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Day NJ, Kelly SS, Lui L, Mansfield TA, Gaffrey MJ, Trejo JB, Sagendorf TJ, Attah IK, Moore RJ, Douglas CM, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Kramer PA, Marcinek DJ, Coen PM, Goodpaster BH, Hepple RT, Cawthon PM, Petyuk VA, Esser KA, Qian W, Cummings SR. Signatures of cysteine oxidation on muscle structural and contractile proteins are associated with physical performance and muscle function in older adults: Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). Aging Cell 2024; 23:e14094. [PMID: 38332629 PMCID: PMC11166363 DOI: 10.1111/acel.14094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
Abstract
Oxidative stress is considered a contributor to declining muscle function and mobility during aging; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly described. We hypothesized that greater levels of cysteine (Cys) oxidation on muscle proteins are associated with decreased measures of mobility. Herein, we applied a novel redox proteomics approach to measure reversible protein Cys oxidation in vastus lateralis muscle biopsies collected from 56 subjects in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA), a community-based cohort study of individuals aged 70 years and older. We tested whether levels of Cys oxidation on key muscle proteins involved in muscle structure and contraction were associated with muscle function (leg power and strength), walking speed, and fitness (VO2 peak on cardiopulmonary exercise testing) using linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, and body weight. Higher oxidation levels of select nebulin Cys sites were associated with lower VO2 peak, while greater oxidation of myomesin-1, myomesin-2, and nebulin Cys sites was associated with slower walking speed. Higher oxidation of Cys sites in key proteins such as myomesin-2, alpha-actinin-2, and skeletal muscle alpha-actin were associated with lower leg power and strength. We also observed an unexpected correlation (R = 0.48) between a higher oxidation level of eight Cys sites in alpha-actinin-3 and stronger leg power. Despite this observation, the results generally support the hypothesis that Cys oxidation of muscle proteins impairs muscle power and strength, walking speed, and cardiopulmonary fitness with aging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas J. Day
- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- San Francisco Coordinating CenterCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- San Francisco Coordinating CenterCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Department of Physiology and AgingUniversity of Florida College of MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Department of EpidemiologyUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine‐Gerontology and Geriatric MedicineWake Forest University School of MedicineWinston‐SalemNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Department of Internal Medicine‐Gerontology and Geriatric MedicineWake Forest University School of MedicineWinston‐SalemNorth CarolinaUSA
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- Translational Research InstituteAdventHealthOrlandoFloridaUSA
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- Department of Physical TherapyUniversity of Florida College of MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- San Francisco Coordinating CenterCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- Department of Physiology and AgingUniversity of Florida College of MedicineGainesvilleFloridaUSA
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- Biological Sciences DivisionPacific Northwest National LaboratoryRichlandWashingtonUSA
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- San Francisco Coordinating CenterCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research InstituteSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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Day NJ, Kelly SS, Lui LY, Mansfield TA, Gaffrey MJ, Trejo JB, Sagendorf TJ, Attah K, Moore RJ, Douglas CM, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Kramer PA, Marcinek DJ, Coen PM, Goodpaster BH, Hepple RT, Cawthon PM, Petyuk VA, Esser KA, Qian WJ, Cummings SR. Signatures of Cysteine Oxidation on Muscle Structural and Contractile Proteins Are Associated with Physical Performance and Muscle Function in Older Adults: Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.11.07.23298224. [PMID: 37986748 PMCID: PMC10659491 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.07.23298224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Oxidative stress is considered a contributor to declining muscle function and mobility during aging; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly described. We hypothesized that greater levels of cysteine (Cys) oxidation on muscle proteins are associated with decreased measures of mobility. Herein, we applied a novel redox proteomics approach to measure reversible protein Cys oxidation in vastus lateralis muscle biopsies collected from 56 subjects in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA), a community-based cohort study of individuals aged 70 years and older. We tested whether levels of Cys oxidation on key muscle proteins involved in muscle structure and contraction were associated with muscle function (leg power and strength), walking speed, and fitness (VO2 peak on cardiopulmonary exercise testing) using linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, and body weight. Higher oxidation levels of select nebulin Cys sites were associated with lower VO2 peak, while greater oxidation of myomesin-1, myomesin-2, and nebulin Cys sites was associated with slower walking speed. Higher oxidation of Cys sites in key proteins such as myomesin-2, alpha-actinin-2, and skeletal muscle alpha-actin were associated with lower leg power and strength. We also observed an unexpected correlation (r = 0.48) between a higher oxidation level of 8 Cys sites in alpha-actinin-3 and stronger leg power. Despite this observation, the results generally support the hypothesis that Cys oxidation of muscle proteins impair muscle power and strength, walking speed, and cardiopulmonary fitness with aging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas J. Day
