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Ramos-Mejía R, del Pino M, Aza-Carmona M, Abbate S, Obregon MG, Heath KE, Fano V. Novel FLNB Variants in Seven Argentinian Cases with Spondylocarpotarsal Synostosis Syndrome. J Pediatr Genet 2024; 13:167-174. [PMID: 39086440 PMCID: PMC11288708 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1759782] [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: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome (SCT) is a very rare skeletal dysplasia characterized by vertebral, carpal, and tarsal fusion; growth retardation; and mild dysmorphic facial features. Variants in FLNB, MYH3, and RFLNA have been implicated in this dysplasia. We report the clinical and radiological follow-up of seven SCT pediatric cases associated with biallelic FLNB variants, from four Argentinian families. The seven cases share previously described facial characteristics: round facies, large eyes, and wide based nose; all of them had variable height deficit, in one case noted early in life. Other findings included clinodactyly, joint limitation without bone fusion, neurosensorial hearing loss, and ophthalmological compromise. All cases presented with spinal fusion with variable severity and location, carpal bones coalition, and also delay in carpal ossification. The heterozygous carrier parents had normal height values to -2.5 score standard deviation, without skeletal defects detected. Three different FLNB variants, one nonsense and two frameshift, were detected, all of which were predicted to result in a truncated protein or are degraded by nonsense mediated decay. All cases had at least one copy of the nonsense variant, c.1128C> G; p. (Tyr376*), suggesting the presence of a common ancestor.
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- R Ramos-Mejía
- Growth and Development Department, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Growth and Development Department, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigacion Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, España
- Institute of Medical and Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España
- Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE-ERN BOND), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Madrid, España
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- Genetics Department, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Genetics Department, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigacion Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, Madrid, España
- Institute of Medical and Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, España
- Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE-ERN BOND), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autonóma de Madrid, Madrid, España
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- Growth and Development Department, Hospital Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Qasim H, Khan H, Zeb H, Ahmad A, Ilyas M, Zahoor M, Umar MN, Ullah R, Ali EA. A novel variant in the FLNB gene associated with spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2024; 35:181-187. [PMID: 38743867 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2024-0031] [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: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Genetic disorders involved in skeleton system arise due to the disturbance in skeletal development, growth and homeostasis. Filamin B is an actin binding protein which is large dimeric protein which cross link actin cytoskeleton filaments into dynamic structure. A single nucleotide changes in the FLNB gene causes spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome, a rare bone disorder due to which the fusion of carpels and tarsals synostosis occurred along with fused vertebrae. In the current study we investigated a family residing in north-western areas of Pakistan. METHODS The whole exome sequencing of proband was performed followed by Sanger sequencing of all family members of the subject to validate the variant segregation within the family. Bioinformatics tools were utilized to assess the pathogenicity of the variant. RESULTS Whole Exome Sequencing revealed a novel variant (NM_001457: c.209C>T and p.Pro70Leu) in the FLNB gene which was homozygous missense mutation in the FLNB gene. The variant was further validated and visualized by Sanger sequencing and protein structure studies respectively as mentioned before. CONCLUSIONS The findings have highlighted the importance of the molecular diagnosis in SCT (spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome) for genetic risk counselling in consanguineous families.
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- Hina Qasim
- Centre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Centre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Centre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Centre for Human Genetics, 66934 Hazara University Mansehra , Mansehra, Pakistan
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- Centre for Omic Sciences, Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Biochemistry, 66714 University of Malakand , Chakdara, Dir Lower, KPK, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, 37850 King Saud University , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 37850 College of Pharmacy King Saud University , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Xu Q, Cui L, Lin Y, Cui LA, Xia W. Disruption of FLNB leads to skeletal malformation by interfering with skeletal segmentation through the HOX gene. Bone Rep 2024; 20:101746. [PMID: 38463381 PMCID: PMC10924170 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2024.101746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Filamin B (FLNB) plays an important role in skeletal development. Mutations in FLNB can lead to skeletal malformation such as an abnormal number of ossification centers, indicating that the skeletal segmentation in the embryonic period may be interfered with. We established a mouse model with the pathogenic point mutation FLNB NM_001081427.1: c.4756G > A (p.Gly1586Arg) using CRISPR-Cas9 technology. Micro-CT, HE staining and whole skeletal preparation were performed to examine the skeletal malformation. In situ hybridization of embryos was performed to examine the transcription of HOX genes during embryonic development. The expression of FLNB was downregulated in FLNBG1586R/G1586R and FLNBWT/G1586R mice, compared to FLNBWT/WT mice. Fusions in tarsal bones were found in FLNBG1586R/G1586R and FLNBWT/G1586R mice, indicating that the skeletal segmentation was interfered with. In the embryo of FLNBG1586R/G1586R mice (E12.5), the transcription levels of HOXD10 and HOXB2 were downregulated in the carpal region and cervical spine region, respectively. This study indicated that the loss-of-function mutation G1586R in FLNB may lead to abnormal skeletal segmentation, and the mechanism was possibly associated with the downregulation of HOX gene transcription during the embryonic period.
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- Qiming Xu
- Department of Orthopedic Oncology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100085, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Atang AE, Rebbeck RT, Thomas DD, Avery AW. Cardiomyopathy-associated variants alter the structure and function of the α-actinin-2 actin-binding domain. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 670:12-18. [PMID: 37271035 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) are characterized by thickening, thinning, or stiffening, respectively, of the ventricular myocardium, resulting in diastolic or systolic dysfunction that can lead to heart failure and sudden cardiac death. Recently, variants in the ACTN2 gene, encoding the protein α-actinin-2, have been reported in HCM, DCM, and RCM patients. However, functional data supporting the pathogenicity of these variants is limited, and potential mechanisms by which these variants cause disease are largely unexplored. Currently, NIH ClinVar lists 34 ACTN2 missense variants, identified in cardiomyopathy patients, which we predict are likely to disrupt actin binding, based on their localization to specific substructures in the α-actinin-2 actin binding domain (ABD). We investigated the molecular consequences of three ABD localized, HCM-associated variants: A119T, M228T and T247 M. Using circular dichroism, we demonstrate that the mutant ABD proteins can attain a well-folded state. However, thermal denaturation studies show that all three mutations are destabilizing, suggesting a structural disruption. Importantly, A119T decreased actin binding, and M228T and T247M cause increased actin binding. We suggest that altered actin binding underlies pathogenesis for cardiomyopathy mutations localizing to the ABD of α-actinin-2.
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- Alexandra E Atang
- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309-4479, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309-4479, USA.
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Tapia R, Hecht GA. Spef1/CLAMP binds microtubules and actin-based structures and regulates cell migration and epithelia cell polarity. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2022; 1515:97-104. [PMID: 35710871 PMCID: PMC9796845 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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During migration, cells invade, repair, and create barriers leading to the formation of new cellular contacts in target tissues. Cell migration requires many proteins that collectively form the cytoskeleton. The main cytoskeletal elements are actin filaments, microtubules (MTs), and intermediate filaments. These structures work in concert with a large number of accessory proteins that contribute in a variety of ways to regulate filament assembly and turnover, to alter the configuration or arrangement of filaments by bundling or crosslinking, to link the cytoskeleton to other structures in the cell, such as membranes and junctions, and to transport cargo along the filaments. Sperm flagella protein-1 (Spef1), also designated calponin homology and microtubules-associated protein (CLAMP), is a multifunctional protein that interacts with cytoskeletal structures, including MTs, actin filaments, and focal adhesions in epithelia. In this review, we outline Spef1/CLAMP structure and expression in several cellular models. The function of Spef1/CLAMP in flagellar and ciliary motility, MT-binding and stability, regulation of planar cell polarity, and potential contribution to the maintenance of actin-based structures, such as lamellipodia and filopodia during cell migration, are also discussed.
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- Rocio Tapia
- Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of MedicineLoyola University Chicago, Loyola University Medical CenterMaywoodIllinoisUSA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of MedicineLoyola University Chicago, Loyola University Medical CenterMaywoodIllinoisUSA
- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyLoyola University Chicago, Loyola University Medical CenterMaywoodIllinoisUSA
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Cell-Dependent Pathogenic Roles of Filamin B in Different Skeletal Malformations. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2022; 2022:8956636. [PMID: 35832491 PMCID: PMC9273461 DOI: 10.1155/2022/8956636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mutations of filamin B (FLNB) gene can lead to a spectrum of autosomal skeletal malformations including spondylocarpotarsal syndrome (SCT), Larsen syndrome (LRS), type I atelosteogenesis (AO1), type III atelosteogenesis (AO3), and boomerang dysplasia (BD). Among them, LRS is milder while BD causes a more severe phenotype. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the differences in clinical phenotypes of different FLNB variants has not been fully determined. Here, we presented two patients suffering from autosomal dominant LRS and autosomal recessive vitamin D-dependent rickets type IA (VDDR-IA). Whole-exome sequencing revealed two novel missense variants in FLNB, c.4846A>G (p.T1616A) and c.7022T>G (p.I2341R), which are located in repeat 15 and 22 of filamin B, respectively. The expression of FLNBI2341R in the muscle tissue from our LRS patient was remarkably increased. And in vitro studies showed that both variants led to a lack of filopodia and accumulation of the mutants in the perinuclear region in HEK293 cells. We also found that c.4846A>G (p.T1616A) and c.7022T>G (p.I2341R) regulated endochondral osteogenesis in different ways. c.4846A>G (p.T1616A) activated AKT pathways through inhibiting SHIP2, suppressed the Smad3 pathway, and impaired the expression of Runx2 in both Saos-2 and ATDC5 cells. c.7022T>G (p.I2341R) activated both AKT and Smad3 pathways and increased the expression of Runx2 in Saos-2 cells, while in ATDC5 cells it activated AKT pathways through inhibiting SHIP2, suppressed the Smad3 pathway, and reduced the expression of Runx2. Our study demonstrated the pathogenic mechanisms of two novel FLNB variants in two different clinical settings and proved that FLNB variants could not only directly cause skeletal malformations but also worsen skeletal symptoms in the setting of other skeletal diseases. Besides, FLNB variants differentially affect skeletal development which contributes to clinical heterogeneity of FLNB-related disorders.
