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Ohiri JC, Dellefave-Castillo L, Tomar G, Wilsbacher L, Choudhury L, Barefield DY, Fullenkamp D, Gacita AM, Monroe TO, Pesce L, Blancard M, Vaught L, George AL, Demonbreun AR, Puckelwartz MJ, McNally EM. Reduction of Filamin C Results in Altered Proteostasis, Cardiomyopathy, and Arrhythmias. J Am Heart Assoc 2024; 13:e030467. [PMID: 38761081 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.030467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Many cardiomyopathy-associated FLNC pathogenic variants are heterozygous truncations, and FLNC pathogenic variants are associated with arrhythmias. Arrhythmia triggers in filaminopathy are incompletely understood. METHODS AND RESULTS We describe an individual with biallelic FLNC pathogenic variants, p.Arg650X and c.970-4A>G, with peripartum cardiomyopathy and ventricular arrhythmias. We also describe clinical findings in probands with FLNC variants including Val2715fs87X, Glu2458Serfs71X, Phe106Leu, and c.970-4A>G with hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and ventricular tachycardia. Induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) were generated. The FLNC truncation, Arg650X/c.970-4A>G, showed a marked reduction in filamin C protein consistent with biallelic loss of function mutations. To assess loss of filamin C, gene editing of a healthy control iPSC line was used to generate a homozygous FLNC disruption in the actin binding domain. Because filamin C has been linked to protein quality control, we assessed the necessity of filamin C in iPSC-CMs for response to the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib. After exposure to low-dose bortezomib, FLNC-null iPSC-CMs showed an increase in the chaperone proteins BAG3, HSP70 (heat shock protein 70), and HSPB8 (small heat shock protein B8) and in the autophagy marker LC3I/II. FLNC null iPSC-CMs had prolonged electric field potential, which was further prolonged in the presence of low-dose bortezomib. FLNC null engineered heart tissues had impaired function after low-dose bortezomib. CONCLUSIONS FLNC pathogenic variants associate with a predisposition to arrhythmias, which can be modeled in iPSC-CMs. Reduction of filamin C prolonged field potential, a surrogate for action potential, and with bortezomib-induced proteasome inhibition, reduced filamin C led to greater arrhythmia potential and impaired function.
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- Joyce C Ohiri
- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute Northwestern Medicine Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
- Cell and Molecular Physiology Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine Maywood IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago IL USA
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Heymans S, Lakdawala NK, Tschöpe C, Klingel K. Dilated cardiomyopathy: causes, mechanisms, and current and future treatment approaches. Lancet 2023; 402:998-1011. [PMID: 37716772 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01241-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
Abstract
Dilated cardiomyopathy is conventionally defined as the presence of left ventricular or biventricular dilatation or systolic dysfunction in the absence of abnormal loading conditions (eg, primary valve disease) or significant coronary artery disease sufficient to cause ventricular remodelling. This definition has been recognised as overly restrictive, as left ventricular hypokinesis without dilation could be the initial presentation of dilated cardiomyopathy. The causes of dilated cardiomyopathy comprise genetic (primary dilated cardiomyopathy) or acquired factors (secondary dilated cardiomyopathy). Acquired factors include infections, toxins, cancer treatment, endocrinopathies, pregnancy, tachyarrhythmias, and immune-mediated diseases. 5-15% of patients with acquired dilated cardiomyopathy harbour a likely pathogenic or pathogenic gene variant (ie, gene mutation). Therefore, the diagnostic tests and therapeutic approach should always consider both genetic and acquired factors. This Seminar will focus on the current multidimensional diagnostic and therapeutic approach and discuss the underlying pathophysiology that could drive future treatments aiming to repair or replace the existing gene mutation, or target the specific inflammatory, metabolic, or pro-fibrotic drivers of genetic or acquired dilated cardiomyopathy.
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- Stephane Heymans
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, University of Maastricht & Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Centre for Vascular and Molecular Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology, and Intensive Medicine (CVK), German Heart Center of the Charité (DHZC), Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany; Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT), Berlin, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Berlin, Germany
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- Cardiopathology, Institute for Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
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Grande V, Schuld J, van der Ven PFM, Gruss OJ, Fürst DO. Filamin-A-interacting protein 1 (FILIP1) is a dual compartment protein linking myofibrils and microtubules during myogenic differentiation and upon mechanical stress. Cell Tissue Res 2023:10.1007/s00441-023-03776-4. [PMID: 37178194 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-023-03776-4] [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: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Variations in the gene encoding filamin-A-interacting protein 1 (FILIP1) were identified to be associated with a combination of neurological and muscular symptoms. While FILIP1 was shown to regulate motility of brain ventricular zone cells, a process important for corticogenesis, the function of the protein in muscle cells has been less well characterized. The expression of FILIP1 in regenerating muscle fibres predicted a role in early muscle differentiation. Here we analysed expression and localization of FILIP1 and its binding partners filamin-C (FLNc) and microtubule plus-end-binding protein EB3 in differentiating cultured myotubes and adult skeletal muscle. Prior to the development of cross-striated myofibrils, FILIP1 is associated with microtubules and colocalizes with EB3. During further myofibril maturation its localization changes, and FILIP1 localizes to myofibrillar Z-discs together with the actin-binding protein FLNc. Forced contractions of myotubes by electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) induce focal disruptions in myofibrils and translocation of both proteins from Z-discs to these lesions, suggesting a role in induction and/or repair of these structures. The immediate proximity of tyrosylated, dynamic microtubules and EB3 to lesions implies that also these play a role in these processes. This implication is supported by the fact that in nocodazole-treated myotubes that lack functional microtubules, the number of lesions induced by EPS is significantly reduced. In summary, we here show that FILIP1 is a cytolinker protein that is associated with both microtubules and actin filaments, and might play a role in the assembly of myofibrils and their stabilization upon mechanical stress to protect them from damage.
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- Valentina Grande
- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Genetics, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Str. 13, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121, Bonn, Germany.
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Sellung D, Heil L, Daya N, Jacobsen F, Mertens-Rill J, Zhuge H, Döring K, Piran M, Milting H, Unger A, Linke WA, Kley R, Preusse C, Roos A, Fürst DO, Ven PFMVD, Vorgerd M. Novel Filamin C Myofibrillar Myopathy Variants Cause Different Pathomechanisms and Alterations in Protein Quality Systems. Cells 2023; 12:cells12091321. [PMID: 37174721 PMCID: PMC10177260 DOI: 10.3390/cells12091321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of chronic muscle diseases pathophysiologically characterized by accumulation of protein aggregates and structural failure of muscle fibers. A subtype of MFM is caused by heterozygous mutations in the filamin C (FLNC) gene, exhibiting progressive muscle weakness, muscle structural alterations and intracellular protein accumulations. Here, we characterize in depth the pathogenicity of two novel truncating FLNc variants (p.Q1662X and p.Y2704X) and assess their distinct effect on FLNc stability and distribution as well as their impact on protein quality system (PQS) pathways. Both variants cause a slowly progressive myopathy with disease onset in adulthood, chronic myopathic alterations in muscle biopsy including the presence of intracellular protein aggregates. Our analyses revealed that p.Q1662X results in FLNc haploinsufficiency and p.Y2704X in a dominant-negative FLNc accumulation. Moreover, both protein-truncating variants cause different PQS alterations: p.Q1662X leads to an increase in expression of several genes involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and the chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) system, whereas p.Y2704X results in increased abundance of proteins involved in UPS activation and autophagic buildup. We conclude that truncating FLNC variants might have different pathogenetic consequences and impair PQS function by diverse mechanisms and to varying extents. Further studies on a larger number of patients are necessary to confirm our observations.