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
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- San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine-Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Translational Research Institute, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Department of Physiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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Parker F, Tang AAS, Rogers B, Carrington G, dos Remedios C, Li A, Tomlinson D, Peckham M. Affimers targeting proteins in the cardiomyocyte Z-disc: Novel tools that improve imaging of heart tissue. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1094563. [PMID: 36865889 PMCID: PMC9971620 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1094563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Dilated Cardiomyopathy is a common form of heart failure. Determining how this disease affects the structure and organization of cardiomyocytes in the human heart is important in understanding how the heart becomes less effective at contraction. Here we isolated and characterised Affimers (small non-antibody binding proteins) to Z-disc proteins ACTN2 (α-actinin-2), ZASP (also known as LIM domain binding protein 3 or LDB3) and the N-terminal region of the giant protein titin (TTN Z1-Z2). These proteins are known to localise in both the sarcomere Z-discs and the transitional junctions, found close to the intercalated discs that connect adjacent cardiomyocytes. We use cryosections of left ventricles from two patients diagnosed with end-stage Dilated Cardiomyopathy who underwent Orthotopic Heart Transplantation and were whole genome sequenced. We describe how Affimers substantially improve the resolution achieved by confocal and STED microscopy compared to conventional antibodies. We quantified the expression of ACTN2, ZASP and TTN proteins in two patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and compared them with a sex- and age-matched healthy donor. The small size of the Affimer reagents, combined with a small linkage error (the distance from the epitope to the dye label covalently bound to the Affimer) revealed new structural details in Z-discs and intercalated discs in the failing samples. Affimers are thus useful for analysis of changes to cardiomyocyte structure and organisation in diseased hearts.
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- Francine Parker
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Mechanobiology Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Heart Bank, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Healthy Futures, Torrens University Australia, Surrey Hills, NSW, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Tomalka A, Heim M, Klotz A, Rode C, Siebert T. Ultrastructural and kinetic evidence support that thick filaments slide through the Z-disc. J R Soc Interface 2022; 19:20220642. [PMID: 36475390 PMCID: PMC9727675 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
How myofilaments operate at short mammalian skeletal muscle lengths is unknown. A common assumption is that thick (myosin-containing) filaments get compressed at the Z-disc. We provide ultrastructural evidence of sarcomeres contracting down to 0.44 µm-approximately a quarter of thick filament resting length-in long-lasting contractions while apparently keeping a regular, parallel thick filament arrangement. Sarcomeres produced force at such extremely short lengths. Furthermore, sarcomeres adopted a bimodal length distribution with both modes below lengths where sarcomeres are expected to generate force in classic force-length measurements. Mammalian fibres did not restore resting length but remained short after deactivation, as previously reported for amphibian fibres, and showed increased forces during passive re-elongation. These findings are incompatible with viscoelastic thick filament compression but agree with predictions of a model incorporating thick filament sliding through the Z-disc. This more coherent picture of mechanical mammalian skeletal fibre functioning opens new perspectives on muscle physiology.
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- André Tomalka
- Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Sport Science, Department of Biomechanics, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany,Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Schöck F, González-Morales N. The insect perspective on Z-disc structure and biology. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:277280. [PMID: 36226637 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Myofibrils are the intracellular structures formed by actin and myosin filaments. They are paracrystalline contractile cables with unusually well-defined dimensions. The sliding of actin past myosin filaments powers contractions, and the entire system is held in place by a structure called the Z-disc, which anchors the actin filaments. Myosin filaments, in turn, are anchored to another structure called the M-line. Most of the complex architecture of myofibrils can be reduced to studying the Z-disc, and recently, important advances regarding the arrangement and function of Z-discs in insects have been published. On a very small scale, we have detailed protein structure information. At the medium scale, we have cryo-electron microscopy maps, super-resolution microscopy and protein-protein interaction networks, while at the functional scale, phenotypic data are available from precise genetic manipulations. All these data aim to answer how the Z-disc works and how it is assembled. Here, we summarize recent data from insects and explore how it fits into our view of the Z-disc, myofibrils and, ultimately, muscles.
