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Ottensmeyer J, Esch A, Baeta H, Sieger S, Gupta Y, Rathmann MF, Jeschke A, Jacko D, Schaaf K, Schiffer T, Rahimi B, Lövenich L, Sisto A, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO, Haas A, Bloch W, Gehlert S, Hoffmann B, Timmerman V, Huesgen PF, Höhfeld J. Force-induced dephosphorylation activates the cochaperone BAG3 to coordinate protein homeostasis and membrane traffic. Curr Biol 2024:S0960-9822(24)01027-3. [PMID: 39181128 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/27/2024]
Abstract
Proteome maintenance in contracting skeletal and cardiac muscles depends on the chaperone-regulating protein BAG3. Reduced BAG3 activity leads to muscle weakness and heart failure in animal models and patients. BAG3 and its chaperone partners recognize mechanically damaged muscle proteins and initiate their disposal through chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA). However, molecular details of the force-dependent regulation of BAG3 have remained elusive so far. Here, we demonstrate that mechanical stress triggers the dephosphorylation of BAG3 in human muscle and in isolated cells. We identify force-regulated phospho-switches in BAG3 that control CASA complex assembly and CASA activity. Differential proteomics reveal RAB GTPases, which organize membrane traffic and fusion, as dephosphorylation-dependent interactors of BAG3. In fact, RAB7A and RAB11B are shown here to be essential for CASA in skeletal muscle cells. Moreover, BAG3 dephosphorylation is also observed upon induction of mitophagy, suggesting an involvement of the cochaperone in the RAB7A-dependent autophagic engulfment of damaged mitochondria in exercised muscle. Cooperation of BAG3 with RAB7A relies on a direct interaction of both proteins, which is regulated by the nucleotide state of the GTPase and by association with the autophagosome membrane protein LC3B. Finally, we provide evidence that BAG3 and RAB7A also cooperate in non-muscle cells and propose that overactivation of CASA in RAB7A-L129F patients contributes to the loss of peripheral neurons in Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy.
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- Judith Ottensmeyer
- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Biology II, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, German Sport University, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, German Sport University, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany
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- Outpatient Clinic for Sports Traumatology, German Sport University, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute Born Bunge and University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, German Sport University, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Research and Sports Medicine, German Sport University, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany; Institute of Sport Science, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31139 Hildesheim, Germany
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Peripheral Neuropathy Research Group, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute Born Bunge and University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Institute for Biology II, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 18, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Lohanadan K, Assent M, Linnemann A, Schuld J, Heukamp LC, Krause K, Vorgerd M, Reimann J, Schänzer A, Kirfel G, Fürst DO, Van der Ven PFM. Synaptopodin-2 Isoforms Have Specific Binding Partners and Display Distinct, Muscle Cell Type-Specific Expression Patterns. Cells 2023; 13:85. [PMID: 38201288 PMCID: PMC10778272 DOI: 10.3390/cells13010085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Synaptopodin-2 (SYNPO2) is a protein associated with the Z-disc in striated muscle cells. It interacts with α-actinin and filamin C, playing a role in Z-disc maintenance under stress by chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA). In smooth muscle cells, SYNPO2 is a component of dense bodies. Furthermore, it has been proposed to play a role in tumor cell proliferation and metastasis in many different kinds of cancers. Alternative transcription start sites and alternative splicing predict the expression of six putative SYNPO2 isoforms differing by extended amino- and/or carboxy-termini. Our analyses at mRNA and protein levels revealed differential expression of SYNPO2 isoforms in cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle cells. We identified synemin, an intermediate filament protein, as a novel binding partner of the PDZ-domain in the amino-terminal extension of the isoforms mainly expressed in cardiac and smooth muscle cells, and demonstrated colocalization of SYNPO2 and synemin in both cell types. A carboxy-terminal extension, mainly expressed in smooth muscle cells, is sufficient for association with dense bodies and interacts with α-actinin. SYNPO2 therefore represents an additional and novel link between intermediate filaments and the Z-discs in cardiomyocytes and dense bodies in smooth muscle cells, respectively. In pathological skeletal muscle samples, we identified SYNPO2 in the central and intermediate zones of target fibers of patients with neurogenic muscular atrophy, and in nemaline bodies. Our findings help to understand distinct functions of individual SYNPO2 isoforms in different muscle tissues, but also in tumor pathology.
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Diseases Section, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Stonadge A, Genzor AV, Russell A, Hamed MF, Romero N, Evans G, Pownall ME, Bekker-Jensen S, Blanco G. Myofibrillar myopathy hallmarks associated with ZAK deficiency. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2751-2770. [PMID: 37427997 PMCID: PMC10789240 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
Abstract
The ZAK gene encodes two functionally distinct kinases, ZAKα and ZAKβ. Homozygous loss of function mutations affecting both isoforms causes a congenital muscle disease. ZAKβ is the only isoform expressed in skeletal muscle and is activated by muscle contraction and cellular compression. The ZAKβ substrates in skeletal muscle or the mechanism whereby ZAKβ senses mechanical stress remains to be determined. To gain insights into the pathogenic mechanism, we exploited ZAK-deficient cell lines, zebrafish, mice and a human biopsy. ZAK-deficient mice and zebrafish show a mild phenotype. In mice, comparative histopathology data from regeneration, overloading, ageing and sex conditions indicate that while age and activity are drivers of the pathology, ZAKβ appears to have a marginal role in myoblast fusion in vitro or muscle regeneration in vivo. The presence of SYNPO2, BAG3 and Filamin C (FLNC) in a phosphoproteomics assay and extended analyses suggested a role for ZAKβ in the turnover of FLNC. Immunofluorescence analysis of muscle sections from mice and a human biopsy showed evidence of FLNC and BAG3 accumulations as well as other myofibrillar myopathy markers. Moreover, endogenous overloading of skeletal muscle exacerbated the presence of fibres with FLNC accumulations in mice, indicating that ZAKβ signalling is necessary for an adaptive turnover of FLNC that allows for the normal physiological response to sustained mechanical stress. We suggest that accumulation of mislocalized FLNC and BAG3 in highly immunoreactive fibres contributes to the pathogenic mechanism of ZAK deficiency.
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- Amy Stonadge
- York Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- York Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Unité de Morphologie Neuromusculaire Institut de Myologie - Inserm Sorbonne Université - GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière 47- 83, boulevard de l’Hôpital F-75 651 Paris, Cedex 13, France
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- York Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- York Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- York Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Zheng Z, Song Y. Synaptopodin-2: a potential tumor suppressor. Cancer Cell Int 2023; 23:158. [PMID: 37544991 PMCID: PMC10405370 DOI: 10.1186/s12935-023-03013-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Initially identified as an actin-binding protein containing a PSD95-DLG-ZO1 Domain (PZD domain), Synaptopodin 2 (SYNPO2) has long been considered a structural protein ubiquitously expressed in muscular tissues. However, emerging evidence suggests that SYNPO2 performs diverse functions in cancers in addition to its role in microfilament assembly. In most cancers, high SYNPO2 expression is positively correlated with a good prognosis, suggesting its role as a novel tumor suppressor. Abnormal SYNPO2 expression affects autophagy generation, particularly mitophagy induced by low oxidation or viral infection, as well as chaperone-mediated autophagy triggered by microfilament damage. Mechanically, SYNPO2 regulates tumor growth, metastasis, and invasion via activating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signal and Hippo signaling pathways. Moreover, the subcellular localization, promoter methylation and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of SYNPO2 have been associated with cancer progression and clinical outcomes, highlighting its potential as a prognostic or diagnostic target for this patient population. This review focuses on the role of SYNPO2 in cancer, including its generation, epigenetic modification, subcellular localization, and biological function.
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- Zequn Zheng
- Ningbo Institute of Innovation for Combined Medicine and Engineering, Ningbo Medical Centre Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, No. 378 Dongqing Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, 315048, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
- Department of Cardiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515063, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Ningbo Institute of Innovation for Combined Medicine and Engineering, Ningbo Medical Centre Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, No. 378 Dongqing Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, 315048, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
- School of Laboratory Medicine and Bioengineering, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
- Medical College, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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Deng Y, Yan J. Force-Dependent Structural Changes of Filamin C Rod Domains Regulated by Filamin C Dimer. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:14670-14678. [PMID: 37369984 PMCID: PMC10348313 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c02303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
Abstract
Filamin C (FLNC), a large dimeric actin-binding protein in muscle cells, plays a critical role in transmitting force in the cytoskeleton and that between membrane receptors and the cytoskeleton. It performs crucial mechanosensing and downstream mechanotransduction functions via force-dependent interactions with signaling proteins. Mutations in FLNC have been linked to muscle and heart diseases. The mechanical responses of the force-bearing elements in FLNC have not been determined. This study investigated the mechanical responses of FLNC domains and their dimerization interface using magnetic tweezers. Results showed high stability of the N-terminal domains in the rod-1 segment but significant changes in the rod-2 domains in response to forces of a few piconewtons (pN). The dimerization interface, formed by the R24 domain, has a lifetime of seconds to tens of seconds at pN forces, and it dissociates within 1 s at forces greater than 14 pN. The findings suggest the FLNC dimerization interface provides sufficient mechanical stability that enables force-dependent structural changes in rod-2 domains for signaling protein binding and maintains structural integrity of the rod-1 domains.
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- Yunxin Deng
- Mechanobiology
Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411, Singapore
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- Mechanobiology
Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411, Singapore
- Department
of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
- Joint
School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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Sellung D, Heil L, Daya N, Jacobsen F, Mertens-Rill J, Zhuge H, Döring K, Piran M, Milting H, Unger A, Linke WA, Kley R, Preusse C, Roos A, Fürst DO, Ven PFMVD, Vorgerd M. Novel Filamin C Myofibrillar Myopathy Variants Cause Different Pathomechanisms and Alterations in Protein Quality Systems. Cells 2023; 12:cells12091321. [PMID: 37174721 PMCID: PMC10177260 DOI: 10.3390/cells12091321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of chronic muscle diseases pathophysiologically characterized by accumulation of protein aggregates and structural failure of muscle fibers. A subtype of MFM is caused by heterozygous mutations in the filamin C (FLNC) gene, exhibiting progressive muscle weakness, muscle structural alterations and intracellular protein accumulations. Here, we characterize in depth the pathogenicity of two novel truncating FLNc variants (p.Q1662X and p.Y2704X) and assess their distinct effect on FLNc stability and distribution as well as their impact on protein quality system (PQS) pathways. Both variants cause a slowly progressive myopathy with disease onset in adulthood, chronic myopathic alterations in muscle biopsy including the presence of intracellular protein aggregates. Our analyses revealed that p.Q1662X results in FLNc haploinsufficiency and p.Y2704X in a dominant-negative FLNc accumulation. Moreover, both protein-truncating variants cause different PQS alterations: p.Q1662X leads to an increase in expression of several genes involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and the chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) system, whereas p.Y2704X results in increased abundance of proteins involved in UPS activation and autophagic buildup. We conclude that truncating FLNC variants might have different pathogenetic consequences and impair PQS function by diverse mechanisms and to varying extents. Further studies on a larger number of patients are necessary to confirm our observations.
