Tubulin Post-translational Modifications: Potential Therapeutic Approaches to Heart Failure

In recent decades, advancing insights into the mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction have focused on the involvement of microtubule network. A variety of tubulin post-translational modifications have been discovered to fine-tune the microtubules’ properties and functions. Given the limits of therapies b...

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Main Authors: Chang Liu, Yuwen Chen, Yao Xie, Meixiang Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.872058/full
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Summary:In recent decades, advancing insights into the mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction have focused on the involvement of microtubule network. A variety of tubulin post-translational modifications have been discovered to fine-tune the microtubules’ properties and functions. Given the limits of therapies based on conserved structures of the skeleton, targeting tubulin modifications appears to be a potentially promising therapeutic strategy. Here we review the current understanding of tubulin post-translational modifications in regulating microtubule functions in the cardiac system. We also discussed how altered modifications may lead to a range of cardiac dysfunctions, many of which are linked to heart failure.
ISSN:2296-634X