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Chen X, Li Y, Xu J, Cui Y, Wu Q, Yin H, Li Y, Gao C, Jiang L, Wang H, Wen Z, Yao Z, Wu Z. Styxl2 regulates de novo sarcomere assembly by binding to non-muscle myosin IIs and promoting their degradation. eLife 2024; 12:RP87434. [PMID: 38829202 PMCID: PMC11147509 DOI: 10.7554/elife.87434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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Styxl2, a poorly characterized pseudophosphatase, was identified as a transcriptional target of the Jak1-Stat1 pathway during myoblast differentiation in culture. Styxl2 is specifically expressed in vertebrate striated muscles. By gene knockdown in zebrafish or genetic knockout in mice, we found that Styxl2 plays an essential role in maintaining sarcomere integrity in developing muscles. To further reveal the functions of Styxl2 in adult muscles, we generated two inducible knockout mouse models: one with Styxl2 being deleted in mature myofibers to assess its role in sarcomere maintenance, and the other in adult muscle satellite cells (MuSCs) to assess its role in de novo sarcomere assembly. We find that Styxl2 is not required for sarcomere maintenance but functions in de novo sarcomere assembly during injury-induced muscle regeneration. Mechanistically, Styxl2 interacts with non-muscle myosin IIs, enhances their ubiquitination, and targets them for autophagy-dependent degradation. Without Styxl2, the degradation of non-muscle myosin IIs is delayed, which leads to defective sarcomere assembly and force generation. Thus, Styxl2 promotes de novo sarcomere assembly by interacting with non-muscle myosin IIs and facilitating their autophagic degradation.
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- Xianwei Chen
- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong KongChina
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong KongChina
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong KongChina
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- School of Life Sciences, Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong KongChina
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong KongChina
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong KongChina
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- School of Life Sciences, Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong KongHong KongChina
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong KongChina
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong KongChina
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- Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong KongChina
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Neininger-Castro AC, Hayes JB, Sanchez ZC, Taneja N, Fenix AM, Moparthi S, Vassilopoulos S, Burnette DT. Independent regulation of Z-lines and M-lines during sarcomere assembly in cardiac myocytes revealed by the automatic image analysis software sarcApp. eLife 2023; 12:RP87065. [PMID: 37921850 PMCID: PMC10624428 DOI: 10.7554/elife.87065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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Sarcomeres are the basic contractile units within cardiac myocytes, and the collective shortening of sarcomeres aligned along myofibrils generates the force driving the heartbeat. The alignment of the individual sarcomeres is important for proper force generation, and misaligned sarcomeres are associated with diseases, including cardiomyopathies and COVID-19. The actin bundling protein, α-actinin-2, localizes to the 'Z-Bodies" of sarcomere precursors and the 'Z-Lines' of sarcomeres, and has been used previously to assess sarcomere assembly and maintenance. Previous measurements of α-actinin-2 organization have been largely accomplished manually, which is time-consuming and has hampered research progress. Here, we introduce sarcApp, an image analysis tool that quantifies several components of the cardiac sarcomere and their alignment in muscle cells and tissue. We first developed sarcApp to utilize deep learning-based segmentation and real space quantification to measure α-actinin-2 structures and determine the organization of both precursors and sarcomeres/myofibrils. We then expanded sarcApp to analyze 'M-Lines' using the localization of myomesin and a protein that connects the Z-Lines to the M-Line (titin). sarcApp produces 33 distinct measurements per cell and 24 per myofibril that allow for precise quantification of changes in sarcomeres, myofibrils, and their precursors. We validated this system with perturbations to sarcomere assembly. We found perturbations that affected Z-Lines and M-Lines differently, suggesting that they may be regulated independently during sarcomere assembly.
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- Abigail C Neininger-Castro
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic SciencesNashvilleUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic SciencesNashvilleUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic SciencesNashvilleUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic SciencesNashvilleUnited States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic SciencesNashvilleUnited States
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en MyologieParisFrance
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en MyologieParisFrance
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic SciencesNashvilleUnited States
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Neininger-Castro AC, Hayes JB, Sanchez ZC, Taneja N, Fenix AM, Moparthi S, Vassilopoulos S, Burnette DT. Independent regulation of Z-lines and M-lines during sarcomere assembly in cardiac myocytes revealed by the automatic image analysis software sarcApp. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.11.523681. [PMID: 36711995 PMCID: PMC9882215 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.11.523681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Sarcomeres are the basic contractile units within cardiac myocytes, and the collective shortening of sarcomeres aligned along myofibrils generates the force driving the heartbeat. The alignment of the individual sarcomeres is important for proper force generation, and misaligned sarcomeres are associated with diseases including cardiomyopathies and COVID-19. The actin bundling protein, α-actinin-2, localizes to the "Z-Bodies" of sarcomere precursors and the "Z-Lines" of sarcomeres, and has been used previously to assess sarcomere assembly and maintenance. Previous measurements of α-actinin-2 organization have been largely accomplished manually, which is time-consuming and has hampered research progress. Here, we introduce sarcApp, an image analysis tool that quantifies several components of the cardiac sarcomere and their alignment in muscle cells and tissue. We first developed sarcApp to utilize deep learning-based segmentation and real space quantification to measure α-actinin-2 structures and determine the organization of both precursors and sarcomeres/myofibrils. We then expanded sarcApp to analyze "M-Lines" using the localization of myomesin and a protein that connects the Z-Lines to the M-Line (titin). sarcApp produces 33 distinct measurements per cell and 24 per myofibril that allow for precise quantification of changes in sarcomeres, myofibrils, and their precursors. We validated this system with perturbations to sarcomere assembly. We found perturbations that affected Z-Lines and M-Lines differently, suggesting that they may be regulated independently during sarcomere assembly.
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- Abigail C. Neininger-Castro
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Nashville, TN
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, Nashville, TN
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Zapater I Morales C, Carman PJ, Soffar DB, Windner SE, Dominguez R, Baylies MK. Drosophila Tropomodulin is required for multiple actin-dependent processes within developing myofibers. Development 2023; 150:dev201194. [PMID: 36806912 PMCID: PMC10112908 DOI: 10.1242/dev.201194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Proper muscle contraction requires the assembly and maintenance of sarcomeres and myofibrils. Although the protein components of myofibrils are generally known, less is known about the mechanisms by which they individually function and together synergize for myofibril assembly and maintenance. For example, it is unclear how the disruption of actin filament (F-actin) regulatory proteins leads to the muscle weakness observed in myopathies. Here, we show that knockdown of Drosophila Tropomodulin (Tmod), results in several myopathy-related phenotypes, including reduction of muscle cell (myofiber) size, increased sarcomere length, disorganization and misorientation of myofibrils, ectopic F-actin accumulation, loss of tension-mediating proteins at the myotendinous junction, and misshaped and internalized nuclei. Our findings support and extend the tension-driven self-organizing myofibrillogenesis model. We show that, like its mammalian counterpart, Drosophila Tmod caps F-actin pointed-ends, and we propose that this activity is crucial for cellular processes in different locations within the myofiber that directly and indirectly contribute to the maintenance of muscle function. Our findings provide significant insights to the role of Tmod in muscle development, maintenance and disease.
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- Carolina Zapater I Morales
- Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Molecular Biology (BCMB) program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Biochemistry, Cell & Developmental Biology, and Molecular Biology (BCMB) program, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Developmental Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Ahmed RE, Tokuyama T, Anzai T, Chanthra N, Uosaki H. Sarcomere maturation: function acquisition, molecular mechanism, and interplay with other organelles. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022; 377:20210325. [PMID: 36189811 PMCID: PMC9527934 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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During postnatal cardiac development, cardiomyocytes mature and turn into adult ones. Hence, all cellular properties, including morphology, structure, physiology and metabolism, are changed. One of the most important aspects is the contractile apparatus, of which the minimum unit is known as a sarcomere. Sarcomere maturation is evident by enhanced sarcomere alignment, ultrastructural organization and myofibrillar isoform switching. Any maturation process failure may result in cardiomyopathy. Sarcomere function is intricately related to other organelles, and the growing evidence suggests reciprocal regulation of sarcomere and mitochondria on their maturation. Herein, we summarize the molecular mechanism that regulates sarcomere maturation and the interplay between sarcomere and other organelles in cardiomyocyte maturation. This article is part of the theme issue ‘The cardiomyocyte: new revelations on the interplay between architecture and function in growth, health, and disease’.