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- Frieder Schöck
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1, Canada
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Cardiomyopathy affects approximately 1 in 500 adults and is the leading cause of death. Familial cases are common, and mutations in many genes are involved in cardiomyopathy, especially those in genes encoding cytoskeletal, sarcomere, and nuclear envelope proteins. Filamin C is an actin-binding protein encoded by filamin C (FLNC) gene and participates in sarcomere stability maintenance. FLNC was first demonstrated to be a causal gene of myofibrillar myopathy; recently, it has been found that FLNC mutation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy. In this review, we summarized the physiological roles of filamin C in cardiomyocytes and the genetic evidence for links between FLNC mutations and cardiomyopathies. Truncated FLNC is enriched in dilated cardiomyopathy and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Non-truncated FLNC is enriched in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Two major pathomechanisms in FLNC-related cardiomyopathy have been described: protein aggregation resulting from non-truncating mutations and haploinsufficiency triggered by filamin C truncation. Therefore, it is important to understand the cellular biology and molecular regulation of FLNC to design new therapies to treat patients with FLNC-related cardiomyopathy.
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Wang Z, Grange M, Wagner T, Kho AL, Gautel M, Raunser S. The molecular basis for sarcomere organization in vertebrate skeletal muscle. Cell 2021; 184:2135-2150.e13. [PMID: 33765442 PMCID: PMC8054911 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Sarcomeres are force-generating and load-bearing devices of muscles. A precise molecular picture of how sarcomeres are built underpins understanding their role in health and disease. Here, we determine the molecular architecture of native vertebrate skeletal sarcomeres by electron cryo-tomography. Our reconstruction reveals molecular details of the three-dimensional organization and interaction of actin and myosin in the A-band, I-band, and Z-disc and demonstrates that α-actinin cross-links antiparallel actin filaments by forming doublets with 6-nm spacing. Structures of myosin, tropomyosin, and actin at ~10 Å further reveal two conformations of the "double-head" myosin, where the flexible orientation of the lever arm and light chains enable myosin not only to interact with the same actin filament, but also to split between two actin filaments. Our results provide unexpected insights into the fundamental organization of vertebrate skeletal muscle and serve as a strong foundation for future investigations of muscle diseases.
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- Zhexin Wang
- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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- The Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Kings College London BHF Excellence Centre, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- The Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, School of Basic and Medical Biosciences, Kings College London BHF Excellence Centre, New Hunt's House, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK
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- Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.
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Takeda S, Koike R, Fujiwara I, Narita A, Miyata M, Ota M, Maéda Y. Structural Insights into the Regulation of Actin Capping Protein by Twinfilin C-terminal Tail. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166891. [PMID: 33639213 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Twinfilin is a conserved actin regulator that interacts with actin capping protein (CP) via C terminus residues (TWtail) that exhibits sequence similarity with the CP interaction (CPI) motif of CARMIL. Here we report the crystal structure of TWtail in complex with CP. Our structure showed that although TWtail and CARMIL CPI bind CP to an overlapping surface via their middle regions, they exhibit different CP-binding modes at both termini. Consequently, TWtail and CARMIL CPI restrict the CP in distinct conformations of open and closed forms, respectively. Interestingly, V-1, which targets CP away from the TWtail binding site, also favors the open-form CP. Consistently, TWtail forms a stable ternary complex with CP and V-1, a striking contrast to CARMIL CPI, which rapidly dissociates V-1 from CP. Our results demonstrate that TWtail is a unique CP-binding motif that regulates CP in a manner distinct from CARMIL CPI.
