| 2007 |
TNNI3K exhibits dual-specificity kinase activity (Tyr and Ser/Thr), forms dimers or oligomers required for activation, the C-terminal Ser-rich domain negatively regulates kinase activity, and the N-terminal ANK domain is necessary for autophosphorylation. |
In vitro kinase assay, domain deletion/mutagenesis analysis |
General physiology and biophysics |
Medium |
17660584
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| 2007 |
Antioxidant protein 1 (AOP-1) interacts with the ANK motif of TNNI3K (identified by yeast two-hybrid, confirmed by in vitro binding assay and co-expression), co-localizes with TNNI3K, and inhibits TNNI3K kinase activity in vitro. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, in vitro binding assay, co-immunoprecipitation, confocal immunofluorescence, in vitro kinase assay |
Biochemistry. Biokhimiia |
Medium |
18205602
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| 2007 |
MEF2C binds to the TNNI3K/CARK promoter at a conserved MEF2 site that is the most critical cis-acting element for cardiac-specific transcription; MEF2C antisense reduces CARK transcript levels. |
Promoter truncation/mutational analysis, EMSA (supershift), co-transfection assays |
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine |
Medium |
18021318
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| 2008 |
TNNI3K overexpression promotes differentiation of P19CL6 cells into cardiomyocytes, suppresses p38/JNK-mediated apoptosis (reduced annexin-V+ cells, Bax, and p38/JNK phosphorylation), and improves cardiac function in a mouse myocardial infarction model. |
Cell transfection/overexpression, flow cytometry (apoptosis), Western blot (p38/JNK phosphorylation), intramyocardial cell injection in MI mouse model |
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology |
Medium |
18552163
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| 2009 |
TNNI3K expression accelerates cardiac dysfunction in the Calsequestrin transgenic mouse model of cardiomyopathy and in a pressure-overload model; high TNNI3K transcript levels correlate with increased disease susceptibility, while a splice-activating intronic SNP causes nonsense-mediated decay and loss of detectable protein in resistant strains. |
Transgenic mouse models (TNNI3K/Csq double transgenic, pressure overload), genetic mapping, RT-PCR, Western blot |
PLoS genetics |
High |
19763165
|
| 2012 |
TNNI3K is a dual-function kinase (Tyr and Ser/Thr activity) in vivo; its kinase activity (not merely overexpression) drives cardiac remodeling including sarcomere length reduction and titin isoform changes, as shown by kinase-dead transgenic mice lacking these effects; TNNI3K protein localizes to the sarcomere Z disc. |
Transgenic mice (wild-type vs. kinase-dead TNNI3K), in vitro kinase assay, proteomics, immunofluorescence/immunostaining, pressure-overload model |
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology |
High |
23085512
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| 2012 |
Tnni3k mRNA level positively correlates with PR interval duration in mice; overexpression of hTNNI3K in DBA/2J mice prolongs the PR interval, identifying Tnni3k as a modulator of atrio-ventricular conduction. |
Expression QTL mapping, ECG measurements in congenic and transgenic mouse lines, correlation analysis of mRNA and PR interval |
PLoS genetics |
High |
23236294
|
| 2013 |
TNNI3K phosphorylates cardiac troponin I (cTnI) at Ser43 and Thr143 in vitro and in adult rat cardiomyocytes (not at Ser23/24 or Ser44); TNNI3K overexpression increases and knockdown decreases cTnI phosphorylation at these sites; increased TNNI3K/cTnI interaction enhances cardiomyocyte contraction. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro kinase assay, adult rat cardiomyocyte overexpression/knockdown, cardiomyocyte contraction measurements |
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research |
Medium |
23369981
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| 2013 |
TNNI3K physically interacts with cTnI (confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation and yeast two-hybrid), induces cTnI phosphorylation at Ser22/Ser23 in vivo and in vitro, and promotes concentric cardiac hypertrophy with enhanced cardiac function in transgenic mice; phosphoamino acid analysis confirmed TNNI3K is a protein-tyrosine kinase. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, in vivo and in vitro phosphorylation assays, transgenic mouse echocardiography |
PloS one |
Medium |
23472207
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| 2013 |
TNNI3K promotes ischemia/reperfusion injury through increased mitochondrial superoxide production, impaired mitochondrial function, and p38 MAPK activation; pharmacologic TNNI3K inhibition reduces mitochondrial superoxide, p38 activation, and infarct size when delivered at reperfusion. |
Small-molecule inhibitor treatment in mouse I/R model, mitochondrial superoxide measurement, p38 MAPK phosphorylation assay, infarct size measurement, echocardiography |
Science translational medicine |
High |
24132636
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| 2014 |