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Ostrer H. Pathogenic Variants in MAP3K1 Cause 46,XY Gonadal Dysgenesis: A Review. Sex Dev 2022; 16:92-97. [PMID: 35290982 DOI: 10.1159/000522428] [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: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Pathogenic variants in the MAP3K1 gene are an important cause of 46,XY non-syndromic partial and complete gonadal dysgenesis, accounting for at least 4% of cases. Inheritance occurs in a sex-limited, autosomal dominant fashion with virtually complete penetrance in 46,XY individuals. 46,XX carriers appear to have normal fertility and no developmental abnormalities. Pathogenic variants occur almost exclusively within known domains of the MAP3K1 protein, facilitating annotation when identified. Where studied, these variants have been modeled to alter the local MAP3K1 folding and surface domains and have been shown to alter interactions with known binding partners. The net effect of these variants is to increase phosphorylation of downstream targets ERK1, ERK2, and p38, resulting in multiple gain-of-function effects interfering with testis determination and enabling ovarian determination.
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- Harry Ostrer
- Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Latham SL, Weiß N, Schwanke K, Thiel C, Croucher DR, Zweigerdt R, Manstein DJ, Taft MH. Myosin-18B Regulates Higher-Order Organization of the Cardiac Sarcomere through Thin Filament Cross-Linking and Thick Filament Dynamics. Cell Rep 2021; 32:108090. [PMID: 32877672 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108090] [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: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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MYO18B loss-of-function mutations and depletion significantly compromise the structural integrity of striated muscle sarcomeres. The molecular function of the encoded protein, myosin-18B (M18B), within the developing muscle is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that recombinant M18B lacks motor ATPase activity and harbors previously uncharacterized N-terminal actin-binding domains, properties that make M18B an efficient actin cross-linker and molecular brake capable of regulating muscle myosin-2 contractile forces. Spatiotemporal analysis of M18B throughout cardiomyogenesis and myofibrillogenesis reveals that this structural myosin undergoes nuclear-cytoplasmic redistribution during myogenic differentiation, where its incorporation within muscle stress fibers coincides with actin striation onset. Furthermore, this analysis shows that M18B is directly integrated within the muscle myosin thick filament during myofibril maturation. Altogether, our data suggest that M18B has evolved specific biochemical properties that allow it to define and maintain sarcomeric organization from within the thick filament via its dual actin cross-linking and motor modulating capabilities.
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- Sharissa L Latham
- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany; The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, REBIRTH-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, REBIRTH-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany.
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Kurkowiak M, Arcimowicz Ł, Chruściel E, Urban-Wójciuk Z, Papak I, Keegan L, O'Connell M, Kowalski J, Hupp T, Marek-Trzonkowska N. The effects of RNA editing in cancer tissue at different stages in carcinogenesis. RNA Biol 2021; 18:1524-1539. [PMID: 33593231 PMCID: PMC8582992 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2021.1877024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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RNA editing is one of the most prevalent and abundant forms of post-transcriptional RNA modification observed in normal physiological processes and often aberrant in diseases including cancer. RNA editing changes the sequences of mRNAs, making them different from the source DNA sequence. Edited mRNAs can produce editing-recoded protein isoforms that are functionally different from the corresponding genome-encoded protein isoforms. The major type of RNA editing in mammals occurs by enzymatic deamination of adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) within double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) or hairpins in pre-mRNA transcripts. Enzymes that catalyse these processes belong to the adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) family. The vast majority of knowledge on the RNA editing landscape relevant to human disease has been acquired using in vitro cancer cell culture models. The limitation of such in vitro models, however, is that the physiological or disease relevance of results obtained is not necessarily obvious. In this review we focus on discussing in vivo occurring RNA editing events that have been identified in human cancer tissue using samples surgically resected or clinically retrieved from patients. We discuss how RNA editing events occurring in tumours in vivo can identify pathological signalling mechanisms relevant to human cancer physiology which is linked to the different stages of cancer progression including initiation, promotion, survival, proliferation, immune escape and metastasis.
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- Małgorzata Kurkowiak
- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- CEITEC Masaryk University, Brno, CZ, Czech Republic
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science (ICCVS), University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.,Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Cellular Therapies, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Rebbeck RT, Andrick AK, Denha SA, Svensson B, Guhathakurta P, Thomas DD, Hays TS, Avery AW. Novel drug discovery platform for spinocerebellar ataxia, using fluorescence technology targeting β-III-spectrin. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100215. [PMID: 33839680 PMCID: PMC7948455 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Numerous diseases are linked to mutations in the actin-binding domains (ABDs) of conserved cytoskeletal proteins, including β-III-spectrin, α-actinin, filamin, and dystrophin. A β-III-spectrin ABD mutation (L253P) linked to spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 (SCA5) causes a dramatic increase in actin binding. Reducing actin binding of L253P is thus a potential therapeutic approach for SCA5 pathogenesis. Here, we validate a high-throughput screening (HTS) assay to discover potential disrupters of the interaction between the mutant β-III-spectrin ABD and actin in live cells. This assay monitors FRET between fluorescent proteins fused to the mutant ABD and the actin-binding peptide Lifeact, in HEK293-6E cells. Using a specific and high-affinity actin-binding tool compound, swinholide A, we demonstrate HTS compatibility with an excellent Z'-factor of 0.67 ± 0.03. Screening a library of 1280 pharmacologically active compounds in 1536-well plates to determine assay robustness, we demonstrate high reproducibility across plates and across days. We identified nine Hits that reduced FRET between Lifeact and ABD. Four of those Hits were found to reduce Lifeact cosedimentation with actin, thus establishing the potential of our assay for detection of actin-binding modulators. Concurrent to our primary FRET assay, we also developed a high-throughput compatible counter screen to remove undesirable FRET Hits. Using the FRET Hits, we show that our counter screen is sensitive to undesirable compounds that cause cell toxicity or ABD aggregation. Overall, our FRET-based HTS platform sets the stage to screen large compound libraries for modulators of β-III-spectrin, or disease-linked spectrin-related proteins, for therapeutic development.
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- Robyn T Rebbeck
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cellular Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA; Department of Genetics, Cellular Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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S. UK, Sankar S, Younes S, D. TK, Ahmad MN, Okashah SS, Kamaraj B, Al-Subaie AM, C. GPD, Zayed H. Deciphering the Role of Filamin B Calponin-Homology Domain in Causing the Larsen Syndrome, Boomerang Dysplasia, and Atelosteogenesis Type I Spectrum Disorders via a Computational Approach. Molecules 2020; 25:E5543. [PMID: 33255942 PMCID: PMC7730838 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25235543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Filamins (FLN) are a family of actin-binding proteins involved in regulating the cytoskeleton and signaling phenomenon by developing a network with F-actin and FLN-binding partners. The FLN family comprises three conserved isoforms in mammals: FLNA, FLNB, and FLNC. FLNB is a multidomain monomer protein with domains containing an actin-binding N-terminal domain (ABD 1-242), encompassing two calponin-homology domains (assigned CH1 and CH2). Primary variants in FLNB mostly occur in the domain (CH2) and surrounding the hinge-1 region. The four autosomal dominant disorders that are associated with FLNB variants are Larsen syndrome, atelosteogenesis type I (AOI), atelosteogenesis type III (AOIII), and boomerang dysplasia (BD). Despite the intense clustering of FLNB variants contributing to the LS-AO-BD disorders, the genotype-phenotype correlation is still enigmatic. In silico prediction tools and molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) approaches have offered the potential for variant classification and pathogenicity predictions. We retrieved 285 FLNB missense variants from the UniProt, ClinVar, and HGMD databases in the current study. Of these, five and 39 variants were located in the CH1 and CH2 domains, respectively. These variants were subjected to various pathogenicity and stability prediction tools, evolutionary and conservation analyses, and biophysical and physicochemical properties analyses. Molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) was performed on the three candidate variants in the CH2 domain (W148R, F161C, and L171R) that were predicted to be the most pathogenic. The MDS analysis results showed that these three variants are highly compact compared to the native protein, suggesting that they could affect the protein on the structural and functional levels. The computational approach demonstrates the differences between the FLNB mutants and the wild type in a structural and functional context. Our findings expand our knowledge on the genotype-phenotype correlation in FLNB-related LS-AO-BD disorders on the molecular level, which may pave the way for optimizing drug therapy by integrating precision medicine.
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- Udhaya Kumar S.
- School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India; (U.K.S.); (S.S.); (T.K.D.)
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- School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India; (U.K.S.); (S.S.); (T.K.D.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Sciences, Qatar University, QU Health, Doha 2713, Qatar; (S.Y.); (M.N.A.); (S.S.O.)
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- School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India; (U.K.S.); (S.S.); (T.K.D.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Sciences, Qatar University, QU Health, Doha 2713, Qatar; (S.Y.); (M.N.A.); (S.S.O.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Sciences, Qatar University, QU Health, Doha 2713, Qatar; (S.Y.); (M.N.A.); (S.S.O.)
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- Department of Neuroscience Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences in Jubail, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Jubail 35816, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia;
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- School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632014, India; (U.K.S.); (S.S.); (T.K.D.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health and Sciences, Qatar University, QU Health, Doha 2713, Qatar; (S.Y.); (M.N.A.); (S.S.O.)