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- Razan E Ahmed
- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan.,Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
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Ono S, Lewis M, Ono K. Mutual dependence between tropomodulin and tropomyosin in the regulation of sarcomeric actin assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans striated muscle. Eur J Cell Biol 2022; 101:151215. [PMID: 35306452 PMCID: PMC9081161 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2022.151215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Tropomodulin and tropomyosin are important components of sarcomeric thin filaments in striated muscles. Tropomyosin decorates the side of actin filaments and enhances tropomodulin capping at the pointed ends of the filaments. Their functional relationship has been extensively characterized in vitro, but in vivo and cellular studies in mammals are often complicated by the presence of functionally redundant isoforms. Here, we used the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, which has a relatively simple composition of tropomodulin and tropomyosin genes, and demonstrated that tropomodulin (unc-94) and tropomyosin (lev-11) are mutually dependent on each other in their sarcomere localization and regulation of sarcomeric actin assembly. Mutation of tropomodulin caused sarcomere disorganization with formation of actin aggregates. However, the actin aggregation was suppressed when tropomyosin was depleted in the tropomodulin mutant. Tropomyosin was mislocalized to the actin aggregates in the tropomodulin mutants, while sarcomere localization of tropomodulin was lost when tropomyosin was depleted. These results indicate that tropomodulin and tropomyosin are interdependent in the regulation of organized sarcomeric assembly of actin filaments in vivo.
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- Shoichiro Ono
- Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Latham SL, Weiß N, Schwanke K, Thiel C, Croucher DR, Zweigerdt R, Manstein DJ, Taft MH. Myosin-18B Regulates Higher-Order Organization of the Cardiac Sarcomere through Thin Filament Cross-Linking and Thick Filament Dynamics. Cell Rep 2021; 32:108090. [PMID: 32877672 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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MYO18B loss-of-function mutations and depletion significantly compromise the structural integrity of striated muscle sarcomeres. The molecular function of the encoded protein, myosin-18B (M18B), within the developing muscle is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that recombinant M18B lacks motor ATPase activity and harbors previously uncharacterized N-terminal actin-binding domains, properties that make M18B an efficient actin cross-linker and molecular brake capable of regulating muscle myosin-2 contractile forces. Spatiotemporal analysis of M18B throughout cardiomyogenesis and myofibrillogenesis reveals that this structural myosin undergoes nuclear-cytoplasmic redistribution during myogenic differentiation, where its incorporation within muscle stress fibers coincides with actin striation onset. Furthermore, this analysis shows that M18B is directly integrated within the muscle myosin thick filament during myofibril maturation. Altogether, our data suggest that M18B has evolved specific biochemical properties that allow it to define and maintain sarcomeric organization from within the thick filament via its dual actin cross-linking and motor modulating capabilities.
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- Sharissa L Latham
- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany; The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, REBIRTH-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, REBIRTH-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover 30625, Germany.
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Colpan M, Iwanski J, Gregorio CC. CAP2 is a regulator of actin pointed end dynamics and myofibrillogenesis in cardiac muscle. Commun Biol 2021; 4:365. [PMID: 33742108 PMCID: PMC7979805 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01893-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The precise assembly of actin-based thin filaments is crucial for muscle contraction. Dysregulation of actin dynamics at thin filament pointed ends results in skeletal and cardiac myopathies. Here, we discovered adenylyl cyclase-associated protein 2 (CAP2) as a unique component of thin filament pointed ends in cardiac muscle. CAP2 has critical functions in cardiomyocytes as it depolymerizes and inhibits actin incorporation into thin filaments. Strikingly distinct from other pointed-end proteins, CAP2's function is not enhanced but inhibited by tropomyosin and it does not directly control thin filament lengths. Furthermore, CAP2 plays an essential role in cardiomyocyte maturation by modulating pre-sarcomeric actin assembly and regulating α-actin composition in mature thin filaments. Identification of CAP2's multifunctional roles provides missing links in our understanding of how thin filament architecture is regulated in striated muscle and it reveals there are additional factors, beyond Tmod1 and Lmod2, that modulate actin dynamics at thin filament pointed ends.
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- Mert Colpan
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
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Under construction: The dynamic assembly, maintenance, and degradation of the cardiac sarcomere. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2020; 148:89-102. [PMID: 32920010 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The sarcomere is the basic contractile unit of striated muscle and is a highly ordered protein complex with the actin and myosin filaments at its core. Assembling the sarcomere constituents into this organized structure in development, and with muscle growth as new sarcomeres are built, is a complex process coordinated by numerous factors. Once assembled, the sarcomere requires constant maintenance as its continuous contraction is accompanied by elevated mechanical, thermal, and oxidative stress, which predispose proteins to misfolding and toxic aggregation. To prevent protein misfolding and maintain sarcomere integrity, the sarcomere is monitored by an assortment of protein quality control (PQC) mechanisms. The need for effective PQC is heightened in cardiomyocytes which are terminally differentiated and must survive for many years while preserving optimal mechanical output. To prevent toxic protein aggregation, molecular chaperones stabilize denatured sarcomere proteins and promote their refolding. However, when old and misfolded proteins cannot be salvaged by chaperones, they must be recycled via degradation pathways: the calpain and ubiquitin-proteasome systems, which operate under basal conditions, and the stress-responsive autophagy-lysosome pathway. Mutations to and deficiency of the molecular chaperones and associated factors charged with sarcomere maintenance commonly lead to sarcomere structural disarray and the progression of heart disease, highlighting the necessity of effective sarcomere PQC for maintaining cardiac function. This review focuses on the dynamic regulation of assembly and turnover at the sarcomere with an emphasis on the chaperones involved in these processes and describes the alterations to chaperones - through mutations and deficient expression - implicated in disease progression to heart failure.
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Taneja N, Neininger AC, Burnette DT. Coupling to substrate adhesions drives the maturation of muscle stress fibers into myofibrils within cardiomyocytes. Mol Biol Cell 2020; 31:1273-1288. [PMID: 32267210 PMCID: PMC7353145 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e19-11-0652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Forces generated by heart muscle contraction must be balanced by adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) and to other cells for proper heart function. Decades of data have suggested that cell-ECM adhesions are important for sarcomere assembly. However, the relationship between cell-ECM adhesions and sarcomeres assembling de novo remains untested. Sarcomeres arise from muscle stress fibers (MSFs) that are translocating on the top (dorsal) surface of cultured cardiomyocytes. Using an array of tools to modulate cell-ECM adhesion, we established a strong positive correlation between the extent of cell-ECM adhesion and sarcomere assembly. On the other hand, we found a strong negative correlation between the extent of cell-ECM adhesion and the rate of MSF translocation, a phenomenon also observed in nonmuscle cells. We further find a conserved network architecture that also exists in nonmuscle cells. Taken together, our results show that cell-ECM adhesions mediate coupling between the substrate and MSFs, allowing their maturation into sarcomere-containing myofibrils.
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- Nilay Taneja
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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Resolving titin's lifecycle and the spatial organization of protein turnover in mouse cardiomyocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:25126-25136. [PMID: 31757849 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1904385116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cardiac protein homeostasis, sarcomere assembly, and integration of titin as the sarcomeric backbone are tightly regulated to facilitate adaptation and repair. Very little is known on how the >3-MDa titin protein is synthesized, moved, inserted into sarcomeres, detached, and degraded. Here, we generated a bifluorescently labeled knockin mouse to simultaneously visualize both ends of the molecule and follow titin's life cycle in vivo. We find titin mRNA, protein synthesis and degradation compartmentalized toward the Z-disk in adult, but not embryonic cardiomyocytes. Originating at the Z-disk, titin contributes to a soluble protein pool (>15% of total titin) before it is integrated into the sarcomere lattice. Titin integration, disintegration, and reintegration are stochastic and do not proceed sequentially from Z-disk to M-band, as suggested previously. Exchange between soluble and integrated titin depends on titin protein composition and differs between individual cardiomyocytes. Thus, titin dynamics facilitate embryonic vs. adult sarcomere remodeling with implications for cardiac development and disease.
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Bildyug N. Extracellular Matrix in Regulation of Contractile System in Cardiomyocytes. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5054. [PMID: 31614676 PMCID: PMC6834325 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20205054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The contractile apparatus of cardiomyocytes is considered to be a stable system. However, it undergoes strong rearrangements during heart development as cells progress from their non-muscle precursors. Long-term culturing of mature cardiomyocytes is also accompanied by the reorganization of their contractile apparatus with the conversion of typical myofibrils into structures of non-muscle type. Processes of heart development as well as cell adaptation to culture conditions in cardiomyocytes both involve extracellular matrix changes, which appear to be crucial for the maturation of contractile apparatus. The aim of this review is to analyze the role of extracellular matrix in the regulation of contractile system dynamics in cardiomyocytes. Here, the remodeling of actin contractile structures and the expression of actin isoforms in cardiomyocytes during differentiation and adaptation to the culture system are described along with the extracellular matrix alterations. The data supporting the regulation of actin dynamics by extracellular matrix are highlighted and the possible mechanisms of such regulation are discussed.
