June 2, 2024Open Access

Cardiac acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase have distinct localization and function

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DDDominika DingováUniversité Paris Cité MKMatěj KučeraCharles University THTibor HodbodComenius University Bratislava

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Preclinical study reveals distinct cardiac cholinesterase localization and actions in mutant mice, highlighting targets for cardiovascular disease pharmacotherapies.

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Cardiac acetylcholinesterase localizes to atria anchored by ColQ and PRiMA, whereas butyrylcholinesterase predominates across ventricles as soluble precursor forms.
Biochemical, microscopic, and physiological experiments in mutant mice revealed that hearts lacking anchored acetylcholinesterase were unresponsive to cholinesterase inhibitors.
Supports development of selective cholinesterase inhibitors for cardiac conditions, though findings rely on a mouse model and require further preclinical validation.

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Dingová et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e66854b6db6435875f4d18 https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.29.596481

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Preclinical study reveals distinct cardiac cholinesterase localization and actions in mutant mice, highlighting targets for cardiovascular disease pharmacotherapies.

Cardiac acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase have distinct localization and function

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Cardiac acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase have distinct localization and function

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