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- Shuichi Takeda
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Osaka 558-8585, Japan; The OCU Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology (OCARINA), Osaka City University, Osaka, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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- Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan
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Russell B, Solís C. Mechanosignaling pathways alter muscle structure and function by post-translational modification of existing sarcomeric proteins to optimize energy usage. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2021; 42:367-380. [PMID: 33595762 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-021-09596-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
A transduced mechanical signal arriving at its destination in muscle alters sarcomeric structure and function. A major question addressed is how muscle mass and tension generation are optimized to match actual performance demands so that little energy is wasted. Three cases for improved energy efficiency are examined: the troponin complex for tuning force production, control of the myosin heads in a resting state, and the Z-disc proteins for sarcomere assembly. On arrival, the regulation of protein complexes is often controlled by post-translational modification (PTM), of which the most common are phosphorylation by kinases, deacetylation by histone deacetylases and ubiquitination by E3 ligases. Another branch of signals acts not through peptide covalent bonding but via ligand interactions (e.g. Ca2+ and phosphoinositide binding). The myosin head and the regulation of its binding to actin by the troponin complex is the best and earliest example of signal destinations that modify myofibrillar contractility. PTMs in the troponin complex regulate both the efficiency of the contractile function to match physiologic demand for work, and muscle mass via protein degradation. The regulation of sarcomere assembly by integration of incoming signaling pathways causing the same PTMs or ligand binding are discussed in response to mechanical loading and unloading by the Z-disc proteins CapZ, α-actinin, telethonin, titin N-termini, and others. Many human mutations that lead to cardiomyopathy and heart disease occur in the proteins discussed above, which often occur at their PTM or ligand binding sites.
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- Brenda Russell
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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Curd A, Leng J, Hughes RE, Cleasby AJ, Rogers B, Trinh CH, Baird MA, Takagi Y, Tiede C, Sieben C, Manley S, Schlichthaerle T, Jungmann R, Ries J, Shroff H, Peckham M. Nanoscale Pattern Extraction from Relative Positions of Sparse 3D Localizations. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:1213-1220. [PMID: 33253583 PMCID: PMC7883386 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Inferring the organization of fluorescently labeled nanosized structures from single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) data, typically obscured by stochastic noise and background, remains challenging. To overcome this, we developed a method to extract high-resolution ordered features from SMLM data that requires only a low fraction of targets to be localized with high precision. First, experimentally measured localizations are analyzed to produce relative position distributions (RPDs). Next, model RPDs are constructed using hypotheses of how the molecule is organized. Finally, a statistical comparison is used to select the most likely model. This approach allows pattern recognition at sub-1% detection efficiencies for target molecules, in large and heterogeneous samples and in 2D and 3D data sets. As a proof-of-concept, we infer ultrastructure of Nup107 within the nuclear pore, DNA origami structures, and α-actinin-2 within the cardiomyocyte Z-disc and assess the quality of images of centrioles to improve the averaged single-particle reconstruction.
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- Alistair
P. Curd
- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Cell
and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- Cell
and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory
of Experimental Biophysics, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, BSP 427 (Cubotron UNIL), Rte de
la Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Experimental Biophysics, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, BSP 427 (Cubotron UNIL), Rte de
la Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Max
Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Munich, Germany
- Faculty
of Physics and Center for Nanoscience, LMU
Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Munich, Germany
- Faculty
of Physics and Center for Nanoscience, LMU
Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Cell Biology
and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular
Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory
of High Resolution Optical Imaging, National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- School
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University
of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Oda T, Yanagisawa H. Cryo-electron tomography of cardiac myofibrils reveals a 3D lattice spring within the Z-discs. Commun Biol 2020; 3:585. [PMID: 33067529 PMCID: PMC7567829 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01321-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The Z-disc forms a boundary between sarcomeres, which constitute structural and functional units of striated muscle tissue. Actin filaments from adjacent sarcomeres are cross-bridged by α-actinin in the Z-disc, allowing transmission of tension across the myofibril. Despite decades of studies, the 3D structure of Z-disc has remained elusive due to the limited resolution of conventional electron microscopy. Here, we observed porcine cardiac myofibrils using cryo-electron tomography and reconstructed the 3D structures of the actin-actinin cross-bridging complexes within the Z-discs in relaxed and activated states. We found that the α-actinin dimers showed contraction-dependent swinging and sliding motions in response to a global twist in the F-actin lattice. Our observation suggests that the actin-actinin complex constitutes a molecular lattice spring, which maintains the integrity of the Z-disc during the muscle contraction cycle.