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- Natalya Bildyug
- Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St-Petersburg 194064, Russia.
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Fenix AM, Neininger AC, Taneja N, Hyde K, Visetsouk MR, Garde RJ, Liu B, Nixon BR, Manalo AE, Becker JR, Crawley SW, Bader DM, Tyska MJ, Liu Q, Gutzman JH, Burnette DT. Muscle-specific stress fibers give rise to sarcomeres in cardiomyocytes. eLife 2018; 7:42144. [PMID: 30540249 PMCID: PMC6307863 DOI: 10.7554/elife.42144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The sarcomere is the contractile unit within cardiomyocytes driving heart muscle contraction. We sought to test the mechanisms regulating actin and myosin filament assembly during sarcomere formation. Therefore, we developed an assay using human cardiomyocytes to monitor sarcomere assembly. We report a population of muscle stress fibers, similar to actin arcs in non-muscle cells, which are essential sarcomere precursors. We show sarcomeric actin filaments arise directly from muscle stress fibers. This requires formins (e.g., FHOD3), non-muscle myosin IIA and non-muscle myosin IIB. Furthermore, we show short cardiac myosin II filaments grow to form ~1.5 μm long filaments that then 'stitch' together to form the stack of filaments at the core of the sarcomere (i.e., the A-band). A-band assembly is dependent on the proper organization of actin filaments and, as such, is also dependent on FHOD3 and myosin IIB. We use this experimental paradigm to present evidence for a unifying model of sarcomere assembly.
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- Aidan M Fenix
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
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Yuan H, Marzban B, Kit Parker K. Myofibrils in Cardiomyocytes Tend to Assemble Along the Maximal Principle Stress Directions. J Biomech Eng 2018; 139:2653368. [PMID: 28857113 DOI: 10.1115/1.4037795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying the spatial organization of self-assembled myofibrils in cardiac tissues remain incompletely understood. By modeling cells as elastic solids under active cytoskeletal contraction, we found a good correlation between the predicted maximal principal stress directions and the in vitro myofibril orientations in individual cardiomyocytes. This implies that actomyosin fibers tend to assemble along the maximal tensile stress (MTS) directions. By considering the dynamics of focal adhesion and myofibril formation in the model, we showed that different patterns of myofibril organizations in mature versus immature cardiomyocytes can be explained as the consequence of the different levels of force-dependent remodeling of focal adhesions. Further, we applied the mechanics model to cell pairs and showed that the myofibril organizations can be regulated by a combination of multiple factors including cell shape, cell-substrate adhesions, and cell-cell adhesions. This mechanics model can guide the rational design in cardiac tissue engineering where recapitulating in vivo myofibril organizations is crucial to the contractile function of the heart.
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- Hongyan Yuan
- Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881 e-mail:
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- Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881
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- Disease Biophysics Group, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 e-mail:
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Carlisle C, Prill K, Pilgrim D. Chaperones and the Proteasome System: Regulating the Construction and Demolition of Striated Muscle. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 19:E32. [PMID: 29271938 PMCID: PMC5795982 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Protein folding factors (chaperones) are required for many diverse cellular functions. In striated muscle, chaperones are required for contractile protein function, as well as the larger scale assembly of the basic unit of muscle, the sarcomere. The sarcomere is complex and composed of hundreds of proteins and the number of proteins and processes recognized to be regulated by chaperones has increased dramatically over the past decade. Research in the past ten years has begun to discover and characterize the chaperones involved in the assembly of the sarcomere at a rapid rate. Because of the dynamic nature of muscle, wear and tear damage is inevitable. Several systems, including chaperones and the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), have evolved to regulate protein turnover. Much of our knowledge of muscle development focuses on the formation of the sarcomere but recent work has begun to elucidate the requirement and role of chaperones and the UPS in sarcomere maintenance and disease. This review will cover the roles of chaperones in sarcomere assembly, the importance of chaperone homeostasis and the cooperation of chaperones and the UPS in sarcomere integrity and disease.
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- Casey Carlisle
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
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Bonnet A, Lambert G, Ernest S, Dutrieux FX, Coulpier F, Lemoine S, Lobbardi R, Rosa FM. Quaking RNA-Binding Proteins Control Early Myofibril Formation by Modulating Tropomyosin. Dev Cell 2017; 42:527-541.e4. [PMID: 28867488 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Skeletal muscle contraction is mediated by myofibrils, complex multi-molecular scaffolds structured into repeated units, the sarcomeres. Myofibril structure and function have been extensively studied, but the molecular processes regulating its formation within the differentiating muscle cell remain largely unknown. Here we show in zebrafish that genetic interference with the Quaking RNA-binding proteins disrupts the initial steps of myofibril assembly without affecting early muscle differentiation. Using RNA sequencing, we demonstrate that Quaking is required for accumulation of the muscle-specific tropomyosin-3 transcript, tpm3.12. Further functional analyses reveal that Tpm3.12 mediates Quaking control of myofibril formation. Moreover, we identified a Quaking-binding site in the 3' UTR of tpm3.12 transcript, which is required in vivo for tpm3.12 accumulation and myofibril formation. Our work uncovers a Quaking/Tpm3 pathway controlling de novo myofibril assembly. This unexpected developmental role for Tpm3 could be at the origin of muscle defects observed in human congenital myopathies associated with tpm3 mutation.
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- Aline Bonnet
- IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France.
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- IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France
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- IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France
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- IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France; IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Plateforme Génomique, 75005 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France; IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Plateforme Génomique, 75005 Paris, France
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- IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France
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- IBENS, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France; INSERM U1024, 75005 Paris, France; CNRS UMR 8197, 75005 Paris, France.
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In this review we discuss the history and the current state of ideas related to the mechanism of size regulation of the thick (myosin) and thin (actin) filaments in vertebrate striated muscles. Various hypotheses have been considered during of more than half century of research, recently mostly involving titin and nebulin acting as templates or 'molecular rulers', terminating exact assembly. These two giant, single-polypeptide, filamentous proteins are bound in situ along the thick and thin filaments, respectively, with an almost perfect match in the respective lengths and structural periodicities. However, evidence still questions the possibility that the proteins function as templates, or scaffolds, on which the thin and thick filaments could be assembled. In addition, the progress in muscle research during the last decades highlighted a number of other factors that could potentially be involved in the mechanism of length regulation: molecular chaperones that may guide folding and assembly of actin and myosin; capping proteins that can influence the rates of assembly-disassembly of the myofilaments; Ca2+ transients that can activate or deactivate protein interactions, etc. The entire mechanism of sarcomere assembly appears complex and highly dynamic. This mechanism is also capable of producing filaments of about the correct size without titin and nebulin. What then is the role of these proteins? Evidence points to titin and nebulin stabilizing structures of the respective filaments. This stabilizing effect, based on linear proteins of a fixed size, implies that titin and nebulin are indeed molecular rulers of the filaments. Although the proteins may not function as templates in the assembly of the filaments, they measure and stabilize exactly the same size of the functionally important for the muscles segments in each of the respective filaments.
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Sanger JW, Wang J, Fan Y, White J, Mi-Mi L, Dube DK, Sanger JM, Pruyne D. Assembly and Maintenance of Myofibrils in Striated Muscle. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2017; 235:39-75. [PMID: 27832381 DOI: 10.1007/164_2016_53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this chapter, we present the current knowledge on de novo assembly, growth, and dynamics of striated myofibrils, the functional architectural elements developed in skeletal and cardiac muscle. The data were obtained in studies of myofibrils formed in cultures of mouse skeletal and quail myotubes, in the somites of living zebrafish embryos, and in mouse neonatal and quail embryonic cardiac cells. The comparative view obtained revealed that the assembly of striated myofibrils is a three-step process progressing from premyofibrils to nascent myofibrils to mature myofibrils. This process is specified by the addition of new structural proteins, the arrangement of myofibrillar components like actin and myosin filaments with their companions into so-called sarcomeres, and in their precise alignment. Accompanying the formation of mature myofibrils is a decrease in the dynamic behavior of the assembling proteins. Proteins are most dynamic in the premyofibrils during the early phase and least dynamic in mature myofibrils in the final stage of myofibrillogenesis. This is probably due to increased interactions between proteins during the maturation process. The dynamic properties of myofibrillar proteins provide a mechanism for the exchange of older proteins or a change in isoforms to take place without disassembling the structural integrity needed for myofibril function. An important aspect of myofibril assembly is the role of actin-nucleating proteins in the formation, maintenance, and sarcomeric arrangement of the myofibrillar actin filaments. This is a very active field of research. We also report on several actin mutations that result in human muscle diseases.
