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Schulte C, Rodighiero S, Cappelluti MA, Puricelli L, Maffioli E, Borghi F, Negri A, Sogne E, Galluzzi M, Piazzoni C, Tamplenizza M, Podestà A, Tedeschi G, Lenardi C, Milani P. Conversion of nanoscale topographical information of cluster-assembled zirconia surfaces into mechanotransductive events promotes neuronal differentiation. J Nanobiotechnology 2016; 14:18. [PMID: 26955876 PMCID: PMC4784317 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-016-0171-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Background Thanks to mechanotransductive components cells are competent to perceive nanoscale topographical features of their environment and to convert the immanent information into corresponding physiological responses. Due to its complex configuration, unraveling the role of the extracellular matrix is particularly challenging. Cell substrates with simplified topographical cues, fabricated by top-down micro- and nanofabrication approaches, have been useful in order to identify basic principles. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of this conversion remain only partially understood. Results Here we present the results of a broad, systematic and quantitative approach aimed at understanding how the surface nanoscale information is converted into cell response providing a profound causal link between mechanotransductive events, proceeding from the cell/nanostructure interface to the nucleus. We produced nanostructured ZrO2 substrates with disordered yet controlled topographic features by the bottom-up technique supersonic cluster beam deposition, i.e. the assembling of zirconia nanoparticles from the gas phase on a flat substrate through a supersonic expansion. We used PC12 cells, a well-established model in the context of neuronal differentiation. We found that the cell/nanotopography interaction enforces a nanoscopic architecture of the adhesion regions that affects the focal adhesion dynamics and the cytoskeletal organization, which thereby modulates the general biomechanical properties by decreasing the rigidity of the cell. The mechanotransduction impacts furthermore on transcription factors relevant for neuronal differentiation (e.g. CREB), and eventually the protein expression profile. Detailed proteomic data validated the observed differentiation. In particular, the abundance of proteins that are involved in adhesome and/or cytoskeletal organization is striking, and their up- or downregulation is in line with their demonstrated functions in neuronal differentiation processes. Conclusion Our work provides a deep insight into the molecular mechanotransductive mechanisms that realize the conversion of the nanoscale topographical information of SCBD-fabricated surfaces into cellular responses, in this case neuronal differentiation. The results lay a profound cell biological foundation indicating the strong potential of these surfaces in promoting neuronal differentiation events which could be exploited for the development of prospective research and/or biomedical applications. These applications could be e.g. tools to study mechanotransductive processes, improved neural interfaces and circuits, or cell culture devices supporting neurogenic processes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12951-016-0171-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Carsten Schulte
- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- SEMM European School of Molecular Medicine, Via Adamello 16, Milan, 20139, Italy. .,Fondazione Filarete, via le Ortles 22/4, Milan, 20139, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- DIVET, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 10, Milan, 20133, Italy. .,Fondazione Filarete, via le Ortles 22/4, Milan, 20139, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- DIVET, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 10, Milan, 20133, Italy. .,Fondazione Filarete, via le Ortles 22/4, Milan, 20139, Italy.
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- SEMM European School of Molecular Medicine, Via Adamello 16, Milan, 20139, Italy. .,Fondazione Filarete, via le Ortles 22/4, Milan, 20139, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- DIVET, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 10, Milan, 20133, Italy. .,Fondazione Filarete, via le Ortles 22/4, Milan, 20139, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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- CIMAINA, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, Milan, 20133, Italy.
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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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Ferjani I, Fattoum A, Manai M, Benyamin Y, Roustan C, Maciver SK. Two distinct regions of calponin share common binding sites on actin resulting in different modes of calponin-actin interaction. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2010; 1804:1760-7. [PMID: 20595006 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2009] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Calponins are a small family of proteins that alter the interaction between actin and myosin II and mediate signal transduction. These proteins bind F-actin in a complex manner that depends on a variety of parameters such as stoichiometry and ionic strength. Calponin binds G-actin and F-actin, bundling the latter primarily through two distinct and adjacent binding sites (ABS1 and ABS2). Calponin binds other proteins that bind F-actin and considerable disagreements exist as to how calponin is located on the filament, especially in the presence of other proteins. A study (Galkin, V.E., Orlova, A., Fattoum, A., Walsh, M.P. and Egelman, E.H. (2006) J. Mol. Biol. 359, 478-485.), using EM single-particle reconstruction has shown that there may be four modes of interaction, but how these occur is not yet known. We report that two distinct regions of calponin are capable of binding some of the same sites on actin (such as 18-28 and 360-372 in subdomain 1). This accounts for the finding that calponin binds the filament with different apparent geometries. We suggest that the four modes of filament binding account for differences in stoichiometry and that these, in turn, arise from differential binding of the two calponin regions to actin. It is likely that the modes of binding are reciprocally influenced by other actin-binding proteins since members of the alpha-actinin group also adopt different actin-binding positions and bind actin principally through a domain that is similar to calponin's ABS1.