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- Dominik Sellung
- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Erich and Hanna Klessmann Institute, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Marien-Hospital Borken, 46325 Borken, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44789 Bochum, Germany
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Winter L, Staszewska-Daca I, Zittrich S, Elhamine F, Zrelski MM, Schmidt K, Fischer I, Jüngst C, Schauss A, Goldmann WH, Stehle R, Wiche G. Z-Disk-Associated Plectin (Isoform 1d): Spatial Arrangement, Interaction Partners, and Role in Filamin C Homeostasis. Cells 2023; 12:1259. [PMID: 37174658 PMCID: PMC10177080 DOI: 10.3390/cells12091259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Plectin, a highly versatile cytolinker protein, is crucial for myofiber integrity and function. Accordingly, mutations in the human gene (PLEC) cause several rare diseases, denoted as plectinopathies, with most of them associated with progressive muscle weakness. Of several plectin isoforms expressed in skeletal muscle and the heart, P1d is the only isoform expressed exclusively in these tissues. Using high-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy, here we show that plectin is located within the gaps between individual α-actinin-positive Z-disks, recruiting and bridging them to desmin intermediate filaments (Ifs). Loss of plectin in myofibril bundles led to a complete loss of desmin Ifs. Loss of Z-disk-associated plectin isoform P1d led to disorganization of muscle fibers and slower relaxation of myofibrils upon mechanical strain, in line with an observed inhomogeneity of muscle ultrastructure. In addition to binding to α-actinin and thereby providing structural support, P1d forms a scaffolding platform for the chaperone-assisted selective autophagy machinery (CASA) by directly interacting with HSC70 and synpo2. In isoform-specific knockout (P1d-KO) mouse muscle and mechanically stretched plectin-deficient myoblasts, we found high levels of undigested filamin C, a bona fide substrate of CASA. Similarly, subjecting P1d-KO mice to forced swim tests led to accumulation of filamin C aggregates in myofibers, highlighting a specific role of P1d in tension-induced proteolysis activated upon high loads of physical exercise and muscle contraction.
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- Lilli Winter
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Core Facility for Cell Imaging & Ultrastructure Research (CIUS), University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- CECAD Imaging Facility, CECAD Forschungszentrum Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- CECAD Imaging Facility, CECAD Forschungszentrum Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Vegetative Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Khurshid S, Lazarte J, Pirruccello JP, Weng LC, Choi SH, Hall AW, Wang X, Friedman SF, Nauffal V, Biddinger KJ, Aragam KG, Batra P, Ho JE, Philippakis AA, Ellinor PT, Lubitz SA. Clinical and genetic associations of deep learning-derived cardiac magnetic resonance-based left ventricular mass. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1558. [PMID: 36944631 PMCID: PMC10030590 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37173-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Left ventricular mass is a risk marker for cardiovascular events, and may indicate an underlying cardiomyopathy. Cardiac magnetic resonance is the gold-standard for left ventricular mass estimation, but is challenging to obtain at scale. Here, we use deep learning to enable genome-wide association study of cardiac magnetic resonance-derived left ventricular mass indexed to body surface area within 43,230 UK Biobank participants. We identify 12 genome-wide associations (1 known at TTN and 11 novel for left ventricular mass), implicating genes previously associated with cardiac contractility and cardiomyopathy. Cardiac magnetic resonance-derived indexed left ventricular mass is associated with incident dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implant. An indexed left ventricular mass polygenic risk score ≥90th percentile is also associated with incident implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implant in separate UK Biobank (hazard ratio 1.22, 95% CI 1.05-1.44) and Mass General Brigham (hazard ratio 1.75, 95% CI 1.12-2.74) samples. Here, we perform a genome-wide association study of cardiac magnetic resonance-derived indexed left ventricular mass to identify 11 novel variants and demonstrate that cardiac magnetic resonance-derived and genetically predicted indexed left ventricular mass are associated with incident cardiomyopathy.
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- Shaan Khurshid
- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Gene Regulation Observatory, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- CardioVascular Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Data Sciences Platform, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
- Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Demoulas Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Castelletti S, Zorzi A, Ballardini E, Basso C, Biffi A, Bracati F, Cavarretta E, Crotti L, Contursi M, D'Aleo A, D'Ascenzi F, Delise P, Dello Russo A, Gazale G, Mos L, Novelli V, Palamà Z, Palermi S, Palmieri V, Patrizi G, Pelliccia A, Pilichou K, Romano S, Sarto P, Schwartz PJ, Tiberi M, Zeppilli P, Corrado D, Sciarra L. Molecular genetic testing in athletes: Why and when a position statement from the Italian society of sports cardiology. Int J Cardiol 2022; 364:169-177. [PMID: 35662561 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.05.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Molecular genetic testing is an increasingly available test to support the clinical diagnosis of inherited cardiovascular diseases through identification of pathogenic gene variants and to make a preclinical genetic diagnosis among proband's family members (so-called "cascade family screening"). In athletes, the added value of molecular genetic testing is to assist in discriminating between physiological adaptive changes of the athlete's heart and inherited cardiovascular diseases, in the presence of overlapping phenotypic features such as ECG changes, imaging abnormalities or arrhythmias ("grey zone"). Additional benefits of molecular genetic testing in the athlete include the potential impact on the disease risk stratification and the implications for eligibility to competitive sports. This position statement of the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology aims to guide general sports medical physicians and sports cardiologists on clinical decision as why and when to perform a molecular genetic testing in the athlete, highlighting strengths and weaknesses for each inherited cardiovascular disease at-risk of sudden cardiac death during sport. The importance of early (preclinical) diagnosis to prevent the negative effects of exercise on phenotypic expression, disease progression and worsening of the arrhythmogenic substrate is also addressed.
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- Silvia Castelletti
- Cardiomyopathy Center and Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Sports Medicine Centre, Gruppo Mantova Salus, Ospedale San Pellegrino, Mantova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Med-Ex, Medicine and Exercise srl, Medical Partner Scuderia Ferrari, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy; Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Naples, Italy
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- Cardiomyopathy Center and Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiovascular, Neural and Metabolic Sciences, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy; Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Sports Cardiology Unit, Centro Polidiagnostico Check-up, Salerno, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital of Peschiera del Garda, Veneto, Italy
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- Cardiology and Arrhythmology Clinic, University Hospital "Lancisi-Umberto I- Salesi", Ancona, Italy, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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- Center of Sport Medicine and Sports Cardiology, ASL 1, Sassari, Italy
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- San Antonio Hospital, San Daniele del Friuli, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Aquila, Italy; Casa di Cura Villa Verde, Taranto, Italy
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- Med-Ex, Medicine and Exercise srl, Medical Partner Scuderia Ferrari, Rome, Italy
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- Sports Medicine Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Aquila, Italy
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- Center for Cardiac Arrhythmias of Genetic Origin, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale Marche AV 1, Pesaro, Italy
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- Sports Medicine Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Aquila, Italy
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Genetic Insights into Primary Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11082094. [PMID: 35456187 PMCID: PMC9027761 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11082094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac disease causing severe diastolic dysfunction, ventricular stiffness and dilated atria. In consequence, it induces heart failure often with preserved ejection fraction and is associated with a high mortality. Since it is a poor clinical prognosis, patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy frequently require heart transplantation. Genetic as well as non-genetic factors contribute to restrictive cardiomyopathy and a significant portion of cases are of unknown etiology. However, the genetic forms of restrictive cardiomyopathy and the involved molecular pathomechanisms are only partially understood. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about primary genetic restrictive cardiomyopathy and describe its genetic landscape, which might be of interest for geneticists as well as for cardiologists.
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Roman W, Muñoz-Cánoves P. Muscle is a stage, and cells and factors are merely players. Trends Cell Biol 2022; 32:835-840. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2022.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Lohanadan K, Molt S, Dierck F, van der Ven PFM, Frey N, Höhfeld J, Fürst DO. Isoform-specific functions of synaptopodin-2 variants in cytoskeleton stabilization and autophagy regulation in muscle under mechanical stress. Exp Cell Res 2021; 408:112865. [PMID: 34637763 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) in multicellular organisms depends on the maintenance of force-bearing and force-generating cellular structures. Within myofibrillar Z-discs of striated muscle, isoforms of synaptopodin-2 (SYNPO2/myopodin) act as adapter proteins that are engaged in proteostasis of the actin-crosslinking protein filamin C (FLNc) under mechanical stress. SYNPO2 directly binds F-actin, FLNc and α-actinin and thus contributes to the architectural features of the actin cytoskeleton. By its association with autophagy mediating proteins, i.e. BAG3 and VPS18, SYNPO2 is also engaged in protein quality control and helps to target mechanical unfolded and damaged FLNc for degradation. Here we show that deficiency of all SYNPO2-isoforms in myotubes leads to decreased myofibrillar stability and deregulated autophagy under mechanical stress. In addition, isoform-specific proteostasis functions were revealed. The PDZ-domain containing variant SYNPO2b and the shorter, PDZ-less isoform SYNPO2e both localize to Z-discs. Yet, SYNPO2e is less stably associated with the Z-disc than SYNPO2b, and is dynamically transferred into FLNc-containing myofibrillar lesions under mechanical stress. SYNPO2e also recruits BAG3 into these lesions via interaction with the WW domain of BAG3. Our data provide evidence for a role of myofibrillar lesions as a transient quality control compartment essential to prevent and repair contraction-induced myofibril damage in muscle and indicate an important coordinating activity for SYNPO2 therein.