A missense mutation G526D in the TNNI3K kinase domain causes abnormal peptide aggregation in vitro; in silico docking predicts altered but energetically favorable dimerization; ventricular tissue from a carrier shows reduced TNNI3K protein staining with nuclear/sarcoplasmic inclusions, implicating dominant-negative loss-of-function. |
In vitro aggregation assay, in silico docking, immunohistochemistry of human ventricular tissue |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
24925317
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| 2015 |
X-ray crystal structure of a purine inhibitor (compound 1) bound to TNNI3K confirmed Type I binding mode to the kinase domain, enabling rational structure-guided inhibitor design and delineation of structure-activity relationships. |
X-ray crystallography of TNNI3K-inhibitor complex |
Journal of medicinal chemistry |
High |
26355916
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| 2018 |
The TNNI3K p.Glu768Lys variant displays enhanced kinase autophosphorylation activity compared to wild-type TNNI3K, and co-segregates with disease in 23 affected individuals across 3 independent families presenting with supraventricular tachycardia, conduction disturbance, and DCM. |
Autophosphorylation kinase assay, next-generation sequencing, co-segregation analysis |
Heart rhythm |
Medium |
30010057
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| 2019 |
Tnni3k function requires its kinase activity (shown by kinase-dead allele in mice); Tnni3k regulates the frequency of mononuclear diploid cardiomyocytes and converges with oxidative stress in this regulation; common human TNNI3K kinase domain variants substantially compromise kinase activity in vitro. |
In vitro kinase assay of human variants, kinase-dead knock-in mouse model, cardiomyocyte ploidy analysis |
PLoS genetics |
High |
31589606
|
| 2021 |
Loss of TNNI3K kinase activity (null allele, kinase-dead K489R, or hypomorphic I686T variant) causes concentric ventricular remodeling, impaired cardiomyocyte contractility, defective calcium dynamics, and reduced PKA signaling in response to isoproterenol in cultured cardiomyocytes, demonstrating a beneficial role for TNNI3K in maintaining normal cardiac geometry and contractile reserve. |
Tnni3k knockout and knock-in mouse models, echocardiography, cardiomyocyte contractility and calcium imaging, PKA signaling assay in culture |
Human molecular genetics |
High |
33084860
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| 2021 |
X-ray crystal structures of TNNI3K with diarylurea inhibitors enabled structure-based design of selective TNNI3K inhibitors over VEGFR2, p38α, and B-Raf; a tool compound (GSK329) showed cardioprotective effects in a mouse I/R model. |
X-ray crystallography of TNNI3K-inhibitor complexes, structure-based medicinal chemistry, in vivo I/R mouse model |
Journal of medicinal chemistry |
Medium |
34699203
|
| 2023 |
Novel TNNI3K variants p.Ile512Thr and p.His592Tyr show increased autophosphorylation activity and co-segregate with DCM, conduction disease, and supraventricular tachycardia; a likely benign variant (p.Arg556_Asn590del) shows depleted autophosphorylation, suggesting enhanced autophosphorylation drives pathogenicity. |
TNNI3K autophosphorylation assay, next-generation sequencing, co-segregation analysis, UK Biobank burden testing |
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine |
Medium |
37199186
|
| 2023 |
Tnni3k influences both early S-phase entry and the completion of cell division (cytokinesis) in cardiomyocytes, demonstrating roles at distinct stages of the cell cycle. |
Retrospective single-cell analysis of ventricular cardiomyocyte suspensions to identify post-division cells, genetic loss-of-function (Tnni3k knockout) |
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology |
Medium |
37597489
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| 2024 |
Two TNNI3K variants (p.Leu577Phe and p.Pro742Leu) associated with congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia demonstrate substantially reduced kinase activity in autophosphorylation assays, linking loss of kinase function to this arrhythmia. |
Autophosphorylation kinase assay, next-generation sequencing, co-segregation analysis |
Clinical genetics |
Medium |
38424693
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| 2024 |
A naturally occurring polymorphism in the canine Tnni3k gene (prevalent in West Highland White Terriers) eliminates Tnni3k kinase activity, demonstrating that natural loss-of-kinase-function alleles exist across species. |
In vitro kinase assay of canine Tnni3k polymorphic variant |
microPublication biology |
Medium |
38828440
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| 2026 |
Tnni3k kinase activity is cardioprotective during acute CVB3 viral myocarditis: Tnni3k knockout and kinase-dead knock-in mice show increased cardiac inflammation and macrophage infiltration compared to wild-type, while long-term damage is comparable. |
Tnni3k knockout and kinase-dead knock-in mouse models, CVB3 infection, histological quantification of inflammation and macrophage infiltration |
Journal of cardiovascular development and disease |
Medium |
41745317
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