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Fast skeletal and
cardiac troponin C
(TnC) contain two high affinity Ca2+/Mg2+ binding sites within the C-terminal domain that are thought to be important for association of TnC with the troponin complex of the thin filament. To test directly the function of these high affinity sites in cardiac TnC they were systematically altered by mutagenesis to generate proteins with a single inactive site III or IV (CBM-III and CBM-IV, respectively), or with both sites III and IV inactive (CBM-III-IV). Equilibrium dialysis indicated that the mutated sites did not bind Ca2+ at pCa 4. Both CBM-III and CBM-IV were similar to the wild type protein in their ability to regulate Ca(2+)-dependent contraction in slow skeletal muscle fibers, and Ca(2+)-dependent
ATPase
activity in fast skeletal and cardiac muscle myofibrils. The mutant CBM-III-IV is capable of regulating contraction in permeabilized slow muscle fibers but only if the fibers are maintained in a contraction solution containing a high concentration of the mutant protein. CBM-III-IV also regulates myofibril
ATPase
activity in fast skeletal and cardiac myofibrils but only at concentrations 10-100-fold greater than the normal protein. The pCa50 and Hill coefficient values for Ca(2+)-dependent activation of fast skeletal muscle myofibril
ATPase
activity by the normal protein and all three mutants are essentially the same. Competition between active and inactive forms of cardiac and slow TnC in a functional assay demonstrates that mutation of both sites III and IV greatly reduces the affinity of cardiac and slow TnC for its functionally relevant binding site in the myofibrils. The data indicate that although neither high affinity site is absolutely essential for regulation of muscle contraction in vitro, at least one active C-terminal site is required for tight association of
cardiac troponin C
with myofibrils. This requirement can be satisfied by either site III or IV.
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PMID:Mutation of the high affinity calcium binding sites in cardiac troponin C. 153 Sep 38
Fast skeletal troponin C (sTnC) has two low affinity Ca(2+)-binding sites (sites I and II), whereas in
cardiac troponin C
(cTnC) site I is inactive. By modifying the Ca2+ binding properties of sites I and II in cTnC it was demonstrated that binding of Ca2+ to an activated site I alone is not sufficient for triggering contraction in slow skeletal muscle fibers (Sweeney, H.L., Brito, R. M.M., Rosevear, P.R., and Putkey, J.A. (1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87, 9538-9542). However, a similar study using sTnC showed that Ca2+ binding to site I alone could partially activate force production in fast skeletal muscle fibers (Sheng, Z., Strauss, W.L., Francois, J.M., and Potter, J.D. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 21554-21560). The purpose of the current study was to examine the functional characteristics of modified cTnC derivatives in fast skeletal muscle fibers to assess whether or not either low affinity site can mediate force production when coupled to fast skeletal isoforms of troponin (Tn) I and TnT. Normal cTnC and sTnC were compared with engineered derivatives of cTnC having either both sites I and II active, or only site I active. In contrast to what is seen in slow muscle, binding of Ca2+ to site I alone recovered about 15-20% of the normal calcium-activated force and
ATPase
activity in skinned fast skeletal muscle fibers and myofibrils, respectively. This is most likely due to structural differences between TnI and/or TnT isoforms that allow for partial recognition and translation of the signal represented by binding Ca2+ to site I of TnC when associated with fast skeletal but not slow skeletal muscle.
