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He X, Xu J, Liu Y, Guo X, Wei W, Xing C, Zhang H, Wang H, Liu M, Jiang R. Explorations on Key Module and Hub Genes Affecting IMP Content of Chicken Pectoralis Major Muscle Based on WGCNA. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:402. [PMID: 38338044 PMCID: PMC10854493 DOI: 10.3390/ani14030402] [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: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Inosine monophosphate (IMP) is a substance that enhances flavor and plays a crucial role in the umami taste of chicken muscle. It is also an influential factor in determining chicken's economic value. However, the molecular regulatory network underlying the IMP content in muscle remains unclear. To address this issue, we performed transcriptome sequencing on 20 pectoralis major muscle samples from 120-day-old Guangde feathered-leg chicken and used weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to identify key regulatory factors that influence IMP content. The weighted gene co-expression network was constructed using a total of 16,344 genes, leading to the identification of 20 co-expression gene modules. Among the modules that were identified, it was observed that the purple module (R = -0.51, p = 0.02) showed a significant negative correlation with the IMP content. This suggests that the genes within the purple module had the ability to regulate the IMP content. A total of 68 hub genes were identified in the purple module through gene significance (GS) > 0.2 and module membership (MM) > 0.8. The STRING database was used for a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network of hub genes. Furthermore, troponin I type 1 (TNNI1), myozenin 2 (MYOZ2), myosin light chain 2 regulatory cardiac slow (MYL2), and myosin light chain 3 regulatory cardiac slow (MYL3) involved in the "ATP-dependent activity", "cAMP signaling pathway" and "cGMP-PKG signaling pathway" were identified as central regulators that contribute to IMP content. These results offer valuable information into the gene expression and regulation that affects IMP content in muscle.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China; (X.H.); (J.X.); (Y.L.); (X.G.); (W.W.); (C.X.); (H.Z.); (H.W.); (M.L.)
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Heeley DH, Belknap B, Atherton JL, Hasan SC, White HD. Effect of the N-terminal extension in myosin essential light chain A1 on the mechanism of actomyosin ATP hydrolysis. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105521. [PMID: 38042484 PMCID: PMC10777021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/04/2023] Open
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Myosin essential light chains A1 and A2 are identical isoforms except for an extension of ∼40 amino acids at the N terminus of A1 that binds F-actin. The extension has no bearing on the burst hydrolysis rate (M-ATP → M-ADP-Pi) as determined by chemical quench flow (100 μM isoenzyme). Whereas actomyosin-S1A2 steady state MgATPase (low ionic strength, 20 °C) is hyperbolically dependent on concentration: Vmax 7.6 s-1, Kapp 6.4 μM (F-actin) and Vmax 10.1 s-1, Kapp 5.5 μM (native thin filaments, pCa 4), the relationship for myosin-S1A1 is bimodal; an initial rise at low concentration followed by a decline to one-third the Vmax of S1A2, indicative of more than one rate-limiting step and A1-enforced flux through the slower actomyosin-limited hydrolysis pathway. In double-mixing stopped-flow with an indicator, Ca(II)-mediated activation of Pi dissociation (regulatedAM-ADP-Pi → regulatedAM-ADP + Pi) is attenuated by A1 attachment to thin filaments (pCa 4). The maximum accelerated rates of Pi dissociation are: 81 s-1 (S1A1, Kapp 8.9 μM) versus 129 s-1 (S1A2, Kapp 58 μM). To investigate apomyosin-S1-mediated activation, thin filaments (EGTA) are premixed with a given isomyosin-S1 and double-mixing is repeated with myosin-S1A1 in the first mix. Similar maximum rates of Pi dissociation are observed, 44.5 s-1 (S1A1) and 47.1 s-1 (S1A2), which are lower than for Ca(II) activation. Overall, these results biochemically demonstrate how the longer light chain A1 can contribute to slower contraction and higher force and the shorter version A2 to faster contraction and lower force, consistent with their distribution in different types of striated muscle.
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- David H Heeley
- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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Wang Z, Liang W, Yan D, Tian H, Dong B, Zhao W, Chang G, Chen G. Identification of genes related to growth traits from transcriptome profiles of duck breast muscle tissue. Anim Biotechnol 2023; 34:1239-1246. [PMID: 34965198 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2021.2018333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The growth and development of duck skeletal muscle is an important economic trait that is genetically regulated. The internal mechanism underlying the regulation of skeletal muscle growth and development in ducks remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to identify candidate genes related to the growth of duck skeletal muscle. RNA-sequencing technology was used to compare the transcriptome of duck breast muscles in an F2 population with the high breast muscle rate (HB) and the low breast muscle rate (LB). A total of 14,522 genes were confirmed to be expressed in the breast muscle, and 173 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between the HB and LB groups. Functional analysis showed that these DEGs were mainly involved in biological processes and pathways of fat metabolism and muscle growth, especially the FABP3 and MYL4 involved in the PPAR signaling pathway and cardiac muscle contraction pathway. These findings deepened our understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in muscle growth in ducks and provided a theoretical basis for improving duck production and breeding of ducks.
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- Zhixiu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Molecular Design of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Osten J, Mohebbi M, Uta P, Matinmehr F, Wang T, Kraft T, Amrute-Nayak M, Scholz T. Myosin essential light chain 1sa decelerates actin and thin filament gliding on β-myosin molecules. J Gen Physiol 2022; 154:213440. [PMID: 36053243 PMCID: PMC9441736 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202213149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The β-myosin heavy chain expressed in ventricular myocardium and the myosin heavy chain (MyHC) in slow-twitch skeletal Musculus soleus (M. soleus) type-I fibers are both encoded by MYH7. Thus, these myosin molecules are deemed equivalent. However, some reports suggested variations in the light chain composition between M. soleus and ventricular myosin, which could influence functional parameters, such as maximum velocity of shortening. To test for functional differences of the actin gliding velocity on immobilized myosin molecules, we made use of in vitro motility assays. We found that ventricular myosin moved actin filaments with ∼0.9 µm/s significantly faster than M. soleus myosin (0.3 µm/s). Filaments prepared from isolated actin are not the native interaction partner of myosin and are believed to slow down movement. Yet, using native thin filaments purified from M. soleus or ventricular tissue, the gliding velocity of M. soleus and ventricular myosin remained significantly different. When comparing the light chain composition of ventricular and M. soleus β-myosin, a difference became evident. M. soleus myosin contains not only the "ventricular" essential light chain (ELC) MLC1sb/v, but also an additional longer and more positively charged MLC1sa. Moreover, we revealed that on a single muscle fiber level, a higher relative content of MLC1sa was associated with significantly slower actin gliding. We conclude that the ELC MLC1sa decelerates gliding velocity presumably by a decreased dissociation rate from actin associated with a higher actin affinity compared to MLC1sb/v. Such ELC/actin interactions might also be relevant in vivo as differences between M. soleus and ventricular myosin persisted when native thin filaments were used.
