Gerald W. Zamponi
Gerald W. Zamponi's research activities focus on the biophysics, molecular biology, electrophysiology, and pharmacology of calcium channels and their roles in neurological disorders. Of particular interest to his laboratory are the molecular determinants that govern the interactions between presynaptic calcium channels, G protein coupled receptors, and the proteins of the synaptic vesicle release machinery complex. A second major aspect of his work is centered around the molecular mechanisms which control the functional and pharmacological profiles of calcium channels. Finally, his laboratory is interested in the molecular physiology of T-type calcium channels and how they contribute the normal neuronal function and brain pathophysiology. Finally, Dr. Zamponi's lab works extensively in the area of drug discovery for novel treatments of pain and epilepsy.
Biography Updated on 15 January 2008
Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]
- Use ‘em and Lose ‘em—Activity-Induced Removal of Calcium Channels from the Plasma Membrane
Neuron, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 539–541, 2007 - Trafficking and regulation of neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels
Current Opinion in Cell Biology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 474–482, 2007 - Regulation of T-type calcium channels by Rho-associated kinase
Nature Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 7, Article ID nn1921, 6 pages, 2007 - Protease-activated receptor-4: a novel mechanism of inflammatory pain modulation
British Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 150, no. 2, Article ID 0706975, 9 pages, 2007 - Protease-activated receptor 2 sensitizes the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 ion channel to cause mechanical hyperalgesia in mice
The Journal of Physiology, vol. 578, no. 3, pp. 715–733, 2007 - Selective Inhibition of Cav3.3 T-type Calcium Channels by G q/11-coupled Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 282, no. 29, pp. 21043–21055, 2007 - Differential Role of N-Type Calcium Channel Splice Isoforms in Pain
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 27, no. 24, pp. 6363–6373, 2007 - Scanning Mutagenesis Reveals a Role for Serine 189 of the Heterotrimeric G-Protein Beta 1 Subunit in the Inhibition of N-Type Calcium Channels
Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 465–470, 2006 - Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels and Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies
Physiological Reviews, vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 941–966, 2006 - N-type Calcium Channel Blockers: Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Pain
Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 535–543, 2006 - Direct G Protein Modulation of Cav2 Calcium Channels
Pharmacological Reviews, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 837–862, 2006 - The Drosophila cacts2 mutation reduces presynaptic Ca2+ entry and defines an important element in Cav2.1 channel inactivation
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 3230–3244, 2006 - Role of the synprint site in presynaptic targeting of the calcium channel CaV2.2 in hippocampal neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 709–718, 2006 - Glycerotoxin stimulates neurotransmitter release from N-type Ca2+ channel expressing neurons
Journal of Neurochemistry, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 894–904, 2006 - Functional Analysis of Cav3.2 T-type Calcium Channel Mutations Linked to Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Epilepsia, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 655–658, 2006 - Integrin Receptor Activation Triggers Converging Regulation of Cav1.2 Calcium Channels by c-Src and Protein Kinase A Pathways
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 281, no. 20, pp. 14015–14025, 2006 - Role of Angiotensin II Type 1A Receptor Phosphorylation, Phospholipase D, and Extracellular Calcium in Isoform-specific Protein Kinase C Membrane Translocation Responses
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 281, no. 36, pp. 26340–26349, 2006 - CaV3 T-type calcium channel isoforms differentially distribute to somatic and dendritic compartments in rat central neurons
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2581–2594, 2006 - Biochemistry, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 3448–3459, 2006
- Specific T-type calcium channel isoforms are associated with distinct burst phenotypes in deep cerebellar nuclear neurons
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 103, no. 14, pp. 5555–5560, 2006 - Determinants of the differential gating properties of Cav3.1 and Cav3.3 T-type channels: A role of domain IV?