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Parajón E, Surcel A, Robinson DN. The mechanobiome: a goldmine for cancer therapeutics. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2020; 320:C306-C323. [PMID: 33175572 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00409.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cancer progression is dependent on heightened mechanical adaptation, both for the cells' ability to change shape and to interact with varying mechanical environments. This type of adaptation is dependent on mechanoresponsive proteins that sense and respond to mechanical stress, as well as their regulators. Mechanoresponsive proteins are part of the mechanobiome, which is the larger network that constitutes the cell's mechanical systems that are also highly integrated with many other cellular systems, such as gene expression, metabolism, and signaling. Despite the altered expression patterns of key mechanobiome proteins across many different cancer types, pharmaceutical targeting of these proteins has been overlooked. Here, we review the biochemistry of key mechanoresponsive proteins, specifically nonmuscle myosin II, α-actinins, and filamins, as well as the partnering proteins 14-3-3 and CLP36. We also examined a wide range of data sets to assess how gene and protein expression levels of these proteins are altered across many different cancer types. Finally, we determined the potential of targeting these proteins to mitigate invasion or metastasis and suggest that the mechanobiome is a goldmine of opportunity for anticancer drug discovery and development.
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- Eleana Parajón
- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Upadhyay V, Bandi S, Panja S, Saba L, Mallela KMG. Tissue-Specificity of Dystrophin-Actin Interactions: Isoform-Specific Thermodynamic Stability and Actin-Binding Function of Tandem Calponin-Homology Domains. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:2159-2168. [PMID: 32064376 PMCID: PMC7016916 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b02911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Genetic mutations in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene affecting the expression of dystrophin protein lead to a number of muscle disorders collectively called dystrophinopathies. In addition to muscle dystrophin, mutations in brain-specific dystrophin isoforms, in particular those that are expressed in the brain cortex and Purkinje neurons, result in cognitive impairment associated with DMD. These isoforms carry minor variations in the flanking region of the N-terminal actin-binding domain (ABD1) of dystrophin, which is composed of two calponin-homology (CH) domains in tandem. Determining the effect of these sequence variations is critical for understanding the mechanisms that govern varied symptoms of the disease. We studied the impact of differences in the N-terminal flanking region on the structure and function of dystrophin tandem CH domain isoforms. The amino acid changes did not affect the global structure of the protein but drastically affected the thermodynamic stability, with the muscle isoform more stable than the brain and Purkinje isoforms. Actin binding investigated with actin from different sources (skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and platelets) revealed that the muscle isoform binds to filamentous actin (F-actin) with a lower affinity compared to the brain and Purkinje isoforms, and a similar trend was observed with actin from different sources. In addition, all isoforms showed a higher affinity to smooth muscle actin in comparison to actin from other sources. In conclusion, tandem CH domain isoforms might be using minor sequence variations in the N-terminal flanking regions to modulate their thermodynamic stability and actin-binding function, thus leading to specificity in dystrophin-actin interactions in various tissues.
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Harris AR, Belardi B, Jreij P, Wei K, Shams H, Bausch A, Fletcher DA. Steric regulation of tandem calponin homology domain actin-binding affinity. Mol Biol Cell 2019; 30:3112-3122. [PMID: 31693446 PMCID: PMC6938246 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-06-0317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Tandem calponin homology (CH1-CH2) domains are common actin-binding domains in proteins that interact with and organize the actin cytoskeleton. Despite regions of high sequence similarity, CH1-CH2 domains can have remarkably different actin-binding properties, with disease-associated point mutants known to increase as well as decrease affinity for F-actin. To investigate features that affect CH1-CH2 affinity for F-actin in cells and in vitro, we perturbed the utrophin actin-binding domain by making point mutations at the CH1-CH2 interface, replacing the linker domain, and adding a polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer to CH2. Consistent with a previous model describing CH2 as a steric negative regulator of actin binding, we find that utrophin CH1-CH2 affinity is both increased and decreased by modifications that change the effective "openness" of CH1 and CH2 in solution. We also identified interface mutations that caused a large increase in affinity without changing solution "openness," suggesting additional influences on affinity. Interestingly, we also observe nonuniform subcellular localization of utrophin CH1-CH2 that depends on the N-terminal flanking region but not on bulk affinity. These observations provide new insights into how small sequence changes, such as those found in diseases, can affect CH1-CH2 binding properties.
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- Andrew R. Harris
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Lehrstuhl für Biophysik (E27), Technische Universität München, Garching 85748, Germany
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158
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Hickey SE, Koboldt DC, Mosher TM, Brennan P, Schmalz BA, Crist E, McBride KL, Adler BH, White P, Wilson RK. Novel in-frame FLNB deletion causes Larsen syndrome in a three-generation pedigree. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2019; 5:mcs.a004176. [PMID: 31836586 PMCID: PMC6913154 DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a004176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A 4-yr-old female with congenital knee dislocations and joint laxity was noted to have a strong maternal family history comprising multiple individuals with knee problems and clubfeet. As the knee issues were the predominant clinical features, clinical testing included sequencing of LMX1B, TBX2, and TBX4, which identified no significant variants. Research genome sequencing was performed in the proband, parents, and maternal grandfather. A heterozygous in-frame deletion in FLNB c. 5468_5470delAGG, which predicts p.(Glu1823del), segregated with the disease. The variant is rare in the gnomAD database, removes a residue that is evolutionarily conserved, and is predicted to alter protein length. Larsen syndrome may present with pathology that primarily involves one joint and thus may be difficult to differentiate clinically from other skeletal dysplasias or arthrogryposis syndromes. The p.(Glu1823del) variant maps to a filamin repeat domain where other disease-causing variants are clustered, consistent with a probable gain-of-function mechanism. It has reportedly been observed in two individuals in the gnomAD database, suggesting that mild presentations of Larsen syndrome, like the individual reported here, may be underdiagnosed in the general population.
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- Scott E Hickey
- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Center for Cardiovascular Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA.,Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
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Tapia R, Perez-Yepez EA, Carlino MJ, Karandikar UC, Kralicek SE, Estes MK, Hecht GA. Sperm Flagellar 1 Binds Actin in Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Contributes to Formation of Filopodia and Lamellipodia. Gastroenterology 2019; 157:1544-1555.e3. [PMID: 31473225 PMCID: PMC7016487 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Sperm flagellar 1 (also called CLAMP) is a microtubule-associated protein that regulates microtubule dynamics and planar cell polarity in multi-ciliated cells. We investigated the localization and function of sperm flagellar 1, or CLAMP, in human intestinal epithelia cells (IECs). METHODS We performed studies with SKCO-15 and human intestinal enteroids established from biopsies from different intestinal segments (duodenal, jejunum, ileal, and colon) of a single donor. Enteroids were induced to differentiation after incubation with growth factors. The distribution of endogenous CLAMP in IECs was analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy using total internal reflection fluorescence-ground state depletion and confocal microscopy. CLAMP localization was followed during the course of intestinal epithelial cell polarization as cells progressed from flat to compact, confluent monolayers. Protein interactions with endogenous CLAMP were determined in SKCO-15 cells using proximity ligation assays and co-immunoprecipitation. CLAMP was knocked down in SKCO-15 monolayers using small hairpin RNAs and cells were analyzed by immunoblot and immunofluorescence microscopy. The impact of CLAMP knock-down in migrating SKCO-15 cells was assessed using scratch-wound assays. RESULTS CLAMP bound to actin and apical junctional complex proteins but not microtubules in IECs. In silico analysis predicted the calponin-homology domain of CLAMP to contain conserved amino acids required for actin binding. During IEC polarization, CLAMP distribution changed from primarily basal stress fibers and cytoplasm in undifferentiated cells to apical membranes and microvilli in differentiated monolayers. CLAMP accumulated in lamellipodia and filopodia at the leading edge of migrating cells in association with actin. CLAMP knock-down reduced the number of filopodia, perturbed filopodia polarity, and altered the organization of actin filaments within lamellipodia. CONCLUSIONS CLAMP is an actin-binding protein, rather than a microtubule-binding protein, in IECs. CLAMP distribution changes during intestinal epithelial cell polarization, regulates the formation of filopodia, and appears to assist in the organization of actin bundles within lamellipodia of migrating IECs. Studies are needed to define the CLAMP domains that interact with actin and whether its loss from IECs affects intestinal function.
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- Rocio Tapia
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology,Department of Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago,Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois
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Genetic Analysis in Fetal Skeletal Dysplasias by Trio Whole-Exome Sequencing. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 2019:2492590. [PMID: 31218223 PMCID: PMC6537022 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2492590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Skeletal dysplasias (SDs) comprise a series of severe congenital disorders that have strong clinical heterogeneity and usually attribute to diverse genetic variations. The pathogenesis of more than half of SDs remains unclear. Additionally, the clinical manifestations of fetal SDs are ambiguous, which poses a big challenge for accurate diagnosis. In this study, eight unrelated families with fetal SD were recruited and subjected to sequential tests including chromosomal karyotyping, chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA), and trio whole-exome sequencing (WES). Sanger sequencing and quantitative fluorescence PCR (QF-PCR) were performed as affirmative experiments. In six families, a total of six pathogenic/likely pathogenic variations were identified in four genes including SLC26A2, FGFR3, FLNB, and TMEM38B. These variations caused disorders following autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive inheritance patterns, respectively. The results provided reliable evidence for the subsequent genetic counseling and reproductive options to these families. With its advantage in variation calling and interpreting, trio WES is a promising strategy for the investigation of fetal SDs in cases with normal karyotyping and CMA results. It has considerable prospects to be utilized in prenatal diagnosis.
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Iwamoto DV, Huehn A, Simon B, Huet-Calderwood C, Baldassarre M, Sindelar CV, Calderwood DA. Structural basis of the filamin A actin-binding domain interaction with F-actin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2018; 25:918-927. [PMID: 30224736 PMCID: PMC6173970 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0128-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Actin-cross-linking proteins assemble actin filaments into higher-order structures essential for orchestrating cell shape, adhesion, and motility. Missense mutations in the tandem calponin homology domains of their actin-binding domains (ABDs) underlie numerous genetic diseases, but a molecular understanding of these pathologies is hampered by the lack of high-resolution structures of any actin-cross-linking protein bound to F-actin. Here, taking advantage of a high-affinity, disease-associated mutant of the human filamin A (FLNa) ABD, we combine cryo-electron microscopy and functional studies to reveal at near-atomic resolution how the first calponin homology domain (CH1) and residues immediately N-terminal to it engage actin. We further show that reorientation of CH2 relative to CH1 is required to avoid clashes with actin and to expose F-actin-binding residues on CH1. Our data explain localization of disease-associated loss-of-function mutations to FLNaCH1 and gain-of-function mutations to the regulatory FLNaCH2. Sequence conservation argues that this provides a general model for ABD-F-actin binding.