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- Jennifer Osten
- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany,Correspondence to Tim Scholz:
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Shi B, Shi X, Zuo Z, Zhao S, Zhao Z, Wang J, Zhou H, Luo Y, Hu J, Hickford JGH. Identification of differentially expressed genes at different post-natal development stages of longissimus dorsi muscle in Tianzhu white yak. Gene X 2022; 823:146356. [PMID: 35227854 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The regulatory mechanisms controlling post-natal muscle development in the yak (Bos grunniens) are still largely unknown, yet the growth and development of muscle is a complex process that plays a crucial role in determining the yield and quality of an animal's meat. In this study, we performed a transcriptome analysis based on the RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) of yak longissimus dorsi muscle tissue obtained from calves (6 months of age; 6 M), young adults (30 months of age; 30 M) and adult (54 months of age; 54 M) to identify which genes are differentially expressed and to investigate their temporal expression profiles. In total, 1788 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (|log2FC| ≥ 1, P-adjusted < 0.05) were detected by pairwise comparisons between the different age groups. The expression levels of 10 of the DEGs were confirmed using reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), and the results were consistent with the transcriptome profile. A time-series expression profile analysis clustered the DEGs into four groups that could be divided into two classes (P < 0.05): class 1 profiles, which had up-regulated patterns of gene expression and class 2 profiles, which featured down-regulated patterns. Based on that cluster analysis, GO enrichment analysis revealed 1073, 127, and 184 terms as significantly enriched in biological process (BP), cellular component (CC), and molecular function (MF) categories in the class 1 profiles, while 714, 66, and 206 terms were significantly enriched in BP, CC, and MF in the class 2 profiles. A KEGG pathway analysis revealed that DEGs from the class 1 profiles were enriched in 62 pathways, with the most enriched being the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) - protein kinase B (Akt)-signaling pathway. The DEGs from the class 2 profiles were enriched in 16 pathways, of which forkhead box protein O (FoxO) - signaling was the most enriched. Taken together, these results provide insight into the mechanisms of skeletal muscle development, as well suggesting some potential genes of importance for yak meat production.
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- Bingang Shi
- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Gene-Marker Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Technology & Gansu Key Laboratory of Herbivorous Animal Biotechnology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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- Gene-Marker Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln 7647, New Zealand.
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Mechanisms of the modulation of actin-myosin interactions by A1-type myosin light chains. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2022; 1866:130132. [PMID: 35307509 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2022.130132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The interaction of N-terminal extension of the myosin A1 essential light chain (A1 ELC) with actin is receiving increasing attention as a target in utilizing synthetic A1 ELC N-terminal-derived peptides in cardiac dysfunction therapy. METHODS To elucidate the mechanism by which these peptides regulate actin-myosin interaction, here we have investigated their effects on the myosin subfragment 1 (S1)-induced polymerization of G-actin. RESULTS The MLCFpep and MLCSpep peptides spanning the 3-12 of A1 ELC sequences from fast and slow skeletal muscle, respectively, increased the rate of actin polymerization not only by S1(A2) but also the rate of S1(A1)-induced actin polymerization, suggesting that they did not interfere with the direct binding of A1 ELC with actin. The efficiency of actin polymerization in the presence of the N-terminal ELC peptides depended on their sequence. Substitution of aspartic acid for neutral asparagine at position 5 of MLCFpep dramatically enhanced its ability to stimulate S1-induced polymerization and enabled it to initiate polymerization of G-actin in the absence of S1. CONCLUSIONS These and other results presented in this work suggest that the modulation of myosin motor activity by N-terminal ELC peptides is exerted through a change in actin filament conformation rather than through blocking the A1 ELC-actin interaction. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The results imply the possibility of enhancing therapeutic effects of these peptides by modifications of their sequence.
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Sitbon YH, Yadav S, Kazmierczak K, Szczesna-Cordary D. Insights into myosin regulatory and essential light chains: a focus on their roles in cardiac and skeletal muscle function, development and disease. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2020; 41:313-327. [PMID: 31131433 PMCID: PMC6879809 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-019-09517-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The activity of cardiac and skeletal muscles depends upon the ATP-coupled actin-myosin interactions to execute the power stroke and muscle contraction. The goal of this review article is to provide insight into the function of myosin II, the molecular motor of the heart and skeletal muscles, with a special focus on the role of myosin II light chain (MLC) components. Specifically, we focus on the involvement of myosin regulatory (RLC) and essential (ELC) light chains in striated muscle development, isoform appearance and their function in normal and diseased muscle. We review the consequences of isoform switching and knockout of specific MLC isoforms on cardiac and skeletal muscle function in various animal models. Finally, we discuss how dysregulation of specific RLC/ELC isoforms can lead to cardiac and skeletal muscle diseases and summarize the effects of most studied mutations leading to cardiac or skeletal myopathies.
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- Yoel H Sitbon
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
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Proteomic analyses of sheep (ovis aries) embryonic skeletal muscle. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1750. [PMID: 32019949 PMCID: PMC7000794 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58349-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The growth and development of embryonic skeletal muscle plays a crucial role in sheep muscle mass. But proteomic analyses for embryonic skeletal development in sheep had been little involved in the past research. In this study, we explored differential abundance proteins during embryonic skeletal muscle development by the tandem mass tags (TMT) and performed a protein profile analyses in the longissimus dorsi of Chinese merino sheep at embryonic ages Day85 (D85N), Day105 (D105N) and Day135 (D135N). 5,520 proteins in sheep embryonic skeletal muscle were identified, and 1,316 of them were differential abundance (fold change ≥1.5 and p-value < 0.05). After the KEGG enrichment analyses, these differential abundance proteins were significant enriched in the protein binding, muscle contraction and energy metabolism pathways. After validation of the protein quantification with the parallel reaction monitoring (PRM), 41% (16/39) significant abundance proteins were validated, which was similar to the results of protein quantification with TMT. All results indicated that D85N to D105N was the stage of embryonic muscle fibers proliferation, while D105N to D135N was the stage of their hypertrophy. These findings provided a deeper understanding of the function and rules of proteins in different phases of sheep embryonic skeletal muscle growth and development.