Neuroscience, vol. 143, no. 3, pp. 717–728, 2006 - Temperature dependence of T-type calcium channel gating
Neuroscience, vol. 142, no. 4, pp. 1031–1042, 2006 - Presynaptic Ca2+ channels – integration centers for neuronal signaling pathways
Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 29, no. 11, pp. 617–624, 2006 - Opioid, cheating on its receptors, exacerbates pain
Nature Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 12, Article ID nn1206-1465b, 2 pages, 2006 - ORL1 receptor–mediated internalization of N-type calcium channels
Nature Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 1, Article ID nn1605, 9 pages, 2006 - Crosstalk between huntingtin and syntaxin 1A regulates N-type calcium channels
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 339–351, 2005 - Effects of Cav3.2 channel mutations linked to idiopathic generalized epilepsy
Annals of Neurology, vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 745–749, 2005 - Protection of ischemic rat spinal cord white matter: Dual action of KB-R7943 on Na/Ca exchange and L-type Ca channels
Neuropharmacology, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 566–575, 2005 - The Arg473Cys-neuroligin-1 mutation modulates NMDA mediated synaptic transmission and receptor distribution in hippocampal neurons
FEBS Letters, vol. 579, no. 29, pp. 6587–6594, 2005 - Masters or slaves? Vesicle release machinery and the regulation of presynaptic calcium channels
Cell Calcium, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 483–488, 2005 - NMDA receptors mediate calcium accumulation in myelin during chemical ischaemia
Nature, Article ID nature04474, 2005 - Voltage-Gated Sodium and Calcium Channels in Nerve, Muscle, and Heart
IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 58–69, 2005 - Voltage Gated Calcium Channels as Targets for Analgesics
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 539–546, 2005 - Cav1.4 Encodes a Calcium Channel with Low Open Probability and Unitary Conductance
Biophysical Journal, vol. 89, no. 5, pp. 3042–3048, 2005 - Molecular Pharmacology of Non-L-type Calcium Channels
Current Pharmaceutical Design, vol. 11, no. 15, pp. 1887–1898, 2005 - Editorial [Hot Topic: New Frontiers in Managing Chronic Pain (Guest Editor: Gerald W. Zamponi)]
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 527–527, 2005 - Topiramate Inhibits the Initiation of Plateau Potentials in CA1 Neurons by Depressing R-type Calcium Channels
Epilepsia, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 481–489, 2005 - In Vitro Characterization of L-Type Calcium Channels and Their Contribution to Firing Behavior in Invertebrate Respiratory Neurons
Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 42–52, 2005 - The CACNA1F Gene Encodes an L-Type Calcium Channel with Unique Biophysical Properties and Tissue Distribution
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 1707–1718, 2004 - The 2 Auxiliary Subunit Reduces Affinity of -Conotoxins for Recombinant N-type (Cav2.2) Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 33, pp. 34705–34714, 2004 - Agonist-independent modulation of N-type calcium channels by ORL1 receptors
Nature Neuroscience, vol. 7, no. 2, Article ID nn1180, 7 pages, 2004 - Splicing It UpA Variant of the N-Type Calcium Channel Specific for Pain
Neuron, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 3–4, 2004 - Auxiliary subunit regulation of high-voltage activated calcium channels expressed in mammalian cells
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 1–13, 2004 - A Single G Subunit Locus Controls Cross-talk between Protein Kinase C and G Protein Regulation of N-type Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 28, pp. 29709–29717, 2004 - Uncoupling of Calcium Channel 1 and Subunits in Developing Neurons
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 39, pp. 41157–41167, 2004 - Scanning Mutagenesis of -Atracotoxin-Hv1a Reveals a Spatially Restricted Epitope That Confers Selective Activity against Insect Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 42, pp. 44133–44140, 2004 - Targeting Ca channels to treat pain: T-type versus N-type
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 465–470, 2004 - Expression of T-type calcium channel splice variants in human glioma
Glia, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 112–119, 2004 - Expression of voltage-gated Ca2+ channel subtypes in cultured astrocytes
Glia, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 347–353, 2003 - Calmodulin LobotomizedNovel Insights into Calcium Regulation of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
Neuron, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 879–881, 2003 - Depolarization-Induced Ca2+ Release in Ischemic Spinal Cord White Matter Involves L-type Ca2+ Channel Activation of Ryanodine Receptors
Neuron, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 53–63, 2003 - Functional roles of cytoplasmic loops and pore lining transmembrane helices in the voltage-dependent inactivation of HVA calcium channels
The Journal of Physiology, vol. 554, no. 2, pp. 263–273, 2003 - Functional interactions between presynaptic calcium channels and the neurotransmitter release machinery
