR2-S2814 mediates SR Ca2+ leak in response to β-adrenergic stimulation; CaMKIIδ-KO and S2814A knock-in mice are protected from cardiomyopathy induced by chronic isoproterenol, without blocking hypertrophy. |
CaMKIIδ-KO and S2814A knock-in mice, Langendorff heart perfusion, confocal Ca2+ imaging, chronic isoproterenol treatment |
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology |
High |
26080362
|
| 2019 |
CaM binds to four CaM-binding domains (CaMBD1a, -1b, -2, -3) in RyR2 in a Ca2+-dependent manner; the CaM C-domain anchors to CaMBD2 (essentially Ca2+-saturated at rest), while the CaM N-domain dynamically senses Ca2+ in the physiological range when complexed with CaMBD2 or CaMBD3. |
Fluorescence anisotropy with TAMRA-labeled CaMBD peptides, Ca2+ titrations, isolated CaM domain binding experiments |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
30530841
|
| 2019 |
Phosphorylation of human RyR2 at S2808 or S2814 is necessary and sufficient for CaM inhibitory activity on RyR2; CaM (100 nM) inhibits RyR2 from failing human hearts (~50%) but has no effect on RyR2 from healthy human hearts, a difference attributable to phosphorylation state. |
Artificial lipid bilayer single-channel recording, FRET (donor-FKBP12.6/acceptor-CaM), Ca2+ spark measurements in phosphomimetic/phosphoablated RyR2 knock-in cardiomyocytes |
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology |
High |
30928430
|
| 2020 |
Ca2+-CaM dependent inactivation of RyR2 is a major determinant of Ca2+ alternans; CaM gain-of-function (CaM-M37Q) promotes and CaM loss-of-function (CaM-1-4) suppresses Ca2+ alternans in intact working mouse hearts; PKA phosphorylation of RyR2 at S2030 modulates CaM-dependent inactivation and Ca2+ alternans. |
In vivo adenoviral delivery of CaM variants into mouse myocardium, confocal Ca2+ imaging in Langendorff-perfused hearts, numerical modeling |
Circulation research |
High |
33375811
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| 2022 |
PKA phosphorylation of RyR2 at S2030 governs Ca2+ release termination threshold via CaM-dependent inactivation; S2030L mutation abolishes CaM-wild-type and PKA effects on termination but preserves CaMKII effects, placing S2030 within the CaM-dependent inactivation pathway. |
ER Ca2+ imaging in HEK293 cells, S2030L knock-in mouse model, confocal Ca2+ imaging, pharmacological CaMKII/PKA inhibition |
Circulation research |
High |
36583384
|
| 2020 |
RyR2 channel inhibition (not solely sodium channel block) is the principal mechanism of flecainide's antiarrhythmic action in CPVT; N-methylated flecainide analogues that lose RyR2 inhibitory potency (while retaining sodium channel block) fail to suppress CPVT arrhythmias in Casq2-/- mice. |
Synthesis of N-methylated flecainide analogues, lipid bilayer RyR2 single-channel recordings, HEK293 sodium channel assays, membrane-permeabilized and voltage-clamped Casq2-/- cardiomyocytes, in vivo catecholamine challenge |
Circulation research |
High |
33297863
|
| 2013 |
The CPVT-associated RyR2 G230C N-terminal mutation enhances SOICR propensity by sensitizing the channel to both luminal and cytosolic Ca2+ activation, and decreases thermal stability of the N-terminal domain (residues 1–547) of RyR2. |
Stable inducible HEK293 cell lines, single-cell Ca2+ imaging (SOICR assay), single-channel recordings, [3H]ryanodine binding, thermal stability assay of recombinant N-terminal fragment |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
23746327
|
| 2015 |
RyR2 in pancreatic β cells regulates insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis; leaky RyR2 channels (via oxidation and S-nitrosylation) cause ER stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and decreased insulin release in CPVT mice and diabetic human islets. |
Transgenic CPVT RyR2 mice, islet isolation and Ca2+ imaging, ER stress assays, mitochondrial function assays, pharmacological Ca2+ leak inhibition |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
25844899
|
| 2004 |
Inhibiting RyR2 in pancreatic β cells markedly increases apoptosis via a caspase-3-independent, calpain-10-dependent death pathway; RyR2 activity suppresses calpain-10-mediated apoptosis in β cells. |