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Logvinova DS, Levitsky DI. Essential Light Chains of Myosin and Their Role in Functioning of the Myosin Motor. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2018; 83:944-960. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297918080060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Wang L, Geist J, Grogan A, Hu LYR, Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos A. Thick Filament Protein Network, Functions, and Disease Association. Compr Physiol 2018; 8:631-709. [PMID: 29687901 PMCID: PMC6404781 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c170023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sarcomeres consist of highly ordered arrays of thick myosin and thin actin filaments along with accessory proteins. Thick filaments occupy the center of sarcomeres where they partially overlap with thin filaments. The sliding of thick filaments past thin filaments is a highly regulated process that occurs in an ATP-dependent manner driving muscle contraction. In addition to myosin that makes up the backbone of the thick filament, four other proteins which are intimately bound to the thick filament, myosin binding protein-C, titin, myomesin, and obscurin play important structural and regulatory roles. Consistent with this, mutations in the respective genes have been associated with idiopathic and congenital forms of skeletal and cardiac myopathies. In this review, we aim to summarize our current knowledge on the molecular structure, subcellular localization, interacting partners, function, modulation via posttranslational modifications, and disease involvement of these five major proteins that comprise the thick filament of striated muscle cells. © 2018 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 8:631-709, 2018.
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- Li Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Guo Y, Cui L, Jiang S, Wang D, Jiang S, Xie C, Jia Y. S100A1 transgenic treatment of acute heart failure causes proteomic changes in rats. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:1538-52. [PMID: 27357314 PMCID: PMC4940056 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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S100 Ca2+-binding protein A1 (S100A1) is an important regulator of myocardial contractility. The aim of the present study was to identify the underlying mechanisms of S100A1 activity via profiling the protein expression in rats administered with an S100A1 adenovirus (Ad-S100A1-EGFP) following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). LTQ OrbiTrap mass spectrometry was used to profile the protein expression in the Ad-S100A1-EGFP and control groups post-AMI. Using Protein Analysis Through Evolutionary Relationships (PANTHER) analysis, 134 energy metabolism-associated proteins, which comprised 20 carbohydrate metabolism-associated and 27 lipid metabolism associated proteins, were identified as differentially expressed in the Ad-S100A1-EGFP hearts compared with controls. The majority of the differentially expressed proteins identified were important enzymes involved in energy metabolism. The present study identified 12 Ca2+-binding proteins and 22 cytoskeletal proteins. The majority of the proteins expressed in the Ad-S100A1-EGFP group were upregulated compared with the control group. These results were further validated using western blot analysis. Following AMI, Ca2+ is crucial for the recovery of myocardial function in S100A1 transgenic rats as indicated by the upregulation of proteins associated with energy metabolism and Ca2+-binding. Thus, the current study ascertained that energy production and contractile ability were enhanced after AMI in the ventricular myocardium of the Ad-S100A1-EGFP group.
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- Yichen Guo
- Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Shandong Jiao Tong Hospital, Jinan, Shandong 250063, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China
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A mutation in the atrial-specific myosin light chain gene (MYL4) causes familial atrial fibrillation. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11303. [PMID: 27066836 PMCID: PMC4832069 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common arrhythmia, is a growing epidemic with substantial morbidity and economic burden. Mechanisms underlying vulnerability to AF remain poorly understood, which contributes to the current lack of highly effective therapies. Recognizing mechanistic subtypes of AF may guide an individualized approach to patient management. Here, we describe a family with a previously unreported syndrome characterized by early-onset AF (age <35 years), conduction disease and signs of a primary atrial myopathy. Phenotypic penetrance was complete in all mutation carriers, although complete disease expressivity appears to be age-dependent. We show that this syndrome is caused by a novel, heterozygous p.Glu11Lys mutation in the atrial-specific myosin light chain gene MYL4. In zebrafish, mutant MYL4 leads to disruption of sarcomeric structure, atrial enlargement and electrical abnormalities associated with human AF. These findings describe the cause of a rare subtype of AF due to a primary, atrial-specific sarcomeric defect.
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Zhang C, Wang J, Wang G, Ji Z, Hou L, Liu Z, Chao T. Molecular cloning and mRNA expression analysis of sheep MYL3 and MYL4 genes. Gene 2016; 577:209-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 10/23/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Distinct interactions between actin and essential myosin light chain isoforms. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 449:284-8. [PMID: 24857983 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Binding of the utmost N-terminus of essential myosin light chains (ELC) to actin slows down myosin motor function. In this study, we investigated the binding constants of two different human cardiac ELC isoforms with actin. We employed circular dichroism (CD) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy to determine structural properties and protein-protein interaction of recombinant human atrial and ventricular ELC (hALC-1 and hVLC-1, respectively) with α-actin as well as α-actin with alanin-mutated ELC binding site (α-actin(ala3)) as control. CD spectroscopy showed similar secondary structure of both hALC-1 and hVLC-1 with high degree of α-helicity. SPR spectroscopy revealed that the affinity of hALC-1 to α-actin (KD=575 nM) was significantly (p<0.01) lower compared with the affinity of hVLC-1 to α-actin (KD=186 nM). The reduced affinity of hALC-1 to α-actin was mainly due to a significantly (p<0.01) lower association rate (kon: 1,018 M(-1)s(-1)) compared with kon of the hVLC-1/α-actin complex interaction (2,908 M(-1)s(-1)). Hence, differential expression of ELC isoforms could modulate muscle contractile activity via distinct α-actin interactions.
