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Calis S, Gevaert K. The role of Nα-terminal acetylation in protein conformation. FEBS J 2024. [PMID: 38923676 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Especially in higher eukaryotes, the N termini of proteins are subject to enzymatic modifications, with the acetylation of the alpha-amino group of nascent polypeptides being a prominent one. In recent years, the specificities and substrates of the enzymes responsible for this modification, the Nα-terminal acetyltransferases, have been mapped in several proteomic studies. Aberrant expression of, and mutations in these enzymes were found to be associated with several human diseases, explaining the growing interest in protein Nα-terminal acetylation. With some enzymes, such as the Nα-terminal acetyltransferase A complex having thousands of possible substrates, researchers are now trying to decipher the functional outcome of Nα-terminal protein acetylation. In this review, we zoom in on one possible functional consequence of Nα-terminal protein acetylation; its effect on protein folding. Using selected examples of proteins associated with human diseases such as alpha-synuclein and huntingtin, here, we discuss the sometimes contradictory findings of the effects of Nα-terminal protein acetylation on protein (mis)folding and aggregation.
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- Sam Calis
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
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Lapshina KK, Nefedova VV, Nabiev SR, Roman SG, Shchepkin DV, Kopylova GV, Kochurova AM, Beldiia EA, Kleymenov SY, Levitsky DI, Matyushenko AM. Functional and Structural Properties of Cytoplasmic Tropomyosin Isoforms Tpm1.8 and Tpm1.9. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6873. [PMID: 38999987 PMCID: PMC11240984 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25136873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024] Open
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The actin cytoskeleton is one of the most important players in cell motility, adhesion, division, and functioning. The regulation of specific microfilament formation largely determines cellular functions. The main actin-binding protein in animal cells is tropomyosin (Tpm). The unique structural and functional diversity of microfilaments is achieved through the diversity of Tpm isoforms. In our work, we studied the properties of the cytoplasmic isoforms Tpm1.8 and Tpm1.9. The results showed that these isoforms are highly thermostable and differ in the stability of their central and C-terminal fragments. The properties of these isoforms were largely determined by the 6th exons. Thus, the strength of the end-to-end interactions, as well as the affinity of the Tpm molecule for F-actin, differed between the Tpm1.8 and Tpm1.9 isoforms. They were determined by whether an alternative internal exon, 6a or 6b, was included in the Tpm isoform structure. The strong interactions of the Tpm1.8 and Tpm1.9 isoforms with F-actin led to the formation of rigid actin filaments, the stiffness of which was measured using an optical trap. It is quite possible that the structural and functional features of the Tpm isoforms largely determine the appearance of these isoforms in the rigid actin structures of the cell cortex.
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- Ksenia K. Lapshina
- Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (K.K.L.); (V.V.N.); (S.G.R.); (S.Y.K.); (D.I.L.)
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (K.K.L.); (V.V.N.); (S.G.R.); (S.Y.K.); (D.I.L.)
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620049 Yekaterinburg, Russia; (S.R.N.); (D.V.S.); (G.V.K.); (A.M.K.); (E.A.B.)
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- Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (K.K.L.); (V.V.N.); (S.G.R.); (S.Y.K.); (D.I.L.)
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620049 Yekaterinburg, Russia; (S.R.N.); (D.V.S.); (G.V.K.); (A.M.K.); (E.A.B.)
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620049 Yekaterinburg, Russia; (S.R.N.); (D.V.S.); (G.V.K.); (A.M.K.); (E.A.B.)
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620049 Yekaterinburg, Russia; (S.R.N.); (D.V.S.); (G.V.K.); (A.M.K.); (E.A.B.)
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620049 Yekaterinburg, Russia; (S.R.N.); (D.V.S.); (G.V.K.); (A.M.K.); (E.A.B.)
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- Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (K.K.L.); (V.V.N.); (S.G.R.); (S.Y.K.); (D.I.L.)
- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (K.K.L.); (V.V.N.); (S.G.R.); (S.Y.K.); (D.I.L.)
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- Research Centre of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071 Moscow, Russia; (K.K.L.); (V.V.N.); (S.G.R.); (S.Y.K.); (D.I.L.)
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Hatano T, Lim TC, Billault-Chaumartin I, Dhar A, Gu Y, Massam-Wu T, Scott W, Adishesha S, Chapa-y-Lazo B, Springall L, Sivashanmugam L, Mishima M, Martin SG, Oliferenko S, Palani S, Balasubramanian MK. mNG-tagged fusion proteins and nanobodies to visualize tropomyosins in yeast and mammalian cells. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:jcs260288. [PMID: 36148799 PMCID: PMC9592052 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tropomyosins are structurally conserved α-helical coiled-coil proteins that bind along the length of filamentous actin (F-actin) in fungi and animals. Tropomyosins play essential roles in the stability of actin filaments and in regulating myosin II contractility. Despite the crucial role of tropomyosin in actin cytoskeletal regulation, in vivo investigations of tropomyosin are limited, mainly due to the suboptimal live-cell imaging tools currently available. Here, we report on an mNeonGreen (mNG)-tagged tropomyosin, with native promoter and linker length configuration, that clearly reports tropomyosin dynamics in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (Cdc8), Schizosaccharomyces japonicus (Cdc8) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Tpm1 and Tpm2). We also describe a fluorescent probe to visualize mammalian tropomyosin (TPM2 isoform). Finally, we generated a camelid nanobody against S. pombe Cdc8, which mimics the localization of mNG-Cdc8 in vivo. Using these tools, we report the presence of tropomyosin in previously unappreciated patch-like structures in fission and budding yeasts, show flow of tropomyosin (F-actin) cables to the cytokinetic actomyosin ring and identify rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton during mating. These powerful tools and strategies will aid better analyses of tropomyosin and F-actin cables in vivo.
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- Tomoyuki Hatano
- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Biophore Building, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Biophore Building, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology and Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Warwick CV4 7AL, UK
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Reindl T, Giese S, Greve JN, Reinke PY, Chizhov I, Latham SL, Mulvihill DP, Taft MH, Manstein DJ. Distinct actin–tropomyosin cofilament populations drive the functional diversification of cytoskeletal myosin motor complexes. iScience 2022; 25:104484. [PMID: 35720262 PMCID: PMC9204724 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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The effects of N-terminal acetylation of the high molecular weight tropomyosin isoforms Tpm1.6 and Tpm2.1 and the low molecular weight isoforms Tpm1.12, Tpm3.1, and Tpm4.2 on the actin affinity and the thermal stability of actin-tropomyosin cofilaments are described. Furthermore, we show how the exchange of cytoskeletal tropomyosin isoforms and their N-terminal acetylation affects the kinetic and chemomechanical properties of cytoskeletal actin-tropomyosin-myosin complexes. Our results reveal the extent to which the different actin-tropomyosin-myosin complexes differ in their kinetic and functional properties. The maximum sliding velocity of the actin filament as well as the optimal motor density for continuous unidirectional movement, parameters that were previously considered to be unique and invariant properties of each myosin isoform, are shown to be influenced by the exchange of the tropomyosin isoform and the N-terminal acetylation of tropomyosin. Tpm diversity is largely determined by sequences contributing to the overlap region Global sequence differences are of greater importance than variable exon 6 usage Tpm isoforms confer distinctly altered properties to cytoskeletal myosin motors Cytoskeletal myosins are differentially affected by N-terminal acetylation of Tpm
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Marchenko MA, Nefedova VV, Yampolskaya DS, Borzova VA, Kleymenov SY, Nabiev SR, Nikitina LV, Matyushenko AM, Levitsky DI. Comparative structural and functional studies of low molecular weight tropomyosin isoforms, the TPM3 gene products. Arch Biochem Biophys 2021; 710:108999. [PMID: 34339666 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2021.108999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tropomyosin (Tpm) is an actin-associated protein and key regulator of actin filament structure and dynamics in muscle and non-muscle cells where it participates in many vital processes. Human non-muscle cells produce many Tpm isoforms; however, little is known yet about their structural and functional properties. In the present work, we have applied various methods to investigate the properties of five low molecular weight Tpm isoforms (Tpm3.1, Tpm3.2, Tpm3.4, Tpm3.5, and Tpm3.7), the products of TPM3 gene, which significantly differ by alternatively spliced internal exon 6 (6a or 6b) and C-terminal exon 9 (9a, 9c or 9d). Our results clearly demonstrate that the properties of these Tpm isoforms are quite different depending on sequence variations in alternatively spliced regions of their molecules. These differences can be important in further studies to explain why these Tpm isoforms play a key role in organization and dynamics of the cytoskeleton.
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- Marina A Marchenko
- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia; Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia
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- Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 620049, Russia
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia.
