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Sukhareva KS, Smolina NA, Churkina AI, Kalugina KK, Zhuk SV, Khudiakov AA, Khodot AA, Faggian G, Luciani GB, Sejersen T, Kostareva AA. Desmin mutations impact the autophagy flux in C2C12 cell in mutation-specific manner. Cell Tissue Res 2023; 393:357-375. [PMID: 37277577 PMCID: PMC10406715 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-023-03790-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Desmin is the main intermediate filament of striated and smooth muscle cells and plays a crucial role in maintaining the stability of muscle fiber during contraction and relaxation cycles. Being a component of Z-disk area, desmin integrates autophagic pathways, and the disturbance of Z-disk proteins' structure negatively affects chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA). In the present study, we focused on alteration of autophagy flux in myoblasts expressing various Des mutations. We applied Western blotting, immunocytochemistry, RNA sequencing, and shRNA approach to demonstrate that DesS12F, DesA357P, DesL345P, DesL370P, and DesD399Y mutations. Mutation-specific effect on autophagy flux being most severe in aggregate-prone Des mutations such as DesL345P, DesL370P, and DesD399Y. RNA sequencing data confirmed the most prominent effect of these mutations on expression profile and, in particular, on autophagy-related genes. To verify CASA contribution to desmin aggregate formation, we suppressed CASA by knocking down Bag3 and demonstrated that it promoted aggregate formation and lead to downregulation of Vdac2 and Vps4a and upregulation of Lamp, Pink1, and Prkn. In conclusion, Des mutations showed a mutation-specific effect on autophagy flux in C2C12 cells with either a predominant impact on autophagosome maturation or on degradation and recycling processes. Aggregate-prone desmin mutations lead to the activation of basal autophagy level while suppressing the CASA pathway by knocking down Bag3 can promote desmin aggregate formation.
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Affiliation(s)
- K S Sukhareva
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
- Graduate School of Life and Health Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Graduate School of Life and Health Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Graduate School of Life and Health Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neuropaediatrics, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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