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Prochniewicz E, Guhathakurta P, Thomas DD. The structural dynamics of actin during active interaction with myosin depends on the isoform of the essential light chain. Biochemistry 2013; 52:1622-30. [PMID: 23339370 DOI: 10.1021/bi3014467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We have used time-resolved phosphorescence anisotropy to investigate the effects of essential light chain (ELC) isoforms (A1 and A2) on the interaction of skeletal muscle myosin with actin, to relate structural dynamics to previously reported functional effects. Actin was labeled with a phosphorescent probe at C374, and the myosin head (S1) was separated into isoenzymes S1A1 and S1A2 by ion-exchange chromatography. As previously reported, S1A1 exhibited substantially lower ATPase activity at saturating actin concentrations but substantially higher apparent actin affinity, resulting in a higher catalytic efficiency. In the absence of ATP, each isoenzyme increased actin's final anisotropy cooperatively and to a similar extent, indicating a similar restriction of the amplitude of intrafilament rotational motions in the strong-binding (S) state of actomyosin. In contrast, in the presence of a saturating level of ATP, S1A1 increased actin anisotropy much more than S1A2 and with greater cooperativity, indicating that S1A1 was more effective in restricting actin dynamics during the active interaction of actin and myosin. We conclude that during the active interaction of actin and ATP with myosin, S1A1 is more effective at stabilizing the S state (probably the force-generating state) of actomyosin, while S1A2 tends to stabilize the weak-binding (non-force-generating) W state. When a mixture of isoenzymes is present, S1A1 is dominant in its effects on actin dynamics. We conclude that ELC of skeletal muscle myosin modulates strong-to-weak structural transitions during the actomyosin ATPase cycle in an isoform-dependent manner, with significant implications for the contractile function of actomyosin.
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- Ewa Prochniewicz
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Characterizations of myosin essential light chain's N-terminal truncation mutant Δ43 in transgenic mouse papillary muscles by using tension transients in response to sinusoidal length alterations. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2013; 34:93-105. [PMID: 23397074 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-013-9337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cross-bridge kinetics were studied at 20 °C in cardiac muscle strips from transgenic (Tg) mice expressing N-terminal 43 amino acid truncation mutation (Δ43) of myosin essential light chain (ELC), and the results were compared to those from Tg-wild type (WT) mice. Sinusoidal length changes were applied to activated skinned papillary muscle strips to induce tension transients, from which two exponential processes were deduced to characterize the cross-bridge kinetics. Their two rate constants were studied as functions of ATP, phosphate (Pi), ADP, and Ca(2+) concentrations to characterize elementary steps of the cross-bridge cycle consisting of six states. Our results demonstrate for the first time that the cross-bridge kinetics of Δ43 are accelerated owing to an acceleration of the rate constant k 2 of the cross-bridge detachment step, and that the number of strongly attached cross-bridges are decreased because of a reduction of the equilibrium constant K 4 of the force generation step. The isometric tension and stiffness of Δ43 are diminished compared to WT, but the force per cross-bridge is not changed. Stiffness measurement during rigor induction demonstrates a reduction in the stiffness in Δ43, indicating that the N-terminal extension of ELC forms an extra linkage between the myosin cross-bridge and actin. The tension-pCa study demonstrates that there is no Ca(2+) sensitivity change with Δ43, but the cooperativity is diminished. These results demonstrate the importance of the N-terminal extension of ELC in maintaining the myosin motor function during force generation and optimal cardiac performance.
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Michael JJ, Gollapudi SK, Ford SJ, Kazmierczak K, Szczesna-Cordary D, Chandra M. Deletion of 1-43 amino acids in cardiac myosin essential light chain blunts length dependency of Ca(2+) sensitivity and cross-bridge detachment kinetics. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013; 304:H253-9. [PMID: 23144314 PMCID: PMC3543674 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00572.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of cardiac myosin essential light chain (ELC) in the sarcomere length (SL) dependency of myofilament contractility is unknown. Therefore, mechanical and dynamic contractile properties were measured at SL 1.9 and 2.2 μm in cardiac muscle fibers from two groups of transgenic (Tg) mice: 1) Tg-wild-type (WT) mice that expressed WT human ventricular ELC and 2) Tg-Δ43 mice that expressed a mutant ELC lacking 1-43 amino acids. In agreement with previous studies, Ca(2+)-activated maximal tension decreased significantly in Tg-Δ43 fibers. pCa(50) (-log(10) [Ca(2+)](free) required for half maximal activation) values at SL of 1.9 μm were 5.64 ± 0.02 and 5.70 ± 0.02 in Tg-WT and Tg-Δ43 fibers, respectively. pCa(50) values at SL of 2.2 μm were 5.70 ± 0.01 and 5.71 ± 0.01 in Tg-WT and Tg-Δ43 fibers, respectively. The SL-mediated increase in the pCa(50) value was statistically significant only in Tg-WT fibers (P < 0.01), indicating that the SL dependency of myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity was blunted in Tg-Δ43 fibers. The SL dependency of cross-bridge (XB) detachment kinetics was also blunted in Tg-Δ43 fibers because the decrease in XB detachment kinetics was significant (P < 0.001) only at SL 1.9 μm. Thus the increased XB dwell time at the short SL augments Ca(2+) sensitivity at short SL and thus blunts SL-mediated increase in myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity. Our data suggest that the NH(2)-terminal extension of cardiac ELC not only augments the amplitude of force generation, but it also may play a role in mediating the SL dependency of XB detachment kinetics and myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity.
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- John Jeshurun Michael
- Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Muthu P, Wang L, Yuan CC, Kazmierczak K, Huang W, Hernandez OM, Kawai M, Irving TC, Szczesna-Cordary D. Structural and functional aspects of the myosin essential light chain in cardiac muscle contraction. FASEB J 2011; 25:4394-405. [PMID: 21885653 DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-191973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The myosin essential light chain (ELC) is a structural component of the actomyosin cross-bridge, but its function is poorly understood, especially the role of the cardiac specific N-terminal extension in modulating actomyosin interaction. Here, we generated transgenic (Tg) mice expressing the A57G (alanine to glycine) mutation in the cardiac ELC known to cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC). The function of the ELC N-terminal extension was investigated with the Tg-Δ43 mouse model, whose myocardium expresses a truncated ELC. Low-angle X-ray diffraction studies on papillary muscle fibers in rigor revealed a decreased interfilament spacing (≈ 1.5 nm) and no alterations in cross-bridge mass distribution in Tg-A57G mice compared to Tg-WT, expressing the full-length nonmutated ELC. The truncation mutation showed a 1.3-fold increase in I(1,1)/I(1,0), indicating a shift of cross-bridge mass from the thick filament backbone toward the thin filaments. Mechanical studies demonstrated increased stiffness in Tg-A57G muscle fibers compared to Tg-WT or Tg-Δ43. The equilibrium constant for the cross-bridge force generation step was smallest in Tg-Δ43. These results support an important role for the N-terminal ELC extension in prepositioning the cross-bridge for optimal force production. Subtle changes in the ELC sequence were sufficient to alter cross-bridge properties and lead to pathological phenotypes.
