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Ye Q, Henrickson A, Demeler B, Serrão VHB, Davies PL. Human calpain-3 and its structural plasticity: dissociation of a homohexamer into dimers on binding titin. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.28.582628. [PMID: 38464089 PMCID: PMC10925265 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.28.582628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Calpain-3 is an intracellular Ca2+-dependent cysteine protease abundant in skeletal muscle. Its physiological role in the sarcomere is thought to include removing damaged muscle proteins after exercise. Loss-of-function mutations in its single-copy gene cause a dystrophy of the limb-girdle muscles. These mutations, of which there are over 500 in humans, are spread all along this 94-kDa multi-domain protein that includes three 40+-residue sequences (NS, IS1, and IS2). The latter sequences are unique to this calpain isoform and are hypersensitive to proteolysis. To investigate the whole enzyme structure and how mutations might affect its activity, we produce the proteolytically more stable 85-kDa calpain-3 ΔNS ΔIS1 form with a C129A inactivating mutation as a recombinant protein in E. coli. During size-exclusion chromatography, this calpain-3 was consistently eluted as a much larger 0.5-MDa complex rather than the expected 170-kDa dimer. Its size, which was confirmed by SEC-MALS, Blue Native PAGE, and AUC, made the complex amenable to single-particle cryo-EM analysis. From two data sets, we obtained a 3.85-Å reconstruction map that shows the complex is a trimer of calpain-3 dimers with six penta-EF-hand domains at its core. Calpain-3 has been reported to bind the N2A region of the giant muscle protein titin. When this 37-kDa region of titin was co-expressed with calpain-3 the multimer was reduced to a 320-kDa particle, which appears to be the calpain dimer bound to several copies of the titin fragment. We suggest that newly synthesized calpain-3 is kept as an inactive hexamer until it binds the N2A region of titin in the sarcomere, whereupon it dissociates into functional dimers.
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- Qilu Ye
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Biomolecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, United States
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada
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Weston TGR, Rees M, Gautel M, Fraternali F. Walking with giants: The challenges of variant impact assessment in the giant sarcomeric protein titin. WIREs Mech Dis 2024; 16:e1638. [PMID: 38155593 DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1638] [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: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Titin, the so-called "third filament" of the sarcomere, represents a difficult challenge for the determination of damaging genetic variants. A single titin molecule extends across half the length of a sarcomere in striated muscle, fulfilling a variety of vital structural and signaling roles, and has been linked to an equally varied range of myopathies, resulting in a significant burden on individuals and healthcare systems alike. While the consequences of truncating variants of titin are well-documented, the ramifications of the missense variants prevalent in the general population are less so. We here present a compendium of titin missense variants-those that result in a single amino-acid substitution in coding regions-reported to be pathogenic and discuss these in light of the nature of titin and the variant position within the sarcomere and their domain, the structural, pathological, and biophysical characteristics that define them, and the methods used for characterization. Finally, we discuss the current knowledge and integration of the multiple fields that have contributed to our understanding of titin-related pathology and offer suggestions as to how these concurrent methodologies may aid the further development in our understanding of titin and hopefully extend to other, less well-studied giant proteins. This article is categorized under: Cardiovascular Diseases > Genetics/Genomics/Epigenetics Congenital Diseases > Genetics/Genomics/Epigenetics Congenital Diseases > Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
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- Timir G R Weston
- Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK
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Fleming JR, Müller I, Zacharchenko T, Diederichs K, Mayans O. Molecular insights into titin's A-band. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2023; 44:255-270. [PMID: 37258982 PMCID: PMC10665226 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-023-09649-1] [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: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The thick filament-associated A-band region of titin is a highly repetitive component of the titin chain with important scaffolding properties that support thick filament assembly. It also has a demonstrated link to human disease. Despite its functional significance, it remains a largely uncharacterized part of the titin protein. Here, we have performed an analysis of sequence and structure conservation of A-band titin, with emphasis on poly-FnIII tandem components. Specifically, we have applied multi-dimensional sequence pairwise similarity analysis to FnIII domains and complemented this with the crystallographic elucidation of the 3D-structure of the FnIII-triplet A84-A86 from the fourth long super-repeat in the C-zone (C4). Structural models serve here as templates to map sequence conservation onto super-repeat C4, which we show is a prototypical representative of titin's C-zone. This templating identifies positionally conserved residue clusters in C super-repeats with the potential of mediating interactions to thick-filament components. Conservation localizes to two super-repeat positions: Ig domains in position 1 and FnIII domains in position 7. The analysis also allows conclusions to be drawn on the conserved architecture of titin's A-band, as well as revisiting and expanding the evolutionary model of titin's A-band.