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- Toshiyuki Oda
- Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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Tomalka A, Weidner S, Hahn D, Seiberl W, Siebert T. Cross-Bridges and Sarcomeric Non-cross-bridge Structures Contribute to Increased Work in Stretch-Shortening Cycles. Front Physiol 2020; 11:921. [PMID: 32848862 PMCID: PMC7399218 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs) refer to the muscle action when an active muscle stretch is immediately followed by active muscle shortening. This combination of eccentric and concentric contractions is the most important type of daily muscle action and plays a significant role in natural locomotion such as walking, running or jumping. SSCs are used in human and animal movements especially when a high movement speed or economy is required. A key feature of SSCs is the increase in muscular force and work during the concentric phase of a SSC by more than 50% compared with concentric muscle actions without prior stretch (SSC-effect). This improved muscle capability is related to various mechanisms, including pre-activation, stretch-reflex responses and elastic recoil from serial elastic tissues. Moreover, it is assumed that a significant contribution to enhanced muscle capability lies in the sarcomeres itself. Thus, we investigated the force output and work produced by single skinned fibers of rat soleus muscles during and after ramp contractions at a constant velocity. Shortening, lengthening, and SSCs were performed under physiological boundary conditions with 85% of the maximum shortening velocity and stretch-shortening magnitudes of 18% of the optimum muscle length. The different contributions of cross-bridge (XB) and non-cross-bridge (non-XB) structures to the total muscle force were identified by using Blebbistatin. The experiments revealed three main results: (i) partial detachment of XBs during the eccentric phase of a SSC, (ii) significantly enhanced forces and mechanical work during the concentric phase of SSCs compared with shortening contractions with and without XB-inhibition, and (iii) no residual force depression after SSCs. The results obtained by administering Blebbistatin propose a titin-actin interaction that depends on XB-binding or active XB-based force production. The findings of this study further suggest that enhanced forces generated during the active lengthening phase of SSCs persist during the subsequent shortening phase, thereby contributing to enhanced work. Accordingly, our data support the hypothesis that sarcomeric mechanisms related to residual force enhancement also contribute to the SSC-effect. The preload of the titin molecule, acting as molecular spring, might be part of that mechanism by increasing the mechanical efficiency of work during physiological SSCs.
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- André Tomalka
- Department of Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Human Movement Science, Faculty of Sports Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Human Movement Science, Bundeswehr University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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Deconstructing sarcomeric structure-function relations in titin-BioID knock-in mice. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3133. [PMID: 32561764 PMCID: PMC7305127 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16929-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Proximity proteomics has greatly advanced the analysis of native protein complexes and subcellular structures in culture, but has not been amenable to study development and disease in vivo. Here, we have generated a knock-in mouse with the biotin ligase (BioID) inserted at titin’s Z-disc region to identify protein networks that connect the sarcomere to signal transduction and metabolism. Our census of the sarcomeric proteome from neonatal to adult heart and quadriceps reveals how perinatal signaling, protein homeostasis and the shift to adult energy metabolism shape the properties of striated muscle cells. Mapping biotinylation sites to sarcomere structures refines our understanding of myofilament dynamics and supports the hypothesis that myosin filaments penetrate Z-discs to dampen contraction. Extending this proof of concept study to BioID fusion proteins generated with Crispr/CAS9 in animal models recapitulating human pathology will facilitate the future analysis of molecular machines and signaling hubs in physiological, pharmacological, and disease context. Titin determines the elasticity of the sarcomere and integrates into both the Z-disc and the M-band. Here, the authors generate a BioID mouse to study the titin interactome at the Z-disc region in neonatal and adult heart and skeletal muscle.
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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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Burgoyne T, Heumann JM, Morris EP, Knupp C, Liu J, Reedy MK, Taylor KA, Wang K, Luther PK. Three-dimensional structure of the basketweave Z-band in midshipman fish sonic muscle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:15534-15539. [PMID: 31320587 PMCID: PMC6681754 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902235116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Striated muscle enables movement in all animals by the contraction of myriads of sarcomeres joined end to end by the Z-bands. The contraction is due to tension generated in each sarcomere between overlapping arrays of actin and myosin filaments. At the Z-band, actin filaments from adjoining sarcomeres overlap and are cross-linked in a regular pattern mainly by the protein α-actinin. The Z-band is dynamic, reflected by the 2 regular patterns seen in transverse section electron micrographs; the so-called small-square and basketweave forms. Although these forms are attributed, respectively, to relaxed and actively contracting muscles, the basketweave form occurs in certain relaxed muscles as in the muscle studied here. We used electron tomography and subtomogram averaging to derive the 3D structure of the Z-band in the swimbladder sonic muscle of type I male plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus), into which we docked the crystallographic structures of actin and α-actinin. The α-actinin links run diagonally between connected pairs of antiparallel actin filaments and are oriented at an angle of about 25° away from the actin filament axes. The slightly curved and flattened structure of the α-actinin rod has a distinct fit into the map. The Z-band model provides a detailed understanding of the role of α-actinin in transmitting tension between actin filaments in adjoining sarcomeres.