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 308–314, 2003 - Expression and Modulation of an Invertebrate Presynaptic Calcium Channel alpha1 Subunit Homologo
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 23, pp. 21178–21187, 2003 - Gating Effects of Mutations in the Cav3.2 T-type Calcium Channel Associated with Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 11, pp. 9681–9684, 2003 - Molecular Pharmacology of High Voltage-Activated Calcium Channels
Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 491–505, 2003 - Calcium-triggered Membrane Fusion Proceeds Independently of Specific Presynaptic Proteins
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 27, pp. 24251–24254, 2003 - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 87–96, 2003
- The L-type calcium channel C-terminus: sparking interest beyond its role in calcium-dependent inactivation
The Journal of Physiology, vol. 552, no. 2, pp. 333–333, 2003 - Cysteine String Protein (CSP) Inhibition of N-type Calcium Channels Is Blocked by Mutant Huntingtin
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 52, pp. 53072–53081, 2003 - Several Structural Domains Contribute to the Regulation of N-type Calcium Channel Inactivation by the 3 Subunit
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 279, no. 5, pp. 3793–3800, 2003 - Calcium Channel Structural Determinants of Synaptic Transmission between Identified Invertebrate Neurons
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 6, pp. 4258–4267, 2003 - Determinants of Inhibition of Transiently Expressed Voltage-gated Calcium Channels by omega-Conotoxins GVIA and MVIIA
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 278, no. 22, pp. 20171–20178, 2003 - Molecular determinants of cysteine string protein modulation of N-type calcium channels
Journal of Cell Science, vol. 116, no. 14, pp. 2967–2974, 2003 - A Minimal Model for G Protein-Mediated Synaptic Facilitation and Depression
Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 1643–1653, 2003 - Modulating Modulation: Crosstalk Between Regulatory Pathways of Presynaptic Calcium Channels
Molecular Interventions, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 476–478, 2002 - Molecular Determinants of Syntaxin 1 Modulation of N-type Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 277, no. 46, pp. 44399–44407, 2002 - Synthesis and Evaluation of a New Class of Nifedipine Analogs with T-Type Calcium Channel Blocking Activity
Molecular Pharmacology, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 649–658, 2002 - Glycerotoxin from Glycera convoluta stimulates neurosecretion by up-regulating N-type Ca2+ channel activity
The EMBO Journal, vol. 21, no. 24, pp. 6733–6743, 2002 - Molecular determinants of opioid analgesia: Modulation of presynaptic calcium channels
Drug Development Research, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 118–128, 2002 - Pain control: What a pain!
Drug Development Research, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 117–117, 2002 - Journal of Membrane Biology, vol. 187, no. 3, pp. 225–238, 2002
- Multiple structural elements contribute to voltage-dependent facilitation of neuronal a1C (CaV1.2) L-type calcium channels
Neuropharmacology, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 1050–1057, 2001 - Structural determinants of fast inactivation of high voltage-activated Ca2+ channels
Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 176–182, 2001 - Interactions between presynaptic Ca2+ channels, cytoplasmic messengers and proteins of the synaptic vesicle release complex
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 519–525, 2001 - Identification of Inactivation Determinants in the Domain IIS6 Region of High Voltage-activated Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 276, no. 35, pp. 33001–33010, 2001 - Calcium Channel beta Subunits Differentially Regulate the Inhibition of N-type Channels by Individual Gbeta Isoforms
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 276, no. 48, pp. 45051–45058, 2001 - Amino Acid Residues Outside of the Pore Region Contribute to N-type Calcium Channel Permeation
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 276, no. 8, pp. 5726–5730, 2001 - Residue Gly1326 of the N-type Calcium Channel alpha 1B Subunit Controls Reversibility of omega -Conotoxin GVIA and MVIIA Block
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 276, no. 19, pp. 15728–15735, 2001 - Voltage-dependent calcium channels — beyond dihydropyridine antagonists
Current Opinion in Pharmacology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 11–16, 2001 - Determinants of G Protein Inhibition of Presynaptic Calcium Channels
Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 79–84, 2001 - G Protein Modulation of N-type Calcium Channels Is Facilitated by Physical Interactions between Syntaxin 1A and Gbeta gamma
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 275, no. 9, pp. 6388–6394, 2000 - Cross-talk between G-protein and Protein Kinase C Modulation of N-type Calcium Channels Is Dependent on the G-protein beta Subunit Isoform
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 275, no. 52, pp. 40777–40781, 2000 - Fast Inactivation of Voltage-dependent Calcium Channels. A HINGED-LID MECHANISM?
