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We have previously shown that mutations in
troponin T
(
TnT
), which is associated with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), cause an increase in the Ca(2+) sensitivity and a potentiation of cardiac muscle contraction. To gain further insight into the patho-physiological role of these mutations, four mutations (Arg92Gln, Phe110Ile, Glu244Asp, Arg278Cys) were introduced into recombinant human cardiac
TnT
, and the mutants were exchanged into isolated porcine cardiac myofibrils. The effects of mutations were tested on maximal
ATPase
activity, the inhibitory function of troponin I (TnI) in the absence of troponin C (TnC), and the neutralizing function of TnC. Arg92Gln, Phe110Ile, and Glu244Asp markedly impaired the inhibitory function of TnI. Arg278Cys also impaired the inhibitory function of TnI, but the effect was much smaller. Phe110Ile and Glu244Asp markedly enhanced the neutralizing function of TnC and potentiated the maximum
ATPase
activity. Arg92Gln and Arg278Cys only slightly enhanced the neutralizing function of TnC, and they conferred no potentiation on the maximum
ATPase
activity. These results indicate that mutations in
TnT
impair multiple processes of Ca(2+) regulation by troponin, and there are marked differences in the degree of impairment from mutation to mutation.
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PMID:Effects of troponin T mutations in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on regulatory functions of other troponin subunits. 1143 88
In order to help understand the spatial rearrangements of thin filament proteins during the regulation of muscle contraction, we used fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to measure Ca(2+)-dependent, myosin-induced changes in distances and fluorescence energy transfer efficiencies between actin and the inhibitory region of troponin I (TnI). We labeled the single Cys-117 of a mutant TnI with N-(iodoacetyl)-N'-(1-sulfo-5-naphthyl)ethylenediamine (IAEDANS) and Cys-374 of actin with 4-dimethylaminophenylazophenyl-4'-maleimide (DABmal). These fluorescent probes were used as donor and acceptor, respectively, for the FRET measurements. We reconstituted a troponin-tropomyosin (Tn-Tm) complex which contained the AEDANS-labeled mutant TnI, together with natural
troponin T
(
TnT
), troponin C (TnC) and tropomyosin (Tm) from rabbit fast skeletal muscle. Fluorescence titration of the AEDANS-labeled Tn-Tm complex with DABmal-labeled actin, in the presence and absence of Ca(2+), resulted in proportional, linear increases in energy transfer efficiency up to a 7:1 molar excess of actin over Tn-Tm. The distance between AEDANS on TnI Cys-117 and DABmal on actin Cys-374 increased from 37.9 A to 44.1 A when Ca(2+) bound to the regulatory sites of TnC. Titration of reconstituted thin filaments, containing AEDANS-labeled Tn-Tm and DABmal-labeled actin, with myosin subfragment 1 (S1) decreased the energy transfer efficiency, in both the presence and absence of Ca(2+). The maximum decrease occurred at well below stoichiometric levels of S1 binding to actin, showing a cooperative effect of S1 on the state of the thin filaments. S1:actin molar ratios of approximately 0.1 in the presence of Ca(2+), and approximately 0.3 in the absence of Ca(2+), were sufficient to cause a 50% reduction in normalized transfer efficiency. The distance between AEDANS on TnI Cys-117 and DABmal on actin Cys-374 increased by approximately 7 A in the presence of Ca(2+) and by approximately 2 A in the absence of Ca(2+) when S1 bound to actin. Our results suggest that TnI's interaction with actin inhibits actomyosin
ATPase
activity by modulating the equilibria among active and inactive states of the thin filament. Structural rearrangements caused by myosin S1 binding to the thin filament, as detected by FRET measurements, are consistent with the cooperative behavior of the thin filament proteins.