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Fealey ME, Horn B, Coffman C, Miller R, Lin AY, Thompson AR, Schramel J, Groth E, Hinderliter A, Cembran A, Thomas DD. Dynamics of Dystrophin's Actin-Binding Domain. Biophys J 2018; 115:445-454. [PMID: 30007583 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.05.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance, calorimetry, and molecular dynamics simulations to examine the structural mechanism of binding for dystrophin's N-terminal actin-binding domain (ABD1) and compare it to utrophin's ABD1. Like other members of the spectrin superfamily, dystrophin's ABD1 consists of two calponin-homology (CH) domains, CH1 and CH2. Several mutations within dystrophin's ABD1 are associated with the development of severe degenerative muscle disorders Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies, highlighting the importance of understanding its structural biology. To investigate structural changes within dystrophin ABD1 upon binding to actin, we labeled the protein with spin probes and measured changes in inter-CH domain distance using double-electron electron resonance. Previous studies on the homologous protein utrophin showed that actin binding induces a complete structural opening of the CH domains, resulting in a highly ordered ABD1-actin complex. In this study, double-electron electron resonance shows that dystrophin ABD1 also undergoes a conformational opening upon binding F-actin, but this change is less complete and significantly more structurally disordered than observed for utrophin. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we identified a hinge in the linker region between the two CH domains that grants conformational flexibility to ABD1. The conformational dynamics of both dystrophin's and utrophin's ABD1 showed that compact conformations driven by hydrophobic interactions are preferred and that extended conformations are energetically accessible through a flat free-energy surface. Considering that the binding free energy of ABD1 to actin is on the order of 6-7 kcal/mole, our data are compatible with a mechanism in which binding to actin is largely dictated by specific interactions with CH1, but fine tuning of the binding affinity is achieved by the overlap between conformational ensembles of ABD1 free and bound to actin.
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- Michael E Fealey
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Rehder H, Laccone F, Kircher SG, Schild RL, Rapp C, Bald R, Schulze B, Behunova J, Neesen J, Schoner K. Piepkorn type of osteochondrodysplasia: Defining the severe end of FLNB-related skeletal disorders in three fetuses and a 106-year-old exhibit. Am J Med Genet A 2018; 176:1559-1568. [PMID: 29797497 PMCID: PMC6585644 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The Piepkorn type of lethal osteochondrodysplasia (POCD) is a rare and lethal dwarfing condition. Four cases have been reported to date. The characteristic features are distinctly shortened "flipper-like" limbs, polysyndactyly, excessive underossification, especially of the limb bones and vertebrae, and large (giant) chondrocytes in the cartilaginous bone primordia. These characteristics allowed the diagnosis of Piepkorn type of osteochondrodysplasia in four new cases, three fetuses of 15 to 22 weeks and one 106-year-old museum exhibit. Piepkorn type of osteochondrodysplasia has been assigned to the giant cell chondrodysplasias such as atelosteogenesis type 1 (AO1) and boomerang dysplasia (BD). Analysis of the Filamin B gene in 3p14.3, which is associated with these disorders, allowed the identification of the first FLNB mutations in Piepkorn type of osteochondrodysplasia. The heterozygous missense mutations, found in the three fetuses, were located in exons 28 and 29, encoding the immunoglobulin-like repeat region R15, one of three mutational hot spots in dominant FLNB-related skeletal disorders. Direct preparations and alcian blue staining revealed single upper and lower arm and leg bone primordia, preaxial oligodactyly, and polysyndactyly with complete fusion and doubling of the middle and end phalanges II-V to produce eight distal finger rays. Considering the unique clinical features and the extent of underossification, Piepkorn type of osteochondrodysplasia can be regarded as a distinct entity within the AO1-BD-POCD continuum.
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- Helga Rehder
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,Institute of Pathology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics, Diacovere Friederikenstift, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Praenatal Medicine, Klinikum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Leverkusen, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pathology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Baudier J, Jenkins ZA, Robertson SP. The filamin-B–refilin axis – spatiotemporal regulators of the actin-cytoskeleton in development and disease. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:131/8/jcs213959. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.213959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT
During development, cycles of spatiotemporal remodeling of higher-order networks of actin filaments contribute to control cell fate specification and differentiation. Programs for controlling these dynamics are hard-wired into actin-regulatory proteins. The filamin family of actin-binding proteins exert crucial mechanotransduction and signaling functions in tissue morphogenesis. Filamin-B (FLNB) is a key player in chondrocyte progenitor differentiation for endochondral ossification. Biallelic loss-of-function mutations or gain-of-function mutations in FLNB cause two groups of skeletal disorders that can be attributed to either the loss of repressive function on TGF-β signaling or a disruption in mechanosensory properties, respectively. In this Review, we highlight a unique family of vertebrate-specific short-lived filamin-binding proteins, the refilins (refilin-A and refilin-B), that modulate filamin-dependent actin crosslinking properties. Refilins are downstream TGF-β effectors in epithelial cells. Double knockout of both refilin-A and refilin-B in mice results in precocious ossification of some axial skeletal elements, leading to malformations that are similar to those seen in FLNB-deficient mice. Based on these findings, we present a model summarizing the role of refilins in regulating the mechanosensory functions of FLNB during skeletal development. We also discuss the possible contribution of refilins to FLNB-related skeletal pathologies that are associated with gain-of-function mutations.
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- Jacques Baudier
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM, 13284 Marseille Cedex 07, France
- Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-UMR CNRS 7288, Campus de Luminy-Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Sivley RM, Dou X, Meiler J, Bush WS, Capra JA. Comprehensive Analysis of Constraint on the Spatial Distribution of Missense Variants in Human Protein Structures. Am J Hum Genet 2018; 102:415-426. [PMID: 29455857 PMCID: PMC5985282 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The spatial distribution of genetic variation within proteins is shaped by evolutionary constraint and provides insight into the functional importance of protein regions and the potential pathogenicity of protein alterations. Here, we comprehensively evaluate the 3D spatial patterns of human germline and somatic variation in 6,604 experimentally derived protein structures and 33,144 computationally derived homology models covering 77% of all human proteins. Using a systematic approach, we quantify differences in the spatial distributions of neutral germline variants, disease-causing germline variants, and recurrent somatic variants. Neutral missense variants exhibit a general trend toward spatial dispersion, which is driven by constraint on core residues. In contrast, germline disease-causing variants are generally clustered in protein structures and form clusters more frequently than recurrent somatic variants identified from tumor sequencing. In total, we identify 215 proteins with significant spatial constraints on the distribution of disease-causing missense variants in experimentally derived protein structures, only 65 (30%) of which have been previously reported. This analysis identifies many clusters not detectable from sequence information alone; only 12% of proteins with significant clustering in 3D were identified from similar analyses of linear protein sequence. Furthermore, spatial analyses of mutations in homology-based structural models are highly correlated with those from experimentally derived structures, supporting the use of computationally derived models. Our approach highlights significant differences in the spatial constraints on different classes of mutations in protein structure and identifies regions of potential function within individual proteins.
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- R Michael Sivley
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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- Department for Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Upadhyay K, Loke J, O V, Taragin B, Ostrer H. Biallelic mutations in FLNB cause a skeletal dysplasia with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis by activating β-catenin. Clin Genet 2017; 93:412-416. [PMID: 29095481 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Filamin B (FLNB) functions as a switch that can affect chrondrocyte development and endochondral bone formation through a series of signaling molecules and transcription factors that also affect Sertoli cell development. Here, we report a subject with a novel skeletal dysplasia and co-existing 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and biallelic mutations in FLNB. Whole exome sequencing was performed to identify mutations. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and flow variant assays were performed to quantify RNA, proteins and phosphorylated proteins. The TOPFLASH reporter was performed to quantify β-catenin activity. Mutations were identified in the FLNB gene (FLNB:p.F964L, FLNB:p.A1577V). These mutations increased binding of FLNB protein to the MAP3K1 and RAC1 signal transduction complex and activated β-catenin and had different effects on phosphorylation of MAP kinase pathway intermediates and SOX9 expression. Direct activation of β-catenin through the FLNB-MAP3K1-RAC1 complex by FLNB mutations is a novel mechanism for causing 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis. The mechanism of action varies from those reported previously for loss of function mutations in SOX9 and gain-of-function mutations in MAP3K1.
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- K Upadhyay
- Departments of Pathology and Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, New York
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- Departments of Pathology and Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, New York
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- Departments of Pathology and Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, New York
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- Departments of Pathology and Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, New York
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- Departments of Pathology and Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, New York City, New York
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β-III-spectrin spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 mutation reveals a dominant cytoskeletal mechanism that underlies dendritic arborization. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E9376-E9385. [PMID: 29078305 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707108114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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A spinocerebellar ataxia type 5 (SCA5) L253P mutation in the actin-binding domain (ABD) of β-III-spectrin causes high-affinity actin binding and decreased thermal stability in vitro. Here we show in mammalian cells, at physiological temperature, that the mutant ABD retains high-affinity actin binding. Significantly, we provide evidence that the mutation alters the mobility and recruitment of β-III-spectrin in mammalian cells, pointing to a potential disease mechanism. To explore this mechanism, we developed a Drosophila SCA5 model in which an equivalent mutant Drosophila β-spectrin is expressed in neurons that extend complex dendritic arbors, such as Purkinje cells, targeted in SCA5 pathogenesis. The mutation causes a proximal shift in arborization coincident with decreased β-spectrin localization in distal dendrites. We show that SCA5 β-spectrin dominantly mislocalizes α-spectrin and ankyrin-2, components of the endogenous spectrin cytoskeleton. Our data suggest that high-affinity actin binding by SCA5 β-spectrin interferes with spectrin-actin cytoskeleton dynamics, leading to a loss of a cytoskeletal mechanism in distal dendrites required for dendrite stabilization and arbor outgrowth.