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- Keerthika Lohanadan
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany; German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
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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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Overexpression of human BAG3 P209L in mice causes restrictive cardiomyopathy. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3575. [PMID: 34117258 PMCID: PMC8196106 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23858-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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An amino acid exchange (P209L) in the HSPB8 binding site of the human co-chaperone BAG3 gives rise to severe childhood cardiomyopathy. To phenocopy the disease in mice and gain insight into its mechanisms, we generated humanized transgenic mouse models. Expression of human BAG3P209L-eGFP in mice caused Z-disc disintegration and formation of protein aggregates. This was accompanied by massive fibrosis resulting in early-onset restrictive cardiomyopathy with increased mortality as observed in patients. RNA-Seq and proteomics revealed changes in the protein quality control system and increased autophagy in hearts from hBAG3P209L-eGFP mice. The mutation renders hBAG3P209L less soluble in vivo and induces protein aggregation, but does not abrogate hBAG3 binding properties. In conclusion, we report a mouse model mimicking the human disease. Our data suggest that the disease mechanism is due to accumulation of hBAG3P209L and mouse Bag3, causing sequestering of components of the protein quality control system and autophagy machinery leading to sarcomere disruption. An amino acid exchange (P209L) in the human co-chaperone BAG3 gives rise to severe childhood restrictive cardiomyopathy. Here the authors describe humanized transgenic mouse models which phenocopy the disease and provide insight into the pathogenic mechanisms.
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Kley RA, Leber Y, Schrank B, Zhuge H, Orfanos Z, Kostan J, Onipe A, Sellung D, Güttsches AK, Eggers B, Jacobsen F, Kress W, Marcus K, Djinovic-Carugo K, van der Ven PFM, Fürst DO, Vorgerd M. FLNC-Associated Myofibrillar Myopathy: New Clinical, Functional, and Proteomic Data. NEUROLOGY-GENETICS 2021; 7:e590. [PMID: 34235269 PMCID: PMC8237399 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Objective To determine whether a new indel mutation in the dimerization domain of filamin C (FLNc) causes a hereditary myopathy with protein aggregation in muscle fibers, we clinically and molecularly studied a German family with autosomal dominant myofibrillar myopathy (MFM). Methods We performed mutational analysis in 3 generations, muscle histopathology, and proteomic studies of IM protein aggregates. Functional consequences of the FLNC mutation were investigated with interaction and transfection studies and biophysics molecular analysis. Results Eight patients revealed clinical features of slowly progressive proximal weakness associated with a heterozygous c.8025_8030delCAAGACinsA (p.K2676Pfs*3) mutation in FLNC. Two patients exhibited a mild cardiomyopathy. MRI of skeletal muscle revealed lipomatous changes typical for MFM with FLNC mutations. Muscle biopsies showed characteristic MFM findings with protein aggregation and lesion formation. The proteomic profile of aggregates was specific for MFM-filaminopathy and indicated activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) and autophagic pathways. Functional studies revealed that mutant FLNc is misfolded, unstable, and incapable of forming homodimers and heterodimers with wild-type FLNc. Conclusions This new MFM-filaminopathy family confirms that expression of mutant FLNC leads to an adult-onset muscle phenotype with intracellular protein accumulation. Mutant FLNc protein is biochemically compromised and leads to dysregulation of protein quality control mechanisms. Proteomic analysis of MFM protein aggregates is a potent method to identify disease-relevant proteins, differentiate MFM subtypes, evaluate the relevance of gene variants, and identify novel MFM candidate genes.
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- Rudolf Andre Kley
- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology (R.A.K., H.Z., D.S., A.K.G., F.J., M.V.), Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology (R.A.K.), St. Marien-Hospital Borken, Borken, Germany; Department of Molecular Cell Biology (Y.L., Z.O., P.F.M.V., D.O.F.), Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.S.), DKD HELIOS Klinik Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Structural and Computational Biology (J.K., A.O., K.D.-C.), Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Medizinisches Proteom-Center (B.E., K.M.), Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics (W.K.), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; and Department of Biochemistry (K.D.-C.), Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Schänzer A, Schumann E, Zengeler D, Gulatz L, Maroli G, Ahting U, Sprengel A, Gräf S, Hahn A, Jux C, Acker T, Fürst DO, Rupp S, Schuld J, van der Ven PFM. The p.Ala2430Val mutation in filamin C causes a "hypertrophic myofibrillar cardiomyopathy". J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2021; 42:381-397. [PMID: 33710525 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-021-09601-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) often leads to heart failure. Mutations in sarcomeric proteins are most frequently the cause of HCM but in many patients the gene defect is not known. Here we report on a young man who was diagnosed with HCM shortly after birth. Whole exome sequencing revealed a mutation in the FLNC gene (c.7289C > T; p.Ala2430Val) that was previously shown to cause aggregation of the mutant protein in transfected cells. Myocardial tissue from patients with this mutation has not been analyzed before and thus, the underlying etiology is not well understood. Myocardial tissue of our patient obtained during myectomy at the age of 23 years was analyzed in detail by histochemistry, immunofluorescence staining, electron microscopy and western blot analysis. Cardiac histology showed a pathology typical for myofibrillar myopathy with myofibril disarray and abnormal protein aggregates containing BAG3, desmin, HSPB5 and filamin C. Analysis of sarcomeric and intercalated disc proteins showed focally reduced expression of the gap junction protein connexin43 and Xin-positive sarcomeric lesions in the cardiomyocytes of our patient. In addition, autophagy pathways were altered with upregulation of LC3-II, WIPI1 and HSPB5, 6, 7 and 8. We conclude that the p.Ala2430Val mutation in FLNC most probably is associated with HCM characterized by abnormal intercalated discs, disarray of myofibrils and aggregates containing Z-disc proteins similar to myofibrillar myopathy, which supports the pathological effect of the mutation.
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- Anne Schänzer
- Institute of Neuropathology, Justus Liebig University, Arndstr.16, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Justus Liebig University, Arndstr.16, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Center for Genomics and Transcriptomics (CeGat) GmbH, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Justus Liebig University, Arndstr.16, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Development and Remodeling, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
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- Pediatric Heart Center, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Justus Liebig University, Arndstr.16, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Child Neurology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Pediatric Heart Center, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Justus Liebig University, Arndstr.16, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Pediatric Heart Center, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Williams ZJ, Velez-Irizarry D, Petersen JL, Ochala J, Finno CJ, Valberg SJ. Candidate gene expression and coding sequence variants in Warmblood horses with myofibrillar myopathy. Equine Vet J 2021; 53:306-315. [PMID: 32453872 PMCID: PMC7864122 DOI: 10.1111/evj.13286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) of unknown aetiology has recently been identified in Warmblood (WB) horses. In humans, 16 genes have been implicated in various MFM-like disorders. OBJECTIVES To identify variants in 16 MFM candidate genes and compare allele frequencies of all variants between MFM WB and non-MFM WB and coding variants with moderate or severe predicted effects in MFM WB with publicly available data of other breeds. To compare differential gene expression and muscle fibre contractile force between MFM and non-MFM WB. STUDY DESIGN Case-control. ANIMALS 8 MFM WB, 8 non-MFM WB, 33 other WB, 32 Thoroughbreds, 80 Quarter Horses and 77 horses of other breeds in public databases. METHODS Variants were called within transcripts of 16 candidate genes using gluteal muscle mRNA sequences aligned to EquCab3.0 and allele frequencies compared by Fisher's exact test among MFM WB, non-MFM WB and public sequences across breeds. Candidate gene differential expression was determined between MFM and non-MFM WB by fitting a negative binomial generalised log-linear model per gene (false discovery rate <0.05). The maximal isometric force/cross-sectional area generated by isolated membrane-permeabilised muscle fibres was determined. RESULTS None of the 426 variants identified in 16 candidate genes were associated with MFM including 26 missense variants. Breed-specific differences existed in allele frequencies. Candidate gene differential expression and muscle fibre-specific force did not differ between MFM WB (143.1 ± 34.7 kPa) and non-MFM WB (140.2 ± 43.7 kPa) (P = .8). MAIN LIMITATIONS RNA-seq-only assays transcripts expressed in skeletal muscle. Other possible candidate genes were not evaluated. CONCLUSIONS Evidence for association of variants with a disease is essential because coding sequence variants are common in the equine genome. Variants identified in MFM candidate genes, including two coding variants offered as commercial MFM equine genetic tests, did not associate with the WB MFM phenotype.