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PMID:Ca(2+)-dependent, myosin subfragment 1-induced proximity changes between actin and the inhibitory region of troponin I. 1169 Jun 51
Troponin T is a central component of the thin filament-associated troponin-tropomyosin system and plays an essential role in the Ca(2+) regulation of striated muscle contraction. The importance of the structure and function of
troponin T
is evident in the regulated isoform expression during development and the point mutations resulting in familial hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies. We report here that turkeys with inherited dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure express an unusual low molecular weight cardiac troponin T missing 11 amino acids due to the splice out of the normally conserved exon 8-encoded segment. The deletion of a 9-bp segment from intron 7 of the turkey cardiac troponin T gene may be responsible for the weakened splicing of the downstream exon 8 during mRNA processing. The exclusion of the exon 8-encoded segment results in conformational changes in cardiac troponin T, an altered binding affinity for troponin I and tropomyosin, and an increased calcium sensitivity of the actomyosin
ATPase
. Expression of the exon 8-deleted cardiac troponin T prior to the development of cardiomyopathy in turkeys indicates a novel RNA splicing disease and provides evidence for the role of
troponin T
structure-function variation in myocardial pathogenesis and heart failure.
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PMID:Exon skipping in cardiac troponin T of turkeys with inherited dilated cardiomyopathy. 1188 65
At least four isoforms of
troponin T
(
TnT
) exist in the human heart, and they are expressed in a developmentally regulated manner. To determine whether the different N-terminal isoforms are functionally distinct with respect to structure, Ca(2+) sensitivity, and inhibition of force development, the four known human cardiac troponin T isoforms, TnT1 (all exons present), TnT2 (missing exon 4), TnT3 (missing exon 5), and TnT4 (missing exons 4 and 5), were expressed, purified, and utilized in skinned fiber studies and in reconstituted actomyosin
ATPase
assays. TnT3, the adult isoform, had a slightly higher alpha-helical content than the other three isoforms. The variable region in the N terminus of cardiac
TnT
was found to contribute to the determination of the Ca(2+) sensitivity of force development in a charge-dependent manner; the greater the charge the higher the Ca(2+) sensitivity, and this was primarily because of exon 5. These studies also demonstrated that removal of either exon 4 or exon 5 from
TnT
increased the cooperativity of the pCa force relationship. Troponin complexes reconstituted with the four
TnT
isoforms all yielded the same maximal actin-tropomyosin-activated myosin ATPase activity. However, troponin complexes containing either TnT1 or TnT2 (both containing exon 5) had a reduced ability to inhibit this
ATPase
activity when compared with wild type troponin (which contains TnT3). Interestingly, fibers containing these isoforms also showed less relaxation suggesting that exon 5 of cardiac
TnT
affects the ability of Tn to inhibit force development and
ATPase
activity. These results suggest that the different N-terminal
TnT
isoforms would produce different functional properties in the heart that would directly affect myocardial contraction.
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PMID:Cardiac troponin T isoforms affect the Ca2+ sensitivity and inhibition of force development. Insights into the role of troponin T isoforms in the heart. 1209 7
Re-expression of a fetal isoform of
troponin T
(TnT(4)) has been demonstrated in failing human ventricular myocardium and associated with a decrease in myofibrillar
ATPase
activity. In order to elucidate the regulatory role of the re-expressed TnT(4) in the failing human heart, we measured
ATPase
activity in reconstituted cardiac myofilaments prepared with recombinant human TnT(4) or the adult human isoform of
troponin T
(TnT(3)). Neither the maximal calcium-activated
ATPase
activity nor the calcium sensitivity of this biochemical assay was significantly different between reconstituted myofilaments containing adult TnT(3) or fetal TnT(4). Our results suggest that the re-expressed fetal TnT(4) is not responsible for the depressed
ATPase
activity of failing ventricular myofibrils. The increased expression of the fetal isoform of this thin filament regulatory protein in the failing ventricle may be a consequence of a programmed change in gene expression occurring in response to hemodynamic stress, but probably does not contribute to depressed ventricular function characteristic of dilated cardiomyopathies.