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Barrick SK, Greenberg L, Greenberg MJ. A troponin T variant linked with pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy reduces the coupling of thin filament activation to myosin and calcium binding. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:1677-1689. [PMID: 34161147 PMCID: PMC8684737 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e21-02-0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a significant cause of pediatric heart failure. Mutations in proteins that regulate cardiac muscle contraction can cause DCM; however, the mechanisms by which molecular-level mutations contribute to cellular dysfunction are not well understood. Better understanding of these mechanisms might enable the development of targeted therapeutics that benefit patient subpopulations with mutations that cause common biophysical defects. We examined the molecular- and cellular-level impacts of a troponin T variant associated with pediatric-onset DCM, R134G. The R134G variant decreased calcium sensitivity in an in vitro motility assay. Using stopped-flow and steady-state fluorescence measurements, we determined the molecular mechanism of the altered calcium sensitivity: R134G decouples calcium binding by troponin from the closed-to-open transition of the thin filament and decreases the cooperativity of myosin binding to regulated thin filaments. Consistent with the prediction that these effects would cause reduced force per sarcomere, cardiomyocytes carrying the R134G mutation are hypocontractile. They also show hallmarks of DCM that lie downstream of the initial insult, including disorganized sarcomeres and cellular hypertrophy. These results reinforce the importance of multiscale studies to fully understand mechanisms underlying human disease and highlight the value of mechanism-based precision medicine approaches for DCM.
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- Samantha K Barrick
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Lapteva YS, Vologzhannikova AA, Sokolov AS, Ismailov RG, Uversky VN, Permyakov SE. In Vitro N-Terminal Acetylation of Bacterially Expressed Parvalbumins by N-Terminal Acetyltransferases from Escherichia coli. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2020; 193:1365-1378. [PMID: 32394317 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-020-03324-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Most eukaryotic proteins are N-terminally acetylated (Nt-acetylated) by specific N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs). Although this co-/post-translational protein modification may affect different aspects of protein functioning, it is typically neglected in studies of bacterially expressed eukaryotic proteins, lacking this modification. To overcome this limitation of bacterial expression, we have probed the efficiency of recombinant Escherichia coli NATs (RimI, RimJ, and RimL) with regard to in vitro Nt-acetylation of several parvalbumins (PAs) expressed in E. coli. PA is a calcium-binding protein of vertebrates, which is sensitive to Nt-acetylation. Our analyses revealed that only metal-free PAs were prone to Nt-acetylation (up to 100%), whereas Ca2+ binding abolished this modification, thereby indicating that Ca2+-induced structural stabilization of PAs impedes their Nt-acetylation. RimJ and RimL were active towards all PAs with N-terminal serine. Their activity towards PAs beginning with alanine was PA-specific, suggesting the importance of the subsequent residues. RimI showed the least activity regardless of the PA studied. Overall, NATs from E. coli are suited for post-translational Nt-acetylation of bacterially expressed eukaryotic proteins with decreased structural stability.
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- Yulia S Lapteva
- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia.
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia. .,Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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- Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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Ezekian JE, Clippinger SR, Garcia JM, Yang Q, Denfield S, Jeewa A, Dreyer WJ, Zou W, Fan Y, Allen HD, Kim JJ, Greenberg MJ, Landstrom AP. Variant R94C in TNNT2-Encoded Troponin T Predisposes to Pediatric Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Death Through Impaired Thin Filament Relaxation Resulting in Myocardial Diastolic Dysfunction. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e015111. [PMID: 32098556 PMCID: PMC7335540 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.015111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Background Pediatric‐onset restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is associated with high mortality, but underlying mechanisms of disease are under investigated. RCM‐associated diastolic dysfunction secondary to variants in TNNT2‐encoded cardiac troponin T (TNNT2) is poorly described. Methods and Results Genetic analysis of a proband and kindred with RCM identified TNNT2‐R94C, which cosegregated in a family with 2 generations of RCM, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden death. TNNT2‐R94C was absent among large, population‐based cohorts Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) and predicted to be pathologic by in silico modeling. Biophysical experiments using recombinant human TNNT2‐R94C demonstrated impaired cardiac regulation at the molecular level attributed to reduced calcium‐dependent blocking of myosin's interaction with the thin filament. Computational modeling predicted a shift in the force‐calcium curve for the R94C mutant toward submaximal calcium activation compared within the wild type, suggesting low levels of muscle activation even at resting calcium concentrations and hypercontractility following activation by calcium. Conclusions The pathogenic TNNT2‐R94C variant activates thin‐filament–mediated sarcomeric contraction at submaximal calcium concentrations, likely resulting in increased muscle tension during diastole and hypercontractility during systole. This describes the proximal biophysical mechanism for development of RCM in this family.
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- Jordan E Ezekian
- Division of Paediatric Cardiology Department of Pediatrics Duke University School of Medicine Durham NC
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO
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- Division of Paediatric Cardiology Department of Pediatrics Duke University School of Medicine Durham NC
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- Department of Pediatrics The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Pediatrics The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Pediatrics The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Pediatrics The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Pediatrics The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Pediatrics The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Pediatric Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine Houston TX
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis MO
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- Division of Paediatric Cardiology Department of Pediatrics Duke University School of Medicine Durham NC.,Department of Cell Biology Duke University School of Medicine Durham NC
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Barrick SK, Clippinger SR, Greenberg L, Greenberg MJ. Computational Tool to Study Perturbations in Muscle Regulation and Its Application to Heart Disease. Biophys J 2019; 116:2246-2252. [PMID: 31126584 PMCID: PMC6588827 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Striated muscle contraction occurs when myosin thick filaments bind to thin filaments in the sarcomere and generate pulling forces. This process is regulated by calcium, and it can be perturbed by pathological conditions (e.g., myopathies), physiological adaptations (e.g., β-adrenergic stimulation), and pharmacological interventions. Therefore, it is important to have a methodology to robustly determine the impact of these perturbations and statistically evaluate their effects. Here, we present an approach to measure the equilibrium constants that govern muscle activation, estimate uncertainty in these parameters, and statistically test the effects of perturbations. We provide a MATLAB-based computational tool for these analyses, along with easy-to-follow tutorials that make this approach accessible. The hypothesis testing and error estimation approaches described here are broadly applicable, and the provided tools work with other types of data, including cellular measurements. To demonstrate the utility of the approach, we apply it to elucidate the biophysical mechanism of a mutation that causes familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This approach is generally useful for studying muscle diseases and therapeutic interventions that target muscle contraction.
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- Samantha K Barrick
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Identification of N-linked glycans as specific mediators of neuronal uptake of acetylated α-Synuclein. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000318. [PMID: 31211781 PMCID: PMC6599126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Cell-to-cell transmission of toxic forms of α-Synuclein (αS) is thought to underlie disease progression in Parkinson disease. αS in humans is constitutively N-terminally acetylated (αSacetyl), although the impact of this modification is relatively unexplored. Here, we report that αSacetyl is more effective at inducing intracellular aggregation in primary neurons than unmodified αS (αSun). We identify complex N-linked glycans as binding partners for αSacetyl and demonstrate that cellular internalization of αSacetyl is reduced significantly upon cleavage of extracellular N-linked glycans, but not other carbohydrates. We verify binding of αSacetyl to N-linked glycans in vitro, using both isolated glycans and cell-derived proteoliposomes. Finally, we identify neurexin 1β, a neuronal glycoprotein, as capable of driving glycan-dependent uptake of αSacetyl. Importantly, our results are specific to αSacetyl because αSun does not demonstrate sensitivity for N-linked glycans in any of our assays. Our study identifies extracellular N-linked glycans—and the glycoprotein neurexin 1β specifically—as key modulators of neuronal uptake of αSacetyl, drawing attention to the potential therapeutic value of αSacetyl-glycan interactions. This study identifies extracellular N-linked glycans — and the glycoprotein neurexin 1β — as key modulators of neuronal uptake of N-terminally acetylated α-Synuclein, emphasising the potential therapeutic value of α-Synuclein-glycan interactions.