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- Zoë J. Williams
- Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, London, UK
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- University of California at Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, USA
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- Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA
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246th ENMC International Workshop: Protein aggregate myopathies 24-26 May 2019, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. Neuromuscul Disord 2020; 31:158-166. [PMID: 33303357 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2020.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Schuld J, Orfanos Z, Chevessier F, Eggers B, Heil L, Uszkoreit J, Unger A, Kirfel G, van der Ven PFM, Marcus K, Linke WA, Clemen CS, Schröder R, Fürst DO. Homozygous expression of the myofibrillar myopathy-associated p.W2710X filamin C variant reveals major pathomechanisms of sarcomeric lesion formation. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2020; 8:154. [PMID: 32887649 PMCID: PMC7650280 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-01001-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Filamin C (FLNc) is mainly expressed in striated muscle cells where it localizes to Z-discs, myotendinous junctions and intercalated discs. Recent studies have revealed numerous mutations in the FLNC gene causing familial and sporadic myopathies and cardiomyopathies with marked clinical variability. The most frequent myopathic mutation, p.W2710X, which is associated with myofibrillar myopathy, deletes the carboxy-terminal 16 amino acids from FLNc and abolishes the dimerization property of Ig-like domain 24. We previously characterized "knock-in" mice heterozygous for this mutation (p.W2711X), and have now investigated homozygous mice using protein and mRNA expression analyses, mass spectrometry, and extensive immunolocalization and ultrastructural studies. Although the latter mice display a relatively mild myopathy under normal conditions, our analyses identified major mechanisms causing the pathophysiology of this disease: in comparison to wildtype animals (i) the expression level of FLNc protein is drastically reduced; (ii) mutant FLNc is relocalized from Z-discs to particularly mechanically strained parts of muscle cells, i.e. myotendinous junctions and myofibrillar lesions; (iii) the number of lesions is greatly increased and these lesions lack Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) protein; (iv) the expression of heat shock protein beta-7 (HSPB7) is almost completely abolished. These findings indicate grave disturbances of BAG3-dependent and -independent autophagy pathways that are required for efficient lesion repair. In addition, our studies reveal general mechanisms of lesion formation and demonstrate that defective FLNc dimerization via its carboxy-terminal domain does not disturb assembly and basic function of myofibrils. An alternative, more amino-terminally located dimerization site might compensate for that loss. Since filamins function as stress sensors, our data further substantiate that FLNc is important for mechanosensing in the context of Z-disc stabilization and maintenance.
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Kölbel H, Roos A, van der Ven PFM, Evangelista T, Nolte K, Johnson K, Töpf A, Wilson M, Kress W, Sickmann A, Straub V, Kollipara L, Weis J, Fürst DO, Schara U. First clinical and myopathological description of a myofibrillar myopathy with congenital onset and homozygous mutation in FLNC. Hum Mutat 2020; 41:1600-1614. [PMID: 32516863 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Filamin C (encoded by the FLNC gene) is a large actin-cross-linking protein involved in shaping the actin cytoskeleton in response to signaling events both at the sarcolemma and at myofibrillar Z-discs of cross-striated muscle cells. Multiple mutations in FLNC are associated with myofibrillar myopathies of autosomal-dominant inheritance. Here, we describe for the first time a boy with congenital onset of generalized muscular hypotonia and muscular weakness, delayed motor development but no cardiac involvement associated with a homozygous FLNC mutation c.1325C>G (p.Pro442Arg). We performed ultramorphological, proteomic, and functional investigations as well as immunological studies of known marker proteins for dominant filaminopathies. We show that the mutant protein is expressed in similar quantities as the wild-type variant in control skeletal muscle fibers. The proteomic signature of quadriceps muscle is altered and ultrastructural perturbations are evident. Moreover, filaminopathy marker proteins are comparable both in our homozygous and a dominant control case (c.5161delG). Biochemical investigations demonstrate that the recombinant mutant protein is less stable and more prone to degradation by proteolytic enzymes than the wild-type variant. The unusual congenital presentation of the disease clearly demonstrates that homozygosity for mutations in FLNC severely aggravates the phenotype.
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- Heike Kölbel
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Children's Hospital University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Children's Hospital University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Neuromuscular Morphology Unit, Myology Institute, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Translational and Clinical Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Translational and Clinical Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.,Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytics, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., Dortmund, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.,Medizinische Proteom-Center (MPC), Medizinische Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Translational and Clinical Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Bioanalytics, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften-ISAS-e.V., Dortmund, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Children's Hospital University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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König C, Plank AC, Kapp A, Timotius IK, von Hörsten S, Zimmermann K. Thirty Mouse Strain Survey of Voluntary Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure: Influence of Strain, Sex and Day-Night Variation. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:531. [PMID: 32733181 PMCID: PMC7358574 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We measured indirect calorimetry and activity parameters, VO2 and VCO2 to extract respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and energy expenditure in both sexes of 30 inbred mouse strains of 6 genetic families at 9–13 weeks during one photophase and the subsequent scotophase. We observed a continuous distribution of all traits. While males had higher body weights than females, we observed no sex difference for food and water intake. All strains drank and fed more during the night even if they displayed no day–night difference in activity traits. Several strains showed absent or weak day–night variation in one or more activity traits and these included FVB and 129X1, males of 129S1, SWR, NZW, and SM, and females of SJL. In general females showed higher rearing and ambulatory activity with 6 and 9 strains, respectively, showing a sex difference. Fine motor movements, like grooming, showed less sex differences. RER underlied a strong day–night difference and no sex effect. Only FVB females and males of the RIIIS and SM strain had no day–night variation. Energy expenditure underlies a large day–night variation which was absent in SWR and in FVB females and RIIIS males. In general, female bodies had a tendency to higher energy expenditure values, which became a significant difference in C3H, MAMy, SM, DBA1, and BUB. Our data illustrate the diversity of these traits in male and female inbred mice and provide a resource in the selection of strains for future studies.
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- Christine König
- Department of Anesthesiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Therapy, Preclinical Experimental Center, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Machine Learning & Data Analytics Lab, Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,Department of Electronics Engineering, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia
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- Department of Experimental Therapy, Preclinical Experimental Center, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Collier MP, Benesch JLP. Small heat-shock proteins and their role in mechanical stress. Cell Stress Chaperones 2020; 25:601-613. [PMID: 32253742 PMCID: PMC7332611 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-020-01095-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The ability of cells to respond to stress is central to health. Stress can damage folded proteins, which are vulnerable to even minor changes in cellular conditions. To maintain proteostasis, cells have developed an intricate network in which molecular chaperones are key players. The small heat-shock proteins (sHSPs) are a widespread family of molecular chaperones, and some sHSPs are prominent in muscle, where cells and proteins must withstand high levels of applied force. sHSPs have long been thought to act as general interceptors of protein aggregation. However, evidence is accumulating that points to a more specific role for sHSPs in protecting proteins from mechanical stress. Here, we briefly introduce the sHSPs and outline the evidence for their role in responses to mechanical stress. We suggest that sHSPs interact with mechanosensitive proteins to regulate physiological extension and contraction cycles. It is likely that further study of these interactions - enabled by the development of experimental methodologies that allow protein contacts to be studied under the application of mechanical force - will expand our understanding of the activity and functions of sHSPs, and of the roles played by chaperones in general.
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- Miranda P Collier
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK.