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- Joseph W Sanger
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, NY, 13224, USA.
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Cho JH, Jeong JY, Lee RH, Park MN, Kim SH, Park SM, Shin JC, Jeon YJ, Shim JH, Choi NJ, Seo KS, Cho YS, Kim MS, Ko S, Seo JM, Lee SY, Chae JI, Lee HJ. Regional Differences of Proteins Expressing in Adipose Depots Isolated from Cows, Steers and Bulls as Identified by a Proteomic Approach. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2016; 29:1197-206. [PMID: 27165017 PMCID: PMC4932575 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.16.0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Adipose tissue in the loin muscle area of beef cattle as a marbling factor is directly associated with beef quality. To elucidate whether properties of proteins involved in depot specific adipose tissue were sex-dependent, we analyzed protein expression of intramuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) and omental adipose tissue (OMAT) from Hanwoo cows, steers, and bulls of Korean native beef cattle by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)-based proteomic analysis, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and western blot analysis. Two different adipose depots (i.e. intramuscular and omental) were collected from cows (n = 7), steers (n = 7), or bulls (n = 7). LC-MS/MS revealed a total of 55 and 35 proteins in IMAT and OMAT, respectively. Of the 55 proteins identified, 44, 40, and 42 proteins were confirmed to be differentially expressed in IMAT of cows, steers, and bulls, respectively. In OMAT of cows, steers, and bulls, 33, 33, and 22 were confirmed to be differentially expressed, respectively. Tropomyosin (TPM) 1, TPM 2, and TPM3 were subjected to verification by quantitative PCR and western blot analysis in IMAT and OMAT of Hanwoo cows, steers, and bulls as key factors closely associated with muscle development. Both mRNA levels and protein levels of TPM1, TPM2, and TPM3 in IMAT were lower in bulls compared to in cows or steers suggesting that they were positively correlated with marbling score and quality grade. Our results may aid the regulation of marbling development and improvement of meat quality grades in beef cattle.
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- Jin Hyoung Cho
- Department of Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Dental Bioscience, BK21 plus, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 651-756, Korea
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- Animal Products Utilization Division, National Institute of Animal science, Jeonju 565-851, Korea
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- Department of Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Dental Bioscience, BK21 plus, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 651-756, Korea
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- Animal Products Utilization Division, National Institute of Animal science, Jeonju 565-851, Korea
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- Aging Research Institute, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & BioTechnology, Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Pohang Center for Evaluation of Biomaterials, Pohang Technopark, Pohang 37668, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Natural Medicine Research Institute, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 534-729, Korea
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- Department of Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Dental Bioscience, BK21 plus, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 651-756, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Natural Medicine Research Institute, Mokpo National University, Mokpo 534-729, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Life Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, Daegu 704-701, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, Korea
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- Department of Applied Bioscience, CHA University, Seongnam 463-836, Korea
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- Department of Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Bio-Science and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea
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- Cluster for Craniofacial Development and Regeneration Research, Institute of Oral Biosciences and School of Dentistry, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea
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- Department of Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Institute of Dental Bioscience, BK21 plus, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 651-756, Korea
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- Animal Nutritional Physiology Team, National Institute of Animal Science, Jeonju 565-851, Korea
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Howard Holtzer -- developmental and cell biologist 1922-2014. Dev Biol 2015; 401:185-7. [PMID: 26146752 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Yang J, Shih YH, Xu X. Understanding cardiac sarcomere assembly with zebrafish genetics. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2015; 297:1681-93. [PMID: 25125181 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 05/12/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Mutations in sarcomere genes have been found in many inheritable human diseases, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of sarcomere assembly shall facilitate understanding of the pathogenesis of sarcomere-based cardiac disease. Recently, biochemical and genomic studies have identified many new genes encoding proteins that localize to the sarcomere. However, their precise functions in sarcomere assembly and sarcomere-based cardiac disease are unknown. Here, we review zebrafish as an emerging vertebrate model for these studies. We summarize the techniques offered by this animal model to manipulate genes of interest, annotate gene expression, and describe the resulting phenotypes. We survey the sarcomere genes that have been investigated in zebrafish and discuss the potential of applying this in vivo model for larger-scale genetic studies.
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- Jingchun Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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Myhre JL, Pilgrim D. A Titan but not necessarily a ruler: assessing the role of titin during thick filament patterning and assembly. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2015; 297:1604-14. [PMID: 25125174 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The sarcomeres of striated muscle are among the most elaborate and dynamic eukaryotic cellular protein machinery, and the mechanisms by which these semicrystalline filament networks are initially patterned and assembled remain contentious. In addition to the acto-myosin filaments that provide motor function, the sarcomere contains titin filaments, comprised of individual molecules of the giant Ig- and fibronectin domain-rich protein titin. Titin is the largest known protein, containing many structurally distinct domains with a variety of proposed functions, including sarcomere stabilization, the prevention of over-stretching, and returning to resting length after contraction. One molecule of titin, which binds to both the Z-disk and the M-line, spans a half-sarcomere, and is proposed to serve as a "molecular ruler" that dictates the spacing of sarcomeres. The semirigid rod-like A-band region of titin has also been proposed to act as a scaffold for thick filament formation during muscle development, but despite decades of research, this hypothesis has not been rigorously tested. Recent studies in zebrafish have brought into question the necessity for the A-band region of titin during the early stages of sarcomere patterning. In this review, we give an overview of the many different roles of titin in the development and function of striated muscle, and address the validity of the "molecular ruler" model of myofibrillogenesis in light of the current literature.
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- J Layne Myhre
- Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Dambrot C, Braam SR, Tertoolen LGJ, Birket M, Atsma DE, Mummery CL. Serum supplemented culture medium masks hypertrophic phenotypes in human pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:1509-18. [PMID: 24981391 PMCID: PMC4190898 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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It has been known for over 20 years that foetal calf serum can induce hypertrophy in cultured cardiomyocytes but this is rarely considered when examining cardiomyocytes derived from pluripotent stem cells (PSC). Here, we determined how serum affected cardiomyocytes from human embryonic- (hESC) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) and hiPSC from patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy linked to a mutation in the MYBPC3 gene. We first confirmed previously published hypertrophic effects of serum on cultured neonatal rat cardiomyocytes demonstrated as increased cell surface area and beating frequency. We then found that serum increased the cell surface area of hESC- and hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes and their spontaneous contraction rate. Phenylephrine, which normally induces cardiac hypertrophy, had no additional effects under serum conditions. Likewise, hiPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from three MYBPC3 patients which had a greater surface area than controls in the absence of serum as predicted by their genotype, did not show this difference in the presence of serum. Serum can thus alter the phenotype of human PSC derived cardiomyocytes under otherwise defined conditions such that the effects of hypertrophic drugs and gene mutations are underestimated. It is therefore pertinent to examine cardiac phenotypes in culture media without or in low concentrations of serum.
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- Cheryl Dambrot
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Vassilopoulos S, Gentil C, Lainé J, Buclez PO, Franck A, Ferry A, Précigout G, Roth R, Heuser JE, Brodsky FM, Garcia L, Bonne G, Voit T, Piétri-Rouxel F, Bitoun M. Actin scaffolding by clathrin heavy chain is required for skeletal muscle sarcomere organization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 205:377-93. [PMID: 24798732 PMCID: PMC4018784 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201309096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Clathrin heavy chain contributes to the formation and maintenance of the contractile apparatus in skeletal muscle through interactions with costameric proteins. The ubiquitous clathrin heavy chain (CHC), the main component of clathrin-coated vesicles, is well characterized for its role in intracellular membrane traffic and endocytosis from the plasma membrane (PM). Here, we demonstrate that in skeletal muscle CHC regulates the formation and maintenance of PM–sarcomere attachment sites also known as costameres. We show that clathrin forms large coated lattices associated with actin filaments and the muscle-specific isoform of α-actinin at the PM of differentiated myotubes. Depletion of CHC in myotubes induced a loss of actin and α-actinin sarcomeric organization, whereas CHC depletion in vivo induced a loss of contractile force due to the detachment of sarcomeres from the PM. Our results suggest that CHC contributes to the formation and maintenance of the contractile apparatus through interactions with costameric proteins and highlight an unconventional role for CHC in skeletal muscle that may be relevant to pathophysiology of neuromuscular disorders.