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- Dominik Sellung
- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Marien-Hospital Borken, 46325 Borken, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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Winter L, Staszewska-Daca I, Zittrich S, Elhamine F, Zrelski MM, Schmidt K, Fischer I, Jüngst C, Schauss A, Goldmann WH, Stehle R, Wiche G. Z-Disk-Associated Plectin (Isoform 1d): Spatial Arrangement, Interaction Partners, and Role in Filamin C Homeostasis. Cells 2023; 12:1259. [PMID: 37174658 PMCID: PMC10177080 DOI: 10.3390/cells12091259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Plectin, a highly versatile cytolinker protein, is crucial for myofiber integrity and function. Accordingly, mutations in the human gene (PLEC) cause several rare diseases, denoted as plectinopathies, with most of them associated with progressive muscle weakness. Of several plectin isoforms expressed in skeletal muscle and the heart, P1d is the only isoform expressed exclusively in these tissues. Using high-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, here we show that plectin is located within the gaps between individual α-actinin-positive Z-disks, recruiting and bridging them to desmin intermediate filaments (Ifs). Loss of plectin in myofibril bundles led to a complete loss of desmin Ifs. Loss of Z-disk-associated plectin isoform P1d led to disorganization of muscle fibers and slower relaxation of myofibrils upon mechanical strain, in line with an observed inhomogeneity of muscle ultrastructure. In addition to binding to α-actinin and thereby providing structural support, P1d forms a scaffolding platform for the chaperone-assisted selective autophagy machinery (CASA) by directly interacting with HSC70 and synpo2. In isoform-specific knockout (P1d-KO) mouse muscle and mechanically stretched plectin-deficient myoblasts, we found high levels of undigested filamin C, a bona fide substrate of CASA. Similarly, subjecting P1d-KO mice to forced swim tests led to accumulation of filamin C aggregates in myofibers, highlighting a specific role of P1d in tension-induced proteolysis activated upon high loads of physical exercise and muscle contraction.
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- Lilli Winter
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Core Facility for Cell Imaging & Ultrastructure Research (CIUS), University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- CECAD Imaging Facility, CECAD Forschungszentrum Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- CECAD Imaging Facility, CECAD Forschungszentrum Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Krause K, Eggers B, Uszkoreit J, Eulitz S, Rehmann R, Güttsches AK, Schreiner A, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO, Marcus K, Vorgerd M, Kley RA. Target formation in muscle fibres indicates reinnervation - A proteomic study in muscle samples from peripheral neuropathies. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2023; 49:e12853. [PMID: 36180966 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
AIMS Target skeletal muscle fibres - defined by different concentric areas in oxidative enzyme staining - can occur in patients with neurogenic muscular atrophy. Here, we used our established hypothesis-free proteomic approach with the aim of deciphering the protein composition of targets. We also searched for potential novel interactions between target proteins. METHODS Targets and control areas were laser microdissected from skeletal muscle sections of 20 patients with neurogenic muscular atrophy. Samples were analysed by a highly sensitive mass spectrometry approach, enabling relative protein quantification. The results were validated by immunofluorescence studies. Protein interactions were investigated by yeast two-hybrid assays, coimmunoprecipitation experiments and bimolecular fluorescence complementation. RESULTS More than 1000 proteins were identified. Among these, 55 proteins were significantly over-represented and 40 proteins were significantly under-represented in targets compared to intraindividual control samples. The majority of over-represented proteins were associated with the myofibrillar Z-disc and actin dynamics, followed by myosin and myosin-associated proteins, proteins involved in protein biosynthesis and chaperones. Under-represented proteins were mainly mitochondrial proteins. Functional studies revealed that the LIM domain of the over-represented protein LIMCH1 interacts with isoform A of Xin actin-binding repeat-containing protein 1 (XinA). CONCLUSIONS In particular, proteins involved in myofibrillogenesis are over-represented in target structures, which indicate an ongoing process of sarcomere assembly and/or remodelling within this specific area of the muscle fibres. We speculate that target structures are the result of reinnervation processes in which filamin C-associated myofibrillogenesis is tightly regulated by the BAG3-associated protein quality system.
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- Karsten Krause
- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Medical Proteome Analysis, Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Medical Proteome Analysis, Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Medical Proteome Analysis, Center for Protein Diagnostics (PRODI), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany
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Zech ATL, Prondzynski M, Singh SR, Pietsch N, Orthey E, Alizoti E, Busch J, Madsen A, Behrens CS, Meyer-Jens M, Mearini G, Lemoine MD, Krämer E, Mosqueira D, Virdi S, Indenbirken D, Depke M, Salazar MG, Völker U, Braren I, Pu WT, Eschenhagen T, Hammer E, Schlossarek S, Carrier L. ACTN2 Mutant Causes Proteopathy in Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Cells 2022; 11:cells11172745. [PMID: 36078153 PMCID: PMC9454684 DOI: 10.3390/cells11172745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Genetic variants in α-actinin-2 (ACTN2) are associated with several forms of (cardio)myopathy. We previously reported a heterozygous missense (c.740C>T) ACTN2 gene variant, associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and characterized by an electro-mechanical phenotype in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). Here, we created with CRISPR/Cas9 genetic tools two heterozygous functional knock-out hiPSC lines with a second wild-type (ACTN2wt) and missense ACTN2 (ACTN2mut) allele, respectively. We evaluated their impact on cardiomyocyte structure and function, using a combination of different technologies, including immunofluorescence and live cell imaging, RNA-seq, and mass spectrometry. This study showed that ACTN2mut presents a higher percentage of multinucleation, protein aggregation, hypertrophy, myofibrillar disarray, and activation of both the ubiquitin-proteasome system and the autophagy-lysosomal pathway as compared to ACTN2wt in 2D-cultured hiPSC-CMs. Furthermore, the expression of ACTN2mut was associated with a marked reduction of sarcomere-associated protein levels in 2D-cultured hiPSC-CMs and force impairment in engineered heart tissues. In conclusion, our study highlights the activation of proteolytic systems in ACTN2mut hiPSC-CMs likely to cope with ACTN2 aggregation and therefore directs towards proteopathy as an additional cellular pathology caused by this ACTN2 variant, which may contribute to human ACTN2-associated cardiomyopathies.
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- Antonia T. L. Zech
- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, University Heart and Vascular Center, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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- Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Leibniz Institute of Virology, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Leibniz Institute of Virology, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department for Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department for Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department for Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Vector Facility, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department for Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Greifswald, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-40-7410-57208
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Kahraman M, Ozulu Turkmen B, Bahat-Ozturk G, Catikkas NM, Oren MM, Sahin A, Daglar A, Ozturk S, Palanduz S, Diler AS, Karan MA. Is there a relationship between ACTN3 R577X gene polymorphism and sarcopenia? Aging Clin Exp Res 2022; 34:757-765. [PMID: 34677800 DOI: 10.1007/s40520-021-01996-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The alpha-actinin (ACTN) genes are important structural components of the sarcomere. Sarcopenia is a common geriatric syndrome characterized by morbidity and mortality. Our study aimed to examine the relationship between the ACTN3 R577X gene and sarcopenia in community-dwelling Turkish adults. METHODS We designed a cross-sectional study among the patients aged ≥ 65 years admitted to the geriatric outpatient clinic. We recorded the general characteristics of the patients. We used the Jamar hand dynamometer to evaluate handgrip strength. Body composition was estimated using bioimpedance analysis. Sarcopenia was diagnosed according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People2 criteria with population-specific cutoffs. We performed analyses of low muscle mass (LMM) with skeletal muscle mass index adjusted for body mass index [SMMI(BMI)]. We further categorized the SMMI(BMI) cutoffs into tenths. The analyzes were performed according to the 90th percentile SMMI(BMI) cutoffs. Peripheral blood samples were collected to determine the ACTN3 genotypes. RESULTS 197 participants were included [mean age: 76.3 ± 6.1 years, 151 (76.6%) women]. The proportions of the ACTN3 genotypes were as follows: RX (45.1%) > RR (31%) > XX (23.9%). The significant difference between genotypes was found only for low SMMI(BMI) according to the 90th percentile (p = 0.025). In multivariate analysis, only gender (female) was independently associated with LMM. CONCLUSION We did not find any association between ACTN3 R577X gene polymorphism and probable sarcopenia, confirmed sarcopenia and LMM. Besides, much more research is needed to reveal how ethnicity affects the muscles of older adults with ACTN3 R577X gene polymorphism.
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- Mustafa Kahraman
- Department of Physiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No: 118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey.
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Public Health, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Medical Genetic, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Medical Genetic, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Medical Genetic, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Medical Genetic, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No: 118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University School of Medicine, Topkapı Mahallesi, Turgut Özal Caddesi̇ No:118, Fatih, 34093, İstanbul, Turkey
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Bang ML, Bogomolovas J, Chen J. Understanding the molecular basis of cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 322:H181-H233. [PMID: 34797172 PMCID: PMC8759964 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00562.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Inherited cardiomyopathies are a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide and can be caused by mutations in a wide range of proteins located in different cellular compartments. The present review is based on Dr. Ju Chen's 2021 Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the American Physiological Society Cardiovascular Section, in which he provided an overview of the current knowledge on the cardiomyopathy-associated proteins that have been studied in his laboratory. The review provides a general summary of the proteins in different compartments of cardiomyocytes associated with cardiomyopathies, with specific focus on the proteins that have been studied in Dr. Chen's laboratory.