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PMID:Function of the N-terminal calcium-binding sites in cardiac/slow troponin C assessed in fast skeletal muscle fibers. 186 27
1. The calcium sensitivity of force production of cardiac muscle fibres is altered by certain drugs. The sites of action of three such compounds (pimobendan, sulmazole, isomazole) within the myofibril have been investigated. Calmodulin antagonists, perhexilene and bepridil, which have been shown to alter the calcium dependence of myofibrillar
ATPase
activity and oxmetidine, an H2-receptor antagonist which binds to calmodulin, were also studied. 2. The rates of dissociation of calcium from both the regulatory and high affinity sites on bovine isolated
cardiac troponin C
(cTnC) were measured in a stopped-flow fluorimeter. The rates of dissociation were found to be 136.5 +/- 16 s-1 and 1.3 +/- 0.20 s-1 (mean +/- s.e.mean, n = 11 determinations; conditions: 100 mM KCl, 10 mM MOPS, 3 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM dithriothreitol, pH 7.0, 15 degrees C). Sulmazole, isomazole and perhexiline (final concentration of 50 microM) had no effect on the rate of Ca2+ dissociation from the regulatory Ca2+ site, indicating that these compounds do not act on cTnC directly. 3. The rate of dissociation of Ca2+ from the regulatory site was slightly reduced (approximately 20%) by pimobendan (50 and 100 microM) and was somewhat increased by oxmetidine (28% at 100 microM). 4. Bepridil (25 microM) reduced the rate of dissociation by 50%, indicating a direct effect of bepridil on TnC. 5. Sulmazole, isomazole, perhexiline, pimobendan (50 microM) and bepridil (25 microM) were without effect on the rate of dissociation of Ca2+ from the high affinity Ca2+/Mg2+ sites. Oxmetidine caused 24% decrease in the rate of Ca2+ dissociation from these sites. 6. The rate of dissociation of Ca2+ from the regulatory site on the complex of troponin-tropomyosin (TnTm) was measured. Sulmazole and pimobendan (50 microM) were without effect on the rate of dissociation of Ca2+ from the regulatory site in the protein complex, and isomazole (50 microM) caused only a slight reduction (23%). Perhexiline (50 microM) or bepridil (10 microM) reduced the rate of Ca2 dissociation by about 50%. The rate of dissociation of Ca2+ from the high affinity Ca2 +/Mg2 + sites was not altered by sulmazole, isomazole, or pimobendan (50 microM), but was decreased - 35% by perhexiline (50 microM) or bepridil (10 microM).
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PMID:The effects of reported Ca2+ sensitisers on the rates of Ca2+ release from cardiac troponin C and the troponin-tropomyosin complex. 220
In the present study we have analyzed a likely biochemical mechanism underlying the Ca++-sensitizing action of MCI-154 (6-[4-(4'-pyridyl)aminophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-3(2H)-pyridazinone hydrochloride), a novel cardiotonic agent, on the contractile protein system. MCI-154 (10(-7) to 10(-4) M) enhanced the tension development induced by -log molar-free Ca++ concentration (pCa) 5.8 in chemically skinned fiber from the canine right ventricular muscle in a concentration-dependent manner. At pCa 7.0, MCI-154 (10(-7) to 10(-4) M) markedly increased
adenosine triphosphatase
(
ATPase
) activities of canine myofibrils and reconstituted actomyosin. In myofibrils and reconstituted actomyosin, MCI-154 (10(-7) to 10(-4) M) caused a parallel shift of the pCa-
ATPase
activity relation curve to the left without affecting the maximum activity, suggesting an increase in Ca++ sensitivity. MCI-154 (10(-8) to 10(-4) M) had little effect on actin-activated, Mg++, Ca++ and (K+, EDTA)-
ATPase
activities of myosin. Ca++ binding to cardiac myofibrils or purified cardiac troponin was increased by 10(-4) M MCI-154. These results suggest that MCI-154 enhances Ca++ binding to
cardiac troponin C
to elevate the Ca++ sensitivity of myofilaments and thus may cause a positive inotropic action in cardiac muscle. MCI-154 may provide a valuable tool for studying the molecular mechanism by which Ca++ regulates the contractile system.