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Ly T, Krieger I, Tolkatchev D, Krone C, Moural T, Samatey FA, Kang C, Kostyukova AS. Structural destabilization of tropomyosin induced by the cardiomyopathy-linked mutation R21H. Protein Sci 2017; 27:498-508. [PMID: 29105867 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The missense mutation R21H in striated muscle tropomyosin is associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic cardiac disease and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people. Tropomyosin adopts conformation of a coiled coil which is critical for regulation of muscle contraction. In this study, we investigated the effects of the R21H mutation on the coiled-coil structure of tropomyosin and its interactions with its binding partners, tropomodulin and leiomodin. Using circular dichroism and isothermal titration calorimetry, we found that the mutation profoundly destabilized the structural integrity of αTM1a1-28 Zip, a chimeric peptide containing the first 28 residues of tropomyosin. The mutated αTM1a1-28 Zip was still able to interact with tropomodulin and leiomodin. However, the mutation resulted in a ∼30-fold decrease of αTM1a1-28 Zip's binding affinity to leiomodin. We used a crystal structure of αTM1a1-28 Zip that we solved at 1.5 Å resolution to study the mutation's effect in silico by means of molecular dynamics simulation. The simulation data indicated that while the mutation disrupted αTM1a1-28 Zip's coiled-coil structure, most notably from residue Ala18 to residue His31, it may not affect the N-terminal end of tropomyosin. The drastic decrease of αTM1a1-28 Zip's affinity to leiomodin caused by the mutation may lead to changes in the dynamics at the pointed end of thin filaments. Therefore, the R21H mutation is likely interfering with the regulation of the normal thin filament length essential for proper muscle contraction.
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- Thu Ly
- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Lynn ML, Tal Grinspan L, Holeman TA, Jimenez J, Strom J, Tardiff JC. The structural basis of alpha-tropomyosin linked (Asp230Asn) familial dilated cardiomyopathy. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2017; 108:127-137. [PMID: 28600229 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Recently, linkage analysis of two large unrelated multigenerational families identified a novel dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)-linked mutation in the gene coding for alpha-tropomyosin (TPM1) resulting in the substitution of an aspartic acid for an asparagine (at residue 230). To determine how a single amino acid mutation in α-tropomyosin (Tm) can lead to a highly penetrant DCM we generated a novel transgenic mouse model carrying the D230N mutation. The resultant mouse model strongly phenocopied the early onset of cardiomyopathic remodeling observed in patients as significant systolic dysfunction was observed by 2months of age. To determine the precise cellular mechanism(s) leading to the observed cardiac pathology we examined the effect of the mutation on Ca2+ handling in isolated myocytes and myofilament activation in vitro. D230N-Tm filaments exhibited a reduced Ca2+ sensitivity of sliding velocity. This decrease in sensitivity was coupled to increase in the peak amplitude of Ca2+ transients. While significant, and consistent with other DCMs, these measurements are comprised of complex inputs and did not provide sufficient experimental resolution. We then assessed the primary structural effects of D230N-Tm. Measurements of the thermal unfolding of D230N-Tm vs WT-Tm revealed an increase in stability primarily affecting the C-terminus of the Tm coiled-coil. We conclude that the D230N-Tm mutation induces a decrease in flexibility of the C-terminus via propagation through the helical structure of the protein, thus decreasing the flexibility of the Tm overlap and impairing its ability to regulate contraction. Understanding this unique structural mechanism could provide novel targets for eventual therapeutic interventions in patients with Tm-linked cardiomyopathies.
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- M L Lynn
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States; Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States; Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States.
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Brooker HR, Geeves MA, Mulvihill DP. Analysis of biophysical and functional consequences of tropomyosin-fluorescent protein fusions. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:3111-21. [PMID: 27501521 PMCID: PMC5053231 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The dynamic nature of actin polymers is modulated to facilitate a diverse range of cellular processes. These dynamic properties are determined by different isoforms of tropomyosin which are recruited to distinct subpopulations of actin polymers to differentially regulate their functional properties. This makes tropomyosin an attractive target for labelling discrete actin populations. We have assessed the effect of different fluorescent labelling strategies for this protein. Although tropomyosin–fluorescent fusions decorate actin in vivo, they are either nonfunctional or perturb regulation of actin nucleation and cell cycle timings. Thus, conclusions and physiological relevance should be carefully evaluated when using tropomyosin fusions.
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Colpan M, Moroz NA, Gray KT, Cooper DA, Diaz CA, Kostyukova AS. Tropomyosin-binding properties modulate competition between tropomodulin isoforms. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 600:23-32. [PMID: 27091317 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The formation and fine-tuning of cytoskeleton in cells are governed by proteins that influence actin filament dynamics. Tropomodulin (Tmod) regulates the length of actin filaments by capping the pointed ends in a tropomyosin (TM)-dependent manner. Tmod1, Tmod2 and Tmod3 are associated with the cytoskeleton of non-muscle cells and their expression has distinct consequences on cell morphology. To understand the molecular basis of differences in the function and localization of Tmod isoforms in a cell, we compared the actin filament-binding abilities of Tmod1, Tmod2 and Tmod3 in the presence of Tpm3.1, a non-muscle TM isoform. Tmod3 displayed preferential binding to actin filaments when competing with other isoforms. Mutating the second or both TM-binding sites of Tmod3 destroyed its preferential binding. Our findings clarify how Tmod1, Tmod2 and Tmod3 compete for binding actin filaments. Different binding mechanisms and strengths of Tmod isoforms for Tpm3.1 contribute to their divergent functional capabilities.
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- Mert Colpan
- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6515, United States.
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6515, United States
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6515, United States
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6515, United States
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6515, United States
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- Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6515, United States.
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Jin Y, Peng Y, Lin Z, Chen YC, Wei L, Hacker TA, Larsson L, Ge Y. Comprehensive analysis of tropomyosin isoforms in skeletal muscles by top-down proteomics. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2016; 37:41-52. [PMID: 27090236 PMCID: PMC4955698 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-016-9443-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Mammalian skeletal muscles are heterogeneous in nature and are capable of performing various functions. Tropomyosin (Tpm) is a major component of the thin filament in skeletal muscles and plays an important role in controlling muscle contraction and relaxation. Tpm is known to consist of multiple isoforms resulting from different encoding genes and alternative splicing, along with post-translational modifications. However, a systematic characterization of Tpm isoforms in skeletal muscles is still lacking. Therefore, we employed top-down mass spectrometry (MS) to identify and characterize Tpm isoforms present in different skeletal muscles from multiple species, including swine, rat, and human. Our study revealed that Tpm1.1 and Tpm2.2 are the two major Tpm isoforms in swine and rat skeletal muscles, whereas Tpm1.1, Tpm2.2, and Tpm3.12 are present in human skeletal muscles. Tandem MS was utilized to identify the sequences of the major Tpm isoforms. Furthermore, quantitative analysis revealed muscle-type specific differences in the abundance of un-modified and modified Tpm isoforms in rat and human skeletal muscles. This study represents the first systematic investigation of Tpm isoforms in skeletal muscles, which not only demonstrates the capabilities of top-down MS for the comprehensive characterization of skeletal myofilament proteins but also provides the basis for further studies on these Tpm isoforms in muscle-related diseases.
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- Yutong Jin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P.R. China
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Clinical Neurophysiology Section, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
- Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
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Sirenko VV, Dobrzhanskaya AV, Shelud'ko NS, Borovikov YS. Calponin-Like Protein from Mussel Smooth Muscle Is a Competitive Inhibitor of Actomyosin ATPase. BIOCHEMISTRY. BIOKHIMIIA 2016; 81:28-33. [PMID: 26885580 DOI: 10.1134/s000629791601003x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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The goal of this work was to elucidate the mechanism of inhibition of the actin-activated ATPase of myosin subfragment-1 (S1) by the calponin-like protein from mussel bivalve muscle. The calponin-like protein (Cap) is a 40-kDa actin-binding protein from the bivalve muscle of the mussel Crenomytilus grayanus. Kinetic parameters Vmax and KATPase of actomyosin ATPase in the absence and the presence of Cap were determined to investigate the mechanism of inhibition. It was found that Cap mainly causes increase in KATPase value and to a lesser extent the decrease in Vmax, which indicates that it is most likely a competitive inhibitor of actomyosin ATPase. Analysis of Vmax and KATPase parameters in the presence of tropomyosin revealed that the latter is a noncompetitive inhibitor of the actomyosin ATPase.
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- V V Sirenko
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 194064, Russia.
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Cranz-Mileva S, MacTaggart B, Russell J, Hitchcock-DeGregori SE. Evolutionarily conserved sites in yeast tropomyosin function in cell polarity, transport and contractile ring formation. Biol Open 2015; 4:1040-51. [PMID: 26187949 PMCID: PMC4542287 DOI: 10.1242/bio.012609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Tropomyosin is a coiled-coil protein that binds and regulates actin filaments. The tropomyosin gene in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, cdc8, is required for formation of actin cables, contractile rings, and polar localization of actin patches. The roles of conserved residues were investigated in gene replacement mutants. The work validates an evolution-based approach to identify tropomyosin functions in living cells and sites of potential interactions with other proteins. A cdc8 mutant with near-normal actin affinity affects patch polarization and vacuole fusion, possibly by affecting Myo52p, a class V myosin, function. The presence of labile residual cell attachments suggests a delay in completion of cell division and redistribution of cell patches following cytokinesis. Another mutant with a mild phenotype is synthetic negative with GFP-fimbrin, inferring involvement of the mutated tropomyosin sites in interaction between the two proteins. Proteins that assemble in the contractile ring region before actin do so in a mutant cdc8 strain that cannot assemble condensed actin rings, yet some cells can divide. Of general significance, LifeAct-GFP negatively affects the actin cytoskeleton, indicating caution in its use as a biomarker for actin filaments.