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- Imen Ferjani
- UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de motilité cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes) Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC107, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Lin JJ, Li Y, Eppinga RD, Wang Q, Jin J. Chapter 1 Roles of Caldesmon in Cell Motility and Actin Cytoskeleton Remodeling. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2009; 274:1-68. [DOI: 10.1016/s1937-6448(08)02001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Czuryło EA, Kulikova N, Sobota A. Disturbance of smooth muscle regulatory function by Eisenia foetida toxin lysenin: Insight into the mechanism of smooth muscle contraction. Toxicon 2008; 51:1090-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2007] [Revised: 01/04/2008] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Ferjani I, Fattoum A, Maciver SK, Manai M, Benyamin Y, Roustan C. Calponin binds G-actin and F-actin with similar affinity. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:4801-6. [PMID: 16901482 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2006] [Revised: 06/30/2006] [Accepted: 07/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Calponins are actin-binding proteins that are implicated in the regulation of actomyosin. Calponin binds filamentous actin (F-actin) through two distinct sites ABS1 and ABS2, with an affinity in the low micromolar range. We report that smooth muscle calponin binds monomeric actin with a similar affinity (K(d) of 0.15 microM). We show that the arrangement of binding is similar to that of F-actin by a number of criteria, most notably that the distance between Cys273 on calponin and Cys374 of actin is 29A when measured by fluorescent resonance energy transfer, the same distance as previously reported for F-actin.
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- Imen Ferjani
- UMR 5539 (CNRS) Laboratoire de motilité cellulaire (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes) Université de Montpellier 2, Place E. Bataillon, CC107, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Szymanski PT. Calponin (CaP) as a latch-bridge protein--a new concept in regulation of contractility in smooth muscles. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2004; 25:7-19. [PMID: 15160483 DOI: 10.1023/b:jure.0000021349.47697.bf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Pawel T Szymanski
- Physiology Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Facemire C, Brozovich FV, Jin JP. The maximal velocity of vascular smooth muscle shortening is independent of the expression of calponin. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2000; 21:367-73. [PMID: 11032347 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005680614296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In smooth muscle, the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of the 20-kDa regulatory light chain of myosin (MLC20) is known to regulate actomyosin interaction and force. However, a thin filament based regulatory system for actomyosin interaction has been suggested to exist in parallel to MLC20 phosphorylation. Calponin is a thin filament associated protein that in vitro inhibits actomyosin interaction, and has been suggested to reduce maximal shortening velocity (vmax). Using antibodies to h1- and h2-calponin, we demonstrated that calponin was present in smooth muscle from Sprague Dawley (SD) rats, while calponin was not detectable in the smooth muscle from Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. vmax determined from the force vs. velocity relationship at maximal Ca2+ activation was not different for either the aorta or the portal vein of SD vs. WKY rats. These results suggest that physiological levels of calponin do not contribute to a thin filament-based secondary regulation to inhibit smooth muscle contraction.
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- C Facemire
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4970 USA
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Winder SJ, Allen BG, Clément-Chomienne O, Walsh MP. Regulation of smooth muscle actin-myosin interaction and force by calponin. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 1998; 164:415-26. [PMID: 9887965 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201x.1998.tb10697.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Smooth muscle contraction is regulated primarily by the reversible phosphorylation of myosin triggered by an increase in sarcoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i). Contraction can, however, be modulated by other signal transduction pathways, one of which involves the thin filament-associated protein calponin. The h1 (basic) isoform of calponin binds to actin with high affinity and is expressed specifically in smooth muscle at a molar ratio to actin of 1:7. Calponin inhibits (i) the actin-activated MgATPase activity of smooth muscle myosin (the cross-bridge cycling rate) via its interaction with actin, (ii) the movement of actin filaments over immobilized myosin in the in vitro motility assay, and (iii) force development or shortening velocity in permeabilized smooth muscle strips and single cells. These inhibitory effects of calponin can be alleviated by protein kinase C (PKC)-catalysed phosphorylation and restored following dephosphorylation by a type 2A phosphatase. Three physiological roles of calponin can be considered based on its in vitro functional properties: (i) maintenance of relaxation at resting [Ca2+]i, (ii) energy conservation during prolonged contractions, and (iii) Ca(2+)-independent contraction mediated by phosphorylation of calponin by PKC epsilon, a Ca(2+)-independent isoenzyme of PKC.
