Structure, gating, and pharmacology of human CaV3.3 channel

L He, Z Yu, Z Geng, Z Huang, C Zhang, Y Dong… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The low-voltage activated T-type calcium channels regulate cellular excitability and
oscillatory behavior of resting membrane potential which trigger many physiological events …

Structures of the R-type human Cav2.3 channel reveal conformational crosstalk of the intracellular segments

X Yao, Y Wang, Z Wang, X Fan, D Wu, J Huang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The R-type voltage-gated Ca2+ (Cav) channels Cav2. 3, widely expressed in neuronal and
neuroendocrine cells, represent potential drug targets for pain, seizures, epilepsy, and …

Molecular pharmacology of human Cav3. 2 T-type Ca2+ channels: block by antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and their analogs

E Perez-Reyes, AL Van Deusen, I Vitko - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2009 - ASPET
Antihypertensive drugs of the “calcium channel blocker” or “calcium antagonist” class have
been used to establish the physiological role of L-type Ca2+ channels in vascular smooth …

Molecular insights into the gating mechanisms of voltage-gated calcium channel CaV2.3

Y Gao, S Xu, X Cui, H Xu, Y Qiu, Y Wei, Y Dong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High-voltage-activated R-type CaV2. 3 channel plays pivotal roles in many physiological
activities and is implicated in epilepsy, convulsions, and other neurodevelopmental …

Phosphorylation of the Cav3. 2 T-type calcium channel directly regulates its gating properties

I Blesneac, J Chemin, I Bidaud… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Phosphorylation is a major mechanism regulating the activity of ion channels that remains
poorly understood with respect to T-type calcium channels (Cav3). These channels are low …

Functional importance of T-type voltage-gated calcium channels in the cardiovascular and renal system: news from the world of knockout mice

PBL Hansen - American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Over the years, it has been discussed whether T-type calcium channels Cav3 play a role in
the cardiovascular and renal system. T-type channels have been reported to play an …

Towards the discovery of novel T-type calcium channel blockers

P Lory, J Chemin - Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Despite their presence in many tissues and their potential implication in various disease
states, low-voltage activated T-type calcium channels (T-channels) have only recently …

Neuronal CaV1. 3α1 L-type channels activate at relatively hyperpolarized membrane potentials and are incompletely inhibited by dihydropyridines

W Xu, D Lipscombe - Journal of Neuroscience, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
L-type calcium channels regulate a diverse array of cellular functions within excitable cells.
Of the four molecularly defined subclasses of L-type Ca channels, two are expressed …

State-dependent verapamil block of the cloned human Cav3. 1 T-type Ca2+ channel

BS Freeze, MM McNulty, DA Hanck - Molecular pharmacology, 2006 - ASPET
Verapamil is a potent phenylalkylamine antihypertensive believed to exert its therapeutic
effect primarily by blocking high-voltage-activated L-type calcium channels. It was the first …

Validation of High Throughput Screening Assays Against Three Subtypes of Cav3 T-Type Channels Using Molecular and Pharmacologic Approaches

X Xie, AL Van Deusen, I Vitko, DA Babu… - Assay and drug …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
T-type Ca2+ channels encoded by voltage-gated Ca2+ channel (Cav) 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
genes play important physiological roles and serve as therapeutic targets for neurological …