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- Susanne Cranz-Mileva
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Gunning PW, Ghoshdastider U, Whitaker S, Popp D, Robinson RC. The evolution of compositionally and functionally distinct actin filaments. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:2009-19. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.165563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The actin filament is astonishingly well conserved across a diverse set of eukaryotic species. It has essentially remained unchanged in the billion years that separate yeast, Arabidopsis and man. In contrast, bacterial actin-like proteins have diverged to the extreme, and many of them are not readily identified from sequence-based homology searches. Here, we present phylogenetic analyses that point to an evolutionary drive to diversify actin filament composition across kingdoms. Bacteria use a one-filament-one-function system to create distinct filament systems within a single cell. In contrast, eukaryotic actin is a universal force provider in a wide range of processes. In plants, there has been an expansion of the number of closely related actin genes, whereas in fungi and metazoa diversification in tropomyosins has increased the compositional variety in actin filament systems. Both mechanisms dictate the subset of actin-binding proteins that interact with each filament type, leading to specialization in function. In this Hypothesis, we thus propose that different mechanisms were selected in bacteria, plants and metazoa, which achieved actin filament compositional variation leading to the expansion of their functional diversity.
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- Peter W. Gunning
- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Singapore 138673
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Singapore 138673
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis, Singapore 138673
- Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597
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Goins LM, Mullins RD. A novel tropomyosin isoform functions at the mitotic spindle and Golgi in Drosophila. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2491-504. [PMID: 25971803 PMCID: PMC4571303 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-12-1619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Most eukaryotic cells express multiple isoforms of the actin-binding protein tropomyosin that help construct a variety of cytoskeletal networks. Only one nonmuscle tropomyosin (Tm1A) has previously been described in Drosophila, but developmental defects caused by insertion of P-elements near tropomyosin genes imply the existence of additional, nonmuscle isoforms. Using biochemical and molecular genetic approaches, we identified three tropomyosins expressed in Drosophila S2 cells: Tm1A, Tm1J, and Tm2A. The Tm1A isoform localizes to the cell cortex, lamellar actin networks, and the cleavage furrow of dividing cells--always together with myosin-II. Isoforms Tm1J and Tm2A colocalize around the Golgi apparatus with the formin-family protein Diaphanous, and loss of either isoform perturbs cell cycle progression. During mitosis, Tm1J localizes to the mitotic spindle, where it promotes chromosome segregation. Using chimeras, we identified the determinants of tropomyosin localization near the C-terminus. This work 1) identifies and characterizes previously unknown nonmuscle tropomyosins in Drosophila, 2) reveals a function for tropomyosin in the mitotic spindle, and 3) uncovers sequence elements that specify isoform-specific localizations and functions of tropomyosin.
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- Lauren M Goins
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158
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Fudge KR, Heeley DH. Biochemical Characterization of the Roles of Glycines 24 and 27 and Threonine 179 in Tropomyosin from the Fast Skeletal Trunk Muscle of the Atlantic Salmon. Biochemistry 2015; 54:2769-76. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Korrina R. Fudge
- Department
of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada
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Clayton JE, Pollard LW, Murray GG, Lord M. Myosin motor isoforms direct specification of actomyosin function by tropomyosins. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2015; 72:131-45. [PMID: 25712463 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Revised: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Myosins and tropomyosins represent two cytoskeletal proteins that often work together with actin filaments in contractile and motile cellular processes. While the specialized role of tropomyosin in striated muscle myosin-II regulation is well characterized, its role in nonmuscle myosin regulation is poorly understood. We previously showed that fission yeast tropomyosin (Cdc8p) positively regulates myosin-II (Myo2p) and myosin-V (Myo52p) motors. To understand the broader implications of this regulation we examined the role of two mammalian tropomyosins (Tpm3.1cy/Tm5NM1 and Tpm4.2cy/Tm4) recently implicated in cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. Like Cdc8p, the Tpm3.1cy and Tpm4.2cy isoforms significantly enhance Myo2p and Myo52p motor activity, converting nonprocessive Myo52p molecules into processive motors that can walk along actin tracks as single molecules. In contrast to the positive regulation of Myo2p and Myo52p, Cdc8p and the mammalian tropomyosins potently inhibited skeletal muscle myosin-II, while having negligible effects on the highly processive mammalian myosin-Va. In support of a conserved role for certain tropomyosins in regulating nonmuscle actomyosin structures, Tpm3.1cy supported normal contractile ring function in fission yeast. Our work reveals that actomyosin regulation by tropomyosin is dependent on the myosin isoform, highlighting a general role for specific isoforms of tropomyosin in sorting myosin motor outputs.
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- Joseph E Clayton
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
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Lewis RA, Yamashiro S, Gokhin DS, Fowler VM. Functional effects of mutations in the tropomyosin-binding sites of tropomodulin1 and tropomodulin3. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2014; 71:395-411. [PMID: 24922351 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Tropomodulins (Tmods) interact with tropomyosins (TMs) via two TM-binding sites and cap the pointed ends of TM-coated actin filaments. To study the functional interplay between TM binding and TM-actin filament capping by Tmods, we introduced disabling mutations into the first, second, or both TM-binding sites of full-length Tmod1 (Tmod1-L27G, Tmod1-I131D, and Tmod1-L27G/I131D, respectively) and full-length Tmod3 (Tmod3-L29G, Tmod3-L134D, and Tmod3-L29G/L134D, respectively). Tmod1 and Tmod3 showed somewhat different TM-binding site utilization, but nearly all TM binding was abolished in Tmod1-L27G/I131D and Tmod3-L29G/L134D. Disruption of Tmod-TM binding had a modest effect on Tmod1's ability and no effect on Tmod3's ability to stabilize TM-actin pointed ends against latrunculin A-induced depolymerization. However, disruption of Tmod-TM binding did significantly impair the ability of Tmod3 to reduce elongation rates at pointed ends with α/βTM, albeit less so with TM5NM1, and not at all with TM5b. For Tmod1, disruption of Tmod-TM binding only slightly impaired its ability to reduce elongation rates with α/βTM and TM5NM1, but not at all with TM5b. Thus, Tmod-TM binding has a greater influence on Tmods' ability to inhibit subunit association as compared to dissociation from TM-actin pointed ends, particularly for α/βTM, with Tmod3's activity being more dependent on TM binding than Tmod1's activity. Nevertheless, disruption of Tmod1-TM binding precluded Tmod1 targeting to thin filament pointed ends in cardiac myocytes, suggesting that the functional effects of Tmod-TM binding on TM-coated actin filament capping can be significantly modulated by the in vivo conformation of the pointed end or other factors in the intracellular environment.
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- Raymond A Lewis
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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Yamashiro S, Gokhin DS, Sui Z, Bergeron SE, Rubenstein PA, Fowler VM. Differential actin-regulatory activities of Tropomodulin1 and Tropomodulin3 with diverse tropomyosin and actin isoforms. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:11616-11629. [PMID: 24644292 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.555128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Tropomodulins (Tmods) are F-actin pointed end capping proteins that interact with tropomyosins (TMs) and cap TM-coated filaments with higher affinity than TM-free filaments. Here, we tested whether differences in recognition of TM or actin isoforms by Tmod1 and Tmod3 contribute to the distinct cellular functions of these Tmods. We found that Tmod3 bound ~5-fold more weakly than Tmod1 to α/βTM, TM5b, and TM5NM1. However, surprisingly, Tmod3 was as effective as Tmod1 at capping pointed ends of skeletal muscle α-actin (αsk-actin) filaments coated with α/βTM, TM5b, or TM5NM1. Tmod3 only capped TM-coated αsk-actin filaments more weakly than Tmod1 in the presence of recombinant αTM2, which is unacetylated at its NH2 terminus, binds F-actin weakly, and has a disabled Tmod-binding site. Moreover, both Tmod1 and Tmod3 were similarly effective at capping pointed ends of platelet β/cytoplasmic γ (γcyto)-actin filaments coated with TM5NM1. In the absence of TMs, both Tmod1 and Tmod3 had similarly weak abilities to nucleate β/γcyto-actin filament assembly, but only Tmod3 could sequester cytoplasmic β- and γcyto-actin (but not αsk-actin) monomers and prevent polymerization under physiological conditions. Thus, differences in TM binding by Tmod1 and Tmod3 do not appear to regulate the abilities of these Tmods to cap TM-αsk-actin or TM-β/γcyto-actin pointed ends and, thus, are unlikely to determine selective co-assembly of Tmod, TM, and actin isoforms in different cell types and cytoskeletal structures. The ability of Tmod3 to sequester β- and γcyto-actin (but not αsk-actin) monomers in the absence of TMs suggests a novel function for Tmod3 in regulating actin remodeling or turnover in cells.