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
- Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
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Stehle J, Fleming JR, Bauer PM, Mayans O, Drescher M. Titin UN2A Acts as a Stable, Non-Polymorphic Scaffold in its Binding to CARP. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300408. [PMID: 37503755 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The N2A segment of titin functions as a pivotal hub for signal transduction and interacts with various proteins involved in structural support, chaperone activities, and transcriptional regulation. Notably, the "unique N2A" (UN2A) subdomain has been shown to interact with the stress-regulated cardiac ankyrin repeat protein (CARP), which contributes to the regulation of sarcomeric stiffness. Previously, the UN2A domain's three-dimensional structure was modelled based on its secondary structure content identified by NMR spectroscopy, considering the domain in isolation. In this study, we report experimental long-range distance distributions by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy between the three helixes within the UN2A domain linked to the immunoglobulin domain I81 in the presence and absence of CARP. The data confirm the central three-helix bundle fold of UN2A and show that this adopts a compact and stable conformation in absence of CARP. After binding to CARP, no significant conformational change was observed, suggesting that the UN2A domain retains its structure upon binding to CARP thereby, mediating the interaction approximately as a rigid-body.
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- Juliane Stehle
- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School of Chemical Biology (KoRS-CB), University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Konstanz Research School of Chemical Biology (KoRS-CB), University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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Titin activates myosin filaments in skeletal muscle by switching from an extensible spring to a mechanical rectifier. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2219346120. [PMID: 36812205 PMCID: PMC9992839 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2219346120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023] Open
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Titin is a molecular spring in parallel with myosin motors in each muscle half-sarcomere, responsible for passive force development at sarcomere length (SL) above the physiological range (>2.7 μm). The role of titin at physiological SL is unclear and is investigated here in single intact muscle cells of the frog (Rana esculenta), by combining half-sarcomere mechanics and synchrotron X-ray diffraction in the presence of 20 μM para-nitro-blebbistatin, which abolishes the activity of myosin motors and maintains them in the resting state even during activation of the cell by electrical stimulation. We show that, during cell activation at physiological SL, titin in the I-band switches from an SL-dependent extensible spring (OFF-state) to an SL-independent rectifier (ON-state) that allows free shortening while resisting stretch with an effective stiffness of ~3 pN nm-1 per half-thick filament. In this way, I-band titin efficiently transmits any load increase to the myosin filament in the A-band. Small-angle X-ray diffraction signals reveal that, with I-band titin ON, the periodic interactions of A-band titin with myosin motors alter their resting disposition in a load-dependent manner, biasing the azimuthal orientation of the motors toward actin. This work sets the stage for future investigations on scaffold and mechanosensing-based signaling functions of titin in health and disease.
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Su K, Mayans O, Diederichs K, Fleming JR. Pairwise sequence similarity mapping with PaSiMap: Reclassification of immunoglobulin domains from titin as case study. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2022; 20:5409-5419. [PMID: 36212532 PMCID: PMC9529554 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A novel multidimensional scaling pipeline for sequence analysis. A simple way to distinguish between unique and shared sequence features. Titin domains were reclassified, improving upon earlier analysis.
Sequence comparison is critical for the functional assignment of newly identified protein genes. As uncharacterized protein sequences accumulate, there is an increasing need for sensitive tools for their classification. Here, we present a novel multidimensional scaling pipeline, PaSiMap, which creates a map of pairwise sequence similarities. Uniquely, PaSiMap distinguishes between unique and shared features, allowing for a distinct view of protein-sequence relationships. We demonstrate PaSiMap’s efficiency in detecting sequence groups and outliers using titin’s 169 immunoglobulin (Ig) domains. We show that Ig domain similarity is hierarchical, being firstly determined by chain location, then by the loop features of the Ig fold and, finally, by super-repeat position. The existence of a previously unidentified domain repeat in the distal, constitutive I-band is revealed. Prototypic Igs, plus notable outliers, are identified and thereby domain classification improved. This re-classification can now guide future molecular research. In summary, we demonstrate that PaSiMap is a sensitive tool for the classification of protein sequences, which adds a new perspective in the understanding of inter-protein relationships. PaSiMap is applicable to any biological system defined by a linear sequence, including polynucleotide chains.