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- Stéphane Vassilopoulos
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U974, 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7215, and 3 Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UM 76, Paris F-75013, France
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Dyachuk V. Extracellular matrix is required for muscle differentiation in primary cell cultures of larval Mytilus trossulus (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Cytotechnology 2013; 65:725-35. [PMID: 23657631 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-013-9577-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Components of the extracellular matrix may modulate the growth factor effects that play important roles in the proliferation and differentiation of precursor cells. We developed an in vitro cultivation protocol for cells of the larval marine bivalve Mytilus trossulus to study the role that extracellular matrix components may play in myodifferentiation and replication-mediated DNA synthesis using immunofluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Here, we demonstrate that the extracellular matrix regulates the expression of muscle proteins, leading to their assembly and the terminal muscle differentiation of larval cells during cultivation. We further show that the myogenesis process progresses in cells cultivated on fibronectin, carbon or poly-L-lysine but is inhibited in cells grown on a collagen carpet. Consistent with a decrease in muscle protein expression in cells cultivated on collagen, we demonstrate an increase in the number of BrdU-positive cells in comparison with cells cultured on other substrates during the entire cultivation period. Moreover, we demonstrate that the matrix-dependent myogenic differentiation of larval mussel cells is reversible. Round-shaped cells cultivated on collagen were able to differentiate into muscle cells after reseeding on fibronectin, carbon or poly-L-lysine. In addition, cells cultured on collagen and then transplanted to fibronectin exhibited distinct cross-striation and contractile activity. Taken together, our data suggest that the extracellular matrix participates in the regulation of the proliferation and myodifferentiation of mussel trochophore progenitor cells and validate novel approaches for successfully culturing cells from bivalves over extended periods.
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- Vyacheslav Dyachuk
- A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevsky St. 17, 690059, Vladivostok, Russia,
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Yu H, Lui YS, Xiong S, Leong WS, Wen F, Nurkahfianto H, Rana S, Leong DT, Ng KW, Tan LP. Insights into the role of focal adhesion modulation in myogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells Dev 2013; 22:136-47. [PMID: 22765653 PMCID: PMC3528092 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2012.0160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We report the establishment of a novel platform to induce myogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) via focal adhesion (FA) modulation, giving insights into the role of FA on stem cell differentiation. Micropatterning of collagen type I on a polyacrylamide gel with a stiffness of 10.2 kPa efficiently modulated elongated FA. This elongated FA profile preferentially recruited the β(3) integrin cluster and induced specific myogenic differentiation at both transcription and translation levels with expression of myosin heavy chain and α-sarcomeric actin. This was initiated with elongation of FA complexes that triggered the RhoA downstream signaling toward a myogenic lineage commitment. This study also illustrates how one could partially control myogenic differentiation outcomes of similar-shaped hMSCs by modulating FA morphology and distribution. This technology increases our toolkit choice for controlled differentiation in muscle engineering.
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- Haiyang Yu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Liu H, Shao Y, Qin W, Runyan RB, Xu M, Ma Z, Borg TK, Markwald R, Gao BZ. Myosin filament assembly onto myofibrils in live neonatal cardiomyocytes observed by TPEF-SHG microscopy. Cardiovasc Res 2012; 97:262-70. [PMID: 23118131 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AIMS Understanding myofibrillogenesis is essential for elucidating heart muscle formation, development, and remodelling in response to physiological stimulation. Here, we report the dynamic assembly process of contractile myosin filaments onto myofibrils in a live cardiomyocyte culture during myofibrillogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS Utilizing a custom-built, two-photon excitation fluorescence and second harmonic generation imaging system equipped with an on-stage incubator, we observed new sarcomere additions in rat neonatal cardiomyocytes during 10 h of on-stage incubation. The new sarcomere additions occurred at the side of existing myofibrils, where we observed mature myofibrils acting as templates, or at the interstice of several separated myofibrils. CONCLUSIONS During sarcomeric addition, myosin filaments are assembled onto the premyofibril laterally. This lateral addition, which proceeds stepwise along the axial direction, plays an important role in the accumulation of Z-bodies to form mature Z-disks and in the regulation of sarcomeric alignment during maturation.
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- Honghai Liu
- Department of Bioengineering and COMSET, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Nissar AA, Zemanek B, Labatia R, Atkinson DJ, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO, Hawke TJ. Skeletal muscle regeneration is delayed by reduction in Xin expression: consequence of impaired satellite cell activation? Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2012; 302:C220-7. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00298.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Xin is a striated muscle-specific actin-binding protein whose mRNA expression has been observed in damaged skeletal muscle. Here we demonstrate increased Xin protein expression early postinjury (≤12 h) and localization primarily to the periphery of damaged myofibers. At 1 day postinjury, Xin is colocalized with MyoD, confirming expression in activated satellite cells (SCs). By 5 days postinjury, Xin is evident in newly regenerated myofibers, with a return to preinjury levels by 14 days of regeneration. To determine whether the increased Xin expression is functionally relevant, tibialis anterior muscles of wild-type mice were infected with Xin-short hairpin RNA (shRNA) adenovirus, whereas the contralateral tibialis anterior received control adenovirus (Control). Four days postinfection, muscles were harvested or injured with cardiotoxin and collected at 3, 5, or 14 days thereafter. When compared with Control, Xin-shRNA infection attenuated muscle regeneration as demonstrated by Myh3 expression and fiber areas. Given the colocalization of Xin and MyoD, we isolated single myofibers from infected muscles to investigate the effect of silencing Xin on SC function. Relative to Control, SC activation, but not proliferation, was significantly impaired in Xin-shRNA-infected muscles. To determine whether Xin affects the G0-G1 transition, cell cycle reentry was assessed on infected C2C12 myoblasts using a methylcellulose assay. No difference in reentry was noted between groups, suggesting that Xin contributes to SC activation by means other than affecting G0-G1 transition. Together these data demonstrate a critical role for Xin in SC activation and reduction in Xin expression results in attenuated skeletal muscle repair.
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- Aliyah A. Nissar
- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario
- Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario
- Muscle Health Research Centre, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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Matsui TS, Kaunas R, Kanzaki M, Sato M, Deguchi S. Non-muscle myosin II induces disassembly of actin stress fibres independently of myosin light chain dephosphorylation. Interface Focus 2011; 1:754-66. [PMID: 23050080 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Dynamic remodelling of actin stress fibres (SFs) allows non-muscle cells to adapt to applied forces such as uniaxial cell shortening. However, the mechanism underlying rapid and selective disassembly of SFs oriented in the direction of shortening remains to be elucidated. Here, we investigated how myosin crossbridge cycling induced by MgATP is associated with SF disassembly. Moderate concentrations of MgATP, or [MgATP], induced SF contraction. Meanwhile, at [MgATP] slightly higher than the physiological level, periodic actin patterns emerged along the length of SFs and dispersed within seconds. The actin fragments were diverse in length, but comparable to those in characteristic sarcomeric units of SFs. These results suggest that MgATP-bound non-muscle myosin II dissociates from the individual actin filaments that constitute the sarcomeric units, resulting in unbundling-induced disassembly rather than end-to-end actin depolymerization. This rapid SF disassembly occurred independent of dephosphorylation of myosin light chain. In terms of effects on actin-myosin interactions, a rise in [MgATP] is functionally equivalent to a temporal decrease in the total number of actin-myosin crossbridges. Actin-myosin crossbridges are known to be reduced by an assisting load on myosin. Thus, the present study suggests that reducing the number of actin-myosin crossbridges promotes rapid and orientation-dependent disassembly of SFs after cell shortening.
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- Tsubasa S Matsui
- Department of Biomedical Engineering , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8579 , Japan
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Jung S, Silvius D, Nolan KA, Borchert GL, Millet YH, Phang JM, Gunn TM. Developmental cardiac hypertrophy in a mouse model of prolidase deficiency. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 91:204-17. [DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2010] [Revised: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Scaffolds and chaperones in myofibril assembly: putting the striations in striated muscle. Biophys Rev 2011; 3:25-32. [PMID: 21666840 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-011-0043-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sarcomere assembly in striated muscles has long been described as a series of steps leading to assembly of individual proteins into thick filaments, thin filaments and Z-lines. Decades of previous work focused on the order in which various structural proteins adopted the striated organization typical of mature myofibrils. These studies led to the view that actin and α-actinin assemble into premyofibril structures separately from myosin filaments, and that these structures are then assembled into myofibrils with centered myosin filaments and actin filaments anchored at the Z-lines. More recent studies have shown that particular scaffolding proteins and chaperone proteins are required for individual steps in assembly. Here, we review the evidence that N-RAP, a LIM domain and nebulin repeat protein, scaffolds assembly of actin and α-actinin into I-Z-I structures in the first steps of assembly; that the heat shock chaperone proteins Hsp90 & Hsc70 cooperate with UNC-45 to direct the folding of muscle myosin and its assembly into thick filaments; and that the kelch repeat protein Krp1 promotes lateral fusion of premyofibril structures to form mature striated myofibrils. The evidence shows that myofibril assembly is a complex process that requires the action of particular catalysts and scaffolds at individual steps. The scaffolds and chaperones required for assembly are potential regulators of myofibrillogenesis, and abnormal function of these proteins caused by mutation or pathological processes could in principle contribute to diseases of cardiac and skeletal muscles.