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- Sawako Yamashiro
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037; Laboratory of Single-Molecule Cell Biology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
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A molecular evolution approach to study the roles of tropomyosin in fission yeast. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76726. [PMID: 24167549 PMCID: PMC3805550 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Tropomyosin, a coiled-coil protein that binds along the length of the actin filament, is a universal regulator of the actin cytoskeleton. We have taken a bioinformatics/proteomic approach to studying structure-function relationships in this protein. The presence of a single, essential tropomyosin gene, cdc8, in fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, enables a systems-based approach to define the residues that are important for cellular functions. Using molecular evolution methodologies we identified the most conserved residues and related them to the coiled coil structure. Mutants in which one or more of 21 of the most conserved surface residues was mutated to Ala were tested for the ability to rescue growth of a temperature-sensitive cdc8 mutant when overexpressed at the restrictive temperature. Based on altered morphology of the septum and actin cytoskeleton, we selected three sets of mutations for construction of mutant cdc8 strains using marker reconstitution mutagenesis and analysis of recombinant protein in vitro: D16A.K30A, V114S.E117A.H118A and R121A.D131A.E138A. The mutations have sequence-specific effects on cellular morphology including cell length, organization of cytoskeletal structures (actin patches, actin cables and contractile rings), and in vitro actin affinity, lending credence to the proteomic approach introduced here. We propose that bioinformatics is a valid analysis tool for defining structure-function relationships in conserved proteins in this model organism.
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Colpan M, Moroz NA, Kostyukova AS. Tropomodulins and tropomyosins: working as a team. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2013; 34:247-60. [PMID: 23828180 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-013-9349-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Actin filaments are major components of the cytoskeleton in eukaryotic cells and are involved in vital cellular functions such as cell motility and muscle contraction. Tmod and TM are crucial constituents of the actin filament network, making their presence indispensable in living cells. Tropomyosin (TM) is an alpha-helical, coiled coil protein that covers the grooves of actin filaments and stabilizes them. Actin filament length is optimized by tropomodulin (Tmod), which caps the slow growing (pointed end) of thin filaments to inhibit polymerization or depolymerization. Tmod consists of two structurally distinct regions: the N-terminal and the C-terminal domains. The N-terminal domain contains two TM-binding sites and one TM-dependent actin-binding site, whereas the C-terminal domain contains a TM-independent actin-binding site. Tmod binds to two TM molecules and at least one actin molecule during capping. The interaction of Tmod with TM is a key regulatory factor for actin filament organization. The binding efficacy of Tmod to TM is isoform-dependent. The affinities of Tmod/TM binding influence the proper localization and capping efficiency of Tmod at the pointed end of actin filaments in cells. Here we describe how a small difference in the sequence of the TM-binding sites of Tmod may result in dramatic change in localization of Tmod in muscle cells or morphology of non-muscle cells. We also suggest most promising directions to study and elucidate the role of Tmod-TM interaction in formation and maintenance of sarcomeric and cytoskeletal structure.
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- Mert Colpan
- The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, 118 Dana Hall, Spokane St., Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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Davidson AE, Siddiqui FM, Lopez MA, Lunt P, Carlson HA, Moore BE, Love S, Born DE, Roper H, Majumdar A, Jayadev S, Underhill HR, Smith CO, von der Hagen M, Hubner A, Jardine P, Merrison A, Curtis E, Cullup T, Jungbluth H, Cox MO, Winder TL, Abdel Salam H, Li JZ, Moore SA, Dowling JJ. Novel deletion of lysine 7 expands the clinical, histopathological and genetic spectrum of TPM2-related myopathies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 136:508-21. [PMID: 23413262 DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The β-tropomyosin gene encodes a component of the sarcomeric thin filament. Rod-shaped dimers of tropomyosin regulate actin-myosin interactions and β-tropomyosin mutations have been associated with nemaline myopathy, cap myopathy, Escobar syndrome and distal arthrogryposis types 1A and 2B. In this study, we expand the allelic spectrum of β-tropomyosin-related myopathies through the identification of a novel β-tropomyosin mutation in two clinical contexts not previously associated with β-tropomyosin. The first clinical phenotype is core-rod myopathy, with a β-tropomyosin mutation uncovered by whole exome sequencing in a family with autosomal dominant distal myopathy and muscle biopsy features of both minicores and nemaline rods. The second phenotype, observed in four unrelated families, is autosomal dominant trismus-pseudocamptodactyly syndrome (distal arthrogryposis type 7; previously associated exclusively with myosin heavy chain 8 mutations). In all four families, the mutation identified was a novel 3-bp in-frame deletion (c.20_22del) that results in deletion of a conserved lysine at the seventh amino acid position (p.K7del). This is the first mutation identified in the extreme N-terminus of β-tropomyosin. To understand the potential pathogenic mechanism(s) underlying this mutation, we performed both computational analysis and in vivo modelling. Our theoretical model predicts that the mutation disrupts the N-terminus of the α-helices of dimeric β-tropomyosin, a change predicted to alter protein-protein binding between β-tropomyosin and other molecules and to disturb head-to-tail polymerization of β-tropomyosin dimers. To create an in vivo model, we expressed wild-type or p.K7del β-tropomyosin in the developing zebrafish. p.K7del β-tropomyosin fails to localize properly within the thin filament compartment and its expression alters sarcomere length, suggesting that the mutation interferes with head-to-tail β-tropomyosin polymerization and with overall sarcomeric structure. We describe a novel β-tropomyosin mutation, two clinical-histopathological phenotypes not previously associated with β-tropomyosin and pathogenic data from the first animal model of β-tropomyosin-related myopathies.
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- Ann E Davidson
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Michigan Medical Centre, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, USA
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Tropomyosin Ser-283 pseudo-phosphorylation slows myofibril relaxation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 535:30-8. [PMID: 23232082 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Tropomyosin (Tm) is a central protein in the Ca(2+) regulation of striated muscle. The αTm isoform undergoes phosphorylation at serine residue 283. While the biochemical and steady-state muscle function of muscle purified Tm phosphorylation have been explored, the effects of Tm phosphorylation on the dynamic properties of muscle contraction and relaxation are unknown. To investigate the kinetic regulatory role of αTm phosphorylation we expressed and purified native N-terminal acetylated Ser-283 wild-type, S283A phosphorylation null and S283D pseudo-phosphorylation Tm mutants in insect cells. Purified Tm's regulate thin filaments similar to that reported for muscle purified Tm. Steady-state Ca(2+) binding to troponin C (TnC) in reconstituted thin filaments did not differ between the 3 Tm's, however disassociation of Ca(2+) from filaments containing pseudo-phosphorylated Tm was slowed compared to wild-type Tm. Replacement of pseudo-phosphorylated Tm into myofibrils similarly prolonged the slow phase of relaxation and decreased the rate of the fast phase without altering activation kinetics. These data demonstrate that Tm pseudo-phosphorylation slows deactivation of the thin filament and muscle force relaxation dynamics in the absence of dynamic and steady-state effects on muscle activation. This supports a role for Tm as a key protein in the regulation of muscle relaxation dynamics.
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Permyakov SE, Vologzhannikova AA, Emelyanenko VI, Knyazeva EL, Kazakov AS, Lapteva YS, Permyakova ME, Zhadan AP, Permyakov EA. The impact of alpha-N-acetylation on structural and functional status of parvalbumin. Cell Calcium 2012; 52:366-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2012] [Revised: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Nevzorov IA, Levitsky DI. Tropomyosin: double helix from the protein world. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 76:1507-27. [PMID: 22339601 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911130098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This review concerns the structure and functions of tropomyosin (TM), an actin-binding protein that plays a key role in the regulation of muscle contraction. The TM molecule is a dimer of α-helices, which form a coiled-coil. Recent views on the TM structure are analyzed, and special attention is concentrated on those structural traits of the TM molecule that distinguish it from the other coiled-coil proteins. Modern data are presented on TM functional properties, such as its interaction with actin and ability to move on the surface of actin filaments, which underlies the regulation of the actin-myosin interaction upon contraction of skeletal and cardiac muscles. Also, part of the review is devoted to analysis of the effects of mutations in TM genes associated with muscle diseases (myopathies) on the structure and functions of TM.