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Structure and Function of Filamin C in the Muscle Z-Disc. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21082696. [PMID: 32295012 PMCID: PMC7216277 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Filamin C (FLNC) is one of three filamin proteins (Filamin A (FLNA), Filamin B (FLNB), and FLNC) that cross-link actin filaments and interact with numerous binding partners. FLNC consists of a N-terminal actin-binding domain followed by 24 immunoglobulin-like repeats with two intervening calpain-sensitive hinges separating R15 and R16 (hinge 1) and R23 and R24 (hinge-2). The FLNC subunit is dimerized through R24 and calpain cleaves off the dimerization domain to regulate mobility of the FLNC subunit. FLNC is localized in the Z-disc due to the unique insertion of 82 amino acid residues in repeat 20 and necessary for normal Z-disc formation that connect sarcomeres. Since phosphorylation of FLNC by PKC diminishes the calpain sensitivity, assembly, and disassembly of the Z-disc may be regulated by phosphorylation of FLNC. Mutations of FLNC result in cardiomyopathy and muscle weakness. Although this review will focus on the current understanding of FLNC structure and functions in muscle, we will also discuss other filamins because they share high sequence similarity and are better characterized. We will also discuss a possible role of FLNC as a mechanosensor during muscle contraction.
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Verdonschot JAJ, Vanhoutte EK, Claes GRF, Helderman-van den Enden ATJM, Hoeijmakers JGJ, Hellebrekers DMEI, de Haan A, Christiaans I, Lekanne Deprez RH, Boen HM, van Craenenbroeck EM, Loeys BL, Hoedemaekers YM, Marcelis C, Kempers M, Brusse E, van Waning JI, Baas AF, Dooijes D, Asselbergs FW, Barge-Schaapveld DQCM, Koopman P, van den Wijngaard A, Heymans SRB, Krapels IPC, Brunner HG. A mutation update for the FLNC gene in myopathies and cardiomyopathies. Hum Mutat 2020; 41:1091-1111. [PMID: 32112656 PMCID: PMC7318287 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Filamin C (FLNC) variants are associated with cardiac and muscular phenotypes. Originally, FLNC variants were described in myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) patients. Later, high‐throughput screening in cardiomyopathy cohorts determined a prominent role for FLNC in isolated hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies (HCM and DCM). FLNC variants are now among the more prevalent causes of genetic DCM. FLNC‐associated DCM is associated with a malignant clinical course and a high risk of sudden cardiac death. The clinical spectrum of FLNC suggests different pathomechanisms related to variant types and their location in the gene. The appropriate functioning of FLNC is crucial for structural integrity and cell signaling of the sarcomere. The secondary protein structure of FLNC is critical to ensure this function. Truncating variants with subsequent haploinsufficiency are associated with DCM and cardiac arrhythmias. Interference with the dimerization and folding of the protein leads to aggregate formation detrimental for muscle function, as found in HCM and MFM. Variants associated with HCM are predominantly missense variants, which cluster in the ROD2 domain. This domain is important for binding to the sarcomere and to ensure appropriate cell signaling. We here review FLNC genotype–phenotype correlations based on available evidence.
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- Job A J Verdonschot
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,The Netherlands Heart Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, GROW Institute for Developmental Biology and Cancer, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Neuromuscular Diseases Due to Chaperone Mutations: A Review and Some New Results. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21041409. [PMID: 32093037 PMCID: PMC7073051 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21041409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle and the nervous system depend on efficient protein quality control, and they express chaperones and cochaperones at high levels to maintain protein homeostasis. Mutations in many of these proteins cause neuromuscular diseases, myopathies, and hereditary motor and sensorimotor neuropathies. In this review, we cover mutations in DNAJB6, DNAJB2, αB-crystallin (CRYAB, HSPB5), HSPB1, HSPB3, HSPB8, and BAG3, and discuss the molecular mechanisms by which they cause neuromuscular disease. In addition, previously unpublished results are presented, showing downstream effects of BAG3 p.P209L on DNAJB6 turnover and localization.
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Collier MP, Alderson TR, de Villiers CP, Nicholls D, Gastall HY, Allison TM, Degiacomi MT, Jiang H, Mlynek G, Fürst DO, van der Ven PFM, Djinovic-Carugo K, Baldwin AJ, Watkins H, Gehmlich K, Benesch JLP. HspB1 phosphorylation regulates its intramolecular dynamics and mechanosensitive molecular chaperone interaction with filamin C. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2019; 5:eaav8421. [PMID: 31131323 PMCID: PMC6530996 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav8421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Mechanical force-induced conformational changes in proteins underpin a variety of physiological functions, typified in muscle contractile machinery. Mutations in the actin-binding protein filamin C (FLNC) are linked to musculoskeletal pathologies characterized by altered biomechanical properties and sometimes aggregates. HspB1, an abundant molecular chaperone, is prevalent in striated muscle where it is phosphorylated in response to cues including mechanical stress. We report the interaction and up-regulation of both proteins in three mouse models of biomechanical stress, with HspB1 being phosphorylated and FLNC being localized to load-bearing sites. We show how phosphorylation leads to increased exposure of the residues surrounding the HspB1 phosphosite, facilitating their binding to a compact multidomain region of FLNC proposed to have mechanosensing functions. Steered unfolding of FLNC reveals that its extension trajectory is modulated by the phosphorylated region of HspB1. This may represent a posttranslationally regulated chaperone-client protection mechanism targeting over-extension during mechanical stress.
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- Miranda P. Collier
- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
- Biomolecular Interaction Centre and School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna Biocenter 5, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine and British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Oxford, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Corresponding author. (J.L.P.B.); (K.G.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK
- Corresponding author. (J.L.P.B.); (K.G.)
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Treadmill exercise intervention improves gait and postural control in alpha-synuclein mouse models without inducing cerebral autophagy. Behav Brain Res 2019; 363:199-215. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Peters S, Kumar S, Elliott P, Kalman JM, Fatkin D. Arrhythmic Genotypes in Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Implications for Genetic Testing and Clinical Management. Heart Lung Circ 2019; 28:31-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Winter L, Unger A, Berwanger C, Spörrer M, Türk M, Chevessier F, Strucksberg KH, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Wittig I, Goldmann WH, Marcus K, Linke WA, Clemen CS, Schröder R. Imbalances in protein homeostasis caused by mutant desmin. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2018; 45:476-494. [PMID: 30179276 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS We investigated newly generated immortalized heterozygous and homozygous R349P desmin knock-in myoblasts in conjunction with the corresponding desminopathy mice as models for desminopathies to analyse major protein quality control processes in response to the presence of R349P mutant desmin. METHODS We used hetero- and homozygous R349P desmin knock-in mice for analyses and for crossbreeding with p53 knock-out mice to generate immortalized R349P desmin knock-in skeletal muscle myoblasts and myotubes. Skeletal muscle sections and cultured muscle cells were investigated by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy, proteasomal activity measurements and immunoblotting addressing autophagy rate, chaperone-assisted selective autophagy and heat shock protein levels. Muscle sections were further analysed by transmission and immunogold electron microscopy. RESULTS We demonstrate that mutant desmin (i) increases proteasomal activity, (ii) stimulates macroautophagy, (iii) dysregulates the chaperone assisted selective autophagy and (iv) elevates the protein levels of αB-crystallin and Hsp27. Both αB-crystallin and Hsp27 as well as Hsp90 displayed translocation patterns from Z-discs as well as Z-I junctions, respectively, to the level of sarcomeric I-bands in dominant and recessive desminopathies. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that the presence of R349P mutant desmin causes a general imbalance in skeletal muscle protein homeostasis via aberrant activity of all major protein quality control systems. The augmented activity of these systems and the subcellular shift of essential heat shock proteins may deleteriously contribute to the previously observed increased turnover of desmin itself and desmin-binding partners, which triggers progressive dysfunction of the extrasarcomeric cytoskeleton and the myofibrillar apparatus in the course of the development of desminopathies.
