About the Authors

Christopher J. Traynham

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Steve R. Roof

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Honglan Wang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Robert A. Prosak

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Lifei Tang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Hsiang-Ting Ho

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ira O. Racoma

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Dominic J. Catalano

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Xin Huang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Yongbin Han

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Shang-U Kim

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sandor Gyorke

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

George E. Billman

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Frederick A. Villamena

Contributed equally to this work with: Frederick A. Villamena, Mark T. Ziolo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mark T. Ziolo

Contributed equally to this work with: Frederick A. Villamena, Mark T. Ziolo

ziolo.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJT SG GEB FAV MTZ. Performed the experiments: CJT SRR HW RAP LT SVK HTH IOR DJC XH YH SUK. Analyzed the data: CJT SRR HW RAP LT SVK HTH IOR DJC YH SUK SG GEB FAV MTZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH SUK SG GEB FAV MTZ. Wrote the paper: CJT SG GEB FAV MTZ.