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- Priya Muthu
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Ave., Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Zhang G, Chu W, Hu S, Meng T, Pan L, Zhou R, Liu Z, Zhang J. Identification and analysis of muscle-related protein isoforms expressed in the white muscle of the mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi). MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 13:151-162. [PMID: 20354749 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9275-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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To identify muscle-related protein isoforms expressed in the white muscle of the mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi, we analyzed 5,063 high-quality expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from white muscle cDNA library and predicted the integrity of the clusters annotated to these genes and the physiochemical properties of the putative polypeptides with full length. Up to about 33% of total ESTs were annotated to muscle-related proteins: myosin, actin, tropomyosin/troponin complex, parvalbumin, and Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCa). Thirty-two isoforms were identified and more than one isoform existed in each of these proteins. Among these isoforms, 14 putative polypeptides were with full length. In addition, about 2% of total ESTs were significantly homologous to "glue" molecules such as alpha-actinins, myosin-binding proteins, myomesin, tropomodulin, cofilin, profilin, twinfilins, coronin-1, and nebulin, which were required for the integrity and maintenance of the muscle sarcomere. The results demonstrated that multiple isoforms of major muscle-related proteins were expressed in S. chuatsi white muscle. The analysis on these isoforms and other proteins sequences will greatly aid our systematic understanding of the high flexibility of mandarin fish white muscle at molecular level and expand the utility of fish systems as models for the muscle genetic control and function.
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- Guoqiang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Genome Information and Sciences, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
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Kazmierczak K, Xu Y, Jones M, Guzman G, Hernandez OM, Kerrick WGL, Szczesna-Cordary D. The role of the N-terminus of the myosin essential light chain in cardiac muscle contraction. J Mol Biol 2009; 387:706-25. [PMID: 19361417 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2008] [Revised: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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To study the regulation of cardiac muscle contraction by the myosin essential light chain (ELC) and the physiological significance of its N-terminal extension, we generated transgenic (Tg) mice by partially replacing the endogenous mouse ventricular ELC with either the human ventricular ELC wild type (Tg-WT) or its 43-amino-acid N-terminal truncation mutant (Tg-Delta43) in the murine hearts. The mutant protein is similar in sequence to the short ELC variant present in skeletal muscle, and the ELC protein distribution in Tg-Delta43 ventricles resembles that of fast skeletal muscle. Cardiac muscle preparations from Tg-Delta43 mice demonstrate reduced force per cross-sectional area of muscle, which is likely caused by a reduced number of force-generating myosin cross-bridges and/or by decreased force per cross-bridge. As the mice grow older, the contractile force per cross-sectional area further decreases in Tg-Delta43 mice and the mutant hearts develop a phenotype of nonpathologic hypertrophy while still maintaining normal cardiac performance. The myocardium of older Tg-Delta43 mice also exhibits reduced myosin content. Our results suggest that the role of the N-terminal ELC extension is to maintain the integrity of myosin and to modulate force generation by decreasing myosin neck region compliance and promoting strong cross-bridge formation and/or by enhancing myosin attachment to actin.
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- Katarzyna Kazmierczak
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Meder B, Laufer C, Hassel D, Just S, Marquart S, Vogel B, Hess A, Fishman MC, Katus HA, Rottbauer W. A single serine in the carboxyl terminus of cardiac essential myosin light chain-1 controls cardiomyocyte contractility in vivo. Circ Res 2009; 104:650-9. [PMID: 19168438 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.186676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although it is well known that mutations in the cardiac essential myosin light chain-1 (cmlc-1) gene can cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the precise in vivo structural and functional roles of cMLC-1 in the heart are only poorly understood. We have isolated the zebrafish mutant lazy susan (laz), which displays severely reduced contractility of both heart chambers. By positional cloning, we identified a nonsense mutation within the zebrafish cmlc-1 gene to be responsible for the laz phenotype, leading to expression of a carboxyl-terminally truncated cMLC-1. Whereas complete loss of cMLC-1 leads to cardiac acontractility attributable to impaired cardiac sarcomerogenesis, expression of a carboxyl-terminally truncated cMLC-1 in laz mutant hearts is sufficient for normal cardiac sarcomerogenesis but severely impairs cardiac contractility in a cell-autonomous fashion. Whereas overexpression of wild-type cMLC-1 restores contractility of laz mutant cardiomyocytes, overexpression of phosphorylation site serine 195-deficient cMLC-1 (cMLC-1(S195A)) does not reconstitute cardiac contractility in laz mutant cardiomyocytes. By contrast, introduction of a phosphomimetic amino acid on position 195 (cMLC-1(S195D)) rescues cardiomyocyte contractility, demonstrating for the first time an essential role of the carboxyl terminus and especially of serine 195 of cMLC-1 in the regulation of cardiac contractility.
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- Benjamin Meder
- Department of Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Govada L, Carpenter L, da Fonseca PCA, Helliwell JR, Rizkallah P, Flashman E, Chayen NE, Redwood C, Squire JM. Crystal structure of the C1 domain of cardiac myosin binding protein-C: implications for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Mol Biol 2008; 378:387-97. [PMID: 18374358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2008] [Revised: 02/17/2008] [Accepted: 02/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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C-protein is a major component of skeletal and cardiac muscle thick filaments. Mutations in the gene encoding cardiac C-protein [cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C)] are one of the principal causes of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. cMyBP-C is a string of globular domains including eight immunoglobulin-like and three fibronectin-like domains termed C0-C10. It binds to myosin and titin, and probably to actin, and may have both a structural and a regulatory role in muscle function. To help to understand the pathology of the known mutations, we have solved the structure of the immunoglobulin-like C1 domain of MyBP-C by X-ray crystallography to a resolution of 1.55 A. Mutations associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are clustered at one end towards the C-terminus, close to the important C1C2 linker, where they alter the structural integrity of this region and its interactions.