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- S J Winder
- Smooth Muscle Research Group, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Ford HL, Silver DL, Kachar B, Sellers JR, Zain SB. Effect of Mts1 on the structure and activity of nonmuscle myosin II. Biochemistry 1997; 36:16321-7. [PMID: 9405067 DOI: 10.1021/bi971182l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The mts1 gene codes for a 9 kDa protein belonging to the S100 subfamily of Ca2+-binding proteins and is known to play a role in metastasis. Its role in metastasis may be through cellular locomotion, as transfection of mts1 into mouse mammary adenocarcinoma cells increases cellular motility in modified Boyden chemotaxis chambers. The Mts1 protein interacts with nonmuscle myosin II in the presence of Ca2+ with an affinity of approximately 7.9 x 10(4) M-1 and an approximate stoichiometry of 3 mol of Mts1/mol of myosin heavy chain. No interaction was found with myosin I or myosin V. The binding site of Mts1 on myosin is in the rod region, particularly to the light meromyosin portion of the rod. To understand the mechanism by which Mts1 alters cellular motility, we examined its effect on myosin structure and activity. Cosedimentation analysis and electron microscopy suggest that Mts1 destabilizes myosin filaments. In the presence of Ca2+, Mts1 inhibits the actin-activated MgATPase activity of myosin in vitro. The data demonstrate an effect of Mts1 on both myosin structure and function, and suggest a route through which Mts1 affects motility as well as metastasis.
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- H L Ford
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Center, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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- S J Winder
- MRC Group in Signal Transduction, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Mezgueldi M, Mendre C, Calas B, Kassab R, Fattoum A. Characterization of the regulatory domain of gizzard calponin. Interactions of the 145-163 region with F-actin, calcium-binding proteins, and tropomyosin. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:8867-76. [PMID: 7721794 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.15.8867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Earlier, we proposed that the interaction of gizzard calponin with F-actin, promoting the inhibition of the actomyosin ATPase activity, involves the NH2-terminal portion of the calponin segment Ala145-Tyr182 (Mezgueldi, M., Fattoum, A., Derancourt, J., and Kassab, R. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 15943-15951). In this work, we have directly probed this region for actin binding sites using five peptide analogs covering different stretches of the sequence Thr133-Ile163. Co-sedimentation with F-actin, actomyosin ATPase measurements, and zero-length cross-linking reactions demonstrated that the 19-residue sequence Ala145-Ile163 is essential for actin interaction and ATPase inhibition. Furthermore, each peptide was tested for binding to the Ca(2+)-dependent proteins, caltropin and calmodulin, in both an actomyosin ATPase assay and an affinity chromatographic assay. The results revealed the 11-residue segment Gln153-Ile163, representing the COOH-terminal moiety of the F-actin binding sequence, as a crucial region for the high affinity binding of these regulatory proteins with concomitant removal of the ATPase inhibition. The 153-163 stretch contained also interactive sites for tropomyosin as assessed by affinity chromatography and spectrofluorometry. Collectively, the data support our initial results and highlight the ability of the multifunctional 145-163 region to serve as a potent regulatory domain of the smooth muscle calponin.