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PMID:Maximal ATPase activity and calcium sensitivity of reconstituted myofilaments are unaltered by the fetal troponin T re-expressed during human heart failure. 1209 19
The deletion mutant (D234Tm) of rabbit skeletal muscle alpha-tropomyosin, in which internal actin-binding pseudo-repeats 2, 3, and 4 are missing, inhibits the thin filament activated myosin-
ATPase
activity whether Ca(2+) ion is present or not [Landis et al. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 14051-14056]. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) showed substantial changes in distances between Cys-60 or 250 of
troponin T
(
TnT
) and Gln-41 or Cys-374 of actin on wild-type thin filaments corresponding to three states of thin filaments [Kimura et al. (2002) J. Biochem. 132, 93-102]. Troponin T movement on mutant thin filaments reconstituted with D234Tm was compared with that on wild-type thin filaments to understand from which the functional deficiency of mutant thin filaments derives. The Ca(2+)-induced changes in distances between Cys-250 of
TnT
and Gln-41 or Cys-374 of F-actin were smaller on mutant thin filaments than on wild-type thin filaments. On the other hand, the distances between Cys-60 of
TnT
and Gln-41 or Cys-374 of F-actin on mutant thin filaments did not change at all regardless of whether Ca(2+) was present. Thus, FRET showed that the Ca(2+)-induced movement of
TnT
was severely impaired on mutant thin filaments. The rigor binding of myosin subfragment 1 (S1) increased the distances when the thin filaments were fully decorated with S1 in the presence and absence of Ca(2+). However, plots of the extent of S1-incuced movement of
TnT
against molar ratio of S1 to actin in the presence and absence of Ca(2+) showed that the S1-induced movement of
TnT
was also impaired on mutant thin filaments. The deficiency of
TnT
movement on mutant thin filaments causes the altered S1-induced movement of TnI, and mutant thin filaments consequently fail to activate the myosin-
ATPase
activity even in the presence of Ca(2+).
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PMID:Ca(2+)- and s1-induced movement of troponin T on mutant thin filaments reconstituted with functionally deficient mutant tropomyosin. 1215 34
We have compared the in vitro regulatory properties of recombinant human cardiac troponin reconstituted using wild type
troponin T
with troponin containing the DeltaLys-210
troponin T
mutant that causes dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and the R92Q
troponin T
known to cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Troponin containing DeltaLys-210
troponin T
inhibited actin-tropomyosin-activated myosin subfragment-1
ATPase
activity to the same extent as wild type at pCa8.5 (>80%) but produced substantially less enhancement of
ATPase
at pCa4.5. The Ca(2+) sensitivity of
ATPase
activation was increased (DeltapCa(50) = +0.2 pCa units) and cooperativity of Ca(2+) activation was virtually abolished. Equimolar mixtures of wild type and DeltaLys-210
troponin T
gave a lower Ca(2+) sensitivity than with wild type, while maintaining the diminished
ATPase
activation at pCa4.5 observed with 100% mutant. In contrast, R92Q troponin gave reduced inhibition at pCa8.5 but greater activation than wild type at pCa4.5; Ca(2+) sensitivity was increased but there was no change in cooperativity. In vitro motility assay of reconstituted thin filaments confirmed the
ATPase
results and moreover indicated that the predominant effect of the DeltaLys-210 mutation was a reduced sliding speed. The functional consequences of this DCM mutation are qualitatively different from the R92Q or any other studied HCM
troponin T
mutation, suggesting that DCM and HCM may be triggered by distinct primary stimuli.
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PMID:Alterations in thin filament regulation induced by a human cardiac troponin T mutant that causes dilated cardiomyopathy are distinct from those induced by troponin T mutants that cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 1218 60
Striated muscle tropomyosin (TM) interacts with actin and the troponin complex to regulate calcium-mediated muscle contraction. Previous work by our laboratory established that alpha- and beta-TM isoforms elicit physiological differences in sarcomeric performance. Heart myofilaments containing beta-TM exhibit an increased sensitivity to calcium that is associated with a decrease in the rate of relaxation and a prolonged time of relaxation. To address whether the carboxyl-terminal,
troponin T
binding domain of beta-TM is responsible for these physiological alterations, we exchanged the 27 terminal amino acids of alpha-TM (amino acids 258 -284) for the corresponding region in beta-TM. Hearts of transgenic mice that express this chimeric TM protein exhibit significant decreases in their rates of contraction and relaxation when assessed by ex vivo work-performing cardiac analyses. There are increases in the time to peak pressure and a dramatic increase in end diastolic pressure. In myofilaments, this chimeric protein induces depression of maximum tension and
ATPase
rate, together with a significant decrease in sensitivity to calcium. Our data are the first to demonstrate that the TM isoform-specific carboxyl terminus is a critical determinant of sarcomere performance and calcium sensitivity in both the whole heart and in isolated myofilaments.