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- Lata Govada
- Biomolecular Medicine Department, SORA Division, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Lowey S, Saraswat LD, Liu H, Volkmann N, Hanein D. Evidence for an interaction between the SH3 domain and the N-terminal extension of the essential light chain in class II myosins. J Mol Biol 2007; 371:902-13. [PMID: 17597155 PMCID: PMC2693010 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2007] [Revised: 05/23/2007] [Accepted: 05/24/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The function of the src-homology 3 (SH3) domain in class II myosins, a distinct beta-barrel structure, remains unknown. Here, we provide evidence, using electron cryomicroscopy, in conjunction with light-scattering, fluorescence and kinetic analyses, that the SH3 domain facilitates the binding of the N-terminal extension of the essential light chain isoform (ELC-1) to actin. The 41 residue extension contains four conserved lysine residues followed by a repeating sequence of seven Pro/Ala residues. It is widely believed that the highly charged region interacts with actin, while the Pro/Ala-rich sequence forms a rigid tether that bridges the approximately 9 nm distance between the myosin lever arm and the thin filament. In order to localize the N terminus of ELC in the actomyosin complex, an engineered Cys was reacted with undecagold-maleimide, and the labeled ELC was exchanged into myosin subfragment-1 (S1). Electron cryomicroscopy of S1-bound actin filaments, together with computer-based docking of the skeletal S1 crystal structure into 3D reconstructions, showed a well-defined peak for the gold cluster near the SH3 domain. Given that SH3 domains are known to bind proline-rich ligands, we suggest that the N-terminal extension of ELC interacts with actin and modulates myosin kinetics by binding to the SH3 domain during the ATPase cycle.
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- Susan Lowey
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
- Correspondence should be addressed to S.L. e-mail: or N.V. e-mail:
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- The Program of Cell Adhesion, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- The Program of Cell Adhesion, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Correspondence should be addressed to S.L. e-mail: or N.V. e-mail:
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- The Program of Cell Adhesion, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Hernandez OM, Jones M, Guzman G, Szczesna-Cordary D. Myosin essential light chain in health and disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 292:H1643-54. [PMID: 17142342 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00931.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The essential light chain of myosin (ELC) is known to be important for structural stability of the alpha-helical lever arm domain of the myosin head, but its function in striated muscle contraction is poorly understood. Two ELC isoforms are expressed in fast skeletal muscle, a long isoform and its NH(2)-terminal approximately 40 amino acid shorter counterpart, whereas only the long ELC is observed in the heart. Biochemical and structural studies revealed that the NH(2)-terminus of the long ELC can make direct contacts with actin, but the effects of the ELC on the affinity of myosin for actin, ATPase, force, and the kinetics of force generating myosin cross-bridges are inconclusive. Myosin containing the long ELC has been shown to have slower cross-bridge kinetics than myosin with the short isoform. A difference was also reported among myosins with long isoforms. Increased shortening velocity was observed in atrial compared with ventricular muscle fibers. The common findings suggest that ELC provides the fine tuning of the myosin motor function, which is regulated in an isoform and tissue-dependent manner. The functional importance of the ELC is further implicated by the discovery of ELC mutations associated with Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. The pathological phenotypes vary in severity, but more notably, almost all ELC mutations result in sudden cardiac death at a young age. This review summarizes the functional roles of striated muscle ELC in normal healthy muscle and in disease. Transgenic animal models and phenotypic characterization of ELC-mediated remodeling of the heart are also discussed.
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- Olga M Hernandez
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami Florida 33136, USA
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Bicer S, Reiser PJ. Variations in apparent mass of mammalian fast-type myosin light chains correlate with species body size, from shrew to elephant. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2006; 292:R527-34. [PMID: 16902191 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00098.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A recent study (Bicer S and Reiser PJ. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 25: 623-633, 2004) suggested considerable variation in the apparent molecular mass (M(a)), deduced from electrophoretic mobility, in fast-type myosin light chains (MLCF), especially MLC1F, among mammalian species. Furthermore, there was an indication that MLC1F M(a) generally correlates with species body mass, over an approximately 4,000-fold range in body mass. The results also suggested that M(a) of other low-molecular-weight myofibrillar proteins is less variable and not as strongly correlated with body mass among the same species. The objective of this study was to test the hypotheses that the M(a) of MLCs does, in fact, vary and correlate with species body mass. The electrophoretic mobilities of MLCF isoforms from 19 species, varying in size approximately 500,000-fold, were quantitated. The results confirm that the M(a) of MLC1F and MLC2F vary significantly among mammals, spanning a very broad range in body mass; the MLC1F M(a) varies more than that of other low-molecular-weight myofibrillar proteins; and there is a significant correlation between species body mass and MLC1F M(a). Differences in MLC1F M(a) among five species can be accounted for by differences in the reported amino acid sequence, especially the length of a common polyalanine region near the NH(2)-terminal actin-binding site. The possibility that the differences in MLC1F sequence among mammalian species, in and adjacent to the actin-binding region, are related to differences in modulation of cross-bridge kinetics in species with diverse locomotion kinetics is discussed.
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- Sabahattin Bicer
- Department of Oral Biology, The Ohio State University, 305 West 12th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210-1247, USA
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Reiser PJ, Bicer S. Multiple isoforms of myosin light chain 1 in pig diaphragm slow fibers: correlation with maximal shortening velocity and force generation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 456:112-8. [PMID: 16884681 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2006] [Revised: 05/24/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pig diaphragm slow fibers exhibit heterogeneity in myosin light chain 1 (MLC1) isoform expression, with many expressing fast-type MLC1 (MLC1F), as well as two isoforms of slow-type MLC1 (MLC1Sa and MLC1Sb). The goal of this study was to test if there is a relationship between MLC1 isoform expression and contractile properties among these fibers. Maximal shortening velocity (V(max)) and maximal isometric force generation, normalized with fiber cross-sectional area (P(o)/CSA), were measured in single fibers. V(max) was inversely related to the relative level of MLC1Sa. The level of MLC1Sa was reciprocally related to the levels of MLC1Sb and of MLC1F among individual fibers. Fibers expressing MLC1Sa and in which MLC1Sb was not detected generated greater P(o)/CSA, compared to fibers expressing MLC1Sb and not MLC1Sa. The results indicate a complex pattern of MLC1 isoform expression among pig diaphragm slow fibers and suggest that shortening velocity and force generation are modulated, in these fibers, by the MLC1 isoform composition.