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- Marie-Louise Bang
- Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB), National Research Council (CNR), Milan Unit, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine Cardiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Lohanadan K, Molt S, Dierck F, van der Ven PFM, Frey N, Höhfeld J, Fürst DO. Isoform-specific functions of synaptopodin-2 variants in cytoskeleton stabilization and autophagy regulation in muscle under mechanical stress. Exp Cell Res 2021; 408:112865. [PMID: 34637763 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) in multicellular organisms depends on the maintenance of force-bearing and force-generating cellular structures. Within myofibrillar Z-discs of striated muscle, isoforms of synaptopodin-2 (SYNPO2/myopodin) act as adapter proteins that are engaged in proteostasis of the actin-crosslinking protein filamin C (FLNc) under mechanical stress. SYNPO2 directly binds F-actin, FLNc and α-actinin and thus contributes to the architectural features of the actin cytoskeleton. By its association with autophagy mediating proteins, i.e. BAG3 and VPS18, SYNPO2 is also engaged in protein quality control and helps to target mechanical unfolded and damaged FLNc for degradation. Here we show that deficiency of all SYNPO2-isoforms in myotubes leads to decreased myofibrillar stability and deregulated autophagy under mechanical stress. In addition, isoform-specific proteostasis functions were revealed. The PDZ-domain containing variant SYNPO2b and the shorter, PDZ-less isoform SYNPO2e both localize to Z-discs. Yet, SYNPO2e is less stably associated with the Z-disc than SYNPO2b, and is dynamically transferred into FLNc-containing myofibrillar lesions under mechanical stress. SYNPO2e also recruits BAG3 into these lesions via interaction with the WW domain of BAG3. Our data provide evidence for a role of myofibrillar lesions as a transient quality control compartment essential to prevent and repair contraction-induced myofibril damage in muscle and indicate an important coordinating activity for SYNPO2 therein.
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- Keerthika Lohanadan
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Cheok YY, Tan GMY, Fernandez KC, Chan YT, Lee CYQ, Cheong HC, Looi CY, Vadivelu J, Abdullah S, Wong WF. Podoplanin Drives Motility of Active Macrophage via Regulating Filamin C During Helicobacter pylori Infection. Front Immunol 2021; 12:702156. [PMID: 34707599 PMCID: PMC8543000 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.702156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Podoplanin (Pdpn) is a mucin-type transmembrane protein that has been implicated in multiple physiological settings including lymphangiogenesis, platelet aggregation, and cancer metastasis. Here, we reported an absence of Pdpn transcript expression in the resting mouse monocytic macrophages, RAW264.7 cells; intriguingly, a substantial upregulation of Pdpn was observed in activated macrophages following Helicobacter pylori or lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Pdpn-knockout macrophages demonstrated intact phagocytic and intracellular bactericidal activities comparable to wild type but exhibited impaired migration due to attenuated filopodia formation. In contrast, an ectopic expression of Pdpn augmented filopodia protrusion in activated macrophages. NanoString analysis uncovered a close dependency of Filamin C gene on the presence of Pdpn, highlighting an involvement of Filamin C in modulation of actin polymerization activity, which controls cell filopodia formation and migration. In addition, interleukin-1β production was significantly declined in the absence of Pdpn, suggesting a role of Pdpn in orchestrating inflammation during H. pylori infection besides cellular migration. Together, our findings unravel the Pdpn network that modulates movement of active macrophages.
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- Yi Ying Cheok
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Bioscience, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Agarwal R, Paulo JA, Toepfer CN, Ewoldt JK, Sundaram S, Chopra A, Zhang Q, Gorham J, DePalma SR, Chen CS, Gygi SP, Seidman CE, Seidman JG. Filamin C Cardiomyopathy Variants Cause Protein and Lysosome Accumulation. Circ Res 2021; 129:751-766. [PMID: 34405687 PMCID: PMC9053646 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.120.317076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Radhika Agarwal
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Kley RA, Leber Y, Schrank B, Zhuge H, Orfanos Z, Kostan J, Onipe A, Sellung D, Güttsches AK, Eggers B, Jacobsen F, Kress W, Marcus K, Djinovic-Carugo K, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO, Vorgerd M. FLNC-Associated Myofibrillar Myopathy: New Clinical, Functional, and Proteomic Data. NEUROLOGY-GENETICS 2021; 7:e590. [PMID: 34235269 PMCID: PMC8237399 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective To determine whether a new indel mutation in the dimerization domain of filamin C (FLNc) causes a hereditary myopathy with protein aggregation in muscle fibers, we clinically and molecularly studied a German family with autosomal dominant myofibrillar myopathy (MFM). Methods We performed mutational analysis in 3 generations, muscle histopathology, and proteomic studies of IM protein aggregates. Functional consequences of the FLNC mutation were investigated with interaction and transfection studies and biophysics molecular analysis. Results Eight patients revealed clinical features of slowly progressive proximal weakness associated with a heterozygous c.8025_8030delCAAGACinsA (p.K2676Pfs*3) mutation in FLNC. Two patients exhibited a mild cardiomyopathy. MRI of skeletal muscle revealed lipomatous changes typical for MFM with FLNC mutations. Muscle biopsies showed characteristic MFM findings with protein aggregation and lesion formation. The proteomic profile of aggregates was specific for MFM-filaminopathy and indicated activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and autophagic pathways. Functional studies revealed that mutant FLNc is misfolded, unstable, and incapable of forming homodimers and heterodimers with wild-type FLNc. Conclusions This new MFM-filaminopathy family confirms that expression of mutant FLNC leads to an adult-onset muscle phenotype with intracellular protein accumulation. Mutant FLNc protein is biochemically compromised and leads to dysregulation of protein quality control mechanisms. Proteomic analysis of MFM protein aggregates is a potent method to identify disease-relevant proteins, differentiate MFM subtypes, evaluate the relevance of gene variants, and identify novel MFM candidate genes.
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- Rudolf Andre Kley
- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Sun YH, Gao J, Liu XD, Tang HW, Cao SL, Zhang JK, Wen PH, Wang ZH, Li J, Guo WZ, Zhang SJ. Interaction analysis of gene variants related to one-carbon metabolism with chronic hepatitis B infection in Chinese patients. J Gene Med 2021; 23:e3347. [PMID: 33894044 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.3347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The risk of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection is influenced by aberrant DNA methylation and altered nucleotide synthesis and repair, possibly caused by polymorphic variants in one-carbon metabolism genes. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between polymorphisms belonging to the one-carbon metabolic pathway and CHB infection. METHODS A case-control study using 230 CHB patients and 234 unrelated healthy controls was carried out to assess the genetic association of 24 single nucleotide polymorphisins (SNPs) determined by mass spectrometry. RESULTS Three SNPs, comprising rs10717122 and rs2229717 in serine hydroxymethyltransferase1/2 (SHMT2) and rs585800 in betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase (BHMT), were associated with the risk of CHB. Patients with DEL allele, DEL.DEL and DEL.T genotypes of rs10717122 had a 1.40-, 2.00- and 1.83-fold increased risk for CHB, respectively. Cases inheriting TA genotype of rs585800 had a 2.19-fold risk for CHB infection. The T allele of rs2229717 was less represented in the CHB cases (odds ratio = 0.66, 95% confidence interval = 0.48-0.92). The T allele of rs2229717 was less in patients with a low hepatitis B virus-DNA level compared to the control group (odds ratio = 0.49, 95% confidence interval = 0.25-0.97) and TT genotype of rs2229717 had a significant correlation with hepatitis B surface antigen level (p = 0.0195). Further gene-gene interaction analysis showed that subjects carrying the rs10717122 DEL.DEL/DEL.T and rs585800 TT/TA genotypes had a 2.74-fold increased risk of CHB. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study suggest that rs10717122, rs585800 and rs2229717 and gene-gene interactions of rs10717122 and rs585800 affect the outcome of CHB infection, at the same time as indicating their usefulness as a predictive and diagnostic biomarker of CHB infection.
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- Yao-Hui Sun
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.,Open and Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery and Digestive Organ Transplantation at Henan Universities, Henan, China.,Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Henan, China
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Kostan J, Pavšič M, Puž V, Schwarz TC, Drepper F, Molt S, Graewert MA, Schreiner C, Sajko S, van der Ven PFM, Onipe A, Svergun DI, Warscheid B, Konrat R, Fürst DO, Lenarčič B, Djinović-Carugo K. Molecular basis of F-actin regulation and sarcomere assembly via myotilin. PLoS Biol 2021; 19:e3001148. [PMID: 33844684 PMCID: PMC8062120 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Sarcomeres, the basic contractile units of striated muscle cells, contain arrays of thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The Ig-like domain-containing protein myotilin provides structural integrity to Z-discs-the boundaries between adjacent sarcomeres. Myotilin binds to Z-disc components, including F-actin and α-actinin-2, but the molecular mechanism of binding and implications of these interactions on Z-disc integrity are still elusive. To illuminate them, we used a combination of small-angle X-ray scattering, cross-linking mass spectrometry, and biochemical and molecular biophysics approaches. We discovered that myotilin displays conformational ensembles in solution. We generated a structural model of the F-actin:myotilin complex that revealed how myotilin interacts with and stabilizes F-actin via its Ig-like domains and flanking regions. Mutant myotilin designed with impaired F-actin binding showed increased dynamics in cells. Structural analyses and competition assays uncovered that myotilin displaces tropomyosin from F-actin. Our findings suggest a novel role of myotilin as a co-organizer of Z-disc assembly and advance our mechanistic understanding of myotilin's structural role in Z-discs.
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- Julius Kostan
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg Unit, c/o DESY, Hamburg, Germany
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- Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Signalling Research Centres BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Mao Y, Schneider R, van der Ven PFM, Assent M, Lohanadan K, Klämbt V, Buerger F, Kitzler TM, Deutsch K, Nakayama M, Majmundar AJ, Mann N, Hermle T, Onuchic-Whitford AC, Zhou W, Margam NN, Duncan R, Marquez J, Khokha M, Fathy HM, Kari JA, El Desoky S, Eid LA, Awad HS, Al-Saffar M, Mane S, Lifton RP, Fürst DO, Shril S, Hildebrandt F. Recessive Mutations in SYNPO2 as a Candidate of Monogenic Nephrotic Syndrome. Kidney Int Rep 2020; 6:472-483. [PMID: 33615072 PMCID: PMC7879128 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Introduction Most of the approximately 60 genes that if mutated cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) are highly expressed in the glomerular podocyte, rendering SRNS a “podocytopathy.” Methods We performed whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 1200 nephrotic syndrome (NS) patients. Results We discovered homozygous truncating and homozygous missense mutation in SYNPO2 (synaptopodin-2) (p.Lys1124∗ and p.Ala1134Thr) in 2 patients with childhood-onset NS. We found SYNPO2 expression in both podocytes and mesangial cells; however, notably, immunofluorescence staining of adult human and rat kidney cryosections indicated that SYNPO2 is localized mainly in mesangial cells. Subcellular localization studies reveal that in these cells SYNPO2 partially co-localizes with α-actinin and filamin A−containing F-actin filaments. Upon transfection in mesangial cells or podocytes, EGFP-SYNPO2 co-localized with α-actinin-4, which gene is mutated in autosomal dominant SRNS in humans. SYNPO2 overexpression increases mesangial cell migration rate (MMR), whereas shRNA knockdown reduces MMR. Decreased MMR was rescued by transfection of wild-type mouse Synpo2 cDNA but only partially by cDNA representing mutations from the NS patients. The increased mesangial cell migration rate (MMR) by SYNPO2 overexpression was inhibited by ARP complex inhibitor CK666. SYNPO2 shRNA knockdown in podocytes decreased active Rac1, which was rescued by transfection of wild-type SYNPO2 cDNA but not by cDNA representing any of the 2 mutant variants. Conclusion We show that SYNPO2 variants may lead to Rac1-ARP3 dysregulation, and may play a role in the pathogenesis of nephrotic syndrome.