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Xu Q, Wu N, Cui L, Wu Z, Qiu G. Filamin B: The next hotspot in skeletal research? J Genet Genomics 2017; 44:335-342. [PMID: 28739045 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Filamin B (FLNB) is a large dimeric actin-binding protein which crosslinks actin cytoskeleton filaments into a dynamic structure. Up to present, pathogenic mutations in FLNB are solely found to cause skeletal deformities, indicating the important role of FLNB in skeletal development. FLNB-related disorders are classified as spondylocarpotarsal synostosis (SCT), Larsen syndrome (LS), atelosteogenesis (AO), boomerang dysplasia (BD), and isolated congenital talipes equinovarus, presenting with scoliosis, short-limbed dwarfism, clubfoot, joint dislocation and other unique skeletal abnormalities. Several mechanisms of FLNB mutations causing skeletal malformations have been proposed, including delay of ossification in long bone growth plate, reduction of bone mineral density (BMD), dysregulation of muscle differentiation, ossification of intervertebral disc (IVD), disturbance of proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis in chondrocytes, impairment of angiogenesis, and hypomotility of osteoblast, chondrocyte and fibroblast. Interventions on FLNB-related diseases require prenatal surveillance by sonography, gene testing in high-risk carriers, and proper orthosis or orthopedic surgeries to correct malformations including scoliosis, cervical spine instability, large joint dislocation, and clubfoot. Gene and cell therapies for FLNB-related diseases are also promising but require further studies.
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- Qiming Xu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity, Beijing 100730, China; Medical Research Center of Orthopaedics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China; School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity, Beijing 100730, China; Medical Research Center of Orthopaedics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Department of Central Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity, Beijing 100730, China; Medical Research Center of Orthopaedics, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
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Singh SM, Bandi S, Mallela KMG. The N-Terminal Flanking Region Modulates the Actin Binding Affinity of the Utrophin Tandem Calponin-Homology Domain. Biochemistry 2017; 56:2627-2636. [PMID: 28443334 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Despite sharing a high degree of sequence similarity, the tandem calponin-homology (CH) domain of utrophin binds to actin 30 times stronger than that of dystrophin. We have previously shown that this difference in actin binding affinity could not be ascribed to the differences in inter-CH-domain linkers [Bandi, S., et al. (2015) Biochemistry 54, 5480-5488]. Here, we examined the role of the N-terminal flanking region. The utrophin tandem CH domain contains a 27-residue flanking region before its CH1 domain. We examined its effect by comparing the structure and function of full-length utrophin tandem CH domain Utr(1-261) and its truncated Utr(28-261) construct. Both full-length and truncated constructs are monomers in solution, with no significant differences in their secondary or tertiary structures. Truncated construct Utr(28-261) binds to actin 30 times weaker than that of the full-length Utr(1-261), similar to that of the dystrophin tandem CH domain with a much shorter flanking region. Deletion of the N-terminal flanking region stabilizes the CH1 domain. The magnitude of the change in binding free energy upon truncation is similar to that of the change in thermodynamic stability. The isolated N-terminal peptide by itself is significantly random coil and does not bind to F-actin in the affinity range of Utr(1-261) and Utr(28-261). These results indicate that the N-terminal flanking region significantly affects the actin binding affinity of tandem CH domains. This observation further stresses that protein regions other than the three actin-binding surfaces identified earlier, irrespective of whether they directly bind to actin, also contribute to the actin binding affinity of tandem CH domains.
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- Surinder M Singh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , 12850 East Montview Boulevard, MS C238, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , 12850 East Montview Boulevard, MS C238, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , 12850 East Montview Boulevard, MS C238, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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Ithychanda SS, Dou K, Robertson SP, Qin J. Structural and thermodynamic basis of a frontometaphyseal dysplasia mutation in filamin A. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:8390-8400. [PMID: 28348077 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.776740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Filamin-mediated linkages between transmembrane receptors (TR) and the actin cytoskeleton are crucial for regulating many cytoskeleton-dependent cellular processes such as cell shape change and migration. A major TR binding site in the immunoglobulin repeat 21 (Ig21) of filamin is masked by the adjacent repeat Ig20, resulting in autoinhibition. The TR binding to this site triggers the relief of Ig20 and protein kinase A (PKA)-mediated phosphorylation of Ser-2152, thereby dynamically regulating the TR-actin linkages. A P2204L mutation in Ig20 reportedly cause frontometaphyseal dysplasia, a skeletal disorder with unknown pathogenesis. We show here that the P2204L mutation impairs a hydrophobic core of Ig20, generating a conformationally fluctuating molten globule-like state. Consequently, unlike in WT filamin, where PKA-mediated Ser-2152 phosphorylation is ligand-dependent, the P2204L mutant is readily accessible to PKA, promoting ligand-independent phosphorylation on Ser-2152. Strong TR peptide ligands from platelet GP1bα and G-protein-coupled receptor MAS effectively bound Ig21 by displacing Ig20 from autoinhibited WT filamin, but surprisingly, the capacity of these ligands to bind the P2204L mutant was much reduced despite the mutation-induced destabilization of the Ig20 structure that supposedly weakens the autoinhibition. Thermodynamic analysis indicated that compared with WT filamin, the conformationally fluctuating state of the Ig20 mutant makes Ig21 enthalpically favorable to bind ligand but with substantial entropic penalty, resulting in total higher free energy and reduced ligand affinity. Overall, our results reveal an unusual structural and thermodynamic basis for the P2204L-induced dysfunction of filamin and frontometaphyseal dysplasia disease.
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- Sujay S Ithychanda
- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195.
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Wang P, Liu H, Wang Y, Liu O, Zhang J, Gleason A, Yang Z, Wang H, Shi A, Grant BD. RAB-10 Promotes EHBP-1 Bridging of Filamentous Actin and Tubular Recycling Endosomes. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006093. [PMID: 27272733 PMCID: PMC4894640 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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EHBP-1 (Ehbp1) is a conserved regulator of endocytic recycling, acting as an effector of small GTPases including RAB-10 (Rab10). Here we present evidence that EHBP-1 associates with tubular endosomal phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] enriched membranes through an N-terminal C2-like (NT-C2) domain, and define residues within the NT-C2 domain that mediate membrane interaction. Furthermore, our results indicate that the EHBP-1 central calponin homology (CH) domain binds to actin microfilaments in a reaction that is stimulated by RAB-10(GTP). Loss of any aspect of this RAB-10/EHBP-1 system in the C. elegans intestinal epithelium leads to retention of basolateral recycling cargo in endosomes that have lost their normal tubular endosomal network (TEN) organization. We propose a mechanism whereby RAB-10 promotes the ability of endosome-bound EHBP-1 to also bind to the actin cytoskeleton, thereby promoting endosomal tubulation. Endosomes are intracellular organelles that sort protein and lipid components integral to the membrane, as well as more loosely associated lumenal content, for delivery to distinct intracellular destinations. Endosomes associated with recycling cargo back to the plasma membrane are often tubular in morphology, and this morphology is thought to be essential for recycling function. Our previous work identified a particularly dramatic network of endosomal tubules involved in membrane protein recycling in the basolateral intestinal epithelial cells of C. elegans. Our subsequent genetic analysis of basolateral recycling in this system identified a number of key regulators of these endosomes, including the small GTPase RAB-10 and its effector EHBP-1. Our new work presented here shows that EHBP-1 promotes endosomal tubulation by linking the membrane lipid PI(4,5)P2 to the actin cytoskeleton, and that the linkage of EHBP-1 to actin is enhanced by the interaction of EHBP-1 with RAB-10. This work has broad implications for how endosomal tubulation occurs in all cells, and has specific implications for the role of EHBP-1 in related processes such as insulin-stimulated recycling of glucose transporters in human adipocytes, a process intimately linked to type II diabetes.
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- Peixiang Wang
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medicine and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Institute for Brain Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Key Laboratory of Neurological Disease of National Education Ministry, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- * E-mail: (AS); (BDG)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AS); (BDG)
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Zhang R, Chang M, Zhang M, Wu Y, Qu X, Huang S. The Structurally Plastic CH2 Domain Is Linked to Distinct Functions of Fimbrins/Plastins. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:17881-96. [PMID: 27261463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.730069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Fimbrins/plastins have been implicated in the generation of distinct actin structures, which are linked to different cellular processes. Historically, fimbrins/plastins were mainly considered as generating tight actin bundles. Here, we demonstrate that different members of the fimbrin/plastin family have diverged biochemically during evolution to generate either tight actin bundles or loose networks with distinct biochemical and biophysical properties. Using the phylogenetically and functionally distinct Arabidopsis fimbrins FIM4 and FIM5 we found that FIM4 generates both actin bundles and cross-linked actin filaments, whereas FIM5 only generates actin bundles. The distinct functions of FIM4 and FIM5 are clearly observed at single-filament resolution. Domain swapping experiments showed that cooperation between the conformationally plastic calponin-homology domain 2 (CH2) and the N-terminal headpiece determines the function of the full-length protein. Our study suggests that the structural plasticity of fimbrins/plastins has biologically meaningful consequences, and provides novel insights into the structure-function relationship of fimbrins/plastins as well as shedding light on how cells generate distinct actin structures.