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- Thomas Burgoyne
- Molecular Medicine Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0347
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- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, SW7 3RP London, United Kingdom
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- School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, CF10 3AT Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4380
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- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4380
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- Laboratory of Muscle Biology, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892
- College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Molecular Medicine Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom;
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Merlini L, Sabatelli P, Antoniel M, Carinci V, Niro F, Monetti G, Torella A, Giugliano T, Faldini C, Nigro V. Congenital myopathy with hanging big toe due to homozygous myopalladin (MYPN) mutation. Skelet Muscle 2019; 9:14. [PMID: 31133047 PMCID: PMC6535860 DOI: 10.1186/s13395-019-0199-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Myopalladin (MYPN) is a component of the sarcomere that tethers nebulin in skeletal muscle and nebulette in cardiac muscle to alpha-actinin at the Z lines. Autosomal dominant MYPN mutations cause hypertrophic, dilated, or restrictive cardiomyopathy. Autosomal recessive MYPN mutations have been reported in only six families showing a mildly progressive nemaline or cap myopathy with cardiomyopathy in some patients. Case presentation A consanguineous family with congenital to adult-onset muscle weakness and hanging big toe was reported. Muscle biopsy showed minimal changes with internal nuclei, type 1 fiber predominance, and ultrastructural defects of Z line. Muscle CT imaging showed marked hypodensity of the sartorius bilaterally and MRI scattered abnormal high-intensity areas in the internal tongue muscle and in the posterior cervical muscles. Cardiac involvement was demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging and late gadolinium enhancement. Whole exome sequencing analysis identified a homozygous loss of function single nucleotide deletion in the exon 11 of the MYPN gene in two siblings. Full-length MYPN protein was undetectable on immunoblotting, and on immunofluorescence, its localization at the Z line was missed. Conclusions This report extends the phenotypic spectrum of recessive MYPN-related myopathies showing: (1) the two patients had hanging big toe and the oldest one developed spine and hand contractures, none of these signs observed in the previously reported patients, (2) specific ultrastructural changes consisting in Z line fragmentation, but (3) no nemaline or caps on muscle pathology.
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- Luciano Merlini
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS-Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.,Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital St. Orsola, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.,Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Clinic of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy. .,Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy.
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Solís C, Russell B. CapZ integrates several signaling pathways in response to mechanical stiffness. J Gen Physiol 2019; 151:660-669. [PMID: 30808692 PMCID: PMC6504289 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201812199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Changes in mechanical load, hormones, or metabolic stress provoke remodeling of the actin-based thin filaments within muscle fibers. Solís and Russell show that several signaling pathways converge at the actin-capping protein CapZ to regulate muscle fiber growth in response to mechanical stiffness and neurohumoral signaling. Muscle adaptation is a response to physiological demand elicited by changes in mechanical load, hormones, or metabolic stress. Cytoskeletal remodeling processes in many cell types are thought to be primarily regulated by thin filament formation due to actin-binding accessory proteins, such as the actin-capping protein. Here, we hypothesize that in muscle, the actin-capping protein (named CapZ) integrates signaling by a variety of pathways, including phosphorylation and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) binding, to regulate muscle fiber growth in response to mechanical load. To test this hypothesis, we assess mechanotransduction signaling that regulates muscle growth using neonatal rat ventricular myocytes cultured on substrates with the stiffness of the healthy myocardium (10 kPa), fibrotic myocardium (100 kPa), or glass. We investigate how PIP2 signaling affects CapZ using the PIP2 sequestering agent neomycin and the effect of PKC-mediated CapZ phosphorylation using the PKC-activating drug phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Molecular simulations suggest that close interactions between PIP2 and the β-tentacle of CapZ are modified by phosphorylation at T267. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) demonstrates that the kinetic binding constant of CapZ to sarcomeric thin filaments in living muscle cells increases with stiffness or PMA treatment but is diminished by PIP2 reduction. Furthermore, CapZ with a deletion of the β-tentacle that lacks the phosphorylation site T267 shows increased FRAP kinetics with lack of sensitivity to PMA treatment or PIP2 reduction. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) probes the molecular interactions between PIP2 and CapZ, which are decreased by PIP2 availability or by the β-tentacle truncation. These data suggest that CapZ is bound to actin tightly in the idle, locked state, with little phosphorylation or PIP2 binding. However, this tight binding is loosened in growth states triggered by mechanical stimuli such as substrate stiffness, which may have relevance to fibrotic heart disease.