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- L Winter
- Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.,Neuromuscular Research Department, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Institute for Genetics of Heart Diseases, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Functional Proteomics, SFB815 Core Unit, Medical School, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Medical Faculty, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Heimer Institute for Muscle Research, University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Center for Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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Jokl EJ, Hughes GL, Cracknell T, Pownall ME, Blanco G. Transcriptional upregulation of Bag3, a chaperone-assisted selective autophagy factor, in animal models of KY-deficient hereditary myopathy. Dis Model Mech 2018; 11:dmm033225. [PMID: 29914939 PMCID: PMC6078408 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.033225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The importance of kyphoscoliosis peptidase (KY) in skeletal muscle physiology has recently been emphasised by the identification of novel human myopathies associated with KY deficiency. Neither the pathogenic mechanism of KY deficiency nor a specific role for KY in muscle function have been established. However, aberrant localisation of filamin C (FLNC) in muscle fibres has been shown in humans and mice with loss-of-function mutations in the KY gene. FLNC turnover has been proposed to be controlled by chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA), a client-specific and tension-induced pathway that is required for muscle maintenance. Here, we have generated new C2C12 myoblast and zebrafish models of KY deficiency by CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis. To obtain insights into the pathogenic mechanism caused by KY deficiency, expression of the co-chaperone BAG3 and other CASA factors was analyzed in the cellular, zebrafish and ky/ky mouse models. Ky-deficient C2C12-derived clones show trends of higher transcription of CASA factors in differentiated myotubes. The ky-deficient zebrafish model (kyyo1/kyyo1 ) lacks overt signs of pathology, but shows significantly increased bag3 and flnca/b expression in embryos and adult muscle. Additionally, kyyo1/kyyo1 embryos challenged by swimming in viscous media show an inability to further increase expression of these factors in contrast with wild-type controls. The ky/ky mouse shows elevated expression of Bag3 in the non-pathological exterior digitorum longus (EDL) and evidence of impaired BAG3 turnover in the pathological soleus. Thus, upregulation of CASA factors appears to be an early and primary molecular hallmark of KY deficiency.
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- Elliot J Jokl
- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, Wentworth Way, York YO10 5DD, UK
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Miao J, Su FF, Liu XM, Wei XJ, Yuan Y, Yu XF. A case report: a heterozygous deletion (2791_2805 del) in exon 18 of the filamin C gene causing filamin C-related myofibrillar myopathies in a Chinese family. BMC Neurol 2018; 18:79. [PMID: 29866061 PMCID: PMC5985593 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-018-1078-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Filamin C-related myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are progressive skeletal myopathies with an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. The conditions are caused by mutations of the filamin C gene (FLNC) located in the chromosome 7q32-q35 region. Genetic variations in the FLNC gene result in various clinical phenotypes. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a 43-year-old woman who suffered filamin C-related MFM, with symptoms first presenting in the proximal muscles of the lower limbs and eventually spreading to the upper limbs and distal muscles. The patient's serum level of creatine kinase was mildly increased. Mildy myopathic changes in the electromyographic exam and moderate lipomatous alterations in lower limb MRI were found. Histopathological examination revealed increased muscle fiber size variability, disturbances in oxidative enzyme activity, and the presence of abnormal protein aggregates and vacuoles in some muscle fibers. Ultrastructural analysis showed inclusions composed of thin filaments and interspersed granular densities. DNA sequencing analysis detected a novel 15-nucleotide deletion (c.2791_2805del, p.931_935del) in the FLNC gene. The patient's father, sister, brother, three paternal aunts, one paternal uncle, and the uncle's son also had slowly progressive muscle weakness, and thus, we detected an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern of the disorder. CONCLUSIONS A novel heterogeneous 15-nucleotide deletion (c.2791_2805del, p.931_935del) in the Ig-like domain 7 of the FLNC gene was found to cause filamin C-related MFM. This deletion in the FLNC gene causes protein aggregation, abnormalities in muscle structure, and impairment in muscle fiber function, which leads to muscle weakness.
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- Jing Miao
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, #8 Xishiku St, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034 China
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- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, People’s Republic of China
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Goldmann WH. Intermediate filaments and cellular mechanics. Cell Biol Int 2018; 42:132-138. [PMID: 28980752 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Intermediate filaments (IFs) are one of the three types of cytoskeletal polymers that resist tensile and compressive forces in cells. They crosslink each other as well as with actin filaments and microtubules by proteins, which include desmin, filamin C, plectin, and lamin (A/C). Mutations in these proteins can lead to a wide range of pathologies, some of which exhibit mechanical failure of the skin, skeletal, or heart muscle.
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- Wolfgang H Goldmann
- Department of Physics, Biophysics Group, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, D-91052 Erlangen, Germany
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Unger A, Beckendorf L, Böhme P, Kley R, von Frieling-Salewsky M, Lochmüller H, Schröder R, Fürst DO, Vorgerd M, Linke WA. Translocation of molecular chaperones to the titin springs is common in skeletal myopathy patients and affects sarcomere function. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2017; 5:72. [PMID: 28915917 PMCID: PMC5603016 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-017-0474-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2017] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Myopathies encompass a wide variety of acquired and hereditary disorders. The pathomechanisms include structural and functional changes affecting, e.g., myofiber metabolism and contractile properties. In this study, we observed increased passive tension (PT) of skinned myofibers from patients with myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) caused by FLNC mutations (MFM-filaminopathy) and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type-2A due to CAPN3 mutations (LGMD2A), compared to healthy control myofibers. Because the giant protein titin determines myofiber PT, we measured its molecular size and the titin-to-myosin ratio, but found no differences between myopathies and controls. All-titin phosphorylation and site-specific phosphorylation in the PEVK region were reduced in myopathy, which would be predicted to lower PT. Electron microscopy revealed extensive ultrastructural changes in myofibers of various hereditary myopathies and also suggested massive binding of proteins to the sarcomeric I-band region, presumably heat shock proteins (HSPs), which can translocate to elastic titin under stress conditions. Correlative immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy showed that two small HSPs (HSP27 and αB-crystallin) and the ATP-dependent chaperone HSP90 translocated to the titin springs in myopathy. The small HSPs, but not HSP90, were upregulated in myopathic versus control muscles. The titin-binding pattern of chaperones was regularly observed in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), LGMD2A, MFM-filaminopathy, MFM-myotilinopathy, titinopathy, and inclusion body myopathy due to mutations in valosin-containing protein, but not in acquired sporadic inclusion body myositis. The three HSPs also associated with elastic titin in mouse models of DMD and MFM-filaminopathy. Mechanical measurements on skinned human myofibers incubated with exogenous small HSPs suggested that the elevated PT seen in myopathy is caused, in part, by chaperone-binding to the titin springs. Whereas this interaction may be protective in that it prevents sarcomeric protein aggregation, it also has detrimental effects on sarcomere function. Thus, we identified a novel pathological phenomenon common to many hereditary muscle disorders, which involves sarcomeric alterations.
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Papizan JB, Garry GA, Brezprozvannaya S, McAnally JR, Bassel-Duby R, Liu N, Olson EN. Deficiency in Kelch protein Klhl31 causes congenital myopathy in mice. J Clin Invest 2017; 127:3730-3740. [PMID: 28872460 DOI: 10.1172/jci93445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Maintenance of muscle structure and function depends on the precise organization of contractile proteins into sarcomeres and coupling of the contractile apparatus to the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), which serves as the reservoir for calcium required for contraction. Several members of the Kelch superfamily of proteins, which modulate protein stability as substrate-specific adaptors for ubiquitination, have been implicated in sarcomere formation. The Kelch protein Klhl31 is expressed in a muscle-specific manner under control of the transcription factor MEF2. To explore its functions in vivo, we created a mouse model of Klhl31 loss of function using the CRISPR-Cas9 system. Mice lacking Klhl31 exhibited stunted postnatal skeletal muscle growth, centronuclear myopathy, central cores, Z-disc streaming, and SR dilation. We used proteomics to identify several candidate Klhl31 substrates, including Filamin-C (FlnC). In the Klhl31-knockout mice, FlnC protein levels were highly upregulated with no change in transcription, and we further demonstrated that Klhl31 targets FlnC for ubiquitination and degradation. These findings highlight a role for Klhl31 in the maintenance of skeletal muscle structure and provide insight into the mechanisms underlying congenital myopathies.