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- Peter J Reiser
- Oral Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Haase H, Dobbernack G, Tünnemann G, Karczewski P, Cardoso C, Petzhold D, Schlegel WP, Lutter S, Pierschalek P, Behlke J, Morano I. Minigenes encoding N‐terminal domains of human cardiac myosin light chain‐1 improve heart function of transgenic rats. FASEB J 2006; 20:865-73. [PMID: 16675844 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5414com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this study we investigated whether the expression of N-terminal myosin light chain-1 (MLC-1) peptides could improve the intrinsic contractility of the whole heart. We generated transgenic rats (TGR) that overexpressed minigenes encoding the N-terminal 15 amino acids of human atrial MLC-1 (TGR/hALC-1/1-15, lines 7475 and 3966) or human ventricular MLC-1 (TGR/hVLC-1/1-15, lines 6113 and 6114) isoforms in cardiomyocytes. Synthetic N-terminal peptides revealed specific actin binding, with a significantly (P<0.01) lower dissociation constant (K(D)) for the hVLC-1/1-15-actin complex compared with the K(D) value of the hALC-1/1-15-actin complex. Using synthetic hVLC-1/1-15 as a TAT fusion peptide labeled with the fluorochrome TAMRA, we observed specific accumulation of the N-terminal MLC-1 peptide at the sarcomere predominantly within the actin-containing I-band, but also within the actin-myosin overlap zone (A-band) in intact adult cardiomyocytes. For the first time we show that the expression of N-terminal human MLC-1 peptides in TGR (range: 3-6 muM) correlated positively with significant (P<0.001) improvements of the intrinsic contractile state of the isolated perfused heart (Langendorff mode): systolic force generation, as well as the rates of both force generation and relaxation, rose in TGR lines that expressed the transgenic human MLC-1 peptide, but not in a TGR line with undetectable transgene expression levels. The positive inotropic effect of MLC-1 peptides occurred in the absence of a hypertrophic response. Thus, expression of N-terminal domains of MLC-1 represent a valuable tool for the treatment of the failing heart.
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Miller MS, Palmer BM, Ruch S, Martin LA, Farman GP, Wang Y, Robbins J, Irving TC, Maughan DW. The essential light chain N-terminal extension alters force and fiber kinetics in mouse cardiac muscle. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:34427-34. [PMID: 16085933 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m508430200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The functional significance of the actin-binding region at the N terminus of the cardiac myosin essential light chain (ELC) remains elusive. In a previous experiment, the endogenous ventricular ELC was replaced with a protein containing a 10-amino acid deletion at positions 5-14 (ELC1vDelta5-14, referred to as 1vDelta5-14), a region that interacts with actin. 1vDelta5-14 mice showed no discernable mutant phenotype in skinned ventricular strips. However, because the myofilament lattice swells upon skinning, the mutant phenotype may have been concealed by the inability of the ELC to reach the actin-binding site. Using the same mouse model, we repeated earlier measurements and performed additional experiments on skinned strips osmotically compressed to the intact lattice spacing as determined by x-ray diffraction. 1vDelta5-14 mice exhibited decreased maximum isometric tension without a change in calcium sensitivity. The decreased force was most evident in 5-6-month-old mice compared with 13-15-month-old mice and may account for the greater ventricular wall thickness in young 1vDelta5-14 mice compared with age-matched controls. No differences were observed in unloaded shortening velocity at maximum calcium activation. However, 1vDelta5-14 mice exhibited a significant difference in the frequency at which minimum complex modulus amplitude occurred, indicating a change in cross-bridge kinetics. We hypothesize that the ELC N-terminal extension interaction with actin inhibits the reversal of the power stroke, thereby increasing isometric force. Our results strongly suggest that an interaction between residues 5-14 of the ELC N terminus and the C-terminal residues of actin enhances cardiac performance.
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- Mark S Miller
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
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Timson DJ. Fine tuning the myosin motor: the role of the essential light chain in striated muscle myosin. Biochimie 2004; 85:639-45. [PMID: 14505818 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(03)00131-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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It has long been known that the essential light chain isoform of striated muscle affects the function of the myosin motor. There are two isoforms: A1-type and A2-type that differ by the presence of an extra 40 amino acids at the N-terminus of A1-type light chains. Evidence has accumulated from a variety of experimental techniques that this extension of A1-type light chains makes a direct contact with actin, increasing the overall affinity between myosin and actin and that this interaction is responsible for the modulation of myosin motor function. Some recent work, however, has provided some contradictory data. Experiments using more physiologically relevant forms of myosin have suggested that the effect of the N-terminal region of A1-type light chains may, in some circumstances, be to weaken, rather than strengthen the actin-myosin interaction. Work with transgenic mice in which this region was mutated showed no measurable phenotypic effects on either muscle or whole organism function questioning the in vivo significance of the light chain-actin interaction. It is also possible that the essential light chain has other functions in the cell. There is evidence that the protein may interact with IQGAP, a regulator of the actin cytoskeleton. The consequences of this interaction are unknown. This review aims to summarise the biochemical data on striated muscle myosin essential light chain isoform function and to reconcile it with these recent discoveries.
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- David J Timson
- School of Biology and Biochemistry, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, BT9 7BL, Belfast, UK.
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Chaves LD, Ostroski BJ, Reed KM. Myosin light chain genes in the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 102:340-6. [PMID: 14970726 DOI: 10.1159/000075772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2003] [Accepted: 07/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Myosin light chains associate with the motor protein myosin and are believed to play a role in the regulation of its actin-based ATPase activity. Myosin light chain cDNA clones from the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) were isolated and sequenced. One sequence corresponded to an alternative transcript, the skeletal muscle essential light chain (MYL1 isoform 1) and a second to the smooth muscle isoform of myosin light chain (MYL6). The DNA and predicted amino acid sequences of both light chain genes were compared to that of the chicken. Based on the cDNA sequence, oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify genomic DNA from six of the seven introns of the MYL1 gene. Approximately 5 kb of DNA was sequenced (introns and 3' UTR) and evaluated for the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). SNPs were verified by sequencing common intron regions from multiple individuals and three polymorphisms were used to genotype pedigreed families. MYL1 is assigned to a turkey linkage group that corresponds to a region of chicken chromosome 7 (GGA7). The results of this study provide genomic reagents for comparative studies of avian muscle components and muscle biology.