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- Youying Mao
- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanhai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanhai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Alexandria Faculty of medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.,Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.,Pediatric Nephrology Center of Excellence, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Dubai Kidney Center of Excellence, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Pediatric Nephrology Department, Dubai Kidney Center of Excellence, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
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- Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Schuld J, Orfanos Z, Chevessier F, Eggers B, Heil L, Uszkoreit J, Unger A, Kirfel G, van der Ven PFM, Marcus K, Linke WA, Clemen CS, Schröder R, Fürst DO. Homozygous expression of the myofibrillar myopathy-associated p.W2710X filamin C variant reveals major pathomechanisms of sarcomeric lesion formation. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020; 8:154. [PMID: 32887649 PMCID: PMC7650280 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-01001-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Filamin C (FLNc) is mainly expressed in striated muscle cells where it localizes to Z-discs, myotendinous junctions and intercalated discs. Recent studies have revealed numerous mutations in the FLNC gene causing familial and sporadic myopathies and cardiomyopathies with marked clinical variability. The most frequent myopathic mutation, p.W2710X, which is associated with myofibrillar myopathy, deletes the carboxy-terminal 16 amino acids from FLNc and abolishes the dimerization property of Ig-like domain 24. We previously characterized "knock-in" mice heterozygous for this mutation (p.W2711X), and have now investigated homozygous mice using protein and mRNA expression analyses, mass spectrometry, and extensive immunolocalization and ultrastructural studies. Although the latter mice display a relatively mild myopathy under normal conditions, our analyses identified major mechanisms causing the pathophysiology of this disease: in comparison to wildtype animals (i) the expression level of FLNc protein is drastically reduced; (ii) mutant FLNc is relocalized from Z-discs to particularly mechanically strained parts of muscle cells, i.e. myotendinous junctions and myofibrillar lesions; (iii) the number of lesions is greatly increased and these lesions lack Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) protein; (iv) the expression of heat shock protein beta-7 (HSPB7) is almost completely abolished. These findings indicate grave disturbances of BAG3-dependent and -independent autophagy pathways that are required for efficient lesion repair. In addition, our studies reveal general mechanisms of lesion formation and demonstrate that defective FLNc dimerization via its carboxy-terminal domain does not disturb assembly and basic function of myofibrils. An alternative, more amino-terminally located dimerization site might compensate for that loss. Since filamins function as stress sensors, our data further substantiate that FLNc is important for mechanosensing in the context of Z-disc stabilization and maintenance.
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Phosphoproteomics identifies dual-site phosphorylation in an extended basophilic motif regulating FILIP1-mediated degradation of filamin-C. Commun Biol 2020; 3:253. [PMID: 32444788 PMCID: PMC7244511 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0982-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The PI3K/Akt pathway promotes skeletal muscle growth and myogenic differentiation. Although its importance in skeletal muscle biology is well documented, many of its substrates remain to be identified. We here studied PI3K/Akt signaling in contracting skeletal muscle cells by quantitative phosphoproteomics. We identified the extended basophilic phosphosite motif RxRxxp[S/T]xxp[S/T] in various proteins including filamin-C (FLNc). Importantly, this extended motif, located in a unique insert in Ig-like domain 20 of FLNc, is doubly phosphorylated. The protein kinases responsible for this dual-site phosphorylation are Akt and PKCα. Proximity proteomics and interaction analysis identified filamin A-interacting protein 1 (FILIP1) as direct FLNc binding partner. FILIP1 binding induces filamin degradation, thereby negatively regulating its function. Here, dual-site phosphorylation of FLNc not only reduces FILIP1 binding, providing a mechanism to shield FLNc from FILIP1-mediated degradation, but also enables fast dynamics of FLNc necessary for its function as signaling adaptor in cross-striated muscle cells. Reimann, Schwäble et al. perform quantitative proteomics to study PI3K/Akt signaling in contracting myotubes. They identify a dual-site phosphorylation motif in the actin cross-linker and signaling adaptor filamin C, which regulates its degradation and mobility, suggesting the importance of dual phosphorylation for filamin C function in striated muscle cells.
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Structure and Function of Filamin C in the Muscle Z-Disc. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21082696. [PMID: 32295012 PMCID: PMC7216277 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Filamin C (FLNC) is one of three filamin proteins (Filamin A (FLNA), Filamin B (FLNB), and FLNC) that cross-link actin filaments and interact with numerous binding partners. FLNC consists of a N-terminal actin-binding domain followed by 24 immunoglobulin-like repeats with two intervening calpain-sensitive hinges separating R15 and R16 (hinge 1) and R23 and R24 (hinge-2). The FLNC subunit is dimerized through R24 and calpain cleaves off the dimerization domain to regulate mobility of the FLNC subunit. FLNC is localized in the Z-disc due to the unique insertion of 82 amino acid residues in repeat 20 and necessary for normal Z-disc formation that connect sarcomeres. Since phosphorylation of FLNC by PKC diminishes the calpain sensitivity, assembly, and disassembly of the Z-disc may be regulated by phosphorylation of FLNC. Mutations of FLNC result in cardiomyopathy and muscle weakness. Although this review will focus on the current understanding of FLNC structure and functions in muscle, we will also discuss other filamins because they share high sequence similarity and are better characterized. We will also discuss a possible role of FLNC as a mechanosensor during muscle contraction.
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Mukund K, Subramaniam S. Skeletal muscle: A review of molecular structure and function, in health and disease. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2020; 12:e1462. [PMID: 31407867 PMCID: PMC6916202 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Decades of research in skeletal muscle physiology have provided multiscale insights into the structural and functional complexity of this important anatomical tissue, designed to accomplish the task of generating contraction, force and movement. Skeletal muscle can be viewed as a biomechanical device with various interacting components including the autonomic nerves for impulse transmission, vasculature for efficient oxygenation, and embedded regulatory and metabolic machinery for maintaining cellular homeostasis. The "omics" revolution has propelled a new era in muscle research, allowing us to discern minute details of molecular cross-talk required for effective coordination between the myriad interacting components for efficient muscle function. The objective of this review is to provide a systems-level, comprehensive mapping the molecular mechanisms underlying skeletal muscle structure and function, in health and disease. We begin this review with a focus on molecular mechanisms underlying muscle tissue development (myogenesis), with an emphasis on satellite cells and muscle regeneration. We next review the molecular structure and mechanisms underlying the many structural components of the muscle: neuromuscular junction, sarcomere, cytoskeleton, extracellular matrix, and vasculature surrounding muscle. We highlight aberrant molecular mechanisms and their possible clinical or pathophysiological relevance. We particularly emphasize the impact of environmental stressors (inflammation and oxidative stress) in contributing to muscle pathophysiology including atrophy, hypertrophy, and fibrosis. This article is categorized under: Physiology > Mammalian Physiology in Health and Disease Developmental Biology > Developmental Processes in Health and Disease Models of Systems Properties and Processes > Cellular Models.
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- Kavitha Mukund
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCalifornia
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- Department of Bioengineering, Bioinformatics & Systems BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCalifornia
- Department of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCalifornia
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and NanoengineeringUniversity of CaliforniaSan DiegoCalifornia
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Campos GS, Sollero BP, Reimann FA, Junqueira VS, Cardoso LL, Yokoo MJI, Boligon AA, Braccini J, Cardoso FF. Tag‐SNP selection using Bayesian genomewide association study for growth traits in Hereford and Braford cattle. J Anim Breed Genet 2019; 137:449-467. [DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Departamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal de Pelotas Pelotas Brazil
- Embrapa Pecuária Sul Bagé Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia Universidade Federal de Pelotas Pelotas Brazil
- Embrapa Pecuária Sul Bagé Brazil
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Schubert J, Tariq M, Geddes G, Kindel S, Miller EM, Ware SM. Novel pathogenic variants in filamin C identified in pediatric restrictive cardiomyopathy. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:2083-2096. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.23661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Jeffrey Schubert
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Microbiology, and Biochemistry; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Cincinnati Ohio
- Departments of Pediatrics and Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis Indiana
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- Faculty of Applied Medical Science; University of Tabuk; Tabuk Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics; Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee Wisconsin
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati Ohio
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Medical and Molecular Genetics; Indiana University School of Medicine; Indianapolis Indiana
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Ehsan M, Jiang H, L Thomson K, Gehmlich K. When signalling goes wrong: pathogenic variants in structural and signalling proteins causing cardiomyopathies. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2017; 38:303-316. [PMID: 29119312 PMCID: PMC5742121 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-017-9487-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cardiomyopathies are a diverse group of cardiac disorders with distinct phenotypes, depending on the proteins and pathways affected. A substantial proportion of cardiomyopathies are inherited and those will be the focus of this review article. With the wide application of high-throughput sequencing in the practice of clinical genetics, the roles of novel genes in cardiomyopathies are recognised. Here, we focus on a subgroup of cardiomyopathy genes [TTN, FHL1, CSRP3, FLNC and PLN, coding for Titin, Four and a Half LIM domain 1, Muscle LIM Protein, Filamin C and Phospholamban, respectively], which, despite their diverse biological functions, all have important signalling functions in the heart, suggesting that disturbances in signalling networks can contribute to cardiomyopathies.