Pharmacological inhibition (ryanodine), pharmacological and genetic inhibition of calpain-10 in human and mouse β cells, apoptosis assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
15044459
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| 2016 |
RyR2 Ca2+ release in cardiomyocytes specifically promotes mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake and glucose oxidation via pyruvate dehydrogenase activation; 50% reduction in Ryr2 protein (haploinsufficiency) decreases mitochondrial Ca2+ signals and impairs glucose oxidation without affecting cardiac contraction. |
Inducible heart-specific Ryr2 haploinsufficient mice (cRyr2Δ50), confocal Ca2+ imaging, metabolic flux analysis, metabolomics, proteomics, transcriptomics |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
27621312
|
| 2022 |
ERp44 associates with RyR2 via intraluminal cysteine 4806 in a redox-sensitive manner; Ero1α-mediated SR oxidation causes ERp44 dissociation from the RyR2 complex, increasing RyR2 Ca2+ channel activity and promoting proarrhythmic spontaneous Ca2+ release. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, site-directed mutagenesis (C4806), molecular dynamics simulation, genetic Ero1α overexpression/knockdown, intra-SR ROS biosensor (ERroGFP), pharmacological inhibition (EN460), rat TAB model |
Circulation research |
High |
35086342
|
| 2019 |
Junctophilin proteins (JPH3/JPH4) tether a Cav1.3-RyR2-KCa3.1 tripartite complex at the plasma membrane-ER junction in hippocampal CA1 neurons; disruption of this complex (by JPH3/4 shRNA or antibody infusion) dissociates Cav1.3-RyR2-KCa3.1 and reduces the slow AHP current. |
dSTORM super-resolution microscopy, FRET microscopy, shRNA knockdown, antibody infusion, patch clamp electrophysiology in CA1 neurons |
Cell reports |
High |
31461656
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| 2021 |
RyR2 physically interacts with Cx43 (<40 nm proximity by PLA); RyR activation and intracellular Ca2+ elevation together are necessary to open Cx43 hemichannels at diastolic membrane potential; a RyR-mimicking peptide (RyRHCIp) inhibits RyR/Ca2+-triggered HC activation. |
Proximity ligation assay, co-immunoprecipitation, whole-cell patch clamp, molecular modelling, Ca2+ clamp experiments |
Cardiovascular research |
High |
31841141
|
| 2020 |
Augmented RyR2 activity (pharmacological or genetic CPVT mutation) increases mitochondrial ROS emission via altered SR-mitochondrial Ca2+ transfer; mito-ROS in turn oxidizes RyR2, further amplifying proarrhythmic SR Ca2+ release in a positive feedback cycle (leak begets leak); dominant-negative MCU abrogates this effect. |
Spatially restricted genetic ROS probes, mitochondrial Ca2+ probe (mtRCamp1h), dominant-negative MCU expression, CPVT mouse ventricular myocytes, pharmacological ROS scavenging |
Basic research in cardiology |
High |
32444920
|
| 2020 |
A single RyR2 point mutation E4872Q that reduces RyR2 open time prevents neuronal hyperexcitability, memory impairment, dendritic spine loss, and neuronal cell death in 5xFAD Alzheimer's disease mice; the mechanism involves upregulation of hippocampal CA1 A-type K+ current. |
RyR2-E4872Q knock-in mouse crossed with 5xFAD, behavioral tests, patch clamp (A-type K+ current), pharmacological treatment (R-carvedilol) |
Cell reports |
High |
32966798
|
| 2016 |
The leaky RyR2-R176Q gain-of-function mutation in neurons selectively strengthens excitatory (but not inhibitory) synapses and lowers the threshold for spreading depolarization in the dorsal medulla, leading to cardiorespiratory collapse; this links neuronal RyR2 Ca2+ dysregulation to brainstem spreading depolarization as a mechanism of sudden death. |
RyR2-R176Q knock-in mouse model (RQ/+), in vitro electrophysiology (excitatory/inhibitory synapse recordings), spreading depolarization assay, in vivo EEG/ECG monitoring |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
27482086
|
| 2016 |
