Weike Bao , Hannah Bolt , Nicholas Bhagroo , Kevin Minton , Fiona Shilliday , Ashot Sargsyan , Marie Persson , Elise Bernard , Petra Thulin , Pia Davidsson , Anders Cavallin , Claudio Colombo , Yasunori Aoki , Ulrik Jurva , Gabor Foldes , Liang Guo , Sarah Will , Regina Fritsche Danielson , Qing-Dong Wang , Kenny Hansson
{"title":"Discovery of long-acting angiotensin 1-7, apelin-13, and bispecific mimetics for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases","authors":"Weike Bao , Hannah Bolt , Nicholas Bhagroo , Kevin Minton , Fiona Shilliday , Ashot Sargsyan , Marie Persson , Elise Bernard , Petra Thulin , Pia Davidsson , Anders Cavallin , Claudio Colombo , Yasunori Aoki , Ulrik Jurva , Gabor Foldes , Liang Guo , Sarah Will , Regina Fritsche Danielson , Qing-Dong Wang , Kenny Hansson","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100308","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100308","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144471376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"JMCC plus - Celebrating milestones and looking ahead in our third year","authors":"Davor Pavlovic , Rebekah Gundry","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100286","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100286","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100286"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bo Ye , Lu Xiao , Yuyong Xu , Haodong Xu , Faqian Li
{"title":"Isoform switch of T-cell factor7L2 during mouse heart development","authors":"Bo Ye , Lu Xiao , Yuyong Xu , Haodong Xu , Faqian Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100458","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100458","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Canonical WNT signaling plays critical, often opposing roles in heart development and disease, but its context-dependent mechanisms remain unclear. We hypothesized that alternative splicing of Tcf7l2, a key nuclear partner of β-catenin, contributes to WNT signaling specificity in the heart. To investigate this, we cloned and sequenced 53 Tcf7l2 transcripts in ventricular tissues from embryonic day 17.5 (E17.5, 24/53) and postnatal day 8 (P8, 29/53) mice, identifying 32 distinct isoforms. Among 18 potential exons, exons 6 and 17 were absent, and over 80 % of transcripts lacked exon 4. Alternative splicing was prominent in the C-terminal exons (14, 15, and 16), with exon 14 inclusion significantly higher in P8 hearts (64.3 %) than E17.5 hearts (34.8 %). Variations in exon 15 and 16 combinations, along with reading frame shifts caused by the adenine insertion and deletion (indel) near the beginning of exon 18, affected C-terminal structures, altering the presence of the E-tail, C-clamp, and CtBP-binding motifs. Notably, exon 14 insertion introduced a redox-switch domain spanning the NLS and C-clamp regions in E and S isoforms, while adenine indels altered isoform lengths, driving transitions between E, S, and M isoforms. RT-PCR validation across multiple developmental stages confirmed these splicing patterns. Our findings suggest that a postnatal redox-sensitive isoform switch in Tcf7l2 modulates WNT signaling, potentially influencing cardiomyocyte maturation during the transition from proliferation to hypertrophy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100458"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144189693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brittany A. Gonzalez , Cassandra L. Clift , Gabrielle Bogut , Taku Kasai , Sasha A. Singh , Elena Aikawa , Katherine E. Yutzey
{"title":"Fibrotic Remodeling of Myxomatous Mitral Valves in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome","authors":"Brittany A. Gonzalez , Cassandra L. Clift , Gabrielle Bogut , Taku Kasai , Sasha A. Singh , Elena Aikawa , Katherine E. Yutzey","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100316","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100316","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144470408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joanne F. Garbincius , Oniel Salik , Henry M. Cohen , Carmen Choya-Foces , Adam S. Mangold , Angelina D. Makhoul , Anna E. Schmidt , Dima Y. Khalil , Joshua J. Doolittle , Adyson B. Johnson , Anya S. Wilkinson , Emma K. Murray , Michael P. Lazaropoulos , Alycia N. Hildebrand , Kenneth C. Bedi Jr. , Kenneth B. Margulies , Dhanendra Tomar , John W. Elrod
{"title":"The mitochondrial calcium efflux regulator TMEM65 is essential to the function of the adult heart","authors":"Joanne F. Garbincius , Oniel Salik , Henry M. Cohen , Carmen Choya-Foces , Adam S. Mangold , Angelina D. Makhoul , Anna E. Schmidt , Dima Y. Khalil , Joshua J. Doolittle , Adyson B. Johnson , Anya S. Wilkinson , Emma K. Murray , Michael P. Lazaropoulos , Alycia N. Hildebrand , Kenneth C. Bedi Jr. , Kenneth B. Margulies , Dhanendra Tomar , John W. Elrod","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100404","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100404","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144470673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Uma Nahar Saikia, Chandni Kashyap, Vibhuti Sharma, Ajay Bahl
{"title":"Myocardial Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal transition in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy as a surrogate marker for prevention and assess disease severity","authors":"Uma Nahar Saikia, Chandni Kashyap, Vibhuti Sharma, Ajay Bahl","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100309","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100309","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100309"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144470823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophia M. Sears, Richa A. Singhal, Mamata Chaudhari, Daniel C. Nguyen, Kenneth R. Brittian, Bradford G. Hill, Yibing Nong, Steven P. Jones
{"title":"Modeling Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 1: A Time Course Evaluation of Myocardial Infarction-Induced Kidney Injury","authors":"Sophia M. Sears, Richa A. Singhal, Mamata Chaudhari, Daniel C. Nguyen, Kenneth R. Brittian, Bradford G. Hill, Yibing Nong, Steven P. Jones","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100341","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100341","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100341"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144470906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stage-specific Alternative RNA Splicing Attunes Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Contraction.","authors":"Peiheng Gan","doi":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100317","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmccpl.2025.100317","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73835,"journal":{"name":"Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology plus","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144471208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}