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- Mehroz Ehsan
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Cardiac and skeletal striated muscles are intricately designed machines responsible for muscle contraction. Coordination of the basic contractile unit, the sarcomere, and the complex cytoskeletal networks are critical for contractile activity. The sarcomere is comprised of precisely organized individual filament systems that include thin (actin), thick (myosin), titin, and nebulin. Connecting the sarcomere to other organelles (e.g., mitochondria and nucleus) and serving as the scaffold to maintain cellular integrity are the intermediate filaments. The costamere, on the other hand, tethers the sarcomere to the cell membrane. Unique structures like the intercalated disc in cardiac muscle and the myotendinous junction in skeletal muscle help synchronize and transmit force. Intense investigation has been done on many of the proteins that make up these cytoskeletal assemblies. Yet the details of their function and how they interconnect have just started to be elucidated. A vast number of human myopathies are contributed to mutations in muscle proteins; thus understanding their basic function provides a mechanistic understanding of muscle disorders. In this review, we highlight the components of striated muscle with respect to their interactions, signaling pathways, functions, and connections to disease. © 2017 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 7:891-944, 2017.
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- Christine A Henderson
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.,Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Genome-wide association study for feed efficiency and growth traits in U.S. beef cattle. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:386. [PMID: 28521758 PMCID: PMC5437562 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3754-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays for domestic cattle have catalyzed the identification of genetic markers associated with complex traits for inclusion in modern breeding and selection programs. Using actual and imputed Illumina 778K genotypes for 3887 U.S. beef cattle from 3 populations (Angus, Hereford, SimAngus), we performed genome-wide association analyses for feed efficiency and growth traits including average daily gain (ADG), dry matter intake (DMI), mid-test metabolic weight (MMWT), and residual feed intake (RFI), with marker-based heritability estimates produced for all traits and populations. Results Moderate and/or large-effect QTL were detected for all traits in all populations, as jointly defined by the estimated proportion of variance explained (PVE) by marker effects (PVE ≥ 1.0%) and a nominal P-value threshold (P ≤ 5e-05). Lead SNPs with PVE ≥ 2.0% were considered putative evidence of large-effect QTL (n = 52), whereas those with PVE ≥ 1.0% but < 2.0% were considered putative evidence for moderate-effect QTL (n = 35). Identical or proximal lead SNPs associated with ADG, DMI, MMWT, and RFI collectively supported the potential for either pleiotropic QTL, or independent but proximal causal mutations for multiple traits within and between the analyzed populations. Marker-based heritability estimates for all investigated traits ranged from 0.18 to 0.60 using 778K genotypes, or from 0.17 to 0.57 using 50K genotypes (reduced from Illumina 778K HD to Illumina Bovine SNP50). An investigation to determine if QTL detected by 778K analysis could also be detected using 50K genotypes produced variable results, suggesting that 50K analyses were generally insufficient for QTL detection in these populations, and that relevant breeding or selection programs should be based on higher density analyses (imputed or directly ascertained). Conclusions Fourteen moderate to large-effect QTL regions which ranged from being physically proximal (lead SNPs ≤ 3Mb) to fully overlapping for RFI, DMI, ADG, and MMWT were detected within and between populations, and included evidence for pleiotropy, proximal but independent causal mutations, and multi-breed QTL. Bovine positional candidate genes for these traits were functionally conserved across vertebrate species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-3754-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Reimann L, Wiese H, Leber Y, Schwäble AN, Fricke AL, Rohland A, Knapp B, Peikert CD, Drepper F, van der Ven PFM, Radziwill G, Fürst DO, Warscheid B. Myofibrillar Z-discs Are a Protein Phosphorylation Hot Spot with Protein Kinase C (PKCα) Modulating Protein Dynamics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 16:346-367. [PMID: 28028127 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m116.065425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Z-disc is a protein-rich structure critically important for the development and integrity of myofibrils, which are the contractile organelles of cross-striated muscle cells. We here used mouse C2C12 myoblast, which were differentiated into myotubes, followed by electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) to generate contracting myotubes comprising mature Z-discs. Using a quantitative proteomics approach, we found significant changes in the relative abundance of 387 proteins in myoblasts versus differentiated myotubes, reflecting the drastic phenotypic conversion of these cells during myogenesis. Interestingly, EPS of differentiated myotubes to induce Z-disc assembly and maturation resulted in increased levels of proteins involved in ATP synthesis, presumably to fulfill the higher energy demand of contracting myotubes. Because an important role of the Z-disc for signal integration and transduction was recently suggested, its precise phosphorylation landscape further warranted in-depth analysis. We therefore established, by global phosphoproteomics of EPS-treated contracting myotubes, a comprehensive site-resolved protein phosphorylation map of the Z-disc and found that it is a phosphorylation hotspot in skeletal myocytes, underscoring its functions in signaling and disease-related processes. In an illustrative fashion, we analyzed the actin-binding multiadaptor protein filamin C (FLNc), which is essential for Z-disc assembly and maintenance, and found that PKCα phosphorylation at distinct serine residues in its hinge 2 region prevents its cleavage at an adjacent tyrosine residue by calpain 1. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments indicated that this phosphorylation modulates FLNc dynamics. Moreover, FLNc lacking the cleaved Ig-like domain 24 exhibited remarkably fast kinetics and exceedingly high mobility. Our data set provides research community resource for further identification of kinase-mediated changes in myofibrillar protein interactions, kinetics, and mobility that will greatly advance our understanding of Z-disc dynamics and signaling.
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- Lena Reimann
- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,§BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; .,§BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg
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Avila-Smirnow D, Gueneau L, Batonnet-Pichon S, Delort F, Bécane HM, Claeys K, Beuvin M, Goudeau B, Jais JP, Nelson I, Richard P, Ben Yaou R, Romero NB, Wahbi K, Mathis S, Voit T, Furst D, van der Ven P, Gil R, Vicart P, Fardeau M, Bonne G, Behin A. Cardiac arrhythmia and late-onset muscle weakness caused by a myofibrillar myopathy with unusual histopathological features due to a novel missense mutation in FLNC. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2016; 172:594-606. [PMID: 27633507 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2016.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are mostly adult-onset diseases characterized by progressive morphological alterations of the muscle fibers beginning in the Z-disk and the presence of protein aggregates in the sarcoplasm. They are mostly caused by mutations in different genes that encode Z-disk proteins, including DES, CRYAB, LDB3, MYOT, FLNC and BAG3. A large family of French origin, presenting an autosomal dominant pattern, characterized by cardiac arrhythmia associated to late-onset muscle weakness, was evaluated to clarify clinical, morphological and genetic diagnosis. Muscle weakness began during adult life (over 30 years of age), and had a proximal distribution. Histology showed clear signs of a myofibrillar myopathy, but with unusual, large inclusions. Subsequently, genetic testing was performed in MFM genes available for screening at the time of clinical/histological diagnosis, and desmin (DES), αB-crystallin (CRYAB), myotilin (MYOT) and ZASP (LDB3), were excluded. LMNA gene screening found the p.R296C variant which did not co-segregate with the disease. Genome wide scan revealed linkage to 7q.32, containing the FLNC gene. FLNC direct sequencing revealed a heterozygous c.3646T>A p.Tyr1216Asn change, co-segregating with the disease, in a highly conserved amino acid of the protein. Normal filamin C levels were detected by Western-blot analysis in patient muscle biopsies and expression of the mutant protein in NIH3T3 showed filamin C aggregates. This is an original FLNC mutation in a MFM family with an atypical clinical and histopathological presentation, given the presence of significantly focal lesions and prominent sarcoplasmic masses in muscle biopsies and the constant heart involvement preceding significantly the onset of the myopathy. Though a rare etiology, FLNC gene should not be excluded in early-onset arrhythmia, even in the absence of myopathy, which occurs later in the disease course.
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- D Avila-Smirnow
- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, université Paris Diderot, CNRS, unité de biologie fonctionnelle et adaptative, UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, université Paris Diderot, CNRS, unité de biologie fonctionnelle et adaptative, UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de myologie, centre de référence de pathologie neuromusculaire Paris-Est, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, association institut de myologie, unité de morphologie neuromusculaire, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France
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- GH Necker Enfants-Malades, université Paris Descartes, faculté de médecine, biostatistique et informatique médicale, EA 4067, 75015 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, service de biochimie métabolique, U.F. cardiogénétique et myogénétique, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de myologie, centre de référence de pathologie neuromusculaire Paris-Est, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France; Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, association institut de myologie, unité de morphologie neuromusculaire, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de myologie, centre de référence de pathologie neuromusculaire Paris-Est, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Cochin-Broca-Hôtel Dieu, service de cardiologie, 75013 Paris, France
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- CHU de la Milétrie, service de neurologie, 86021 Poitiers, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France; AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de myologie, centre de référence de pathologie neuromusculaire Paris-Est, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- University of Bonn, institute for cell biology, department of molecular cell biology, Bonn, Germany
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- University of Bonn, institute for cell biology, department of molecular cell biology, Bonn, Germany
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- CHU de la Milétrie, service de neurologie, 86021 Poitiers, France
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- Sorbonne Paris Cité, université Paris Diderot, CNRS, unité de biologie fonctionnelle et adaptative, UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, association institut de myologie, unité de morphologie neuromusculaire, 75013 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne universités, UPMC Paris 06, center of research in myology, Inserm UMRS974, CNRS FRE3617, 75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de myologie, centre de référence de pathologie neuromusculaire Paris-Est, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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Leber Y, Ruparelia AA, Kirfel G, van der Ven PFM, Hoffmann B, Merkel R, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Fürst DO. Filamin C is a highly dynamic protein associated with fast repair of myofibrillar microdamage. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:2776-2788. [PMID: 27206985 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Filamin c (FLNc) is a large dimeric actin-binding protein located at premyofibrils, myofibrillar Z-discs and myofibrillar attachment sites of striated muscle cells, where it is involved in mechanical stabilization, mechanosensation and intracellular signaling. Mutations in the gene encoding FLNc give rise to skeletal muscle diseases and cardiomyopathies. Here, we demonstrate by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching that a large fraction of FLNc is highly mobile in cultured neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes and in cardiac and skeletal muscles of live transgenic zebrafish embryos. Analysis of cardiomyocytes from Xirp1 and Xirp2 deficient animals indicates that both Xin actin-binding repeat-containing proteins stabilize FLNc selectively in premyofibrils. Using a novel assay to analyze myofibrillar microdamage and subsequent repair in cultured contracting cardiomyocytes by live cell imaging, we demonstrate that repair of damaged myofibrils is achieved within only 4 h, even in the absence of de novo protein synthesis. FLNc is immediately recruited to these sarcomeric lesions together with its binding partner aciculin and precedes detectable assembly of filamentous actin and recruitment of other myofibrillar proteins. These data disclose an unprecedented degree of flexibility of the almost crystalline contractile machinery and imply FLNc as a dynamic signaling hub, rather than a primarily structural protein. Our myofibrillar damage/repair model illustrates how (cardio)myocytes are kept functional in their mechanically and metabolically strained environment. Our results help to better understand the pathomechanisms and pathophysiology of early stages of FLNc-related myofibrillar myopathy and skeletal and cardiac diseases preceding pathological protein aggregation.