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PMID:Functional importance of the carboxyl-terminal region of striated muscle tropomyosin. 1269 96
Myocardial stunning is a form of reversible myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury associated with systolic and diastolic contractile dysfunction. In the isolated rat heart model, myocardial stunning is characterized by specific C-terminal proteolysis of the myofilament protein, troponin I (cTnI) that yields cTnI1-193. To determine the effect of this particular C-terminal truncation of cTnI, without the confounding factor of other stunning-induced protein modifications, a series of solution biochemical assays has been undertaken using the human homologue of mouse/rat cTnI1-193, cTnI1-192. Affinity chromatography and actin sedimentation experiments detected little, or no, difference between the binding of cTnI (cTnI1-209) and cTnI1-192 to actin-tropomyosin,
troponin T
, or troponin C. Both cTnI and cTnI1-192 inhibit the actin-tropomyosin-activated
ATPase
activity of myosin subfragment 1 (S1), and this inhibition is released by troponin C in the presence of Ca2+. However, cTnI1-192, when reconstituted as part of the troponin complex (cTn1-192), caused a 54+/-11% increase in the maximum Ca2+-activated actin-tropomyosin-S1
ATPase
activity, compared with troponin reconstituted with cTnI (cTn). Furthermore, cTn1-192 increased Ca2+ sensitivity of both the actin-tropomyosin-activated S1
ATPase
activity and the Ca2+-dependent sliding velocity of reconstituted thin filaments, in an in vitro motility assay, compared with cTn. In an in vitro force assay, the actin-tropomyosin filaments bearing cTn1-192 developed only 76+/-4% (P<0.001) of the force obtained with filaments composed of reconstituted cTn. We suggest that cTnI proteolysis may contribute to the pathophysiology of myocardial stunning by altering the Ca2+-sensing and chemomechanical properties of the myofilaments.
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PMID:C-terminal truncation of cardiac troponin I causes divergent effects on ATPase and force: implications for the pathophysiology of myocardial stunning. 1455 Dec 40
Mutations in the protein alpha-tropomyosin (Tm) can cause a disease known as familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In order to understand how such mutations lead to protein dysfunction, three point mutations were introduced into cDNA encoding the human skeletal tropomyosin, and the recombinant Tms were produced at high levels in the yeast Pichia pastoris. Two mutations (A63V and K70T) were located in the N-terminal region of Tm and one (E180G) was located close to the calcium-dependent
troponin T
binding domain. The functional and structural properties of the mutant Tms were compared to those of the wild type protein. None of the mutations altered the head-to-tail polymerization, although slightly higher actin binding was observed in the mutant Tm K70T, as demonstrated in a cosedimentation assay. The mutations also did not change the cooperativity of the thin filament activation by increasing the concentrations of Ca2+. However, in the absence of troponin, all mutant Tms were less effective than the wild type in regulating the actomyosin subfragment 1 Mg2+
ATPase
activity. Circular dichroism spectroscopy revealed no differences in the secondary structure of the Tms. However, the thermally induced unfolding, as monitored by circular dichroism or differential scanning calorimetry, demonstrated that the mutants were less stable than the wild type. These results indicate that the main effect of the mutations is related to the overall stability of Tm as a whole, and that the mutations have only minor effects on the cooperative interactions among proteins that constitute the thin filament.
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PMID:Effects of cardiomyopathic mutations on the biochemical and biophysical properties of the human alpha-tropomyosin. 1547 42
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