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Tsiros C, Punch E, Schaffter E, Apel S, Gage MJ. Identification of the domains within the N2A region of titin that regulate binding to actin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 589:147-151. [PMID: 34922195 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.12.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Titin, the largest muscle protein, plays an important role in passive tension, sarcomeric integrity and cell signaling within the muscle. Recent work has also highlighted a role for titin in active muscle and the N2A region found in skeletal muscle titin and in some isoforms of cardiac titin has been linked to this function. The N2A region is a multi-domain region composed of four immunoglobulin domains (I80-I83) and a disordered region called the insertion sequence. Previously, our lab has shown that the N2A region binds F-actin in a calcium dependent manner, but it is not known which domains within this region are critical for this binding to occur. In this work, we have used co-sedimentation to demonstrate that only constructs containing the I80 domain are capable of binding F-actin. In addition, binding was only observed in constructs containing at least 3 immunoglobulin domains suggesting a length-dependence to binding. Finally, the calcium-dependence of N2A binding is lost when I83 is not present, consistent with the calcium stabilization that has been reported for this domain. Based on these results, we propose that I80 is critical for initiating binding to F-actin and that I83 is responsible for the calcium dependence.
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- Christopher Tsiros
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA; UMass Movement Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA; UMass Movement Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA; UMass Movement Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA; UMass Movement Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA; UMass Movement Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, 01854, USA.
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van der Pijl RJ, Domenighetti AA, Sheikh F, Ehler E, Ottenheijm CAC, Lange S. The titin N2B and N2A regions: biomechanical and metabolic signaling hubs in cross-striated muscles. Biophys Rev 2021; 13:653-677. [PMID: 34745373 PMCID: PMC8553726 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-021-00836-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Muscle specific signaling has been shown to originate from myofilaments and their associated cellular structures, including the sarcomeres, costameres or the cardiac intercalated disc. Two signaling hubs that play important biomechanical roles for cardiac and/or skeletal muscle physiology are the N2B and N2A regions in the giant protein titin. Prominent proteins associated with these regions in titin are chaperones Hsp90 and αB-crystallin, members of the four-and-a-half LIM (FHL) and muscle ankyrin repeat protein (Ankrd) families, as well as thin filament-associated proteins, such as myopalladin. This review highlights biological roles and properties of the titin N2B and N2A regions in health and disease. Special emphasis is placed on functions of Ankrd and FHL proteins as mechanosensors that modulate muscle-specific signaling and muscle growth. This region of the sarcomere also emerged as a hotspot for the modulation of passive muscle mechanics through altered titin phosphorylation and splicing, as well as tethering mechanisms that link titin to the thin filament system.
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- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA
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- Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
- Department of Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Adewale AO, Ahn YH. Titin N2A Domain and Its Interactions at the Sarcomere. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147563. [PMID: 34299183 PMCID: PMC8305307 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Titin is a giant protein in the sarcomere that plays an essential role in muscle contraction with actin and myosin filaments. However, its utility goes beyond mechanical functions, extending to versatile and complex roles in sarcomere organization and maintenance, passive force, mechanosensing, and signaling. Titin’s multiple functions are in part attributed to its large size and modular structures that interact with a myriad of protein partners. Among titin’s domains, the N2A element is one of titin’s unique segments that contributes to titin’s functions in compliance, contraction, structural stability, and signaling via protein–protein interactions with actin filament, chaperones, stress-sensing proteins, and proteases. Considering the significance of N2A, this review highlights structural conformations of N2A, its predisposition for protein–protein interactions, and its multiple interacting protein partners that allow the modulation of titin’s biological effects. Lastly, the nature of N2A for interactions with chaperones and proteases is included, presenting it as an important node that impacts titin’s structural and functional integrity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robbert J van der Pijl
- Department of Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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- Department of Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Cremo C, Moss RL, Granzier H. Further progress in understanding of myofibrillar function in health and disease. J Gen Physiol 2021; 153:212438. [PMID: 34170286 PMCID: PMC8238634 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.202112972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Christine Cremo
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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- Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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