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- Yvonne Leber
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biomechanics (ICS-7), Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D52428 Jülich, Germany and
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- Department of Biomechanics (ICS-7), Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D52428 Jülich, Germany and.,Department of Biomechanics, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, D53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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Chevessier F, Schuld J, Orfanos Z, Plank AC, Wolf L, Maerkens A, Unger A, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Kley RA, Von Hörsten S, Marcus K, Linke WA, Vorgerd M, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO, Schröder R. Myofibrillar instability exacerbated by acute exercise in filaminopathy. Hum Mol Genet 2015; 24:7207-20. [PMID: 26472074 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Filamin C (FLNC) mutations in humans cause myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) and cardiomyopathy, characterized by protein aggregation and myofibrillar degeneration. We generated the first patient-mimicking knock-in mouse harbouring the most common disease-causing filamin C mutation (p.W2710X). These heterozygous mice developed muscle weakness and myofibrillar instability, with formation of filamin C- and Xin-positive lesions streaming between Z-discs. These lesions, which are distinct from the classical MFM protein aggregates by their morphology and filamentous appearance, were greatly increased in number upon acute physical exercise in the mice. This pathology suggests that mutant filamin influences the mechanical stability of myofibrillar Z-discs, explaining the muscle weakness in mice and humans. Re-evaluation of biopsies from MFM-filaminopathy patients with different FLNC mutations revealed a similar, previously unreported lesion pathology, in addition to the classical protein aggregates, and suggested that structures previously interpreted as aggregates may be in part sarcomeric lesions. We postulate that these lesions define preclinical disease stages, preceding the formation of protein aggregates.
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department for Experimental Therapy, Preclinical Experimental Animal Center and
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Department of Functional Proteomics, Medizinisches Proteom-Center and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil
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- Department for Experimental Therapy, Preclinical Experimental Animal Center and
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- Department of Functional Proteomics, Medizinisches Proteom-Center and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,
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Spaich S, Katus HA, Backs J. Ongoing controversies surrounding cardiac remodeling: is it black and white-or rather fifty shades of gray? Front Physiol 2015; 6:202. [PMID: 26257654 PMCID: PMC4510775 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Cardiac remodeling describes the heart's multimodal response to a myriad of external or intrinsic stimuli and stressors most of which are probably only incompletely elucidated to date. Over many years the signaling molecules involved in these remodeling processes have been dichotomized according to a classic antagonistic view of black and white, i.e., attributed either a solely maladaptive or entirely beneficial character. By dissecting controversies, recent developments and shifts in perspective surrounding the three major cardiac signaling molecules calcineurin (Cn), protein kinase A (PKA) and calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII), this review challenges this dualistic view and advocates the nature and dignity of each of these key mediators of cardiac remodeling as a multilayered, highly context-sensitive and sophisticated continuum that can be markedly swayed and influenced by a multitude of environmental factors and crosstalk mechanisms. Furthermore this review delineates the importance and essential contributions of degradation and proteolysis to cardiac plasticity and homeostasis and finally aims to integrate the various aspects of protein synthesis and turnover into a comprehensive picture.
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- Sebastian Spaich
- Research Unit Cardiac Epigenetics, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg/MannheimHeidelberg, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Cardiac Epigenetics, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg/MannheimHeidelberg, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany
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- Research Unit Cardiac Epigenetics, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, University of HeidelbergHeidelberg, Germany
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg/MannheimHeidelberg, Germany
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Qi L, Yu Y, Chi X, Xu W, Lu D, Song Y, Zhang Y, Zhang H. Kindlin-2 interacts with α-actinin-2 and β1 integrin to maintain the integrity of the Z-disc in cardiac muscles. FEBS Lett 2015; 589:2155-62. [PMID: 26143257 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 06/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Kindlin-2, as an integrin-interacting protein, was known to be required for the maintenance of cardiac structure and function in zebrafish. However, the mechanism remains unclear. We found that Kindlin-2 interacts and colocalizes with α-actinin-2 at the Z-disc of mouse cardiac muscles and there Kindlin-2 also interacts with β1 integrin. Knockdown of Kindlin-2 influences the association of β1 integrin with α-actinin-2 and disrupts the structure of the Z-disc and leads to cardiac dysfunction. Our data indicated that Kindlin-2 is a novel α-actinin-2-interacting protein and plays an important role in the regulation of cardiac structure and function.
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- Lihua Qi
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research, Ministry of Education, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
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Wójtowicz I, Jabłońska J, Zmojdzian M, Taghli-Lamallem O, Renaud Y, Junion G, Daczewska M, Huelsmann S, Jagla K, Jagla T. Drosophila small heat shock protein CryAB ensures structural integrity of developing muscles, and proper muscle and heart performance. Development 2015; 142:994-1005. [PMID: 25715399 DOI: 10.1242/dev.115352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Molecular chaperones, such as the small heat shock proteins (sHsps), maintain normal cellular function by controlling protein homeostasis in stress conditions. However, sHsps are not only activated in response to environmental insults, but also exert developmental and tissue-specific functions that are much less known. Here, we show that during normal development the Drosophila sHsp CryAB [L(2)efl] is specifically expressed in larval body wall muscles and accumulates at the level of Z-bands and around myonuclei. CryAB features a conserved actin-binding domain and, when attenuated, leads to clustering of myonuclei and an altered pattern of sarcomeric actin and the Z-band-associated actin crosslinker Cheerio (filamin). Our data suggest that CryAB and Cheerio form a complex essential for muscle integrity: CryAB colocalizes with Cheerio and, as revealed by mass spectrometry and co-immunoprecipitation experiments, binds to Cheerio, and the muscle-specific attenuation of cheerio leads to CryAB-like sarcomeric phenotypes. Furthermore, muscle-targeted expression of CryAB(R120G), which carries a mutation associated with desmin-related myopathy (DRM), results in an altered sarcomeric actin pattern, in affected myofibrillar integrity and in Z-band breaks, leading to reduced muscle performance and to marked cardiac arrhythmia. Taken together, we demonstrate that CryAB ensures myofibrillar integrity in Drosophila muscles during development and propose that it does so by interacting with the actin crosslinker Cheerio. The evidence that a DRM-causing mutation affects CryAB muscle function and leads to DRM-like phenotypes in the fly reveals a conserved stress-independent role of CryAB in maintaining muscle cell cytoarchitecture.
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- Inga Wójtowicz
- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, Wrocław 50-335, Poland
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, Wrocław 50-335, Poland
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- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- Department of Animal Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Sienkiewicza 21, Wrocław 50-335, Poland
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute and Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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- GReD - INSERM U1103, CNRS UMR6293, Clermont Université, 28, place Henri Dunant, Clermont-Ferrand 63000, France
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Kooij V, Venkatraman V, Kirk JA, Ubaida-Mohien C, Graham DR, Faber MJ, Van Eyk JE. Identification of cardiac myofilament protein isoforms using multiple mass spectrometry based approaches. Proteomics Clin Appl 2015; 8:578-589. [PMID: 24974818 DOI: 10.1002/prca.201400039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Revised: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE The identification of protein isoforms in complex biological samples is challenging. We, therefore, used an MS approach to unambiguously identify cardiac myofilament protein isoforms based on the observation of a tryptic peptide consisting of a sequence unique to a particular isoform. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Three different workflows were used to isolate and fractionate rat cardiac myofilament subproteomes. All fractions were analyzed on an LTQ-Orbitrap MS, proteins were identified using various search engines (MASCOT, X!Tandem, X!Tandem Kscore, and OMSSA) with results combined via PepArML Meta-Search engine, and a postsearch analysis was performed by MASPECTRAS. All MS data have been deposited in the ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD000874 (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org/dataset/PXD000874). RESULTS The combination of multiple workflows and search engines resulted in a larger number of nonredundant proteins identified than with individual methods. A total of 102 myofilament annotated proteins were observed overlapping in two or three of the workflows. Literature search for myofilament presence with manual validation of the MS spectra was carried out for unambiguous identification: ten cardiac myofilament and 17 cardiac myofilament-associated proteins were identified with 39 isoforms and subisoforms. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE We have identified multiple isoforms of myofilament proteins that are present in cardiac tissue using unique tryptic peptides. Changes in distribution of these protein isoforms under pathological conditions could ultimately allow for clinical diagnostics or as therapeutic targets.
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- Viola Kooij
- Department of medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.,Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Heart Institute and Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.,Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Erasmus MC-Sophia, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.,Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, Heart Institute and Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
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Guilbert SM, Varlet AA, Fuchs M, Lambert H, Landry J, Lavoie JN. Regulation of Actin-Based Structure Dynamics by HspB Proteins and Partners. HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-16077-1_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Molt S, Bührdel JB, Yakovlev S, Schein P, Orfanos Z, Kirfel G, Winter L, Wiche G, van der Ven PFM, Rottbauer W, Just S, Belkin AM, Fürst DO. Aciculin interacts with filamin C and Xin and is essential for myofibril assembly, remodeling and maintenance. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:3578-92. [PMID: 24963132 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.152157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Filamin C (FLNc) and Xin actin-binding repeat-containing proteins (XIRPs) are multi-adaptor proteins that are mainly expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscles and which play important roles in the assembly and repair of myofibrils and their attachment to the membrane. We identified the dystrophin-binding protein aciculin (also known as phosphoglucomutase-like protein 5, PGM5) as a new interaction partner of FLNc and Xin. All three proteins colocalized at intercalated discs of cardiac muscle and myotendinous junctions of skeletal muscle, whereas FLNc and aciculin also colocalized in mature Z-discs. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation experiments in developing cultured mammalian skeletal muscle cells demonstrated that Xin and aciculin also interact in FLNc-containing immature myofibrils and areas of myofibrillar remodeling and repair induced by electrical pulse stimulation (EPS). Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments showed that aciculin is a highly dynamic and mobile protein. Aciculin knockdown in myotubes led to failure in myofibril assembly, alignment and membrane attachment, and a massive reduction in myofibril number. A highly similar phenotype was found upon depletion of aciculin in zebrafish embryos. Our results point to a thus far unappreciated, but essential, function of aciculin in myofibril formation, maintenance and remodeling.