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- Ruihui Zhang
- From the Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- the Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
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- From the Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- From the Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093
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- the Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, the Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, Beijing 100084, and
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- From the Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, the Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084,
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Girisha KM, Bidchol AM, Graul-Neumann L, Gupta A, Hehr U, Lessel D, Nader S, Shah H, Wickert J, Kutsche K. Phenotype and genotype in patients with Larsen syndrome: clinical homogeneity and allelic heterogeneity in seven patients. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2016; 17:27. [PMID: 27048506 PMCID: PMC4822278 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-016-0290-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Background Larsen syndrome is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia characterized by large joint dislocations and craniofacial dysmorphism. It is caused by missense or small in-frame deletions in the FLNB gene. To further characterize the phenotype and the mutation spectrum of this condition, we investigated seven probands, five sporadic individuals and a mother-son-duo with Larsen syndrome. Methods The seven patients from six unrelated families were clinically and radiologically evaluated. All patients were screened for mutations in selected exons and exon-intron boundaries of the FLNB gene by Sanger sequencing. FLNB transcript analysis was carried out in one patient to analyse the effect of the sequence variant on pre-mRNA splicing. Results All patients exhibited typical facial features and joint dislocations. Contrary to the widely described advanced carpal ossification, we noted delay in two patients. We identified the five novel mutations c.4927G > A/p.(Gly1643Ser), c.4876G > T / p.(Gly1626Trp), c.4664G > A / p.(Gly1555Asp), c.2055G > C / p.Gln685delins10 and c.5021C > T / p.(Ala1674Val) as well as a frequently observed mutation in Larsen syndrome [c.5164G > A/p.(Gly1722Ser)] in the hotspot regions. FLNB transcript analysis of the c.2055G > C variant revealed insertion of 27 bp intronic sequence between exon 13 and 14 which gives rise to in-frame deletion of glutamine 685 and insertion of ten novel amino acid residues (p.Gln685delins10). Conclusions All seven individuals with Larsen syndrome had a uniform clinical phenotype except for delayed carpal ossification in two of them. Our study reveals five novel FLNB mutations and confirms immunoglobulin-like (Ig) repeats 14 and 15 as major hotspot regions. The p.Gln685delins10 mutation is the first Larsen syndrome-associated alteration located in Ig repeat 5. All mutations reported so far leave the filamin B protein intact in accordance with a gain-of-function effect. Our findings underscore the characteristic clinical picture of FLNB-associated Larsen syndrome and add Ig repeat 5 to the filamin B domains affected by the clustered mutations.
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- Katta Mohan Girisha
- Department of Medical Genetics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Ambulantes Gesundheitszentrum der Charité, Campus Virchow, Humangenetik, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Center for and Department of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Kinderorthopädie, Schön Klinik Vogtareuth, Prien am Chiemsee, Germany
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- Pediatric Orthopedic Services, Department of Orthopedics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Murphy ACH, Lindsay AJ, McCaffrey MW, Djinović-Carugo K, Young PW. Congenital macrothrombocytopenia-linked mutations in the actin-binding domain of α-actinin-1 enhance F-actin association. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:685-95. [PMID: 26879394 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Mutations in the actin cross-linking protein actinin-1 were recently linked to dominantly inherited congenital macrothrombocytopenia. Here, we report that several disease-associated mutations that are located within the actinin-1 actin-binding domain cause increased binding of actinin-1 to actin filaments and enhance filament bundling in vitro. These actinin-1 mutants are also more stably associated with the cytoskeleton in cultured cells, as assessed by biochemical fractionation and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments. For two mutations the disruption of contacts between the calponin homology domains within the actinin actin-binding domain may explain increased filament binding--providing mechanistic and structural insights into the basis of actinin-1 dysfunction in congenital macrothrombocytopenia.
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- Anita C H Murphy
- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Austria.,Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Ireland
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Zhao Y, Shapiro SS, Eto M. F-actin clustering and cell dysmotility induced by the pathological W148R missense mutation of filamin B at the actin-binding domain. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2015; 310:C89-98. [PMID: 26491051 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00274.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Filamin B (FLNB) is a dimeric actin-binding protein that orchestrates the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton. Congenital mutations of FLNB at the actin-binding domain (ABD) are known to cause abnormalities of skeletal development, such as atelosteogenesis types I and III and Larsen's syndrome, although the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, using fluorescence microscopy, we characterized the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in cells expressing each of six pathological FLNB mutants that have been linked to skeletal abnormalities. The subfractionation assay showed a greater accumulation of the FLNB ABD mutants W148R and E227K than the wild-type protein to the cytoskeleton. Ectopic expression of FLNB-W148R and, to a lesser extent, FLNB-E227K induced prominent F-actin accumulations and the consequent rearrangement of focal adhesions, myosin II, and septin filaments and results in a delayed directional migration of the cells. The W148R protein-induced cytoskeletal rearrangement was partially attenuated by the inhibition of myosin II, p21-activated protein kinase, or Rho-associated protein kinase. The expression of a single-head ABD fragment with the mutations partially mimicked the rearrangement induced by the dimer. The F-actin clustering through the interaction with the mutant FLNB ABD may limit the cytoskeletal reorganization, preventing normal skeletal development.
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- Yongtong Zhao
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, and Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Bandi S, Singh SM, Mallela KMG. Interdomain Linker Determines Primarily the Structural Stability of Dystrophin and Utrophin Tandem Calponin-Homology Domains Rather than Their Actin-Binding Affinity. Biochemistry 2015; 54:5480-8. [PMID: 26288220 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tandem calponin-homology (CH) domains are the most common actin-binding domains in proteins. However, structural principles underlying their function are poorly understood. These tandem domains exist in multiple conformations with varying degrees of inter-CH-domain interactions. Dystrophin and utrophin tandem CH domains share high sequence similarity (∼82%), yet differ in their structural stability and actin-binding affinity. We examined whether the conformational differences between the two tandem CH domains can explain differences in their stability and actin binding. Dystrophin tandem CH domain is more stable by ∼4 kcal/mol than that of utrophin. Individual CH domains of dystrophin and utrophin have identical structures but differ in their relative orientation around the interdomain linker. We swapped the linkers between dystrophin and utrophin tandem CH domains. Dystrophin tandem CH domain with utrophin linker (DUL) has similar stability as that of utrophin tandem CH domain. Utrophin tandem CH domain with dystrophin linker (UDL) has similar stability as that of dystrophin tandem CH domain. Dystrophin tandem CH domain binds to F-actin ∼30 times weaker than that of utrophin. After linker swapping, DUL has twice the binding affinity as that of dystrophin tandem CH domain. Similarly, UDL has half the binding affinity as that of utrophin tandem CH domain. However, changes in binding free energies due to linker swapping are much lower by an order of magnitude compared to the corresponding changes in unfolding free energies. These results indicate that the linker region determines primarily the structural stability of tandem CH domains rather than their actin-binding affinity.
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- Swati Bandi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ‡Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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Sun L, Guan R, Lee IJ, Liu Y, Chen M, Wang J, Wu JQ, Chen Z. Mechanistic insights into the anchorage of the contractile ring by anillin and Mid1. Dev Cell 2015; 33:413-26. [PMID: 25959226 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Revised: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Anillins and Mid1 are scaffold proteins that play key roles in anchorage of the contractile ring at the cell equator during cytokinesis in animals and fungi, respectively. Here, we report crystal structures and functional analysis of human anillin and S. pombe Mid1. The combined data show anillin contains a cryptic C2 domain and a Rho-binding domain. Together with the tethering PH domain, three membrane-associating elements synergistically bind to RhoA and phospholipids to anchor anillin at the cleavage furrow. Surprisingly, Mid1 also binds to the membrane through a cryptic C2 domain. Dimerization of Mid1 leads to high affinity and preference for PI(4,5)P2, which stably anchors Mid1 at the division plane, bypassing the requirement for Rho GTPase. These findings uncover the unexpected general machinery and the divergent regulatory logics for the anchorage of the contractile ring through the anillin/Mid1 family proteins from yeast to humans.
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- Lingfei Sun
- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; State Key Laboratory of Bio-membrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; School of Life Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Razinia Z, Baldassarre M, Cantelli G, Calderwood DA. ASB2α, an E3 ubiquitin ligase specificity subunit, regulates cell spreading and triggers proteasomal degradation of filamins by targeting the filamin calponin homology 1 domain. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:32093-105. [PMID: 24052262 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.496604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Filamins are actin-binding and cross-linking proteins that organize the actin cytoskeleton and anchor transmembrane proteins to the cytoskeleton and scaffold signaling pathways. During hematopoietic cell differentiation, transient expression of ASB2α, the specificity subunit of an E3-ubiquitin ligase complex, triggers acute proteasomal degradation of filamins. This led to the proposal that ASB2α regulates hematopoietic cell differentiation by modulating cell adhesion, spreading, and actin remodeling through targeted degradation of filamins. Here, we show that the calponin homology domain 1 (CH1), within the filamin A (FLNa) actin-binding domain, is the minimal fragment sufficient for ASB2α-mediated degradation. Combining an in-depth flow cytometry analysis with mutagenesis of lysine residues within CH1, we find that arginine substitution at each of a cluster of three lysines (Lys-42, Lys-43, and Lys-135) renders FLNa resistant to ASB2α-mediated degradation without altering ASB2α binding. These lysines lie within previously predicted actin-binding sites, and the ASB2α-resistant filamin mutant is defective in targeting to F-actin-rich structures in cells. However, by swapping CH1 with that of α-actinin1, which is resistant to ASB2α-mediated degradation, we generated an ASB2α-resistant chimeric FLNa with normal subcellular localization. Notably, this chimera fully rescues the impaired cell spreading induced by ASB2α expression. Our data therefore reveal ubiquitin acceptor sites in FLNa and establish that ASB2α-mediated effects on cell spreading are due to loss of filamins.