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 275, no. 32, pp. 24575–24582, 2000 - Differential modulation of N-type alpha1B and P/Q-type alpha1A calcium channels by different G protein beta subunit isoforms
The Journal of Physiology, vol. 527, no. 2, pp. 203–212, 2000 - Cysteine String Protein Regulates G Protein Modulation of N-Type Calcium Channels
Neuron, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 195–204, 2000 - Block of Voltage-dependent Calcium Channel by the Green Mamba Toxin Calcicludine
Journal of Membrane Biology, vol. 174, no. 2, pp. 157–165, 2000 - Osteoblasts derived from load-bearing bones of the rat express both L- and T-like voltage-operated calcium channels and mRNA for α 1C , α 1D and α 1G subunits
Pfl�gers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, vol. 438, no. 4, pp. 553–560, 1999 - Cytoplasmic Determinants of Piperidine Blocking Affinity for N-type Calcium Channels
Journal of Membrane Biology, vol. 167, no. 2, pp. 183–192, 1999 - Modulation of Neuronal Voltage-gated Calcium Channels by Farnesol
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 274, no. 36, pp. 25439–25446, 1999 - Identification of an Integration Center for Cross-talk between Protein Kinase C and G Protein Modulation of N-type Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 274, no. 10, pp. 6195–6202, 1999 - Nature Neuroscience, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 407–415, 1999
- Multiple Structural Domains Contribute to Voltage-dependent Inactivation of Rat Brain alpha 1E Calcium Channels
Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 274, no. 32, pp. 22428–22436, 1999 - Decay of prepulse facilitation of N type calcium channels during G protein inhibition is consistent with binding of a single Gbeta gamma subunit
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 95, no. 7, pp. 4035–4039, 1998 - Modulation of voltage-dependent calcium channels by G proteins
Current Opinion in Neurobiology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 351–356, 1998 - Molecular and kinetic determinants of local anaesthetic action on sodium channels
Toxicology Letters, vol. 100-101, no. 1-2, pp. 247–254, 1998 - Antagonist binding sites of voltage-dependent calcium channels
Drug Development Research, vol. 42, no. 3-4, pp. 131–143, 1997 - Crosstalk between G proteins and protein kinase C mediated by the calcium channel a1 subunit
Nature, vol. 385, no. 6615, Article ID 385442a0, 4 pages, 1997 - Simulation of the transient behaviour of a stirred liquid/liquid extraction column
Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 20, pp. S963–S968, 1996 - Interactions between a Pore-Blocking Peptide and the Voltage Sensor of the Sodium Channel: An Electrostatic Approach to Channel Geometry
Neuron, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 407–413, 1996 - Nickel Block of a Family of Neuronal Calcium Channels: Subtype- and Subunit-Dependent Action at Multiple Sites
Journal of Membrane Biology, vol. 151, no. 1, pp. 77–90, 1996 - Evidence for a specific site for modulation of calcium channel activation by external calcium ions
Pflügers Archiv European Journal of Physiology, vol. 431, no. 3, p. 470, 1996 - Biochemical and biophysical studies of the interaction of class I antiarrhythmic drugs with the cardiac sodium channel
Drug Development Research, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 277–294, 1994 - Biochemistry, vol. 31, no. 35, pp. 8229–8238, 1992