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- Sibylle Molt
- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Kaushik G, Engler AJ. From stem cells to cardiomyocytes: the role of forces in cardiac maturation, aging, and disease. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2014; 126:219-42. [PMID: 25081620 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394624-9.00009-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Stem cell differentiation into a variety of lineages is known to involve signaling from the extracellular niche, including from the physical properties of that environment. What regulates stem cell responses to these cues is there ability to activate different mechanotransductive pathways. Here, we will review the structures and pathways that regulate stem cell commitment to a cardiomyocyte lineage, specifically examining proteins within muscle sarcomeres, costameres, and intercalated discs. Proteins within these structures stretch, inducing a change in their phosphorylated state or in their localization to initiate different signals. We will also put these changes in the context of stem cell differentiation into cardiomyocytes, their subsequent formation of the chambered heart, and explore negative signaling that occurs during disease.
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- Gaurav Kaushik
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Pimenta EM, Coelho DB, Veneroso CE, Barros Coelho EJ, Cruz IR, Morandi RF, De A. Pussieldi G, Carvalho MR, Garcia ES, De Paz Fernández JA. Effect of ACTN3 Gene on Strength and Endurance in Soccer Players. J Strength Cond Res 2013; 27:3286-92. [DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0b013e3182915e66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Kai F, Duncan R. Prostate cancer cell migration induced by myopodin isoforms is associated with formation of morphologically and biochemically distinct actin networks. FASEB J 2013; 27:5046-58. [PMID: 24005909 DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-231571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Myopodin is an actin-binding protein that promotes cancer cell migration in response to serum stimulation and is associated with invasive tumor development. To determine whether enhanced migration reflects changes in actin cytoskeleton remodeling, fluorescence confocal microscopy was used to examine the composition and morphology of filamentous actin structures in mock-transduced cells vs. stably transduced PC3 cells expressing human myopodin isoforms, and the chemokinetic response of cells was quantified using transwell assays. The same approaches were used to analyze the effects of external migration stimuli, actin polymerization inhibitors or deletion of the isoform-specific amino- and/or carboxy termini on cell migration and actin bundle formation. Results indicate that the termini of the myopodin isoforms differentially alter the formation of morphologically distinct F-actin networks that also differ in their myosin and myopodin staining patterns. Furthermore, enhanced cell migration was reduced by >50% when actin bundle formation was impaired by myopodin-truncation, low concentrations of an actin polymerization inhibitor, or in the absence of an external migration stimulus. Human myopodin isoforms are therefore potent regulators of stress fiber formation, inducing the formation of biochemically and morphologically distinct F-actin networks in the cell body whose presence directly correlates with increased cell migration.
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- FuiBoon Kai
- 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tupper Medical Bldg., 5850 College St., PO Box 15000, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2.
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Eulitz S, Sauer F, Pelissier MC, Boisguerin P, Molt S, Schuld J, Orfanos Z, Kley RA, Volkmer R, Wilmanns M, Kirfel G, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO. Identification of Xin-repeat proteins as novel ligands of the SH3 domains of nebulin and nebulette and analysis of their interaction during myofibril formation and remodeling. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:3215-26. [PMID: 23985323 PMCID: PMC3810769 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-04-0202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The striated muscle–specific actin-binding proteins Xin and Xirp2 are identified as novel ligands of the SH3 domains of the thin filament ruler nebulin and nebulette. The interaction is spatially restricted to structures associated with myofibril development or remodeling, indicating a role for these proteins in myofibril assembly and repair. The Xin actin-binding repeat–containing proteins Xin and XIRP2 are exclusively expressed in striated muscle cells, where they are believed to play an important role in development. In adult muscle, both proteins are concentrated at attachment sites of myofibrils to the membrane. In contrast, during development they are localized to immature myofibrils together with their binding partner, filamin C, indicating an involvement of both proteins in myofibril assembly. We identify the SH3 domains of nebulin and nebulette as novel ligands of proline-rich regions of Xin and XIRP2. Precise binding motifs are mapped and shown to bind both SH3 domains with micromolar affinity. Cocrystallization of the nebulette SH3 domain with the interacting XIRP2 peptide PPPTLPKPKLPKH reveals selective interactions that conform to class II SH3 domain–binding peptides. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation experiments in cultured muscle cells indicate a temporally restricted interaction of Xin-repeat proteins with nebulin/nebulette during early stages of myofibril development that is lost upon further maturation. In mature myofibrils, this interaction is limited to longitudinally oriented structures associated with myofibril development and remodeling. These data provide new insights into the role of Xin actin-binding repeat–containing proteins (together with their interaction partners) in myofibril assembly and after muscle damage.
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- Stefan Eulitz
- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D-53121 Bonn, Germany European Molecular Biology Laboratory-Hamburg/Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany Department of Medicinal Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, D-13353 Berlin, Germany Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44789 Bochum, Germany
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Yick CY, Zwinderman AH, Kunst PW, Grünberg K, Mauad T, Fluiter K, Bel EH, Lutter R, Baas F, Sterk PJ. Glucocorticoid-induced changes in gene expression of airway smooth muscle in patients with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 187:1076-84. [PMID: 23491407 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201210-1886oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Glucocorticoids are the mainstay of asthma therapy. However, it is unclear whether the benefits of glucocorticoids in asthma are merely based on antiinflammatory properties. Glucocorticoids may also alter gene expression of airway smooth muscle (ASM). We hypothesized that the gene expression profile of the ASM layer in endobronchial biopsies of patients with asthma is altered by oral glucocorticoid therapy as compared with placebo. OBJECTIVES First, we investigated the change in ASM transcriptomic profile in endobronchial biopsies after 14 days of oral glucocorticoid therapy. Second, we investigated the association between changes in ASM transcriptomic profile and lung function. METHODS Twelve steroid-free patients with atopic asthma were included in this double-blind intervention study. Endobronchial biopsies were taken before and after 14 days of oral prednisolone (n = 6) or placebo (n = 6). RNA of laser-dissected ASM was sequenced (RNA-Seq) using GS FLX+ (454/Roche). Gene networks were identified by Ingenuity Pathway Analysis. RNA-Seq reads were assumed to follow a negative binomial distribution. At the current sample size the estimated false discovery rate was approximately 3%. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Fifteen genes were significantly changed by 14 days of oral prednisolone. Two of these genes (FAM129A, SYNPO2) were associated with airway hyperresponsiveness (provocative concentration of methacholine causing a 20% drop in FEV1: r = -0.740, P < 0.01; r = -0.746, P < 0.01). Pathway analysis revealed three gene networks that were associated with cellular functions including cellular growth, proliferation, and development. CONCLUSIONS Oral prednisolone changes the transcriptomic profile of the ASM layer in asthma. This indicates that in parallel to antiinflammatory properties, glucocorticoids also exert effects on gene expression of ASM, which is correlated with improved airway function.
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- Ching Yong Yick
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Ulbricht A, Arndt V, Höhfeld J. Chaperone-assisted proteostasis is essential for mechanotransduction in mammalian cells. Commun Integr Biol 2013; 6:e24925. [PMID: 23986815 PMCID: PMC3737759 DOI: 10.4161/cib.24925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Maintaining the dynamic proteome of a living cell in the face of an ever-changing environment depends on a fine-tuned balance of protein synthesis and protein degradation. Molecular chaperones exert key functions during protein homeostasis (proteostasis). They associate with nonnative client proteins following synthesis or damage and facilitate client sorting and folding. When client proteins are terminally misfolded, chaperones cooperate with protein degradation systems to dispose of such clients. This dual proteostasis activity of chaperones is essential for maintaining cell function under normal growth conditions and becomes even more important under stress conditions such as heat and oxidative stress. The recent identification of chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) as a tension-induced autophagy pathway highlights the critical role of molecular chaperones in mechanically strained cells and tissues. The CASA complex, assembled by the cochaperone BAG3, coordinates protein degradation and protein synthesis in response to mechanical force. Here we describe the composition and function of this chaperone complex in mammals and discuss its relevance for tissue homeostasis and the regulation of cell adhesion, migration and proliferation. We provide a unifying concept for the function of BAG3, which integrates its involvement in muscle maintenance, tumor formation and virus infection.
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- Anna Ulbricht
- Institute for Cell Biology; University of Bonn; Bonn, Germany
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Alp/Enigma family proteins cooperate in Z-disc formation and myofibril assembly. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003342. [PMID: 23505387 PMCID: PMC3591300 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Drosophila Alp/Enigma family protein Zasp52 localizes to myotendinous junctions and Z-discs. It is required for terminal muscle differentiation and muscle attachment. Its vertebrate ortholog ZASP/Cypher also localizes to Z-discs, interacts with α-actinin through its PDZ domain, and is involved in Z-disc maintenance. Human mutations in ZASP cause myopathies and cardiomyopathies. Here we show that Drosophila Zasp52 is one of the earliest markers of Z-disc assembly, and we use a Zasp52-GFP fusion to document myofibril assembly by live imaging. We demonstrate that Zasp52 is required for adult Z-disc stability and pupal myofibril assembly. In addition, we show that two closely related proteins, Zasp66 and the newly identified Zasp67, are also required for adult Z-disc stability and are participating with Zasp52 in Z-disc assembly resulting in more severe, synergistic myofibril defects in double mutants. Zasp52 and Zasp66 directly bind to α-actinin, and they can also form a ternary complex. Our results indicate that Alp/Enigma family members cooperate in Z-disc assembly and myofibril formation; and we propose, based on sequence analysis, a novel class of PDZ domain likely involved in α-actinin binding.
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Ulbricht A, Eppler FJ, Tapia VE, van der Ven PFM, Hampe N, Hersch N, Vakeel P, Stadel D, Haas A, Saftig P, Behrends C, Fürst DO, Volkmer R, Hoffmann B, Kolanus W, Höhfeld J. Cellular mechanotransduction relies on tension-induced and chaperone-assisted autophagy. Curr Biol 2013; 23:430-5. [PMID: 23434281 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Revised: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mechanical tension is an ever-present physiological stimulus essential for the development and homeostasis of locomotory, cardiovascular, respiratory, and urogenital systems. Tension sensing contributes to stem cell differentiation, immune cell recruitment, and tumorigenesis. Yet, how mechanical signals are transduced inside cells remains poorly understood. Here, we identify chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) as a tension-induced autophagy pathway essential for mechanotransduction in muscle and immune cells. The CASA complex, comprised of the molecular chaperones Hsc70 and HspB8 and the cochaperone BAG3, senses the mechanical unfolding of the actin-crosslinking protein filamin. Together with the chaperone-associated ubiquitin ligase CHIP, the complex initiates the ubiquitin-dependent autophagic sorting of damaged filamin to lysosomes for degradation. Autophagosome formation during CASA depends on an interaction of BAG3 with synaptopodin-2 (SYNPO2). This interaction is mediated by the BAG3 WW domain and facilitates cooperation with an autophagosome membrane fusion complex. BAG3 also utilizes its WW domain to engage in YAP/TAZ signaling. Via this pathway, BAG3 stimulates filamin transcription to maintain actin anchoring and crosslinking under mechanical tension. By integrating tension sensing, autophagosome formation, and transcription regulation during mechanotransduction, the CASA machinery ensures tissue homeostasis and regulates fundamental cellular processes such as adhesion, migration, and proliferation.
