The junctophilin family of proteins: from bench to bedside.

Andrew P Landstrom, David L Beavers, Xander H T Wehrens

Trends in molecular medicine 2014 Jun

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Excitable tissues rely on junctional membrane complexes to couple cell surface signals to intracellular channels. The junctophilins have emerged as a family of proteins critical in coordinating the maturation and maintenance of this cellular ultrastructure. Within skeletal and cardiac muscle, junctophilin 1 and junctophilin 2, respectively, couple sarcolemmal and intracellular calcium channels. In neuronal tissue, junctophilin 3 and junctophilin 4 may have an emerging role in coupling membrane neurotransmitter receptors and intracellular calcium channels. These important physiological roles are highlighted by the pathophysiology which results when these proteins are perturbed, and a growing body of literature has associated junctophilins with the pathogenesis of human disease. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Andrew P Landstrom, David L Beavers, Xander H T Wehrens. The junctophilin family of proteins: from bench to bedside. Trends in molecular medicine. 2014 Jun;20(6):353-62