Dr Tanya Cully

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Loehr, J. A., Latchman, H. K., Murphy, R. M., & Cully, T. R. (2025). Extraction of total protein from cardiomyocytes and Western blotting analysis. In D. N. K. Chandrasekera & R. Katare (Eds.), Cardiomyocytes: Methods and protocols: Methods in molecular biology (Vol. 2894). (pp. 151-161). New York, NY: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4342-6_13

2024

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Beresford, O. C., Kinns, A., Grayson, T. S., Loehr, J. A., Munro, M. L., & Cully, T. R. (2024, August-September). Localization of NOXX4 in diabetic skeletal muscle. Verbal presentation at the 18th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

Gonano, L. A., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Chakraborty, A. D., Worthington, L. P. I., Cully, T. R., Lamberts, R. R., … Jones, P. P. (2022). Regulation of cardiac ryanodine receptor function by the cyclic-GMP dependent protein kinase G. Current Research in Physiology, 5, 171-178. doi: 10.1016/j.crphys.2022.03.004

2018

Journal - Research Article

Cully, T. R., Choi, R. H., Bjorksten, A. R., Stephenson, D. G., Murphy, R. M., & Launikonis, B. S. (2018). Junctional membrane Ca²⁺ dynamics in human muscle fibers are altered by malignant hyperthermia causative RyR mutation. PNAS, 115(32), 8215-8220. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800490115

Launikonis, B. S., Cully, T. R., Csernoch, L., & Stephenson, D. G. (2018). NHE- and diffusion-dependent proton fluxes across the tubular system membranes of fast-twitch muscle fibers of the rat. Journal of General Physiology, 150(1), 95-110. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201711891

Loehr, J. A., Wang, S., Cully, T. R., Pal, R., Larina, I. V., Larina, K. V., & Rodney, G. G. (2018). NADPH oxidase mediates microtubule alterations and diaphragm dysfunction in dystrophic mice. eLIFE, 7, e31732.. doi: 10.7554/eLife.31732

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cully, T. R. (2018). Milestones and frontiers in muscular physiology: Ca2+ handling in T-tubules. Iatreia, 31(1, Suppl.), (pp. S-20). [Abstract]

2017

Journal - Research Article

Cully, T. R., Murphy, R. M., Roberts, L., Raastad, T., Fassett, R. G., Coombes, J. S., … Launikonis, B. S. (2017). Human skeletal muscle plasmalemma alters its structure to change its Ca²⁺-handling following heavy-load resistance exercise. Nature Communications, 8, 14266. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14266

Bakker, A. J., Cully, T. R., Wingate, C. D., Barclay, C. J., & Launikonis, B. S. (2017). Doublet stimulation increases Ca²⁺ binding to troponin C to ensure rapid force development in skeletal muscle. Journal of General Physiology, 149(3), 323-334. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201611727

2016

Journal - Research Article

Cully, T. R., Edwards, J. N., Murphy, R. M., & Launikonis, B. S. (2016). A quantitative description of tubular system Ca²⁺ handling in fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology, 594(11), 2795-2810. doi: 10.1113/JP271658

Cully, T. R., & Launikonis, B. S. (2016). Leaky ryanodine receptors delay the activation of store overload-induced ca2+ release, a mechanism underlying malignant hyperthermia-like events in dystrophic muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 310(8), C673-C680. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00366.2015

Li, R., Steyn, F. J., Stout, M. B., Lee, K., Cully, T. R., Calderón, J. C., & Ngo, S. T. (2016). Development of a high-throughput method for real-time assessment of cellular metabolism in intact long skeletal muscle fibre bundles. Journal of Physiology, 594(24), 7197-7213. doi: 10.1113/JP272988

2014

Journal - Research Article

Friedrich, O., Yi, B., Edwards, J. N., Reischl, B., Wirth-Hücking, A., Buttgereit, A., … Cully, T. R., … Völkers, M. (2014). IL-1α reversibly inhibits skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor a novel mechanism for critical illness myopathy? American Journal of Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology, 50(6), 1096-1106. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0059OC

Cully, T. R., Edwards, J. N., & Launikonis, B. S. (2014). Activation and propagation of Ca²⁺ release from inside the sarcoplasmic reticulum network of mammalian skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology, 592(17), 3727-3746. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.274274

2013

Journal - Research Article

Thundyil, J., Manzanero, S., Pavlovski, D., Cully, T. R., Lok, K.-Z., Widiapradja, A., … Arumugam, T. V. (2013). Evidence That the EphA2 Receptor Exacerbates Ischemic Brain Injury. PLoS ONE, 8(1), e53528. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053528

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Cully, T. R., & Launikonis, B. S. (2013). Store-operated Ca²⁺ entry is not required for store refilling in skeletal muscle. Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 40(5), (pp. 338-344). doi: 10.1111/1440-1681.12078

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Cully, T. R. (2013). Adeno-associated virus directed manipulation of Orai1 and STIM1 to examine store operated calcium entry in wild-type and dystrophic skeletal muscle (PhD). University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Edwards, J. N., Cully, T. R., Shannon, T. R., Stephenson, D. G., & Launikonis, B. S. (2012). Longitudinal and transversal propagation of excitation along the tubular system of rat fast-twitch muscle fibres studied by high speed confocal microscopy. Journal of Physiology, 590(3), 475-492. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.221796

Cully, T. R., Edwards, J. N., Friedrich, O., Stephenson, D. G., Murphy, R. M., & Launikonis, B. S. (2012). Changes in plasma membrane Ca-ATPase and stromal interacting molecule 1 expression levels for Ca²⁺ signaling in dystrophic mdx mouse muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 303(5), C567-C576. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00144.2012

2010

Journal - Research Article

Edwards, J. N., Friedrich, O., Cully, T. R., von Wegner, F., Murphy, R. M., & Launikonis, B. S. (2010). Upregulation of store-operated Ca²⁺ entry in dystrophic mdx mouse muscle. American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, 299(1), C42-C50. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00524.2009

Edwards, J. N., Murphy, R. M., Cully, T. R., von Wegner, F., Friedrich, O., & Launikonis, B. S. (2010). Ultra-rapid activation and deactivation of store-operated Ca²⁺ entry in skeletal muscle. Cell Calcium, 47(5), 458-467. doi: 10.1016/j.ceca.2010.04.001