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- Anna Ulbricht
- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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Lecroisey C, Brouilly N, Qadota H, Mariol MC, Rochette NC, Martin E, Benian GM, Ségalat L, Mounier N, Gieseler K. ZYX-1, the unique zyxin protein of Caenorhabditis elegans, is involved in dystrophin-dependent muscle degeneration. Mol Biol Cell 2013; 24:1232-49. [PMID: 23427270 PMCID: PMC3623643 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-09-0679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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In vertebrates, zyxin is a LIM-domain protein belonging to a family composed of seven members. We show that the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has a unique zyxin-like protein, ZYX-1, which is the orthologue of the vertebrate zyxin subfamily composed of zyxin, migfilin, TRIP6, and LPP. The ZYX-1 protein is expressed in the striated body-wall muscles and localizes at dense bodies/Z-discs and M-lines, as well as in the nucleus. In yeast two-hybrid assays ZYX-1 interacts with several known dense body and M-line proteins, including DEB-1 (vinculin) and ATN-1 (α-actinin). ZYX-1 is mainly localized in the middle region of the dense body/Z-disk, overlapping the apical and basal regions containing, respectively, ATN-1 and DEB-1. The localization and dynamics of ZYX-1 at dense bodies depend on the presence of ATN-1. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments revealed a high mobility of the ZYX-1 protein within muscle cells, in particular at dense bodies and M-lines, indicating a peripheral and dynamic association of ZYX-1 at these muscle adhesion structures. A portion of the ZYX-1 protein shuttles from the cytoplasm into the nucleus, suggesting a role for ZYX-1 in signal transduction. We provide evidence that the zyx-1 gene encodes two different isoforms, ZYX-1a and ZYX-1b, which exhibit different roles in dystrophin-dependent muscle degeneration occurring in a C. elegans model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Fürst DO, Goldfarb LG, Kley RA, Vorgerd M, Olivé M, van der Ven PFM. Filamin C-related myopathies: pathology and mechanisms. Acta Neuropathol 2013; 125:33-46. [PMID: 23109048 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-1054-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The term filaminopathy was introduced after a truncating mutation in the dimerization domain of filamin C (FLNc) was shown to be responsible for a devastating muscle disease. Subsequently, the same mutation was found in patients from diverse ethnical origins, indicating that this specific alteration is a mutational hot spot. Patients initially present with proximal muscle weakness, while distal and respiratory muscles become affected with disease progression. Muscle biopsies of these patients show typical signs of myofibrillar myopathy, including disintegration of myofibrils and aggregation of several proteins into distinct intracellular deposits. Highly similar phenotypes were observed in patients with other mutations in Ig-like domains of FLNc that result in expression of a noxious protein. Biochemical and biophysical studies showed that the mutated domains acquire an abnormal structure causing decreased stability and eventually becoming a seed for abnormal aggregation with other proteins. The disease usually presents only after the fourth decade of life possibly as a result of ageing-related impairments in the machinery that is responsible for disposal of damaged proteins. This is confirmed by mutations in components of this machinery that cause a highly similar phenotype. Transfection studies of cultured muscle cells reflect the events observed in patient muscles and, therefore, may provide a helpful model for testing future dedicated therapeutic strategies. More recently, FLNC mutations were also found in families with a distal myopathy phenotype, caused either by mutations in the actin-binding domain of FLNc that result in increased actin-binding and non-specific myopathic abnormalities without myofibrillar myopathy pathology, or a nonsense mutation in the rod domain that leads to RNA instability, haploinsufficiency with decreased expression levels of FLNc in the muscle fibers and myofibrillar abnormalities, but not to the formation of desmin-positive protein aggregates required for the diagnosis of myofibrillar myopathy.
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- Dieter O Fürst
- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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Myopodin is an F-actin bundling protein with multiple independent actin-binding regions. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2012; 34:61-9. [PMID: 23225103 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-012-9334-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The assembly of striated muscle myofibrils is a multistep process in which a variety of proteins is involved. One of the first and most important steps in myofibrillogenesis is the arrangement of thin myofilaments into ordered I-Z-I brushes, requiring the coordinated activity of numerous actin binding proteins. The early expression of myopodin prior to sarcomeric α-actinin, as well as its binding to actin, α-actinin and filamin indicate an important role for this protein in actin cytoskeleton remodelling with the precise function of myopodin in this process yet remaining to be resolved. While myopodin was previously described as a protein capable of cross-linking actin filaments into thick bundles upon transient transfections, it has remained unclear whether myopodin alone is capable of bundling actin, or if additional proteins are involved. We have therefore investigated the in vitro actin binding properties of myopodin. High speed cosedimentation assays with skeletal muscle actin confirmed direct binding of myopodin to F-actin and showed that this interaction is mediated by at least two independent actin binding sites, found in all myopodin isoforms identified to date. Furthermore, low-speed cosedimentation assays revealed that not only full length myopodin, but also the fragment containing only the second binding site, bundles microfilaments in the absence of accessory proteins. Ultrastructural analysis demonstrated that this bundling activity resembled that of α-actinin. Biochemical experiments revealed that bundling was not achieved by myopodin's ability to dimerize, indicating the presence of two individual F-actin binding sites within the second binding segment. Thus full length myopodin contains at least three F-actin binding sites. These data provide further understanding of the mechanisms by which myopodin contributes to actin reorganization during myofibril assembly.
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Kley RA, Serdaroglu-Oflazer P, Leber Y, Odgerel Z, van der Ven PFM, Olivé M, Ferrer I, Onipe A, Mihaylov M, Bilbao JM, Lee HS, Höhfeld J, Djinović-Carugo K, Kong K, Tegenthoff M, Peters SA, Stenzel W, Vorgerd M, Goldfarb LG, Fürst DO. Pathophysiology of protein aggregation and extended phenotyping in filaminopathy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 135:2642-60. [PMID: 22961544 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mutations in FLNC cause two distinct types of myopathy. Disease associated with mutations in filamin C rod domain leading to expression of a toxic protein presents with progressive proximal muscle weakness and shows focal destructive lesions of polymorphous aggregates containing desmin, myotilin and other proteins in the affected myofibres; these features correspond to the profile of myofibrillar myopathy. The second variant associated with mutations in the actin-binding domain of filamin C is characterized by weakness of distal muscles and morphologically by non-specific myopathic features. A frameshift mutation in the filamin C rod domain causing haploinsufficiency was also found responsible for distal myopathy with some myofibrillar changes but no protein aggregation typical of myofibrillar myopathies. Controversial data accumulating in the literature require re-evaluation and comparative analysis of phenotypes associated with the position of the FLNC mutation and investigation of the underlying disease mechanisms. This is relevant and necessary for the refinement of diagnostic criteria and developing therapeutic approaches. We identified a p.W2710X mutation in families originating from ethnically diverse populations and re-evaluated a family with a p.V930_T933del mutation. Analysis of the expanded database allows us to refine clinical and myopathological characteristics of myofibrillar myopathy caused by mutations in the rod domain of filamin C. Biophysical and biochemical studies indicate that certain pathogenic mutations in FLNC cause protein misfolding, which triggers aggregation of the mutant filamin C protein and subsequently involves several other proteins. Immunofluorescence analyses using markers for the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy reveal that the affected muscle fibres react to protein aggregate formation with a highly increased expression of chaperones and proteins involved in proteasomal protein degradation and autophagy. However, there is a noticeably diminished efficiency of both the ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy that impairs the muscle capacity to prevent the formation or mediate the degradation of aggregates. Transfection studies of cultured muscle cells imitate events observed in the patient's affected muscle and therefore provide a helpful model for testing future therapeutic strategies.
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- Rudolf A Kley
- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Centre Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany.
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Kley RA, Maerkens A, Leber Y, Theis V, Schreiner A, van der Ven PFM, Uszkoreit J, Stephan C, Eulitz S, Euler N, Kirschner J, Müller K, Meyer HE, Tegenthoff M, Fürst DO, Vorgerd M, Müller T, Marcus K. A combined laser microdissection and mass spectrometry approach reveals new disease relevant proteins accumulating in aggregates of filaminopathy patients. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 12:215-27. [PMID: 23115302 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m112.023176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Filaminopathy is a subtype of myofibrillar myopathy caused by mutations in FLNC, the gene encoding filamin C, and histologically characterized by pathologic accumulation of several proteins within skeletal muscle fibers. With the aim to get new insights in aggregate composition, we collected aggregates and control tissue from skeletal muscle biopsies of six myofibrillar myopathy patients harboring three different FLNC mutations by laser microdissection and analyzed the samples by a label-free mass spectrometry approach. A total of 390 proteins were identified, and 31 of those showed significantly higher spectral indices in aggregates compared with patient controls with a ratio >1.8. These proteins included filamin C, other known myofibrillar myopathy associated proteins, and a striking number of filamin C binding partners. Across the patients the patterns were extremely homogeneous. Xin actin-binding repeat containing protein 2, heat shock protein 27, nebulin-related-anchoring protein, and Rab35 could be verified as new filaminopathy biomarker candidates. In addition, further experiments identified heat shock protein 27 and Xin actin-binding repeat containing protein 2 as novel filamin C interaction partners and we could show that Xin actin-binding repeat containing protein 2 and the known interaction partner Xin actin-binding repeat containing protein 1 simultaneously associate with filamin C. Ten proteins showed significant lower spectral indices in aggregate samples compared with patient controls (ratio <0.56) including M-band proteins myomesin-1 and myomesin-2. Proteomic findings were consistent with previous and novel immunolocalization data. Our findings suggest that aggregates in filaminopathy have a largely organized structure of proteins also interacting under physiological conditions. Different filamin C mutations seem to lead to almost identical aggregate compositions. The finding that filamin C was detected as highly abundant protein in aggregates in filaminopathy indicates that our proteomic approach may be suitable to identify new candidate genes among the many MFM patients with so far unknown mutation.
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- Rudolf A Kley
- Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center Ruhrgebiet, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
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