Muting lateralized Cx43 hemichannels to rescue the stressed Duchenne heart

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Inhibiting lateralized Cx43 hemichannels provides a protective or rescue effect for the stressed heart in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Mehdi Badaoui; Marc Chanson; Brenda R. Kwak

doi:10.1093/cvr/cvag194

September 4, 2026Cardiovascular ResearchOpen Access

Muting lateralized Cx43 hemichannels to rescue the stressed Duchenne heart

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To examine how silencing aberrantly lateralized connexin 43 (Cx43) hemichannels protects dystrophic cardiac tissue from stress-induced dysfunction.
Assessed cardiac electrical stability and myocardial stress responses under conditions of dystrophin deficiency.
Evaluated the remodeling and non-junctional lateralization of Cx43 hemichannels alongside targeted pharmacological or genetic channel blockade.
Pathological lateralization of Cx43 facilitates open hemichannel states, exacerbating intracellular calcium overload and arrhythmia vulnerability during cardiac stress.
Muting or selectively blocking non-junctional Cx43 hemichannels mitigates stress-induced myocardial injury and preserves functional cardiac output.

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Preclinical analysis demonstrates muting lateralized Cx43 hemichannels rescues stress-induced cardiac damage in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, highlighting a targeted therapeutic approach.

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Mehdi Badaoui, Marc Chanson, Brenda R Kwak; Muting lateralized Cx43 hemichannels to rescue the stressed Duchenne heart, Cardiovascular Research, , cvag194,

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