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- M Mezgueldi
- Centre de Recherches de Biochimie Macromoléculaire du CNRS, INSERM U 249, Université de Montpellier I, France
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Gusev NB, Pritchard K, Hodgkinson JL, Marston SB. Filamin and gelsolin influence Ca(2+)-sensitivity of smooth muscle thin filaments. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 1994; 15:672-81. [PMID: 7706423 DOI: 10.1007/bf00121074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Sheep aorta thin filaments were prepared by ultracentrifugation of an ATP-containing extract in the presence of different concentrations of ethanediol. Thin filaments prepared without ethanediol contained small quantities of tropomyosin (0.027 Tm:actin) and caldesmon (0.017 CD:actin) and activated the MgATPase of skeletal myosin independently of Ca2+. Ultracentrifugation in the presence of 10-20% ethanediol resulted in preparation of thin filaments with increased content of tropomyosin (0.17 Tm:actin) and caldesmon (0.04 CD:actin). These thin filaments possessed high Ca(2+)-sensitivity in activation of skeletal muscle myosin ATPase. Besides actin, tropomyosin and caldesmon, thin filaments contained gelsolin and filamin. Gelsolin content (0.007 gelsolin:actin) was independent of the presence of ethanediol. The filamin content decreased from 0.015 to 0.007 mol:mol actin when the ethanediol concentration was increased from 0 to 20%, and was negatively correlated with the Ca2+ sensitivity of thin filaments. In a reconstituted system, pure filamin or gelsolin affected caldesmon regulation of actomyosin ATPase. Gelsolin (0.01:actin) reduced the inhibition of actomyosin ATPase caused by caldesmon and increased the potency of Ca(2+)-calmodulin in reversing this inhibition. Filamin (0.007:actin) also decreased the inhibitory action of caldesmon on actin-activated myosin ATPase and also potentiated the reversal of this inhibition by calmodulin. We conclude that minor components of smooth muscle thin filaments (gelsolin and filamin) significantly modify caldesmon mediated regulation of actomyosin ATPase. We suggest a tropomyosin-mediated mechanism by which filamin or gelsolin could exert similar effects.
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- N B Gusev
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Moscow State University, Russia
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Calmodulin, the ubiquitous and multifunctional Ca(2+)-binding protein, mediates many of the regulatory effects of Ca2+, including the contractile state of smooth muscle. The principal function of calmodulin in smooth muscle is to activate crossbridge cycling and the development of force in response to a [Ca2+]i transient via the activation of myosin light-chain kinase and phosphorylation of myosin. A distinct calmodulin-dependent kinase, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, has been implicated in modulation of smooth-muscle contraction. This kinase phosphorylates myosin light-chain kinase, resulting in an increase in the calmodulin concentration required for half-maximal activation of myosin light-chain kinase, and may account for desensitization of the contractile response to Ca2+. In addition, the thin filament-associated proteins, caldesmon and calponin, which inhibit the actin-activated MgATPase activity of smooth-muscle myosin (the cross-bridge cycling rate), appear to be regulated by calmodulin, either by the direct binding of Ca2+/calmodulin or indirectly by phosphorylation catalysed by Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II. Another level at which calmodulin can regulate smooth-muscle contraction involves proteins which control the movement of Ca2+ across the sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes and which are regulated by Ca2+/calmodulin, e.g. the sarcolemmal Ca2+ pump and the ryanodine receptor/Ca2+ release channel, and other proteins which indirectly regulate [Ca2+]i via cyclic nucleotide synthesis and breakdown, e.g. NO synthase and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase. The interplay of such regulatory mechanisms provides the flexibility and adaptability required for the normal functioning of smooth-muscle tissues.
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- M P Walsh
- MRC Group in Signal Transduction, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Wills FL, McCubbin WD, Kay CM. Smooth muscle calponin-caltropin interaction: effect on biological activity and stability of calponin. Biochemistry 1994; 33:5562-9. [PMID: 8180179 DOI: 10.1021/bi00184a027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Calponin inhibits actomyosin Mg2+ ATPase and is proposed to regulate smooth muscle contraction; however, the mechanism by which it exerts its effect and the regulation of its behavior is still under investigation. The proposed methods by which calponin regulation is effected include reversible phosphorylation of calponin which would allow contraction to occur and regulation by interaction with calcium-calmodulin. However, several investigators have been unable to find evidence of in vivo phosphorylation of calponin, and the affinity between calponin and calmodulin is not high enough to suggest that this interaction is biologically significant. In this paper, we present an alternative method of calponin regulation via calcium-caltropin and describe the calponin-caltropin complex for the first time. Caltropin, a calcium-binding protein isolated from smooth muscle, is a dimer under native conditions and interacts with calponin in a calcium-dependent fashion in the ratio of 2 mol of dimer: 1 mol of calponin. The formation of this complex can be monitored by following the fluorescence of an acrylodan label on cysteine 273 of calponin, which undergoes a 35-nm blue shift in wavelength peak from 505 to 470 nm when calponin becomes complexed with caltropin. This fluorescence change when titrated with calcium indicates that the concentration of calcium required for complex formation is approximately 10(-5) M, corresponding to the low-affinity calcium-binding sites of caltropin. This complex was further characterized by circular dichroism (CD).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- F L Wills