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- I A Nevzorov
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Abnormal actin binding of aberrant β-tropomyosins is a molecular cause of muscle weakness in TPM2-related nemaline and cap myopathy. Biochem J 2012; 442:231-9. [PMID: 22084935 DOI: 10.1042/bj20111030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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NM (nemaline myopathy) is a rare genetic muscle disorder defined on the basis of muscle weakness and the presence of structural abnormalities in the muscle fibres, i.e. nemaline bodies. The related disorder cap myopathy is defined by cap-like structures located peripherally in the muscle fibres. Both disorders may be caused by mutations in the TPM2 gene encoding β-Tm (tropomyosin). Tm controls muscle contraction by inhibiting actin-myosin interaction in a calcium-sensitive manner. In the present study, we have investigated the pathogenetic mechanisms underlying five disease-causing mutations in Tm. We show that four of the mutations cause changes in affinity for actin, which may cause muscle weakness in these patients, whereas two show defective Ca2+ activation of contractility. We have also mapped the amino acids altered by the mutation to regions important for actin binding and note that two of the mutations cause altered protein conformation, which could account for impaired actin affinity.
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Oguchi Y, Ishizuka J, Hitchcock-DeGregori SE, Ishiwata S, Kawai M. The role of tropomyosin domains in cooperative activation of the actin-myosin interaction. J Mol Biol 2011; 414:667-80. [PMID: 22041451 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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To establish α-tropomyosin (Tm)'s structure-function relationships in cooperative regulation of muscle contraction, thin filaments were reconstituted with a variety of Tm mutants (Δ2Tm, Δ3Tm, Δ6Tm, P2sTm, P3sTm, P2P3sTm, P1P5Tm, and wtTm), and force and sliding velocity of the thin filament were studied using an in vitro motility assay. In the case of deletion mutants, Δ indicates which of the quasi-equivalent repeats in Tm was deleted. In the case of period (P) mutants, an Ala cluster was introduced into the indicated period to strengthen the Tm-actin interaction. In P1P5Tm, the N-terminal half of period 5 was substituted with that of period 1 to test the quasi-equivalence of these two Tm periods. The reconstitution included bovine cardiac troponin. Deletion studies revealed that period 3 is important for the positive cooperative effect of Tm on actin filament regulation and that period 2 also contributes to this effect at low ionic strength, but to a lesser degree. Furthermore, Tm with one extra Ala cluster at period 2 (P2s) or period 3 (P3s) did not increase force or velocity, whereas Tm with two extra Ala clusters (P2P3s) increased both force and velocity, demonstrating interaction between these periods. Most mutants did not move in the absence of Ca(2+). Notable exceptions were Δ6Tm and P1P5Tm, which moved near at the full velocity, but with reduced force, which indicate impaired relaxation. These results are consistent with the mechanism that the Tm-actin interaction cooperatively affects actin to result in generation of greater force and velocity.
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- Yusuke Oguchi
- Department of Physics, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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Altering the stability of the Cdc8 overlap region modulates the ability of this tropomyosin to bind co-operatively to actin and regulate myosin. Biochem J 2011; 438:265-73. [PMID: 21658004 DOI: 10.1042/bj20101316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tm (tropomyosin) is an evolutionarily conserved α-helical coiled-coil protein, dimers of which form end-to-end polymers capable of associating with and stabilizing actin filaments, and regulating myosin function. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe possesses a single essential Tm, Cdc8, which can be acetylated on its N-terminal methionine residue to increase its affinity for actin and enhance its ability to regulate myosin function. We have designed and generated a number of novel Cdc8 mutant proteins with N-terminal substitutions to explore how stability of the Cdc8 overlap region affects the regulatory function of this Tm. By correlating the stability of each protein, its propensity to form stable polymers, its ability to associate with actin and to regulate myosin, we have shown that the stability of the N-terminal of the Cdc8 α-helix is crucial for Tm function. In addition we have identified a novel Cdc8 mutant with increased N-terminal stability, dimers of which are capable of forming Tm polymers significantly longer than the wild-type protein. This protein had a reduced affinity for actin with respect to wild-type, and was unable to regulate actomyosin interactions. The results of the present paper are consistent with acetylation providing a mechanism for modulating the formation and stability of Cdc8 polymers within the fission yeast cell. The data also provide evidence for a mechanism in which Tm dimers form end-to-end polymers on the actin filament, consistent with a co-operative model for Tm binding to actin.
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Schevzov G, Whittaker SP, Fath T, Lin JJ, Gunning PW. Tropomyosin isoforms and reagents. BIOARCHITECTURE 2011; 1:135-164. [PMID: 22069507 DOI: 10.4161/bioa.1.4.17897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Tropomyosins are rod-like dimers which form head-to-tail polymers along the length of actin filaments and regulate the access of actin binding proteins to the filaments.1 The diversity of tropomyosin isoforms, over 40 in mammals, and their role in an increasing number of biological processes presents a challenge both to experienced researchers and those new to this field. The increased appreciation that the role of these isoforms expands beyond that of simply stabilizing actin filaments has lead to a surge of reagents and techniques to study their function and mechanisms of action. This report is designed to provide a basic guide to the genes and proteins and the availability of reagents which allow effective study of this family of proteins. We highlight the value of combining multiple techniques to better evaluate the function of different tm isoforms and discuss the limitations of selected reagents. Brief background material is included to demystify some of the unfortunate complexity regarding this multi-gene family of proteins including the unconventional nomenclature of the isoforms and the evolutionary relationships of isoforms between species. Additionally, we present step-by-step detailed experimental protocols used in our laboratory to assist new comers to the field and experts alike.
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- Galina Schevzov
- Oncology Research Unit; School of Medical Sciences; The University of New South Wales; Sydney, NSW Australia
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Ferrante MI, Kiff RM, Goulding DA, Stemple DL. Troponin T is essential for sarcomere assembly in zebrafish skeletal muscle. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:565-77. [PMID: 21245197 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.071274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In striated muscle, the basic contractile unit is the sarcomere, which comprises myosin-rich thick filaments intercalated with thin filaments made of actin, tropomyosin and troponin. Troponin is required to regulate Ca(2+)-dependent contraction, and mutant forms of troponins are associated with muscle diseases. We have disrupted several genes simultaneously in zebrafish embryos and have followed the progression of muscle degeneration in the absence of troponin. Complete loss of troponin T activity leads to loss of sarcomere structure, in part owing to the destructive nature of deregulated actin-myosin activity. When troponin T and myosin activity are simultaneously disrupted, immature sarcomeres are rescued. However, tropomyosin fails to localise to sarcomeres, and intercalating thin filaments are missing from electron microscopic cross-sections, indicating that loss of troponin T affects thin filament composition. If troponin activity is only partially disrupted, myofibrils are formed but eventually disintegrate owing to deregulated actin-myosin activity. We conclude that the troponin complex has at least two distinct activities: regulation of actin-myosin activity and, independently, a role in the proper assembly of thin filaments. Our results also indicate that sarcomere assembly can occur in the absence of normal thin filaments.
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- Maria I Ferrante
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Sousa D, Cammarato A, Jang K, Graceffa P, Tobacman LS, Li XE, Lehman W. Electron microscopy and persistence length analysis of semi-rigid smooth muscle tropomyosin strands. Biophys J 2010; 99:862-8. [PMID: 20682264 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 05/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The structural mechanics of tropomyosin are essential determinants of its affinity and positioning on F-actin. Thus, tissue-specific differences among tropomyosin isoforms may influence both access of actin-binding proteins along the actin filaments and the cooperativity of actin-myosin interactions. Here, 40 nm long smooth and striated muscle tropomyosin molecules were rotary-shadowed and compared by means of electron microscopy. Electron microscopy shows that striated muscle tropomyosin primarily consists of single molecules or paired molecules linked end-to-end. In contrast, smooth muscle tropomyosin is more a mixture of varying-length chains of end-to-end polymers. Both isoforms are characterized by gradually bending molecular contours that lack obvious signs of kinking. The flexural stiffness of the tropomyosins was quantified and evaluated. The persistence lengths along the shaft of rotary-shadowed smooth and striated muscle tropomyosin molecules are equivalent to each other (approximately 100 nm) and to values obtained from molecular-dynamics simulations of the tropomyosins; however, the persistence length surrounding the end-to-end linkage is almost twofold higher for smooth compared to cardiac muscle tropomyosin. The tendency of smooth muscle tropomyosin to form semi-rigid polymers with continuous and undampened rigidity may compensate for the lack of troponin-based structural support in smooth muscles and ensure positional fidelity on smooth muscle thin filaments.