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Daly TK, Sutherland-Smith AJ, Penny D. Beyond BLASTing: tertiary and quaternary structure analysis helps identify major vault proteins. Genome Biol Evol 2013; 5:217-32. [PMID: 23275487 PMCID: PMC3595041 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We examine the advantages of going beyond sequence similarity and use both protein three-dimensional (3D) structure prediction and then quaternary structure (docking) of inferred 3D structures to help evaluate whether comparable sequences can fold into homologous structures with sufficient lateral associations for quaternary structure formation. Our test case is the major vault protein (MVP) that oligomerizes in multiple copies to form barrel-like vault particles and is relatively widespread among eukaryotes. We used the iterative threading assembly refinement server (I-TASSER) to predict whether putative MVP sequences identified by BLASTp and PSI Basic Local Alignment Search Tool are structurally similar to the experimentally determined rodent MVP tertiary structures. Then two identical predicted quaternary structures from I-TASSER are analyzed by RosettaDock to test whether a pair-wise association occurs, and hence whether the oligomeric vault complex is likely to form for a given MVP sequence. Positive controls for the method are the experimentally determined rat (Rattus norvegicus) vault X-ray crystal structure and the purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) MVP sequence that forms experimentally observed vaults. These and two kinetoplast MVP structural homologs were predicted with high confidence value, and RosettaDock predicted that these MVP sequences would dock laterally and therefore could form oligomeric vaults. As the negative control, I-TASSER did not predict an MVP-like structure from a randomized rat MVP sequence, even when constrained to the rat MVP crystal structure (PDB:2ZUO), thus further validating the method. The protocol identified six putative homologous MVP sequences in the heterobolosean Naegleria gruberi within the excavate kingdom. Two of these sequences are predicted to be structurally similar to rat MVP, despite being in excess of 300 residues shorter. The method can be used generally to help test predictions of homology via structural analysis.
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- Toni K Daly
- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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Reimand J, Bader GD. Systematic analysis of somatic mutations in phosphorylation signaling predicts novel cancer drivers. Mol Syst Biol 2013; 9:637. [PMID: 23340843 PMCID: PMC3564258 DOI: 10.1038/msb.2012.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Large-scale cancer genome sequencing has uncovered thousands of gene mutations, but distinguishing tumor driver genes from functionally neutral passenger mutations is a major challenge. We analyzed 800 cancer genomes of eight types to find single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) that precisely target phosphorylation machinery, important in cancer development and drug targeting. Assuming that cancer-related biological systems involve unexpectedly frequent mutations, we used novel algorithms to identify genes with significant phosphorylation-associated SNVs (pSNVs), phospho-mutated pathways, kinase networks, drug targets, and clinically correlated signaling modules. We highlight increased survival of patients with TP53 pSNVs, hierarchically organized cancer kinase modules, a novel pSNV in EGFR, and an immune-related network of pSNVs that correlates with prolonged survival in ovarian cancer. Our findings include multiple actionable cancer gene candidates (FLNB, GRM1, POU2F1), protein complexes (HCF1, ASF1), and kinases (PRKCZ). This study demonstrates new ways of interpreting cancer genomes and presents new leads for cancer research.
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- Jüri Reimand
- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Sawyer GM, Sutherland-Smith AJ. Crystal structure of the filamin N-terminal region reveals a hinge between the actin binding and first repeat domains. J Mol Biol 2012; 424:240-7. [PMID: 23036857 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The filamin proteins cross-link F-actin and interact with protein partners to integrate both extracellular and intracellular signalling events with the cytoskeleton and to provide mechanoprotection and sensing to cells. The filamins are large, flexible, multi-domain homodimers with the interactions between domains important for protein function. The crystal structure of the N-terminal region of filamin B, containing the actin binding domain (ABD) and the first filamin repeat (FR1) domain, reveals an extended two-domain conformation with no interaction between the ABD and FR1 other than the connecting linker region. The two FLNB347 structures in the crystallographic asymmetric unit exhibit differing relative domain orientations providing the first high-resolution structural characterisation of a filamin inter-domain conformational change. The structure reveals a new hinge in the linker region between ABD and FR1 that is ideally positioned to orient the ABD for actin binding and adds to the previously described hinge regions, hinge 1 (between repeats 15 and 16) and hinge 2 (repeats 23 and 24), providing an additional mechanism by which filamin can exhibit inter-domain flexibility. The extended structure, with the absence of interactions between the domains, implies that any conformational rearrangements required for actin binding by the ABD, as observed for homologous proteins, can freely occur without being influenced by FR1. The ABD retains its previously observed compact conformation. FR1 exhibits a filamin immunoglobulin-like domain fold with a closed C-D β-strand groove, in contrast to filamin repeats that bind protein partners with this region of the domain surface.
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- Gregory M Sawyer
- Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
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Muthu M, Richardson KA, Sutherland-Smith AJ. The crystal structures of dystrophin and utrophin spectrin repeats: implications for domain boundaries. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40066. [PMID: 22911693 PMCID: PMC3401230 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dystrophin and utrophin link the F-actin cytoskeleton to the cell membrane via an associated glycoprotein complex. This functionality results from their domain organization having an N-terminal actin-binding domain followed by multiple spectrin-repeat domains and then C-terminal protein-binding motifs. Therapeutic strategies to replace defective dystrophin with utrophin in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy require full-characterization of both these proteins to assess their degree of structural and functional equivalence. Here the high resolution structures of the first spectrin repeats (N-terminal repeat 1) from both dystrophin and utrophin have been determined by x-ray crystallography. The repeat structures both display a three-helix bundle fold very similar to one another and to homologous domains from spectrin, α-actinin and plectin. The utrophin and dystrophin repeat structures reveal the relationship between the structural domain and the canonical spectrin repeat domain sequence motif, showing the compact structural domain of spectrin repeat one to be extended at the C-terminus relative to its previously defined sequence repeat. These structures explain previous in vitro biochemical studies in which extending dystrophin spectrin repeat domain length leads to increased protein stability. Furthermore we show that the first dystrophin and utrophin spectrin repeats have no affinity for F-actin in the absence of other domains.
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- Muralidharan Muthu
- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Tossavainen H, Koskela O, Jiang P, Ylänne J, Campbell ID, Kilpeläinen I, Permi P. Model of a Six Immunoglobulin-Like Domain Fragment of Filamin A (16–21) Built Using Residual Dipolar Couplings. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:6660-72. [DOI: 10.1021/ja2114882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Helena Tossavainen
- Program in
Structural Biology
and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari
1, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU
United Kingdom
- School of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Life Science, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164 China
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- Department of Biological
and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35,
FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QU
United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department
of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in
Structural Biology
and Biophysics, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari
1, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Light S, Sagit R, Ithychanda SS, Qin J, Elofsson A. The evolution of filamin-a protein domain repeat perspective. J Struct Biol 2012; 179:289-98. [PMID: 22414427 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Revised: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Particularly in higher eukaryotes, some protein domains are found in tandem repeats, performing broad functions often related to cellular organization. For instance, the eukaryotic protein filamin interacts with many proteins and is crucial for the cytoskeleton. The functional properties of long repeat domains are governed by the specific properties of each individual domain as well as by the repeat copy number. To provide better understanding of the evolutionary and functional history of repeating domains, we investigated the mode of evolution of the filamin domain in some detail. Among the domains that are common in long repeat proteins, sushi and spectrin domains evolve primarily through cassette tandem duplications while scavenger and immunoglobulin repeats appear to evolve through clustered tandem duplications. Additionally, immunoglobulin and filamin repeats exhibit a unique pattern where every other domain shows high sequence similarity. This pattern may be the result of tandem duplications, serve to avert aggregation between adjacent domains or it is the result of functional constraints. In filamin, our studies confirm the presence of interspersed integrin binding domains in vertebrates, while invertebrates exhibit more varied patterns, including more clustered integrin binding domains. The most notable case is leech filamin, which contains a 20 repeat expansion and exhibits unique dimerization topology. Clearly, invertebrate filamins are varied and contain examples of similar adjacent integrin-binding domains. Given that invertebrate integrin shows more similarity to the weaker filamin binder, integrin β3, it is possible that the distance between integrin-binding domains is not as crucial for invertebrate filamins as for vertebrates.
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- Sara Light
- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Bioinformatics Infrastructure for Life Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-17121 Solna, Sweden
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Filamins are essential, evolutionarily conserved, modular, multidomain, actin-binding proteins that organize the actin cytoskeleton and maintain extracellular matrix connections by anchoring actin filaments to transmembrane receptors. By cross-linking and anchoring actin filaments, filamins stabilize the plasma membrane, provide cellular cortical rigidity, and contribute to the mechanical stability of the plasma membrane and the cell cortex. In addition to binding actin, filamins interact with more than 90 other binding partners including intracellular signaling molecules, receptors, ion channels, transcription factors, and cytoskeletal and adhesion proteins. Thus, filamins scaffold a wide range of signaling pathways and are implicated in the regulation of a diverse array of cellular functions including motility, maintenance of cell shape, and differentiation. Here, we review emerging structural and functional evidence that filamins are mechanosensors and/or mechanotransducers playing essential roles in helping cells detect and respond to physical forces in their local environment.
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- Ziba Razinia
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Tsutsumi S, Maekawa A, Obata M, Morgan T, Robertson SP, Kurachi H. A case of boomerang dysplasia with a novel causative mutation in filamin B: identification of typical imaging findings on ultrasonography and 3D-CT imaging. Fetal Diagn Ther 2012; 32:216-20. [PMID: 22354125 DOI: 10.1159/000335687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Boomerang dysplasia is a rare lethal osteochondrodysplasia characterized by disorganized mineralization of the skeleton, leading to complete nonossification of some limb bones and vertebral elements, and a boomerang-like aspect to some of the long tubular bones. Like many short-limbed skeletal dysplasias with accompanying thoracic hypoplasia, the potential lethality of the phenotype can be difficult to ascertain prenatally. We report a case of boomerang dysplasia prenatally diagnosed by use of ultrasonography and 3D-CT imaging, and identified a novel mutation in the gene encoding the cytoskeletal protein filamin B (FLNB) postmortem. Findings that aided the radiological diagnosis of this condition in utero included absent ossification of two out of three long bones in each limb and elements of the vertebrae and a boomerang-like shape to the ulnae. The identified mutation is the third described for this disorder and is predicted to lead to amino acid substitution in the actin-binding domain of the filamin B molecule.