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Ferrante MI, Kiff RM, Goulding DA, Stemple DL. Troponin T is essential for sarcomere assembly in zebrafish skeletal muscle. J Cell Sci 2011; 124:565-77. [PMID: 21245197 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.071274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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In striated muscle, the basic contractile unit is the sarcomere, which comprises myosin-rich thick filaments intercalated with thin filaments made of actin, tropomyosin and troponin. Troponin is required to regulate Ca(2+)-dependent contraction, and mutant forms of troponins are associated with muscle diseases. We have disrupted several genes simultaneously in zebrafish embryos and have followed the progression of muscle degeneration in the absence of troponin. Complete loss of troponin T activity leads to loss of sarcomere structure, in part owing to the destructive nature of deregulated actin-myosin activity. When troponin T and myosin activity are simultaneously disrupted, immature sarcomeres are rescued. However, tropomyosin fails to localise to sarcomeres, and intercalating thin filaments are missing from electron microscopic cross-sections, indicating that loss of troponin T affects thin filament composition. If troponin activity is only partially disrupted, myofibrils are formed but eventually disintegrate owing to deregulated actin-myosin activity. We conclude that the troponin complex has at least two distinct activities: regulation of actin-myosin activity and, independently, a role in the proper assembly of thin filaments. Our results also indicate that sarcomere assembly can occur in the absence of normal thin filaments.
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- Maria I Ferrante
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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Ono S. Dynamic regulation of sarcomeric actin filaments in striated muscle. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2010; 67:677-92. [PMID: 20737540 PMCID: PMC2963174 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2010] [Revised: 07/21/2010] [Accepted: 07/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In striated muscle, the actin cytoskeleton is differentiated into myofibrils. Actin and myosin filaments are organized in sarcomeres and specialized for producing contractile forces. Regular arrangement of actin filaments with uniform length and polarity is critical for the contractile function. However, the mechanisms of assembly and maintenance of sarcomeric actin filaments in striated muscle are not completely understood. Live imaging of actin in striated muscle has revealed that actin subunits within sarcomeric actin filaments are dynamically exchanged without altering overall sarcomeric structures. A number of regulators for actin dynamics have been identified, and malfunction of these regulators often result in disorganization of myofibril structures or muscle diseases. Therefore, proper regulation of actin dynamics in striated muscle is critical for assembly and maintenance of functional myofibrils. Recent studies have suggested that both enhancers of actin dynamics and stabilizers of actin filaments are important for sarcomeric actin organization. Further investigation of the regulatory mechanism of actin dynamics in striated muscle should be a key to understanding how myofibrils develop and operate.
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- Shoichiro Ono
- Department of Pathology and Department of Cell Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Bajaj P, Tang X, Saif TA, Bashir R. Stiffness of the substrate influences the phenotype of embryonic chicken cardiac myocytes. J Biomed Mater Res A 2010; 95:1261-9. [PMID: 20939058 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2010] [Revised: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 08/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We examined the effect of substrate stiffness on the beating rate, force of contraction, and cytoskeletal structure of embryonic chicken cardiac myocytes by culturing them on laminin-coated polyacrylamide (PA) substrates. Cells cultured on PA substrates with elasticity comparable to that of the native myocardium (18 kPa) exhibited the highest beating rate during the first few days of culture. The initial beating rate of individual cells on all the substrates varied significantly but began to converge within 5 days. We also examined the focal adhesions (FAs) and cytoskeletal structure on different substrates via confocal microscopy and found a higher percentage of FAs on tissue culture (TC) plastic dishes compared with the softer PA gels. Furthermore, highly aligned sarcomeric striations were clearly visible on 18 kPa, 50 kPa, and TC dish, whereas cells on 1 kPa only showed nonaligned diffused striations. The force of contraction on these substrates was measured using a micro-electromechanical system force sensor, which showed that the force of contraction for the cells on TC dishes (F = 71.30 ± 6.38 nN) was significantly larger than those cultured on the 18-kPa PA gel (F = 30.16 ± 3.83 nN). This is most likely due to the formation of higher percentage of FAs on the TC dishes compared with fewer FAs on the softer gels. Our cumulative findings can have a significant impact on the design of 3D cardiac tissue engineered scaffolds.
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- Piyush Bajaj
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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We review some of the problems in determining how myofibrils may be assembled and just as importantly how this contractile structure may be renewed by sarcomeric proteins moving between the sarcomere and the cytoplasm. We also address in this personal review the recent evidence that indicates that the assembly and dynamics of myofibrils are conserved whether the cells are analyzed in situ or in tissue culture conditions. We suggest that myofibrillogenesis is a fundamentally conserved process, comparable to protein synthesis, mitosis, or cytokinesis, whether examined in situ or in vitro.
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Sanger JW, Wang J, Holloway B, Du A, Sanger JM. Myofibrillogenesis in skeletal muscle cells in zebrafish. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 66:556-66. [PMID: 19382198 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The "premyofibril" model of myofibrillogenesis, based on observations in cultured avian muscle cells, proposes that mature myofibrils are preceded by two intermediary structures: premyofibrils and nascent myofibrils. To determine if this model applies to zebrafish skeletal muscle development, we stained developing embryos with antibodies to sarcomeric alpha-actinin and myosin II. In the youngest muscle cells, sarcomeric alpha-actinin and non-muscle myosin II were each localized in linear arrays of small bands that resembled the premyofibrils in avian myocytes. The distribution of muscle-specific myosin II began as scattered short filaments followed in time by overlapping bundles of filaments and organized A-bands in the older somites. Alpha-actinin organization changed from small z-bodies to beaded Z-bands and ordered Z-bands in myofibrils that extended the length of the elongating somites. In older somites with mature myofibrils, premyofibrils were also present at the ends of the mature myofibrils, suggesting that as the cells and somites grew longer, premyofibrils were involved in the elongation of existing mature myofibrils. Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching showed that the exchange of proteins (actin, alpha-actinin, FATZ, myotilin and telethonin) between sarcoplasm and the Z-bands of mature myofibrils in zebrafish resembled that seen for the same proteins in cultured avian myotubes, suggesting that myofibril assembly and maintenance in zebrafish share common properties with avian muscle. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Joseph W Sanger
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA.
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Driesen RB, Verheyen FK, Debie W, Blaauw E, Babiker FA, Cornelussen RNM, Ausma J, Lenders MH, Borgers M, Chaponnier C, Ramaekers FCS. Re-expression of alpha skeletal actin as a marker for dedifferentiation in cardiac pathologies. J Cell Mol Med 2009; 13:896-908. [PMID: 19538254 PMCID: PMC3823406 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Differentiation of foetal cardiomyocytes is accompanied by sequential actin isoform expression, i.e. down-regulation of the ‘embryonic’ alpha smooth muscle actin, followed by an up-regulation of alpha skeletal actin (αSKA) and a final predominant expression of alpha cardiac actin (αCA). Our objective was to detect whether re-expression of αSKA occurred during cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation, a phenomenon that has been observed in different pathologies characterized by myocardial dysfunction. Immunohistochemistry of αCA, αSKA and cardiotin was performed on left ventricle biopsies from human patients after coronary bypass surgery. Furthermore, actin isoform expression was investigated in left ventricle samples of rabbit hearts suffering from pressure- and volume-overload and in adult rabbit ventricular cardiomyocytes during dedifferentiation in vitro. Atrial goat samples up to 16 weeks of sustained atrial fibrillation (AF) were studied ultrastructurally and were immunostained for αCA and αSKA. Up-regulation of αSKA was observed in human ventricular cardiomyocytes showing down-regulation of αCA and cardiotin. A patchy re-expression pattern of αSKA was observed in rabbit left ventricular tissue subjected to pressure- and volume-overload. Dedifferentiating cardiomyocytes in vitro revealed a degradation of the contractile apparatus and local re-expression of αSKA. Comparable αSKA staining patterns were found in several areas of atrial goat tissue during 16 weeks of AF together with a progressive glycogen accumulation at the same time intervals. The expression of αSKA in adult dedifferentiating cardiomyocytes, in combination with PAS-positive glycogen and decreased cardiotin expression, offers an additional tool in the evaluation of myocardial dysfunction and indicates major changes in the contractile properties of these cells.