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- Christopher Solís
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Center for Cardiovascular Research, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Center for Cardiovascular Research, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Sheard TD, Hurley ME, Colyer J, White E, Norman R, Pervolaraki E, Narayanasamy KK, Hou Y, Kirton HM, Yang Z, Hunter L, Shim JU, Clowsley AH, Smith AJ, Baddeley D, Soeller C, Colman MA, Jayasinghe I. Three-Dimensional and Chemical Mapping of Intracellular Signaling Nanodomains in Health and Disease with Enhanced Expansion Microscopy. ACS NANO 2019; 13:2143-2157. [PMID: 30715853 PMCID: PMC6396323 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Nanodomains are intracellular foci which transduce signals between major cellular compartments. One of the most ubiquitous signal transducers, the ryanodine receptor (RyR) calcium channel, is tightly clustered within these nanodomains. Super-resolution microscopy has previously been used to visualize RyR clusters near the cell surface. A majority of nanodomains located deeper within cells have remained unresolved due to limited imaging depths and axial resolution of these modalities. A series of enhancements made to expansion microscopy allowed individual RyRs to be resolved within planar nanodomains at the cell periphery and the curved nanodomains located deeper within the interiors of cardiomyocytes. With a resolution of ∼ 15 nm, we localized both the position of RyRs and their individual phosphorylation for the residue Ser2808. With a three-dimensional imaging protocol, we observed disturbances to the RyR arrays in the nanometer scale which accompanied right-heart failure caused by pulmonary hypertension. The disease coincided with a distinct gradient of RyR hyperphosphorylation from the edge of the nanodomain toward the center, not seen in healthy cells. This spatial profile appeared to contrast distinctly from that sustained by the cells during acute, physiological hyperphosphorylation when they were stimulated with a β-adrenergic agonist. Simulations of RyR arrays based on the experimentally determined channel positions and phosphorylation signatures showed how the nanoscale dispersal of the RyRs during pathology diminishes its intrinsic likelihood to ignite a calcium signal. It also revealed that the natural topography of RyR phosphorylation could offset potential heterogeneity in nanodomain excitability which may arise from such RyR reorganization.
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- Thomas
M. D. Sheard
- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University
Hospital Ullevål, Oslo 0407, Norway
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- Auckland
Bioengineering Institute, University of
Auckland, UniServices
House, Level, 6/70 Symonds St, Grafton, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Living
Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Devon EX4 4QL, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Garton FC, Houweling PJ, Vukcevic D, Meehan LR, Lee FXZ, Lek M, Roeszler KN, Hogarth MW, Tiong CF, Zannino D, Yang N, Leslie S, Gregorevic P, Head SI, Seto JT, North KN. The Effect of ACTN3 Gene Doping on Skeletal Muscle Performance. Am J Hum Genet 2018; 102:845-857. [PMID: 29706347 PMCID: PMC5986729 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Loss of expression of ACTN3, due to homozygosity of the common null polymorphism (p.Arg577X), is underrepresented in elite sprint/power athletes and has been associated with reduced muscle mass and strength in humans and mice. To investigate ACTN3 gene dosage in performance and whether expression could enhance muscle force, we performed meta-analysis and expression studies. Our general meta-analysis using a Bayesian random effects model in elite sprint/power athlete cohorts demonstrated a consistent homozygous-group effect across studies (per allele OR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.3-1.6) but substantial heterogeneity in heterozygotes. In mouse muscle, rAAV-mediated gene transfer overexpressed and rescued α-actinin-3 expression. Contrary to expectation, in vivo "doping" of ACTN3 at low to moderate doses demonstrated an absence of any change in function. At high doses, ACTN3 is toxic and detrimental to force generation, to demonstrate gene doping with supposedly performance-enhancing isoforms of sarcomeric proteins can be detrimental for muscle function. Restoration of α-actinin-3 did not enhance muscle mass but highlighted the primary role of α-actinin-3 in modulating muscle metabolism with altered fatiguability. This is the first study to express a Z-disk protein in healthy skeletal muscle and measure the in vivo effect. The sensitive balance of the sarcomeric proteins and muscle function has relevant implications in areas of gene doping in performance and therapy for neuromuscular disease.