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- L D Chaves
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and Animal Biotechnology Center, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Polyák E, Standiford DM, Yakopson V, Emerson CP, Franzini-Armstrong C. Contribution of myosin rod protein to the structural organization of adult and embryonic muscles in Drosophila. J Mol Biol 2003; 331:1077-91. [PMID: 12927543 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00827-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Myosin rod protein (MRP) is a naturally occurring 155 kDa protein in Drosophila that includes the myosin heavy chain (MHC) rod domain, but contains a unique 77 amino acid residue N-terminal region that replaces the motor and light chain-binding domains of S1. MRP is a major component of myofilaments in certain direct flight muscles (DFMs) and it is present in other somatic, cardiac and visceral muscles in adults, larvae and embryos, where it is coexpressed and polymerized into thick filaments along with MHC. DFM49 has a relatively high content of MRP, and is characterized by an unusually disordered myofibrillar ultrastructure, which has been attributed to lack of cross-bridges in the filament regions containing MRP. Here, we characterize in detail the structural organization of myofibrils in adult and embryonic Drosophila muscles containing various MRP/MHC ratios and in embryos carrying a null mutation for the single MHC gene. We examined MRP in embryonic body wall and intestinal muscles as well as in DFMs with consistent findings. In DFMs numbers 49, 53 and 55, MRP is expressed at a high level relative to MHC and is associated with disorder in the positioning of thin filaments relative to thick filaments in the areas of overlap. Embryos that express MRP in the absence of MHC form thick filaments that participate in the assembly of sarcomeres, suggesting that myofibrillogenesis does not depend on strong myosin-actin interactions. Further, although thick filaments are not well ordered, the relative positioning of thin filaments is fairly regular in MRP-only containing sarcomeres, confirming the hypothesis that the observed disorder in MRP/MHC containing wild-type muscles is due to the combined action between the functional behavior of MRP and MHC myosin heads. Our findings support the conclusion that MRP has an active function to modulate the contractile activity of muscles in which it is expressed.
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- Erzsébet Polyák
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 245 Anatomy-Chemistry Building, 36th Street and Hamilton Walk, 19104-6058, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Patchell VB, Gallon CE, Hodgkin MA, Fattoum A, Perry SV, Levine BA. The inhibitory region of troponin-I alters the ability of F-actin to interact with different segments of myosin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:5088-100. [PMID: 12383268 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Peptides corresponding to the N-terminus of skeletal myosin light chain 1 (rsMLC1 1-37) and the short loop of human cardiac beta-myosin (hcM398-414) have been shown to interact with skeletal F-actin by NMR and fluorescence measurements. Skeletal tropomyosin strengthens the binding of the myosin peptides to actin but does not interact with the peptides. The binding of peptides corresponding to the inhibitory region of cardiac troponin I (e.g. hcTnI128-153) to F-actin to form a 1 : 1 molar complex is also strengthened in the presence of tropomyosin. In the presence of inhibitory peptide at relatively lower concentrations the myosin peptides and a troponin I peptide C-terminal to the inhibitory region, rcTnI161-181, all dissociate from F-actin. Structural and fluorescence evidence indicate that the troponin I inhibitory region and the myosin peptides do not bind in an identical manner to F-actin. It is concluded that the binding of the inhibitory region of troponin I to F-actin produces a conformational change in the actin monomer with the result that interaction at different locations of F-actin is impeded. These observations are interpreted to indicate that a major conformational change occurs in actin on binding to troponin I that is fundamental to the regulatory process in muscle. The data are discussed in the context of tropomyosin's ability to stabilize the actin filament and facilitate the transmission of the conformational change to actin monomers not in direct contact with troponin I.
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- Valerie B Patchell
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Izumi H, Futamura S. Hydride-transfer domino rearrangement of glycine-containing dioxa-azawurtzitane. J Org Chem 2002; 67:1630-6. [PMID: 11871896 DOI: 10.1021/jo011088h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The novel synthetic method for dioxa-azawurtzitanes to selectively cap amino groups in amino acids or peptides is described. Mixing the CH(3)CN solution of cis,cis-1,3,5-triformyl-1,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane (2) with the aqueous solution of the equimolar amounts of glycine and NaHCO(3) yields glycine-containing dioxa-azawurtzitane 7-Na. Dioxa-azawurtzitane 7-Na almost quantitatively isomerizes to lactone-imine 9-Na through the hydride-transfer rearrangement in CH(3)CN/H(2)O. Lactone-imine 9-Na also isomerizes to lactam-aldehyde 12-Na in DMSO.
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- Hiroshi Izumi
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST Tsukuba West, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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Pliszka B, Redowicz MJ, Stepkowski D. Interaction of the N-terminal part of the A1 essential light chain with the myosin heavy chain. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:924-8. [PMID: 11237749 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The kinetics of actin-dependent MgATPase activity of skeletal muscle myosin subfragment 1 (S1) isoform containing the A1 essential light chain differ from those of the S1 isoform containing the A2 essential light chain. The differences are due to the presence of the extra N-terminal peptide comprising 42 amino acid residues in the A1 light chain. This peptide can interact with actin; heretofore, there have no been reports of the direct interaction between this peptide and the heavy chain of S1. Here, using the zero-length cross-linker 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide (EDC) and S. aureus V8 protease, we show for the first time that the N-terminal part of the A1-light chain can interact with the 22-kDa fragment of the S1 heavy chain. No such interaction has been observed for the S1(A2) isoenzyme. Localization of residues which can possibly react with the cross-linker suggests that the interaction might involve the N-terminal residues of the A1 light chain and the converter region of the heavy chain.
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- B Pliszka
- Department of Muscle Biochemistry, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur Street, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland.
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Quevillon-Chéruel S, Janmot C, Nozais M, Lompré AM, Béchet JJ. Functional regions in the essential light chain of smooth muscle myosin as revealed by the mutagenesis approach. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:6151-7. [PMID: 11012667 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01668.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The endogenous essential light chain (LC17) of myosin from intestine smooth muscle was replaced with mutated essential light chains prepared using recombinant techniques. Complete exchange was observed with histidine-tagged derivatives of LC17a, LC17b and E122A-LC17a (LC17a and LC17b are the usual constituants of smooth muscle myosin), with small changes in the ATPase activity of reconstituted myosins. Much less exchange was observed with the light-chain derivative lacking the last 12 amino acid residues, demonstrating the importance of this segment, which may act as one arm of a pair of pincers to bind the myosin heavy chain.
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- S Quevillon-Chéruel
- Laboratoire des Gènes et Protéines Musculaires, Université de Paris-Sud, France.
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