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- Duncan Sousa
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Coulton AT, East DA, Galinska-Rakoczy A, Lehman W, Mulvihill DP. The recruitment of acetylated and unacetylated tropomyosin to distinct actin polymers permits the discrete regulation of specific myosins in fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:3235-43. [PMID: 20807799 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.069971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tropomyosin (Tm) is a conserved dimeric coiled-coil protein, which forms polymers that curl around actin filaments in order to regulate actomyosin function. Acetylation of the Tm N-terminal methionine strengthens end-to-end bonds, which enhances actin binding as well as the ability of Tm to regulate myosin motor activity in both muscle and non-muscle cells. In this study we explore the function of each Tm form within fission yeast cells. Electron microscopy and live cell imaging revealed that acetylated and unacetylated Tm associate with distinct actin structures within the cell, and that each form has a profound effect upon the shape and integrity of the polymeric actin filament. We show that, whereas Tm acetylation is required to regulate the in vivo motility of class II myosins, acetylated Tm had no effect on the motility of class I and V myosins. These findings illustrate a novel Tm-acetylation-state-dependent mechanism for regulating specific actomyosin cytoskeletal interactions.
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- Arthur T Coulton
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
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Frye J, Klenchin VA, Rayment I. Structure of the tropomyosin overlap complex from chicken smooth muscle: insight into the diversity of N-terminal recognition. Biochemistry 2010; 49:4908-20. [PMID: 20465283 DOI: 10.1021/bi100349a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Tropomyosin is a stereotypical alpha-helical coiled coil that polymerizes to form a filamentous macromolecular assembly that lies on the surface of F-actin. The interaction between the C-terminal and N-terminal segments on adjacent molecules is known as the overlap region. We report here two X-ray structures of the chicken smooth muscle tropomyosin overlap complex. A novel approach was used to stabilize the C-terminal and N-terminal fragments. Globular domains from both the human DNA ligase binding protein XRCC4 and bacteriophage varphi29 scaffolding protein Gp7 were fused to 37 and 28 C-terminal amino acid residues of tropomyosin, respectively, whereas the 29 N-terminal amino acids of tropomyosin were fused to the C-terminal helix bundle of microtubule binding protein EB1. The structures of both the XRCC4 and Gp7 fusion proteins complexed with the N-terminal EB1 fusion contain a very similar helix bundle in the overlap region that encompasses approximately 15 residues. The C-terminal coiled coil opens to allow formation of the helix bundle, which is stabilized by hydrophobic interactions. These structures are similar to that observed in the NMR structure of the rat skeletal overlap complex [Greenfield, N. J., et al. (2006) J. Mol. Biol. 364, 80-96]. The interactions between the N- and C-terminal coiled coils of smooth muscle tropomyosin show significant curvature, which differs somewhat between the two structures and implies flexibility in the overlap complex, at least in solution. This is likely an important attribute that allows tropomyosin to assemble around the actin filaments. These structures provide a molecular explanation for the role of N-acetylation in the assembly of native tropomyosin.
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- Jeremiah Frye
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Alternatively spliced N-terminal exons in tropomyosin isoforms do not act as autonomous targeting signals. J Struct Biol 2009; 170:286-93. [PMID: 20026406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Revised: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Tropomyosin (Tm) polymerises head-to-tail to form a continuous polymer located in the major groove of the actin filament. Multiple Tm isoforms are generated by alternative splicing of four genes, and individual isoforms show specific localisation patterns in many cell types, and can have differing effects on the actin cytoskeleton. Fluorescently-tagged Tm isoforms and mutants were expressed in C2C12 cells to investigate the mechanisms of alternative localisation of high molecular weight (HMW) and low molecular weight (LMW) Tms. Fluorescently-tagged Tm constructs show similar localisation to endogenous Tms as observed by antibodies, with the HMW Tm3 relatively diminished at the periphery of cells compared to LMW isoforms Tm5b or Tm5NM1. Tm3 and Tm5b only differ in their N-terminal exons, but these N-terminal exons do not independently direct localisation within the cell, as chimeric mutants Tm3-Tm5NM1 and Tm5b-Tm5NM1 show an increased peripheral localisation similar to Tm5NM1. The lower abundance of Tm3 at the periphery of the cell is not a result of different protein dynamics, as Tm3 and Tm5b show similar recovery after photobleaching. The relative exclusion of Tm3 from the periphery of cells does, however, require interaction with the actin filament, as mutants with truncations at either the N-terminus or the C-terminus are unable to localise to actin stress fibres, and are present in the most peripheral regions of the cell. We conclude that it is the entire Tm molecule which is the unit of sorting, and that the alternatively spliced N-terminal exons do not act as autonomous targeting signals.
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Goetze S, Qeli E, Mosimann C, Staes A, Gerrits B, Roschitzki B, Mohanty S, Niederer EM, Laczko E, Timmerman E, Lange V, Hafen E, Aebersold R, Vandekerckhove J, Basler K, Ahrens CH, Gevaert K, Brunner E. Identification and functional characterization of N-terminally acetylated proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Biol 2009; 7:e1000236. [PMID: 19885390 PMCID: PMC2762599 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Protein modifications play a major role for most biological processes in living organisms. Amino-terminal acetylation of proteins is a common modification found throughout the tree of life: the N-terminus of a nascent polypeptide chain becomes co-translationally acetylated, often after the removal of the initiating methionine residue. While the enzymes and protein complexes involved in these processes have been extensively studied, only little is known about the biological function of such N-terminal modification events. To identify common principles of N-terminal acetylation, we analyzed the amino-terminal peptides from proteins extracted from Drosophila Kc167 cells. We detected more than 1,200 mature protein N-termini and could show that N-terminal acetylation occurs in insects with a similar frequency as in humans. As the sole true determinant for N-terminal acetylation we could extract the (X)PX rule that indicates the prevention of acetylation under all circumstances. We could show that this rule can be used to genetically engineer a protein to study the biological relevance of the presence or absence of an acetyl group, thereby generating a generic assay to probe the functional importance of N-terminal acetylation. We applied the assay by expressing mutated proteins as transgenes in cell lines and in flies. Here, we present a straightforward strategy to systematically study the functional relevance of N-terminal acetylations in cells and whole organisms. Since the (X)PX rule seems to be of general validity in lower as well as higher eukaryotes, we propose that it can be used to study the function of N-terminal acetylation in all species.
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- Sandra Goetze
- Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- * E-mail: (SG); (EB)
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- Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Functional Genomics Center, ETH and University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center, ETH and University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Functional Genomics Center, ETH and University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Model Organism Proteomes, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- * E-mail: (SG); (EB)
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Goonasekara CL, Heeley DH. Effect of Removing the Amino-Terminal Hexapeptide of Tropomyosin on the Properties of the Thin Filament. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3538-44. [DOI: 10.1021/bi802004j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X9
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Structural basis for tropomyosin overlap in thin (actin) filaments and the generation of a molecular swivel by troponin-T. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:7200-5. [PMID: 18483193 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801950105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Head-to-tail polymerization of tropomyosin is crucial for its actin binding, function in actin filament assembly, and the regulation of actin-myosin contraction. Here, we describe the 2.1 A resolution structure of crystals containing overlapping tropomyosin N and C termini (TM-N and TM-C) and the 2.9 A resolution structure of crystals containing TM-N and TM-C together with a fragment of troponin-T (TnT). At each junction, the N-terminal helices of TM-N were splayed, with only one of them packing against TM-C. In the C-terminal region of TM-C, a crucial water in the coiled-coil core broke the local 2-fold symmetry and helps generate a kink on one helix. In the presence of a TnT fragment, the asymmetry in TM-C facilitates formation of a 4-helix bundle containing two TM-C chains and one chain each of TM-N and TnT. Mutating the residues that generate the asymmetry in TM-C caused a marked decrease in the affinity of troponin for actin-tropomyosin filaments. The highly conserved region of TnT, in which most cardiomyopathy mutations reside, is crucial for interacting with tropomyosin. The structure of the ternary complex also explains why the skeletal- and cardiac-muscle specific C-terminal region is required to bind TnT and why tropomyosin homodimers bind only a single TnT. On actin filaments, the head-to-tail junction can function as a molecular swivel to accommodate irregularities in the coiled-coil path between successive tropomyosins enabling each to interact equivalently with the actin helix.