A RyR2 loss-of-function mutation (I4855M) in the inner vestibule of the pore inhibits caffeine-induced Ca2+ release and exerts a dominant-negative effect on wild-type RyR2 when co-expressed in HEK293 cells. |
HEK293 cell Ca2+ release assay, homology modelling of RyR2 pore region, co-expression studies |
Journal of electrocardiology |
Medium |
27646203
|
| 2021 |
Two additional RyR2 loss-of-function mutations (E4146K and G4935R) markedly suppress cytosolic and luminal Ca2+ activation of single RyR2 channels; G4935R exerts a dominant-negative effect on wild-type RyR2; these LOF mutations are associated with a distinct arrhythmia syndrome (CRDS) different from CPVT. |
HEK293 cell SOICR assay, [3H]ryanodine binding, single-channel recordings in lipid bilayers, co-expression dominant-negative studies |
Bioscience reports |
High |
33825858
|
| 2020 |
Integrin β1D protein directly stabilizes RyR2 function by decreasing RyR2 open probability, mean open time, and increasing mean close time (lipid bilayer patch clamp); loss of integrin β1D in ARVC leads to RyR2-S2030 hyperphosphorylation and aberrant Ca2+ handling causing catecholamine-sensitive polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. |
Purified integrin β1D protein + lipid bilayer patch clamp single-channel recordings, cardiac-specific β1D KO mouse model, Western blotting, confocal Ca2+ imaging |
Circulation |
High |
32122157
|
| 2014 |
Doxorubicin and its metabolite doxorubicinol bind to and activate single RyR2 channels, then cause irreversible inhibition via thiol oxidation (reducing thiol groups on RyR2); both effects are reversed/prevented by the reducing agent DTT, identifying oxidation of RyR2 cysteines as the mechanism of secondary inhibition. |
Single RyR2 channel recordings, thiol group quantification, SR vesicle Ca2+ uptake assay, drug washout experiments |
Molecular pharmacology |
High |
25106424
|
| 2019 |
All 14 arrhythmogenic CaM mutations tested diminish CaM-dependent inhibition of RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release and increase SOICR; many CaM mutations fail to inhibit or even facilitate RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release at elevated cytosolic Ca2+, and alter Ca2+-dependency of CaM binding to the RyR2 CaM-binding domain. |
HEK293 cells expressing RyR2 with arrhythmogenic CaM mutations, SOICR Ca2+ imaging, permeabilized cell Ca2+ release assay, CaM-binding domain interaction studies |
The FEBS journal |
High |
31230402
|
| 2014 |
Human RyR2 displays cytoplasmic Ca2+ activation (Ka ~4 µM) inhibited by cytoplasmic Mg2+ (Ki ~10 µM); luminal Ca2+ activation (Ka ~35 µM) is similar to sheep but distinct from rat; physiological Mg2+ (1 mM) raises Ka for cytoplasmic Ca2+ to ~30 µM in human and sheep RyR2. |
Artificial lipid bilayer single-channel recordings of native RyR2 from healthy and failing human, sheep, and rat hearts |
The Journal of general physiology |
High |
25156119
|
| 2014 |
RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release is necessary and sufficient for activation of SK2 (small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+) channels in atrial cardiomyocytes; SK2 and RyR2 co-immunoprecipitate from native cardiac tissue, indicating a physical interaction. |
Whole-cell patch clamp, co-immunoprecipitation, lentiviral shRNA knockdown of RyR2, pharmacological RyR2 activation/inhibition, confocal Ca2+ imaging |
PloS one |
Medium |
24747296
|
| 2022 |
Cytosolic Ca2+-dependent activity of RyR2 at resting Ca2+ (Arest) is the primary determinant of the ER luminal Ca2+ threshold for spontaneous Ca2+ release; CPVT mutations increase Arest and lower the threshold [Ca2+]ER in a manner that correlates with age of disease onset in patients. |
HEK293 cell expression of WT and CPVT-mutant RYR2, fluorescent Ca2+ indicators for cytosolic and ER Ca2+, in silico modeling |
The Journal of general physiology |
High |
35446340
|
| 2023 |
RyR2 depletion in cardiomyocytes activates ER stress pathways (including ATF4 upregulation) that perturb cardiomyocyte maturation; tauroursodeoxycholic acid (ER stress alleviator) partially rescues these defects; ATF4 overexpression recapitulates RyR2-depletion phenotype, with protein biosynthesis genes as major ATF4 targets. |
