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| Title | Structural basis for rosuvastatin-induced activation of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor 1. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 17, Issue 1, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Sep 3, 2026 |
Authors | Gunnar Weninger / Steven Reiken / Qi Yuan / Marco C Miotto / Alexander Chang / Yang Liu / Anetta Wronska / Haikel Dridi / Andrew R Marks / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Statin therapies, used to lower high blood cholesterol, have been proposed to cause skeletal muscle side effects including myalgia and rhabdomyolysis. The ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1)/Ca²⁺ release ...Statin therapies, used to lower high blood cholesterol, have been proposed to cause skeletal muscle side effects including myalgia and rhabdomyolysis. The ryanodine receptor 1 (RyR1)/Ca²⁺ release channel in skeletal muscle has recently been identified as an off-target binder of statins. Here, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structure of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin. Rosuvastatin occupies a single binding site in the pore region of RyR1 stabilizing the open conformation. In the closed conformation, the rosuvastatin binding site is occupied by the RyR1 auxiliary transmembrane helices (TMx1-2). Structural comparison indicates steric overlap of rosuvastatin with simvastatin (at Sim-1) but not with atorvastatin on RyR1, while all these statins may interfere with the conformational stability of the TMx1-2 helices. In contrast to simvastatin and atorvastatin, rosuvastatin does not exhibit multiple binding sites on RyR1 while similarly promoting RyR1 activation, indicating its potential as a preferable lead structure for developing statins that minimizes adverse side effects on RyR1. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:42830339 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.41 - 3.75 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-74471, PDB-9zo8: ![]() EMDB-74472: Raw consensus map of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74473: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on NTD/SPRY/Calstabin-1 of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74474: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on JSol/CSol of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74477: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on BSol of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74478: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on TaF/TMD/CTD of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74479: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on Ry12 of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74480: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on Ry34 of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74482: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on TMx region of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (including auxiliary transmembrane helices TMx1 and TMx2; Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) ![]() EMDB-74484: Raw consensus map of RyR1 in presence of rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; closed pore) EMDB-74486, PDB-9zoe: ![]() EMDB-74487: Raw consensus map of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74488: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on NTD/SPRY/Calstabin-1 of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74489: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on JSol/CSol of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74491: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on BSol of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74492: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on TaF/TMD/CTD of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74493: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on Ry12 of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74494: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on Ry34 of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) ![]() EMDB-74495: Constituent EM map: Focused refinement on TMx region of RyR1 in complex with rosuvastatin (Ca2+/CFF/ATP dataset; open pore) |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ATP: ![]() ChemComp-CA: ![]() ChemComp-ZN: ![]() ChemComp-CFF: ![]() ChemComp-PCW: ![]() PDB-1c3z: |
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Keywords | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / Calcium / Ion Channel / Membrane Protein |
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