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Valberg SJ, Nicholson AM, Lewis SS, Reardon RA, Finno CJ. Clinical and histopathological features of myofibrillar myopathy in Warmblood horses. Equine Vet J 2017; 49:739-745. [PMID: 28543538 DOI: 10.1111/evj.12702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND To report a novel exertional myopathy, myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) in Warmblood (WB) horses. OBJECTIVES To 1) describe the distinctive clinical and myopathic features of MFM in Warmblood horses and 2) investigate the potential inheritance of MFM in a Warmblood family. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective selection of MFM cases and prospective evaluation of a Warmblood family. METHODS Retrospectively, muscle biopsies were selected from Warmblood horses diagnosed with MFM and clinical histories obtained (n = 10). Prospectively, muscle biopsies were obtained from controls (n = 8) and a three generation WB family (n = 11). Samples were assessed for histopathology [scored 0-3], fibre types, cytoskeletal and Z disc protein aggregates, electron microscopic alterations (EM) and muscle glycogen concentrations. RESULTS Myofibrillar myopathy-affected cases experienced exercise intolerance, reluctance to go forward, stiffness and poorly localised lameness. Abnormal aggregates of the cytoskeletal protein desmin were found in up to 120 type 2a and a few type 2x myofibres of MFM cases. Desmin positive fibres did not stain for developmental myosin, α actinin or dystrophin. Scores for internalised myonuclei (score MFM 0.83 ± 0.67, controls 0.22 ± 0.45), anguloid atrophy (MFM 0.95 ± 0.55, controls 0.31 ± 0.37) and total myopathic scores (MFM 5.85 ± 2.10, controls 1.41 ± 2.17) were significantly higher in MFM cases vs. CONTROLS Focal Z disc degeneration, myofibrillar disruption and accumulation of irregular granular material was evident in MFM cases. Muscle glycogen concentrations were similar between MFM cases and controls. In the Warmblood family, desmin positive aggregates were found in myofibres of the founding dam and in horses from two subsequent generations. MAIN LIMITATIONS Restricted sample size due to limited availability of well phenotyped cases. CONCLUSIONS A distinctive and potentially heritable form of MFM exists in Warmblood horses that present with exercise intolerance and abnormal hindlimb gait. Muscle tissue is characterised by ectopic accumulation of desmin and Z disc and myofibrillar degeneration.
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- S J Valberg
- McPhail Equine Performance Center, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Wilhite & Frees Equine Hospital, Peculiar, Missouri, USA
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- Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- West End Equine Veterinary Services, Inc., Delano, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Early signs of architectural and biomechanical failure in isolated myofibers and immortalized myoblasts from desmin-mutant knock-in mice. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1391. [PMID: 28469177 PMCID: PMC5431221 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01485-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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In striated muscle, desmin intermediate filaments interlink the contractile myofibrillar apparatus with mitochondria, nuclei, and the sarcolemma. The desmin network’s pivotal role in myocytes is evident since mutations in the human desmin gene cause severe myopathies and cardiomyopathies. Here, we investigated skeletal muscle pathology in myofibers and myofibrils isolated from young hetero- and homozygous R349P desmin knock-in mice, which carry the orthologue of the most frequent human desmin missense mutation R350P. We demonstrate that mutant desmin alters myofibrillar cytoarchitecture, markedly disrupts the lateral sarcomere lattice and distorts myofibrillar angular axial orientation. Biomechanical assessment revealed a high predisposition to stretch-induced damage in fiber bundles of R349P mice. Notably, Ca2+-sensitivity and passive myofibrillar tension were decreased in heterozygous fiber bundles, but increased in homozygous fiber bundles compared to wildtype mice. In a parallel approach, we generated and subsequently subjected immortalized heterozygous R349P desmin knock-in myoblasts to magnetic tweezer experiments that revealed a significantly increased sarcolemmal lateral stiffness. Our data suggest that mutated desmin already markedly impedes myocyte structure and function at pre-symptomatic stages of myofibrillar myopathies.
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Batonnet-Pichon S, Behin A, Cabet E, Delort F, Vicart P, Lilienbaum A. Myofibrillar Myopathies: New Perspectives from Animal Models to Potential Therapeutic Approaches. J Neuromuscul Dis 2017; 4:1-15. [PMID: 28269794 PMCID: PMC5345645 DOI: 10.3233/jnd-160203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Myofibrillar myopathies (MFMs) are muscular disorders involving proteins that play a role in the structure, maintenance processes and protein quality control mechanisms closely related to the Z-disc in the muscular fibers. MFMs share common histological characteristics including progressive disorganization of the interfibrillar network and protein aggregation. Currently no treatment is available. In this review, we describe first clinical symptoms associated with mutations of the six genes (DES, CRYAB, MYOT, ZASP, FLNC and BAG3) primary involved in MFM and defining the origin of this pathology. As mechanisms determining the aetiology of the disease remain unclear yet, several research teams have developed animal models from invertebrates to mammalians species. Thus we describe here these different models that often recapitulate human clinical symptoms. Therefore they are very useful for deeper studies to understand early molecular and progressive mechanisms determining the pathology. Finally in the last part, we emphasize on the potential therapeutic approaches for MFM that could be conducted in the future. In conclusion, this review offers a link from patients to future therapy through the use of MFMs animal models.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drosophila
- Humans
- Mice
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Muscle, Skeletal/physiopathology
- Mutation
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/genetics
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/pathology
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/physiopathology
- Myopathies, Structural, Congenital/therapy
- Oryzias
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- Sabrina Batonnet-Pichon
- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Centre de Référence de Pathologie Neuromusculaire Paris-Est, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, institut de Myologie, AP-HP, boulevard de l’Hôpital, Paris cedex 13, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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- Unité de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CNRS, UMR, Paris, France
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Reimann L, Wiese H, Leber Y, Schwäble AN, Fricke AL, Rohland A, Knapp B, Peikert CD, Drepper F, van der Ven PFM, Radziwill G, Fürst DO, Warscheid B. Myofibrillar Z-discs Are a Protein Phosphorylation Hot Spot with Protein Kinase C (PKCα) Modulating Protein Dynamics. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 16:346-367. [PMID: 28028127 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m116.065425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Z-disc is a protein-rich structure critically important for the development and integrity of myofibrils, which are the contractile organelles of cross-striated muscle cells. We here used mouse C2C12 myoblast, which were differentiated into myotubes, followed by electrical pulse stimulation (EPS) to generate contracting myotubes comprising mature Z-discs. Using a quantitative proteomics approach, we found significant changes in the relative abundance of 387 proteins in myoblasts versus differentiated myotubes, reflecting the drastic phenotypic conversion of these cells during myogenesis. Interestingly, EPS of differentiated myotubes to induce Z-disc assembly and maturation resulted in increased levels of proteins involved in ATP synthesis, presumably to fulfill the higher energy demand of contracting myotubes. Because an important role of the Z-disc for signal integration and transduction was recently suggested, its precise phosphorylation landscape further warranted in-depth analysis. We therefore established, by global phosphoproteomics of EPS-treated contracting myotubes, a comprehensive site-resolved protein phosphorylation map of the Z-disc and found that it is a phosphorylation hotspot in skeletal myocytes, underscoring its functions in signaling and disease-related processes. In an illustrative fashion, we analyzed the actin-binding multiadaptor protein filamin C (FLNc), which is essential for Z-disc assembly and maintenance, and found that PKCα phosphorylation at distinct serine residues in its hinge 2 region prevents its cleavage at an adjacent tyrosine residue by calpain 1. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments indicated that this phosphorylation modulates FLNc dynamics. Moreover, FLNc lacking the cleaved Ig-like domain 24 exhibited remarkably fast kinetics and exceedingly high mobility. Our data set provides research community resource for further identification of kinase-mediated changes in myofibrillar protein interactions, kinetics, and mobility that will greatly advance our understanding of Z-disc dynamics and signaling.
