A selective inhibitor of mitofusin 1-βIIPKC association improves heart failure outcome in rats

Abstract We previously demonstrated that beta II protein kinase C (βIIPKC) activity is elevated in failing hearts and contributes to this pathology. Here we report that βIIPKC accumulates on the mitochondrial outer membrane and phosphorylates mitofusin 1 (Mfn1) at serine 86. Mfn1 phosphorylation res...

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Main Authors: Julio C. B. Ferreira, Juliane C. Campos, Nir Qvit, Xin Qi, Luiz H. M. Bozi, Luiz R. G. Bechara, Vanessa M. Lima, Bruno B. Queliconi, Marie-Helene Disatnik, Paulo M. M. Dourado, Alicia J. Kowaltowski, Daria Mochly-Rosen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08276-6