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- Ronald B Driesen
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Lu S, Borst DE, Horowits R. Expression and alternative splicing of N-RAP during mouse skeletal muscle development. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 65:945-54. [PMID: 18792955 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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N-RAP alternative splicing and protein localization were studied in developing skeletal muscle tissue from pre- and postnatal mice and in fusing primary myotubes in culture. Messages encoding N-RAP-s and N-RAP-c, the predominant isoforms of N-RAP detected in adult skeletal muscle and heart, respectively, were present in a 5:1 ratio in skeletal muscle isolated from E16.5 embryos. N-RAP-s mRNA levels increased three-fold over the first 3 weeks of postnatal development, while N-RAP-c mRNA levels remained low. N-RAP alternative splicing during myotube differentiation in culture was similar to the pattern observed in embryonic and neonatal muscle, with N-RAP-s expression increasing and N-RAP-c mRNA levels remaining low. In both developing skeletal muscle and cultured myotubes, N-RAP protein was primarily associated with developing myofibrillar structures containing alpha-actinin, but was not present in mature myofibrils. The results establish that N-RAP-s is the predominant spliced form of N-RAP present throughout skeletal muscle development.
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- Shajia Lu
- Laboratory of Muscle Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8024, USA
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Huang W, Zhang R, Xu X. Myofibrillogenesis in the developing zebrafish heart: A functional study of tnnt2. Dev Biol 2009; 331:237-49. [PMID: 19427304 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2009] [Revised: 04/29/2009] [Accepted: 04/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Various hypotheses have been proposed to explain the molecule processes of sarcomere assembly, partially due to the lack of systematic genetic studies of sarcomeric genes in an in vivo model. Towards the goal of developing zebrafish as a vertebrate model for this purpose, we characterized myofibrillogenesis in a developing zebrafish heart and went on to examine the functions of cardiac troponin T (tnnt2). We found that sarcomere assembly in zebrafish heart was initiated from a non-striated actin filament network at the perimembrane region, whereas sarcomeric myosin is independently assembled into thick filaments of variable length before integrating into the thin filament network. Compared to Z-discs that are initially aligned to form shorter periodic dots and expanded longitudinally at a later time, M-lines assemble later and have a constant length. Depletion of full-length tnnt2 disrupted the striation of thin filaments and Z-bodies, which sequentially affects the striation of thick filaments and M-lines. Conversely, truncation of a C-terminal troponin complex-binding domain did not affect the striation of these sarcomere sub-structures, but resulted in reduced cardiomyocyte size. In summary, our data indicates that zebrafish are a valuable in vivo model for studying both myofibrillogenesis and sarcomere-based cardiac diseases.
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- Wei Huang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Manisastry SM, Zaal KJM, Horowits R. Myofibril assembly visualized by imaging N-RAP, alpha-actinin, and actin in living cardiomyocytes. Exp Cell Res 2009; 315:2126-39. [PMID: 19233165 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2009.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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N-RAP is a striated muscle-specific scaffolding protein that organizes alpha-actinin and actin into symmetrical I-Z-I structures in developing myofibrils. Here we determined the order of events during myofibril assembly through time-lapse confocal microscopy of cultured embryonic chick cardiomyocytes coexpressing fluorescently tagged N-RAP and either alpha-actinin or actin. During de novo myofibril assembly, N-RAP assembled in fibrillar structures within the cell, with dots of alpha-actinin subsequently organizing along these structures. The initial fibrillar structures were reminiscent of actin fibrils, and coassembly of N-RAP and actin into newly formed fibrils supported this. The alpha-actinin dots subsequently broadened to Z-lines that were wider than the underlying N-RAP fibril, and N-RAP fluorescence intensity decreased. FRAP experiments showed that most of the alpha-actinin dynamically exchanged during all stages of myofibril assembly. In contrast, less than 20% of the N-RAP in premyofibrils was exchanged during 10-20 min after photobleaching, but this value increased to 70% during myofibril maturation. The results show that N-RAP assembles into an actin containing scaffold before alpha-actinin recruitment; that the N-RAP scaffold is much more stable than the assembling structural components; that N-RAP dynamics increase as assembly progresses; and that N-RAP leaves the structure after assembly is complete.
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- Shyam M Manisastry
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Davis J, Westfall MV, Townsend D, Blankinship M, Herron TJ, Guerrero-Serna G, Wang W, Devaney E, Metzger JM. Designing heart performance by gene transfer. Physiol Rev 2008; 88:1567-651. [PMID: 18923190 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00039.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The birth of molecular cardiology can be traced to the development and implementation of high-fidelity genetic approaches for manipulating the heart. Recombinant viral vector-based technology offers a highly effective approach to genetically engineer cardiac muscle in vitro and in vivo. This review highlights discoveries made in cardiac muscle physiology through the use of targeted viral-mediated genetic modification. Here the history of cardiac gene transfer technology and the strengths and limitations of viral and nonviral vectors for gene delivery are reviewed. A comprehensive account is given of the application of gene transfer technology for studying key cardiac muscle targets including Ca(2+) handling, the sarcomere, the cytoskeleton, and signaling molecules and their posttranslational modifications. The primary objective of this review is to provide a thorough analysis of gene transfer studies for understanding cardiac physiology in health and disease. By comparing results obtained from gene transfer with those obtained from transgenesis and biophysical and biochemical methodologies, this review provides a global view of cardiac structure-function with an eye towards future areas of research. The data presented here serve as a basis for discovery of new therapeutic targets for remediation of acquired and inherited cardiac diseases.
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- Jennifer Davis
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Lu S, Horowits R. Role of nonmuscle myosin IIB and N-RAP in cell spreading and myofibril assembly in primary mouse cardiomyocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 65:747-61. [PMID: 18615632 DOI: 10.1002/cm.20299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We investigated the role of nonmuscle myosin heavy chain (NMHC) IIB in cultured embryonic mouse cardiomyocytes by specific knockdown using RNA interference. NMHC IIB protein levels decreased 90% compared with mock-transfected cells by 3 days post transfection. NMHC IIB knockdown resulted in a slow decrease in N-RAP protein levels over 6 days with no change in N-RAP transcript levels. N-RAP is a scaffold for alpha-actinin and actin assembly during myofibrillogenesis, and we quantitated myofibril accumulation by morphometric analysis of alpha-actinin organization. Between 3 and 6 days, NMHC IIB knockdown was accompanied by the abolishment of cardiomyocyte spreading. During this period the rate of myofibril accumulation steadily decreased, correlating with the slowly decreasing levels of N-RAP. Between 6 and 8 days NMHC IIB and N-RAP protein levels recovered, and cardiomyocyte spreading and myofibril accumulation resumed. Inhibition of proteasome function using MG132 led to accumulation of excess N-RAP, and the secondary decrease in N-RAP that otherwise accompanied NMHC IIB knockdown was abolished. The results show that NMHC IIB knockdown led to decreased N-RAP levels through proteasome-mediated degradation. Furthermore, these proteins have distinct functional roles, with NMHC IIB playing a role in cardiomyocyte spreading and N-RAP functioning in myofibril assembly.
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- Shajia Lu
- Department of Health and Human Services, Laboratory of Muscle Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda 20892-8024, Maryland, USA
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Morphogenesis is often considered a function of transcriptional synchrony and the spatial limits of diffusing mitogens; however, physical constrainment by the cell microenvironment represents an additional mechanism for regulating self-assembly of subcellular structures. We asked whether myocyte shape is a distinct signal that potentiates the organization of myofibrillar arrays in cardiac muscle myocytes. We engineered the shape of neonatal rat ventricular myocytes by culturing them on microfabricated fibronectin islands, where they spread and assumed the shape of the island. Myofibrillogenesis followed, both spatially and temporally, the assembly of unique actin networks whose architecture was predictable given the shape of the island. Subsequently, the z lines of the sarcomeres aligned and registered in distinct patterns in different regions of the myocytes in such a way that orthogonal axes of contraction could be distinctly engineered. These data suggest that physical constrainment of muscle cells by extracellular matrix may be an important regulator of myofibrillar organization.
