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A role for actin flexibility in thin filament-mediated contractile regulation and myopathy

  • Striated muscle contraction is regulated by the translocation of troponin-tropomyosin strands over the thin filament surface. Relaxation relies partly on highly-favorable, conformation-dependent electrostatic contacts between actin and tropomyosin, which position tropomyosin such that it impedes actomyosin associations. Impaired relaxation and hypercontractile properties are hallmarks of various muscle disorders. The α-cardiac actin M305L hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-causing mutation lies near residues that help confine tropomyosin to an inhibitory position along thin filaments. Here, we investigate M305L actin in vivo, in vitro, and in silico to resolve emergent pathological properties and disease mechanisms. Our data suggest the mutation reduces actin flexibility and distorts the actin-tropomyosin electrostatic energy landscape that, in muscle, result in aberrant contractile inhibition and excessive force. Thus, actin flexibility may be required to establish and maintain interfacial contacts with tropomyosin as well as facilitate its movement over distinct actin surface features and is, therefore, likely necessary for proper regulation of contraction.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:Meera C. Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Peter Franz, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Christopher S. Newhard, Aditi Madan, William Lehman, Douglas M. Swank, Matthias Preller, Anthony Cammarato
Parent Title (English):Nature Communications
Volume:11
Issue:1
Article Number:2417
ISSN:2041-1723
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15922-5
PMID:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32415060
Publisher:Springer Nature
Date of first publication:2020/05/15
Departments, institutes and facilities:Institut für Technik, Ressourcenschonung und Energieeffizienz (TREE)
Institut für funktionale Gen-Analytik (IFGA)
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Fields of research:Institut für Technik, Ressourcenschonung und Energieeffizienz (TREE) / Arbeitsgruppe Computational Chemistry
Entry in this database:2023/11/14