Cas9/AAV9 somatic RYR2 knockout in cardiomyocytes, genetic mosaic analysis, RNA-Seq, bioChIP-Seq, tauroursodeoxycholic acid treatment, ATF4 overexpression |
Cardiovascular research |
High |
35576474
|
| 2021 |
RyR2-mediated Ca2+ release in hippocampal neurons contributes to nuclear Ca2+ signals generated by neuronal activity; RyR-mediated Ca2+ release is required for CREB phosphorylation, Npas4 expression, and RyR2 upregulation in response to gabazine or high-frequency stimulation. |
Confocal Ca2+ imaging in primary hippocampal neurons, pharmacological RyR inhibition with ryanodine, glutamate uncaging, high-frequency field stimulation, Western blot |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
34389673
|
| 2023 |
RyR2 loss-of-function mutation I4855M increases Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release gain, abolishes SOICR, elevates SR Ca2+ load, prolongs Ca2+ transient decay, and elevates end-diastolic Ca2+ upon rapid pacing, providing a mechanism for CRDS-associated LVNC. |
I4855M knock-in mouse model, echocardiography, confocal Ca2+ imaging, immunoblotting, histological analysis |
Circulation research |
High |
37325910
|
| 2020 |
In ARVC hearts, integrin β1D deficiency leads to RyR2-S2030 hyperphosphorylation through a DSP-loss → ERK1/2-fibronectin-ubiquitin/lysosome pathway, causing RyR2 dysfunction and catecholamine-sensitive ventricular tachycardia. |
Protein mass spectrometry of ARVC hearts, cardiac-specific β1D KO mouse, Western blotting, confocal Ca2+ imaging |
Circulation |
Medium |
32122157
|
| 2019 |
KN93, widely used as a CaMKII inhibitor, directly binds CaM and disrupts high-affinity CaM-NaV1.5 interaction and alters NaV1.5 channel function; KN93 also increases RyR2 Ca2+ release in cardiomyocytes independently of CaMKII, by interfering with CaM binding to RyR2. |
X-ray crystallography (CaM-KN93 structure), NMR spectroscopy, stopped-flow kinetics, NaV1.5 functional assay, confocal Ca2+ imaging in cardiomyocytes |
Cell calcium |
High |
31401388
|
| 2020 |
CD38 expression on CD8+ T cells elevates intracellular Ca2+ through RyR2 Ca2+ channel activation, promoting chronic AKT activation and TCF1 loss leading to terminal CD8+ T cell exhaustion; RyR2 knockdown in CD8+ T cells maintains TCF1 levels and improves anti-tumor responses and responsiveness to anti-PD1 therapy. |
Genetic ablation of CD38, RyR2 knockdown in CD8+ T cells, Ca2+ imaging, AKT inhibition, single-cell RNA sequencing, in vivo tumor models |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
38451948
|
| 2022 |
RyR2 deletion from INS-1 β cells (RyR2KO) reduces IRBIT protein levels, increases IP3R activity, reduces insulin content, impairs insulin secretion, reduces INS1 and INS2 mRNA, and increases nuclear AHCY with increased exonic DNA methylation; RyR2 and IRBIT co-regulate insulin gene expression and secretion. |
CRISPR knockout of RyR2 in INS-1 cells, IRBIT KO, insulin secretion assays, RT-PCR, DNA methylation analysis, exploratory proteomics |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
35562179
|
| 2018 |
RyR2-P2328S mutation from arrhythmic RyR2S/S mice shifts Ca2+ activation 10-fold (AC50 from ~3.5 µM to ~320 nM) and dramatically shifts Ca2+ inactivation threshold >1000-fold (IC50 from ~50 mM to ≤7 µM, within systolic Ca2+ range), without changes in phosphorylation or FKBP12 binding. |
Artificial lipid bilayer single-channel recordings from RyR2S/S mouse hearts, Western blotting for phosphorylation and FKBP binding |
Journal of cell science |
High |
31028179
|
| 2022 |
RyR2 clusters in the periphery of live ventricular myocytes show irregular distribution and dynamic movement (detected by GFP-tagged RyR2 knock-in), unlike the ordered arrays in the interior; peripheral cluster movement is modulated by external Ca2+ and RyR2 activators/inhibitors, and peripheral clusters generate Ca2+ release similar to interior clusters. |
GFP-RyR2 knock-in mouse model, confocal imaging, TIRF microscopy, simultaneous Ca2+/GFP imaging in live ventricular myocytes and intact hearts |
Biophysical journal |
High |
29401432
|