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Hitchcock-DeGregori SE. Tropomyosin: Function Follows Structure. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 644:60-72. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85766-4_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Maytum R, Hatch V, Konrad M, Lehman W, Geeves MA. Ultra Short Yeast Tropomyosins Show Novel Myosin Regulation. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:1902-10. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708593200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Coulton AT, Koka K, Lehrer SS, Geeves MA. Role of the Head-to-Tail Overlap Region in Smooth and Skeletal Muscle β-Tropomyosin. Biochemistry 2007; 47:388-97. [DOI: 10.1021/bi701144g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Arthur T. Coulton
- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NY, U.K., and Cardiovascular Program, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472-2829
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NY, U.K., and Cardiovascular Program, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472-2829
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NY, U.K., and Cardiovascular Program, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472-2829
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NY, U.K., and Cardiovascular Program, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472-2829
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Singh A, Hitchcock-DeGregori SE. Tropomyosin's Periods Are Quasi-Equivalent for Actin Binding but Have Specific Regulatory Functions. Biochemistry 2007; 46:14917-27. [DOI: 10.1021/bi701570b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Abhishek Singh
- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, MD/PhD Program, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, and Joint Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers University, Piscatway, New Jersey 08854
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, MD/PhD Program, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, and Joint Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers University, Piscatway, New Jersey 08854
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Skoumpla K, Coulton AT, Lehman W, Geeves MA, Mulvihill DP. Acetylation regulates tropomyosin function in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:1635-45. [PMID: 17452625 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.001115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Tropomyosin is an evolutionarily conserved alpha-helical coiled-coil protein that promotes and maintains actin filaments. In yeast, Tropomyosin-stabilised filaments are used by molecular motors to transport cargoes or to generate motile forces by altering the dynamics of filament growth and shrinkage. The Schizosaccharomyces pombe tropomyosin Cdc8 localises to the cytokinetic actomyosin ring during mitosis and is absolutely required for its formation and function. We show that Cdc8 associates with actin filaments throughout the cell cycle and is subjected to post-translational modification that does not vary with cell cycle progression. At any given point in the cell cycle 80% of Cdc8 molecules are acetylated, which significantly enhances their affinity for actin. Reconstructions of electron microscopic images of actin-Cdc8 filaments establish that the majority of Cdc8 strands sit in the 'closed' position on actin filaments, suggesting a role in the regulation of myosin binding. We show that Cdc8 regulates the equilibrium binding of myosin to actin without affecting the rate of myosin binding. Unacetylated Cdc8 isoforms bind actin, but have a reduced ability to regulate myosin binding to actin. We conclude that although acetylation of Cdc8 is not essential, it provides a regulatory mechanism for modulating actin filament integrity and myosin function.
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- Kalomoira Skoumpla
- Cell and Developmental Biology Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK
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Houle F, Poirier A, Dumaresq J, Huot J. DAP kinase mediates the phosphorylation of tropomyosin-1 downstream of the ERK pathway, which regulates the formation of stress fibers in response to oxidative stress. J Cell Sci 2007; 120:3666-77. [PMID: 17895359 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.003251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Endothelial cells are actively involved in regulating the exchanges between blood and tissues. This function is tightly dependent on actin cytoskeleton dynamics and is challenged by a wide variety of stimuli, including oxidative stress. In endothelial cells, oxidative stress quickly activates the extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) MAP kinase, which results in the phosphorylation of tropomyosin. Here, we investigated further the mechanisms of tropomyosin phosphorylation and its function in actin remodeling. We identified, for the first time, death-associated protein kinase 1 (DAP kinase 1) as the kinase that phosphorylates tropomyosin-1 in response to ERK activation by hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)). We also report that the phosphorylation of tropomyosin-1 mediated by DAP kinase occurs on Ser283. Moreover, the expression of the pseudophosphorylated tropomyosin mutant Ser283Glu triggers by itself the formation of stress fibers in untreated cells, and the effect is maintained in H(2)O(2)-treated cells in which DAP kinase expression is knocked-down by siRNA. By contrast, the expression of the nonphosphorylatable tropomyosin mutant Ser283Ala is not associated with stress fibers and leads to membrane blebbing in response to H(2)O(2). Our finding that tropomyosin-1 is phosphorylated downstream of ERK and DAP kinase and that it helps regulate the formation of stress fibers will aid understanding the role of this protein in regulating the endothelial functions associated with cytoskeletal remodeling.
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- François Houle
- Le Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval, 9 rue McMahon, Québec G1R 2J6, Canada
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Goonasekara CL, Gallivan LJ, Jackman DM, Heeley DH. Some binding properties of Omp T digested muscle tropomyosin. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2007; 28:175-82. [PMID: 17805980 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-007-9114-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2007] [Accepted: 07/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cleavage of vertebrate muscle tropomyosin by bacterial Omp T produces an amino-terminally truncated product (residues 7-284). The proteolysed protein, which is resolved from the parent by electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecylsulphate, can be generated from a variety of striated and smooth muscle tropomyosins, including ones from mammal, bird and fish. Edman-based sequencing and mass analysis confirm that the main site of chain hydrolysis is the peptide bond between Lys 6 and Lys 7. Loss of the hexapeptide, together with the blocking group, from tropomyosin weakens its affinity for troponin. Compared to wild type, the shortened forms of rabbit skeletal tropomyosin and Atlantic salmon fast skeletal tropomyosin, as well as the unacetylated (full-length) version of the latter, all display reduced affinity for both troponin and the amino-terminal fragment of troponin-T (residues 1-158), as judged by affinity chromatography. This is consistent with the view that the amino terminal region is required for full interaction with troponin-T. Truncated tropomyosin fails to bind to F-actin at micromolar concentration, as expected. Interestingly, binding is restored by troponin in the presence of either added Ca(2+) or EGTA. Digestion of muscle tropomyosin by Omp T, which can be carried out on quantitative amounts of protein, is concluded to yield a product that has useful biochemical applications.
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- Charitha L Goonasekara
- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, 2 Livyers Loop, St. John's, NL, Canada A1B3X9
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Corrêa F, Farah CS. Different effects of trifluoroethanol and glycerol on the stability of tropomyosin helices and the head-to-tail complex. Biophys J 2007; 92:2463-75. [PMID: 17218461 PMCID: PMC1864823 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.098541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tropomyosin (Tm) is a dimeric coiled-coil protein, composed of 284 amino acids (410 A), that forms linear homopolymers through head-to-tail interactions at low ionic strength. The head-to-tail complex involves the overlap of approximately nine N-terminal residues of one molecule with nine C-terminal residues of another Tm molecule. In this study, we investigate the influence of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) and glycerol on the stability of recombinant Tm fragments (ASTm1-142, Tm143-284(5OHW269)) and of the dimeric head-to-tail complex formed by the association of these two fragments. The C-terminal fragment (Tm143-284(5OHW269)) contains a 5-hydroxytryptophan (5OHW) probe at position 269 whose fluorescence is sensitive to the head-to-tail interaction and allows us to accompany titrations of Tm143-284(5OHW269) with ASTm1-142 to calculate the dissociation constant (Kd) and the interaction energy at TFE and glycerol concentrations between 0% and 15%. We observe that TFE, but not glycerol, reduces the stability of the head-to-tail complex. Thermal denaturation experiments also showed that the head-to-tail complex increases the overall conformational stability of the Tm fragments. Urea and thermal denaturation assays demonstrated that both TFE and glycerol increase the stability of the isolated N- and C-terminal fragments; however, only TFE caused a significant reduction in the cooperativity of unfolding these fragments. Our results show that these two cosolvents stabilize the structures of individual Tm fragments in different manners and that these differences may be related to their opposing effects on head-to-tail complex formation.
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- Fernando Corrêa
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Robinson P, Lipscomb S, Preston LC, Altin E, Watkins H, Ashley CC, Redwood CS. Mutations in fast skeletal troponin I, troponin T, and β‐tropomyosin that cause distal arthrogryposis all increase contractile function. FASEB J 2006; 21:896-905. [PMID: 17194691 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6899com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Distal arthrogryposes (DAs) are a group of disorders characterized by congenital contractures of distal limbs without overt neurological or muscle disease. Unexpectedly, mutations in genes encoding the fast skeletal muscle regulatory proteins troponin T (TnT), troponin I (TnI), and beta-tropomyosin (beta-TM) have been shown to cause autosomal dominant DA. We tested how these mutations affect contractile function by comparing wild-type (WT) and mutant proteins in actomyosin ATPase assays and in troponin-replaced rabbit psoas fibers. We have analyzed all four reported mutants: Arg63His TnT, Arg91Gly beta-TM, Arg174Gln TnI, and a TnI truncation mutant (Arg156ter). Thin filaments, reconstituted using actin and WT troponin and beta-TM, activated myosin subfragment-1 ATPase in a calcium-dependent, cooperative manner. Thin filaments containing either a troponin or beta-TM DA mutant produced significantly enhanced ATPase rates at all calcium concentrations without alternating calcium-sensitivity or cooperativity. In troponin-exchanged skinned fibers, each mutant caused a significant increase in Ca2+ sensitivity, and Arg156ter TnI generated significantly higher maximum force. Arg91Gly beta-TM was found to have a lower actin affinity than WT and form a less stable coiled coil. We propose the mutations cause increased contractility of developing fast-twitch skeletal muscles, thus causing muscle contractures and the development of the observed limb deformities.
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- Paul Robinson
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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