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- Seiji Tsutsumi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
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Daniel PB, Morgan T, Alanay Y, Bijlsma E, Cho TJ, Cole T, Collins F, David A, Devriendt K, Faivre L, Ikegawa S, Jacquemont S, Jesic M, Krakow D, Liebrecht D, Maitz S, Marlin S, Morin G, Nishikubo T, Nishimura G, Prescott T, Scarano G, Shafeghati Y, Skovby F, Tsutsumi S, Whiteford M, Zenker M, Robertson SP. Disease-associated mutations in the actin-binding domain of filamin B cause cytoplasmic focal accumulations correlating with disease severity. Hum Mutat 2012; 33:665-73. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.22012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Broderick MJF, Bobkov A, Winder SJ. Utrophin ABD binds to F-actin in an open conformation. FEBS Open Bio 2012; 2:6-11. [PMID: 23650574 PMCID: PMC3642092 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2012.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Structural analyses of actin binding regions comprising tandem calponin homology domains alone and when bound to F-actin have revealed a number of different conformations with calponin homology domains in ‘open’ and ‘closed’ positions. In an attempt to resolve these issues we have examined the properties of the utrophin actin binding domain in open and closed conformations in order to verify the conformation when bound to F-actin. Locking the actin binding domain in a closed conformation using engineered cysteine residues in each calponin homology domain reduced the affinity for F-actin without affecting the stoichiometry furthermore differential scanning calorimetry experiments revealed a reduction in melting temperature on binding to actin. The data suggest the amino-terminal utrophin actin binding domain is in an open conformation in solution and when bound to F-actin.
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Key Words
- ABD, actin binding domain
- Actin binding domain
- CD, circular dichroism
- CH, calponin homology
- Calponin homology domain
- DSC, differential scanning calorimetry
- Differential scanning calorimetry
- Dystrophin
- EM, electron microscopy
- F-actin, filamentous actin
- NTCB, 2-nitro-5-thiocyanobenzoic acid
- SDS-PAGE, sodium dodecyl sulphate poly-acrylamide electrophoresis
- Spectrin
- Tm, melting temperature
- UTR261, utrophin residues 1-261
- α-Actinin
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- Mike J F Broderick
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Firth Court, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK ; IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
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DeMaso CR, Kovacevic I, Uzun A, Cram EJ. Structural and functional evaluation of C. elegans filamins FLN-1 and FLN-2. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22428. [PMID: 21799850 PMCID: PMC3143143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Filamins are long, flexible, multi-domain proteins composed of an N-terminal actin-binding domain (ABD) followed by multiple immunoglobulin-like repeats (IgFLN). They function to organize and maintain the actin cytoskeleton, to provide scaffolds for signaling components, and to act as mechanical force sensors. In this study, we used transcript sequencing and homology modeling to characterize the gene and protein structures of the C. elegans filamin orthologs fln-1 and fln-2. Our results reveal that C. elegans FLN-1 is well conserved at the sequence level to vertebrate filamins, particularly in the ABD and several key IgFLN repeats. Both FLN-1 and the more divergent FLN-2 colocalize with actin in vivo. FLN-2 is poorly conserved, with at least 23 IgFLN repeats interrupted by large regions that appear to be nematode-specific. Our results indicate that many of the key features of vertebrate filamins are preserved in C. elegans FLN-1 and FLN-2, and suggest the nematode may be a very useful model system for further study of filamin function.
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- Christina R. DeMaso
- Department of Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Alpert Medical School, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Duff R, Tay V, Hackman P, Ravenscroft G, McLean C, Kennedy P, Steinbach A, Schöffler W, van der Ven P, Fürst D, Song J, Djinović-Carugo K, Penttilä S, Raheem O, Reardon K, Malandrini A, Gambelli S, Villanova M, Nowak K, Williams D, Landers J, Brown R, Udd B, Laing N. Mutations in the N-terminal actin-binding domain of filamin C cause a distal myopathy. Am J Hum Genet 2011; 88:729-740. [PMID: 21620354 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Linkage analysis of the dominant distal myopathy we previously identified in a large Australian family demonstrated one significant linkage region located on chromosome 7 and encompassing 18.6 Mbp and 151 genes. The strongest candidate gene was FLNC because filamin C, the encoded protein, is muscle-specific and associated with myofibrillar myopathy. Sequencing of FLNC cDNA identified a c.752T>C (p.Met251Thr) mutation in the N-terminal actin-binding domain (ABD); this mutation segregated with the disease and was absent in 200 controls. We identified an Italian family with the same phenotype and found a c.577G>A (p.Ala193Thr) filamin C ABD mutation that segregated with the disease. Filamin C ABD mutations have not been described, although filamin A and filamin B ABD mutations cause multiple musculoskeletal disorders. The distal myopathy phenotype and muscle pathology in the two families differ from myofibrillar myopathies caused by filamin C rod and dimerization domain mutations because of the distinct involvement of hand muscles and lack of pathological protein aggregation. Thus, like the position of FLNA and B mutations, the position of the FLNC mutation determines disease phenotype. The two filamin C ABD mutations increase actin-binding affinity in a manner similar to filamin A and filamin B ABD mutations. Cell-culture expression of the c.752T>C (p.Met251)Thr mutant filamin C ABD demonstrated reduced nuclear localization as did mutant filamin A and filamin B ABDs. Expression of both filamin C ABD mutants as full-length proteins induced increased aggregation of filamin. We conclude filamin C ABD mutations cause a recognizable distal myopathy, most likely through increased actin affinity, similar to the pathological mechanism of filamin A and filamin B ABD mutations.
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Sutherland-Smith AJ. Filamin structure, function and mechanics: are altered filamin-mediated force responses associated with human disease? Biophys Rev 2011; 3:15-23. [PMID: 28510233 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0042-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 01/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The cytoskeleton framework is essential not only for cell structure and stability but also for dynamic processes such as cell migration, division and differentiation. The F-actin cytoskeleton is mechanically stabilised and regulated by various actin-binding proteins, one family of which are the filamins that cross-link F-actin into networks that greatly alter the elastic properties of the cytoskeleton. Filamins also interact with cell membrane-associated extracellular matrix receptors and intracellular signalling proteins providing a potential mechanism for cells to sense their external environment by linking these signalling systems. The stiffness of the external matrix to which cells are attached is an important environmental variable for cellular behaviour. In order for a cell to probe matrix stiffness, a mechanosensing mechanism functioning via alteration of protein structure and/or binding events in response to external tension is required. Current structural, mechanical, biochemical and human disease-associated evidence suggests filamins are good candidates for a role in mechanosensing.
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- Andrew J Sutherland-Smith
- Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand.
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Galkin VE, Orlova A, Salmazo A, Djinovic-Carugo K, Egelman EH. Opening of tandem calponin homology domains regulates their affinity for F-actin. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010; 17:614-6. [PMID: 20383143 PMCID: PMC2921939 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Many actin-binding proteins contain calponin homology (CH) domains, but the manner in which these domains interact with F-actin has been controversial. Crystal structures have shown the tandem CH domains of alpha-actinin to be in a compact, closed conformation, but the interpretations of complexes of such tandem CH domains with F-actin have been ambiguous. We show that the tandem CH domains of alpha-actinin bind F-actin in an open conformation, explaining mutations that cause human diseases and suggesting that the opening of these domains may be one of the main regulatory mechanisms for proteins with tandem CH domains.
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- Vitold E. Galkin
- Deaprtment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Medical Center, Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0733, U.S.A
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- Deaprtment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Medical Center, Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0733, U.S.A
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- Department for Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Deaprtment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Medical Center, Box 800733, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0733, U.S.A
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Kesner BA, Milgram SL, Temple BR, Dokholyan NV. Isoform divergence of the filamin family of proteins. Mol Biol Evol 2010; 27:283-95. [PMID: 19805437 PMCID: PMC6392560 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The vertebrate filamin family (A, B, and C) is part of the spectrin family of actin cross-linking proteins. Family members share high sequence similarity (>64%) and have both common and isoform-distinct functionalities. To identify the basis for isoform-specific functionality, we perform an evolutionary trace of chordate filamin at the granularity of single residues. Our trace methodology is constrained to focus on neofunctionality by requiring that one isoform remain the ancestral type, whereas at least one isoform has an accepted mutation. We call divergence meeting these characteristics "class-distinctive." To obtain a temporal and spatial context for class-distinctive residues, we derive an all-atom model of full-length filamin A by homology modeling and joining individual domains. We map onto our model both conserved and class-distinctive residues along with the period (Teleostei, Amphibian, and Mammalian) in which they diverged. Our phylogenetic analysis suggests that filamins diverged from a common ancestral gene between urochordate and vertebrate lineages. Filamins also diverged the most just after gene duplication, in the Teleostei period, with filamin C remaining closest to ancestral filamin. At the residue level, domains with well-characterized interfaces, IgFLN 17 and IgFLN 21 (immunoglobulin, Ig), have diverged in potentially critical residues in their adhesion protein-binding interfaces, signifying that isoforms may bind or regulate ligand binding differentially. Similarly, isoform divergence in a region associated with F actin-binding regulation suggests that isoforms differentially regulate F-actin binding. In addition, we observe some class-distinctive residues in the vicinity of missense mutations that cause filamin A and B-associated skeletal disorders. Our analysis, utilizing both spatial and temporal granularity, has identified potentially important residues responsible for vertebrate filamin isoform-specific divergence-significantly in regions where few binding partners have been discovered to date- and suggests yet to be discovered filamin-binding partners and isoform-specific differential regulation with these binding partners.
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- Barry A. Kesner
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Office of Intramural Training and Education, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- R. L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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