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- Lena Reimann
- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.,§BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg
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- ¶Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, Germany
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; .,§BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg
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Mutant desmin substantially perturbs mitochondrial morphology, function and maintenance in skeletal muscle tissue. Acta Neuropathol 2016; 132:453-73. [PMID: 27393313 PMCID: PMC4992032 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-016-1592-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Secondary mitochondrial dysfunction is a feature in a wide variety of human protein aggregate diseases caused by mutations in different proteins, both in the central nervous system and in striated muscle. The functional relationship between the expression of a mutated protein and mitochondrial dysfunction is largely unknown. In particular, the mechanism how this dysfunction drives the disease process is still elusive. To address this issue for protein aggregate myopathies, we performed a comprehensive, multi-level analysis of mitochondrial pathology in skeletal muscles of human patients with mutations in the intermediate filament protein desmin and in muscles of hetero- and homozygous knock-in mice carrying the R349P desmin mutation. We demonstrate that the expression of mutant desmin causes disruption of the extrasarcomeric desmin cytoskeleton and extensive mitochondrial abnormalities regarding subcellular distribution, number and shape. At the molecular level, we uncovered changes in the abundancy and assembly of the respiratory chain complexes and supercomplexes. In addition, we revealed a marked reduction of mtDNA- and nuclear DNA-encoded mitochondrial proteins in parallel with large-scale deletions in mtDNA and reduced mtDNA copy numbers. Hence, our data demonstrate that the expression of mutant desmin causes multi-level damage of mitochondria already in early stages of desminopathies.
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Hedberg-Oldfors C, Darin N, Olsson Engman M, Orfanos Z, Thomsen C, van der Ven PFM, Oldfors A. A new early-onset neuromuscular disorder associated with kyphoscoliosis peptidase (KY) deficiency. Eur J Hum Genet 2016; 24:1771-1777. [PMID: 27485408 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We describe a new early-onset neuromuscular disorder due to a homozygous loss-of-function variant in the kyphoscoliosis peptidase gene (KY). A 7.5-year-old girl with walking difficulties from 2 years of age presented with generalized muscle weakness; mild contractures in the shoulders, hips and feet; cavus feet; and lordosis but no scoliosis. She had previously been operated with Achilles tendon elongation. Whole-body MRI showed atrophy and fatty infiltration in the calf muscles. Biopsy of the vastus lateralis muscle showed variability in fiber size, with some internalized nuclei and numerous very small fibers with variable expression of developmental myosin heavy chain isoforms. Some small fibers showed abnormal sarcomeres with thickened Z-discs and small nemaline rods. Whole-exome sequencing revealed a homozygous one-base deletion (c.1071delG, p.(Thr358Leufs*3)) in KY, predicted to result in a truncated protein. Analysis of an RNA panel showed that KY is predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle in humans. A recessive variant in the murine ortholog Ky was previously described in a spontaneously generated mouse mutant with kyphoscoliosis, which developed postnatally and was caused by dystrophy of postural muscles. The abnormal distribution of Xin and Ky-binding partner filamin C in the muscle fibers of our patient was highly similar to their altered localization in ky/ky mouse muscle fibers. We describe the first human case of disease associated with KY inactivation. As in the mouse model, the affected child showed a neuromuscular disorder - but in contrast, no kyphoscoliosis.
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- Carola Hedberg-Oldfors
- Department of Pathology and Genetics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Gothenburg, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Genetics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Begay RL, Tharp CA, Martin A, Graw SL, Sinagra G, Miani D, Sweet ME, Slavov DB, Stafford N, Zeller MJ, Alnefaie R, Rowland TJ, Brun F, Jones KL, Gowan K, Mestroni L, Garrity DM, Taylor MRG. FLNC Gene Splice Mutations Cause Dilated Cardiomyopathy. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2016; 1:344-359. [PMID: 28008423 PMCID: PMC5166708 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A genetic etiology has been identified in 30% to 40% of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients, yet only 50% of these cases are associated with a known causative gene variant. Thus, in order to understand the pathophysiology of DCM, it is necessary to identify and characterize additional genes. In this study, whole exome sequencing in combination with segregation analysis was used to identify mutations in a novel gene, filamin C (FLNC), resulting in a cardiac-restricted DCM pathology. Here we provide functional data via zebrafish studies and protein analysis to support a model implicating FLNC haploinsufficiency as a mechanism of DCM. Deoxyribonucleic acid obtained from 2 large DCM families was studied using whole-exome sequencing and cosegregation analysis resulting in the identification of a novel disease gene, FLNC. The 2 families, from the same Italian region, harbored the same FLNC splice-site mutation (FLNC c.7251+1G>A). A third U.S. family was then identified with a novel FLNC splice-site mutation (FLNC c.5669-1delG) that leads to haploinsufficiency as shown by the FLNC Western blot analysis of the heart muscle. The FLNC ortholog flncb morpholino was injected into zebrafish embryos, and when flncb was knocked down caused a cardiac dysfunction phenotype. On electron microscopy, the flncb morpholino knockdown zebrafish heart showed defects within the Z-discs and sarcomere disorganization.
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- Rene L Begay
- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Science, University Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; Cardiovascular and Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research and Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Cardiovascular Institute and Adult Medical Genetics Program, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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Dowling P, Murphy S, Ohlendieck K. Proteomic profiling of muscle fibre type shifting in neuromuscular diseases. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:783-99. [DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2016.1209416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bang ML. Animal Models of Congenital Cardiomyopathies Associated With Mutations in Z-Line Proteins. J Cell Physiol 2016; 232:38-52. [PMID: 27171814 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The cardiac Z-line at the boundary between sarcomeres is a multiprotein complex connecting the contractile apparatus with the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix. The Z-line is important for efficient force generation and transmission as well as the maintenance of structural stability and integrity. Furthermore, it is a nodal point for intracellular signaling, in particular mechanosensing and mechanotransduction. Mutations in various genes encoding Z-line proteins have been associated with different cardiomyopathies, including dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, and left ventricular noncompaction, and mutations even within the same gene can cause widely different pathologies. Animal models have contributed to a great advancement in the understanding of the physiological function of Z-line proteins and the pathways leading from mutations in Z-line proteins to cardiomyopathy, although genotype-phenotype prediction remains a great challenge. This review presents an overview of the currently available animal models for Z-line and Z-line associated proteins involved in human cardiomyopathies with special emphasis on knock-in and transgenic mouse models recapitulating the clinical phenotypes of human cardiomyopathy patients carrying mutations in Z-line proteins. Pros and cons of mouse models will be discussed and a future outlook will be given. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 38-52, 2017. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Marie-Louise Bang
- Institute of Genetic and Biomedical Research, UOS Milan, National Research Council and Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
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Leber Y, Ruparelia AA, Kirfel G, van der Ven PFM, Hoffmann B, Merkel R, Bryson-Richardson RJ, Fürst DO. Filamin C is a highly dynamic protein associated with fast repair of myofibrillar microdamage. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:2776-2788. [PMID: 27206985 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Filamin c (FLNc) is a large dimeric actin-binding protein located at premyofibrils, myofibrillar Z-discs and myofibrillar attachment sites of striated muscle cells, where it is involved in mechanical stabilization, mechanosensation and intracellular signaling. Mutations in the gene encoding FLNc give rise to skeletal muscle diseases and cardiomyopathies. Here, we demonstrate by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching that a large fraction of FLNc is highly mobile in cultured neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes and in cardiac and skeletal muscles of live transgenic zebrafish embryos. Analysis of cardiomyocytes from Xirp1 and Xirp2 deficient animals indicates that both Xin actin-binding repeat-containing proteins stabilize FLNc selectively in premyofibrils. Using a novel assay to analyze myofibrillar microdamage and subsequent repair in cultured contracting cardiomyocytes by live cell imaging, we demonstrate that repair of damaged myofibrils is achieved within only 4 h, even in the absence of de novo protein synthesis. FLNc is immediately recruited to these sarcomeric lesions together with its binding partner aciculin and precedes detectable assembly of filamentous actin and recruitment of other myofibrillar proteins. These data disclose an unprecedented degree of flexibility of the almost crystalline contractile machinery and imply FLNc as a dynamic signaling hub, rather than a primarily structural protein. Our myofibrillar damage/repair model illustrates how (cardio)myocytes are kept functional in their mechanically and metabolically strained environment. Our results help to better understand the pathomechanisms and pathophysiology of early stages of FLNc-related myofibrillar myopathy and skeletal and cardiac diseases preceding pathological protein aggregation.
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- Yvonne Leber
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Biomechanics (ICS-7), Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D52428 Jülich, Germany and
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- Department of Biomechanics (ICS-7), Institute of Complex Systems, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D52428 Jülich, Germany and.,Department of Biomechanics, Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, D53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, D53121 Bonn, Germany
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