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- Kevin Kit Parker
- Disease Biophysics Group, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. kkparker@ seas.harvard.edu
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Krp1 (Sarcosin) promotes lateral fusion of myofibril assembly intermediates in cultured mouse cardiomyocytes. Exp Cell Res 2008; 314:1177-91. [PMID: 18178185 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2007] [Revised: 12/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Krp1, also called sarcosin, is a cardiac and skeletal muscle kelch repeat protein hypothesized to promote the assembly of myofibrils, the contractile organelles of striated muscles, through interaction with N-RAP and actin. To elucidate its role, endogenous Krp1 was studied in primary embryonic mouse cardiomyocytes. While immunofluorescence showed punctate Krp1 distribution throughout the cell, detergent extraction revealed a significant pool of Krp1 associated with cytoskeletal elements. Reduction of Krp1 expression with siRNA resulted in specific inhibition of myofibril accumulation with no effect on cell spreading. Immunostaining analysis and electron microscopy revealed that cardiomyocytes lacking Krp1 contained sarcomeric proteins with longitudinal periodicities similar to mature myofibrils, but fibrils remained thin and separated. These thin myofibrils were degraded by a scission mechanism distinct from the myofibril disassembly pathway observed during cell division in the developing heart. The data are consistent with a model in which Krp1 promotes lateral fusion of adjacent thin fibrils into mature, wide myofibrils and contribute insight into mechanisms of myofibrillogenesis and disassembly.
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Du A, Sanger JM, Sanger JW. Cardiac myofibrillogenesis inside intact embryonic hearts. Dev Biol 2008; 318:236-46. [PMID: 18455713 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2007] [Revised: 03/06/2008] [Accepted: 03/07/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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How proteins assemble into sarcomeric arrays to form myofibrils is controversial. Immunostaining and transfections of cultures of cardiomyocytes from 10-day avian embryos led us to propose that assembly proceeded in three stages beginning with the formation of premyofibrils followed by nascent myofibrils and culminating in mature myofibrils. However, premyofibril and nascent myofibril arrays have not been detected in early cardiomyocytes examined in situ in the forming avian heart suggesting that the mechanism for myofibrillogenesis differs in cultured and uncultured cells. To address this question of in situ myofibrillogenesis, we applied non-enzymatic procedures and deconvolution imaging techniques to examine early heart forming regions in situ at 2- to 13-somite stages (beating begins at the 9-somite stage), a time span of about 23 h. These approaches enabled us to detect the three myofibril stages in developing hearts supporting a three-step model of myofibrillogenesis in cardiomyocytes, whether they are present in situ, in organ cultures or in tissue culture. We have also discovered that before titin is organized the first muscle myosin filaments are about half the length of the 1.6 mum filaments present in mature A-bands. This supports the proposal that titin may play a role in length determination of myosin filaments.
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- Aiping Du
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6058, USA
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Early incorporation of obscurin into nascent sarcomeres: implication for myofibril assembly during cardiac myogenesis. Histochem Cell Biol 2008; 129:463-78. [PMID: 18219491 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0378-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Obscurin is a recently identified giant multidomain muscle protein whose functions remain poorly understood. The goal of this study was to investigate the process of assembly of obscurin into nascent sarcomeres during the transition from non-striated myofibril precursors to striated structure of differentiating myofibrils in cell cultures of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Double immunofluorescent labeling and high resolution confocal microscopy demonstrated intense incorporation of obscurin in the areas of transition from non-striated to striated regions on the tips of developing myofibrils and at the sites of lateral fusion of nascent sarcomere bundles. We found that obscurin rapidly and precisely accumulated in the middle of the A-band regions of the terminal newly assembled half-sarcomeres in the zones of transition from the continuous, non-striated pattern of sarcomeric alpha-actinin distribution to cross-striated structure of laterally expanding nascent Z-discs. The striated pattern of obscurin typically ended at these points. This occurred before the assembly of morphologically differentiated terminal Z-discs of the assembling sarcomeres on the tips of growing myofibrils. The presence of obscurin in the areas of the terminal Z-discs of each new sarcomere was detected at the same time or shortly after complete assembly of sarcomeric structure. Many non-striated fibers with very low concentration of obscurin were already immunopositive for sarcomeric actin and myosin. This suggests that obscurin may serve for organization and alignment of myofilaments into the striated pattern. The comparison of obscurin and titin localization in these areas showed that obscurin assembly into the A-bands occurred soon after or concomitantly with incorporation of titin. Electron microscopy of growing myofibrils demonstrated intense formation and integration of myosin filaments into the "open" half-assembled sarcomeres in the areas of the terminal Z-I structures and at the lateral surfaces of newly formed, terminally located nascent sarcomeres. This process progressed before the assembly of the second-formed, terminal Z-discs of new sarcomeres and before the development of ultrastructurally detectable mature M-lines that define the completion of myofibril assembly, which supports the data of immunocytochemical study. Abundant non-aligned sarcomeres in immature myofibrils located on the growing tips were spatially separated and underwent the transition to the registered, aligned pattern. The sarcoplasmic reticulum, the organelle known to interact with obscurin, assembled around each new sarcomere. These results suggest that obscurin is directly involved in the proper positioning and alignment of myofilaments within nascent sarcomeres and in the establishment of the registered pattern of newly assembled myofibrils and the sarcoplasmic reticulum at advanced stages of myofibrillogenesis.
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Striated muscle owes its name to the microscopic appearance, caused by the longitudinal alignment of thousands of highly ordered contractile units, the sarcomeres. The assembly (and disassembly) of these multiprotein complexes (sarcomere assembly or sarcomerogenesis) follows ordered pathways, which are regulated on the transcriptional, translational and posttranslational level. Furthermore, myofibril assembly involves the participation of transient scaffolds and adaptors, notably the microtubule network. Studies in cell culture and developing embryos have revealed common pathways of sarcomere assembly in heart and skeletal muscle. Disruptions in these pathways are implicated in muscle diseases.
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The assembly of sarcomeric proteins into the highly organized structure of the sarcomere is an ordered and complex process involving an array of structural and associated proteins. The sarcomere has shown itself to be considerably more complex than ever envisaged and may be considered one of the most complex macromolecular assemblies in biology. Studies over the last decade have helped to put a new face on the sarcomere, and, as such, the sarcomere is being redefined as a dynamic network of proteins capable of generating force and signalling with other cellular compartments and metabolic enzymes capable of controlling many facets of striated myocyte biology.
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- Samuel Y Boateng
- The Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Eisenberg BR, Dix DJ, Kennedy JM. Physiological factors influencing the growth of skeletal muscle. CIBA FOUNDATION SYMPOSIUM 2007; 138:3-21. [PMID: 3197515 DOI: 10.1002/9780470513675.ch2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The growth of muscle can be regulated by developmental changes or by alterations in hormone levels or in the rate or amount of work demanded. The mechanisms and structures involved in growth processes can be studied by controlling these factors. The models used are chicken anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle under the influence of overloading and rabbit tibialis anterior (TA) muscle under the influence of chronic nerve stimulation. Both models involve changes in the isoform of myosin that is expressed. Methods of study include quantitative ultrastructural analysis, immunofluorescence and in situ mRNA hybridization. In overloaded chick ALD fibres polysomes are nonuniformly distributed between the myofibrils and in a peripheral annulus even though subcellular concentrations of the new isoform are not found. In normal rabbit muscle the highest concentration of myosin mRNA detected by in situ hybridization is found in the subsarcolemmal zone. In stimulated TA polysomes are found between myofibrils. It appears that the myosin mRNA accumulates at specific cell locations before translation; then diffusion of isomyosin and rapid exchange into myofibrils follows. Therefore, regulation of growth may be possible at the transcriptional, translational and assembly stages.
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- B R Eisenberg
- Department of Physiology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
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Parker KK, Ingber DE. Extracellular matrix, mechanotransduction and structural hierarchies in heart tissue engineering. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2007; 362:1267-79. [PMID: 17588874 PMCID: PMC2440395 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The spatial and temporal scales of cardiac organogenesis and pathogenesis make engineering of artificial heart tissue a daunting challenge. The temporal scales range from nanosecond conformational changes responsible for ion channel opening to fibrillation which occurs over seconds and can lead to death. Spatial scales range from nanometre pore sizes in membrane channels and gap junctions to the metre length scale of the whole cardiovascular system in a living patient. Synchrony over these scales requires a hierarchy of control mechanisms that are governed by a single common principle: integration of structure and function. To ensure that the function of ion channels and contraction of muscle cells lead to changes in heart chamber volume, an elegant choreography of metabolic, electrical and mechanical events are executed by protein networks composed of extracellular matrix, transmembrane integrin receptors and cytoskeleton which are functionally connected across all size scales. These structural control networks are mechanoresponsive, and they process mechanical and chemical signals in a massively parallel fashion, while also serving as a bidirectional circuit for information flow. This review explores how these hierarchical structural networks regulate the form and function of living cells and tissues, as well as how microfabrication techniques can be used to probe this structural control mechanism that maintains metabolic supply, electrical activation and mechanical pumping of heart muscle. Through this process, we delineate various design principles that may be useful for engineering artificial heart tissue in the future.
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- Kevin K Parker
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Karp Family Research Laboratories, Rm 11.127, Vascular Biology Program, Departments of Surgery and Pathology, Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Author for correspondence ()
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