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- Fleur C Garton
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; Centre for Systems Genomics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia; Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Muscle Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; School of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; Centre for Systems Genomics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia; School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
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Tomalka A, Rode C, Schumacher J, Siebert T. The active force-length relationship is invisible during extensive eccentric contractions in skinned skeletal muscle fibres. Proc Biol Sci 2018; 284:rspb.2016.2497. [PMID: 28469023 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
In contrast to experimentally observed progressive forces in eccentric contractions, cross-bridge and sliding-filament theories of muscle contraction predict that varying myofilament overlap will lead to increases and decreases in active force during eccentric contractions. Non-cross-bridge contributions potentially explain the progressive total forces. However, it is not clear whether underlying abrupt changes in the slope of the nonlinear force-length relationship are visible in long isokinetic stretches, and in which proportion cross-bridges and non-cross-bridges contribute to muscle force. Here, we show that maximally activated single skinned rat muscle fibres behave (almost across the entire working range) like linear springs. The force slope is about three times the maximum isometric force per optimal length. Cross-bridge and non-cross-bridge contributions to the muscle force were investigated using an actomyosin inhibitor. The experiments revealed a nonlinear progressive contribution of non-cross-bridge forces and suggest a nonlinear cross-bridge contribution similar to the active force-length relationship (though with increased optimal length and maximum isometric force). The linear muscle behaviour might significantly reduce the control effort. Moreover, the observed slight increase in slope with initial length is in accordance with current models attributing the non-cross-bridge force to titin.
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- André Tomalka
- Institute of Sport and Movement Science, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 28, 70569 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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- Department of Motion Science, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07749 Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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- Institute of Mathematics/Stochastics, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07749 Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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- Institute of Sport and Movement Science, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 28, 70569 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Rusu M, Hu Z, Taylor KA, Trinick J. Structure of isolated Z-disks from honeybee flight muscle. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2017; 38:241-250. [PMID: 28733815 PMCID: PMC5660141 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-017-9477-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The Z-disk is a complex structure comprising some 40 proteins that are involved in the transmission of force developed during muscle contraction and in important signalling pathways that govern muscle homeostasis. In the Z-disk the ends of antiparallel thin filaments from adjacent sarcomeres are crosslinked by α-actinin. The structure of the Z-disk lattice varies greatly throughout the animal kingdom. In vertebrates the thin filaments form a tetragonal lattice, whereas invertebrate flight muscle has a hexagonal lattice. The width of the Z-disk varies considerably and correlates with the number of α-actinin bridges. A detailed description at a high resolution of the Z-disk lattice is needed in order to better understand muscle function and disease. The molecular architecture of the Z-disk lattice in honeybee (Apis mellifera) is known from plastic embedded thin sections to a resolution of 7 nm, which is not sufficient to dock component protein crystal structures. It has been shown that sectioning is a damaging process that leads to the loss of finer details present in biological specimens. However, the Apis Z-disk is a thin structure (120 nm) suitable for cryo EM. We have isolated intact honeybee Z-disks from indirect flight muscle, thus obviating the need of plastic sectioning. We have employed cryo electron tomography and image processing to investigate the arrangement of proteins within the hexagonal lattice of the Apis Z-disk. The resolution obtained, ~6 nm, was probably limited by damage caused by the harshness of the conditions used to extract the myofibrils and isolate the Z-disks.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mara Rusu
- Astbury Center, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4380, USA
| | - Kenneth A Taylor
- Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4380, USA
| | - John Trinick
- Astbury Center, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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