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Irvine M, Huima T, Prince AM, Lustigman S. Identification and characterization of an Onchocerca volvulus cDNA clone encoding a highly immunogenic calponin-like protein. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1994; 65:135-46. [PMID: 7935620 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(94)90122-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The identification and characterization of a recombinant cDNA clone, designated OV9M, expressing an antigen present in Onchocerca volvulus infective larvae and adult stages is described. Clone OV9M was identified by screening a lambda gt11 cDNA expression library derived from adult O. volvulus mRNA using pooled rabbit antisera raised against the third (L3) and fourth (L4) stage larvae of the parasite. The cDNA clone encodes an open reading frame of 238 amino acids corresponding to a 27-kDa polypeptide. This polypeptide contains a series of five highly conserved repeats of 25 amino acids that are similar to repeats found in calponin, a protein previously only identified in vertebrate smooth muscle. Extension of the 5' end of the cDNA clone revealed two additional repeats extending the sequence to 378 amino acids, encoding a 41.8-kDa protein. Affinity purified antibodies, which bound specifically to the glutathione S-transferase-OV9M fusion polypeptide, recognize a series of antigens in extracts of O.volvulus microfilariae, L3, L4 and adult stages. The apparent molecular weight of the native OV9M protein in the adult is 45 kDa. Similar proteins are present in extracts of other nematodes including Caenorhabditis elegans, and antibodies from other filarial infections are cross reactive with glutathione S-transferase-OV9M fusion polypeptide. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that the antigen encoded by this clone is present in the longitudinal muscles of the various larval stages and adult worms. Antibodies to the OV9M protein are present in 40-60% of both patently infected and non-patent individuals residing in onchocerciasis endemic areas.
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- M Irvine
- Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, NY 10021
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Winder SJ, Allen BG, Fraser ED, Kang HM, Kargacin GJ, Walsh MP. Calponin phosphorylation in vitro and in intact muscle. Biochem J 1993; 296 ( Pt 3):827-36. [PMID: 8280082 PMCID: PMC1137769 DOI: 10.1042/bj2960827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Calponin, a thin-filament-associated protein implicated in the regulation of smooth-muscle contraction, is phosphorylated in vitro by protein kinase C and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II [Winder and Walsh (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 10148-10155] and dephosphorylated by a type 2A protein phosphatase [Winder, Pato and Walsh (1992) Biochem. J. 286, 197-203]. Unphosphorylated calponin binds to actin and inhibits the actin-activated myosin MgATPase; these properties are lost on phosphorylation. Although both serine and threonine residues in calponin are phosphorylated, the major site of phosphorylation by either kinase is Ser-175. Calponin also undergoes phosphorylation when bound to actin in synthetic thin filaments, in a reconstituted actomyosin system, in washed myofibrils and in tissue extracts; this results in dissociation of calponin from actin. Tryptic phosphopeptide mapping indicates that the same sites are phosphorylated in the bound as in the isolated protein. Toad stomach calponin exists in at least three isoforms which differ in charge but exhibit the same molecular mass on SDS/PAGE. In a toad stomach extract, all three isoforms are phosphorylated by protein kinase C or Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II as shown by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (non-equilibrium pH-gradient gel electrophoresis and SDS/PAGE). Calponin phosphorylation also occurs in intact toad stomach smooth-muscle strips metabolically labelled with 32Pi and stimulated to contract with carbachol. These results support the hypothesis that calponin may be regulated in vivo by phosphorylation-dephosphorylation.
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- S J Winder
- MRC Group in Signal Transduction, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Abstract
Calponin is a basic, approximately 34,000 M(r), smooth muscle-specific protein which is developmentally expressed in up to four isoforms. Calponin binds very strongly to actin in a Ca(2+)-independent manner and is localized to the thin filaments in smooth muscle, where it is present at a stoichiometry of 1 mol calponin/7 mol actin. The interaction of calponin with actin inhibits the actomyosin MgATPase (cross-bridge cycling rate) without affecting myosin phosphorylation. The calponin-actin interaction is blocked and calponin-mediated inhibition of the actomyosin MgATPase is reversed upon phosphorylation of calponin by either PKC or CaM kinase II; these properties are restored upon dephosphorylation of calponin by a type 2A protein phosphatase. Consistent with these in vitro findings, calponin is phosphorylated in intact smooth muscle in response to contractile stimuli. The increasing body of evidence, both in vitro and in vivo, strongly supports calponin phosphorylation-dephosphorylation as a thin filament-linked regulatory system in smooth muscle.
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Affiliation(s)
- S J Winder
- MRC Group in Signal Transduction, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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