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PMID:Potent stimulation of myofilament force and adenosine triphosphatase activity of canine cardiac muscle through a direct enhancement of troponin C Ca++ binding by MCI-154, a novel cardiotonic agent. 254 60
We compared the effects of the newer inotropic drugs, pimobendan (UD-CG 115 BS) and milrinone (Win 47203), on the electrical, mechanical and biochemical activity of intact and detergent-skinned preparations of cardiac muscle. Both of these agents increased contractile force of guinea pig papillary muscle preparations bathed under physiological conditions or depolarized with 25 mM K+o. The positive inotropic action was associated with potentiation of the Ca2+-dependent slow action potentials (APS). Contractile force developed in the presence of 25 mM [K]o and 1 microM isoproterenol was increased further by addition of 50 microM pimobendan with no effect on the slow action potential. Milrinone (50 microM) did not produce a further increase in the force or potentiate the slow APs. Pimobendan, in a dose-dependent manner, increased active tension developed by chemically-skinned dog heart muscle fibers at submaximally activating concentrations of Ca2+, whereas milrinone did not. At pCa 6.25, the half-maximal concentration of pimobendan for stimulation of force development was about 40 microM. At maximally activating levels of Ca2+ (pCa 4.5), pimobendan had little or no effect on force development. The effect of pimobendan on force was paralleled by changes in the Ca2+-activated Mg-
ATPase
activity of the isometric skinned fiber preparations. Moreover, the tension-cost (unit increase in
ATPase
rate/unit increase in force) was unchanged in the presence of pimobendan. Milrinone did not affect ATP hydrolysis by the skinned fiber preparations. Force-pCa and
ATPase
-pCa relations of skinned fiber preparations contracting isometrically were shifted to the left by 0.15-0.20 pCa units in the presence of 50 microM pimobendan. In contrast, there was no effect of pimobendan on the
ATPase
activity of unloaded myofibrillar preparations. The stimulation of force and
ATPase
activity of the skinned heart muscle fibers could be accounted for by an effect of pimobendan on the affinity of the regulatory (low affinity, Ca2+-specific) binding sites of
cardiac troponin C
. Ca2+ binding to the "structural" high affinity sites of troponin C was slightly inhibited. The results indicate that the positive inotropic actions of pimobendan, but not milrinone, may involve activation of the cardiac myofilaments by a direct effect involving an increased affinity of the regulatory site on troponin C for Ca2+.
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PMID:Sensitization of dog and guinea pig heart myofilaments to Ca2+ activation and the inotropic effect of pimobendan: comparison with milrinone. 284
The rate of tryptic digestion of
cardiac troponin C
(cTNC) has been shown to be dependent on Ca2+ as was noted earlier for skeletal TNC (sTNC). Two representative peptides have been characterized on the basis of amino acid composition and partial amino terminal sequence analysis. Circular dichroism and fluorescence studies monitored their response to the presence of Ca2+. Their ability to form complexes with the
ATPase
inhibitory subunit of cardiac troponin (cTNI) was determined by urea - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorescence experiments. The ability of these peptides to substitute for whole cTNC in restoring the
ATPase
activity of a partially inhibited synthetic actomyosin system was also explored. The N-terminal peptide 1-88 already contains a large amount of ordered structure, which indicates that the alpha-helices flanking binding site II of cTNC exist independently of Ca2+. Consequently this peptide shows limited increase in structure in the presence of Ca2+. It binds to cTNI independently of the presence of Ca2+ and could substitute for whole cTNC by relaxing the inhibitory effect of cTNI. The C-terminal peptide 103-158 has a low amount of secondary structure in the absence of Ca2+ but this increases dramatically in the presence of this cation. This peptide could only form a stable complex with cTNI in the presence of Ca2+ and was unable to release the inhibitory effect of cTNI.
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PMID:Trypsin digestion of bovine cardiac troponin C in the presence and absence of calcium. 293 34
The Ca2+-sensitive
ATPase
activity of rabbit skeletal myofibrils disappeared completely after treatment with a solution containing CDTA, a strong divalent cation chelator, at a low ionic strength. A gel electrophoretic study revealed that all troponin C and about half of myosin light chain 2 were removed from the myofibrils by the CDTA treatment. The CDTA-treated myofibrils, when reconstituted with skeletal troponin C, showed almost exactly the same Ca2+- or Sr2+-sensitive
ATPase
activity as that of intact myofibrils. The CDTA-treated myofibrils reconstituted with porcine
cardiac troponin C
showed the same Ca2+- or Sr2+-sensitivity of the
ATPase
as that of porcine cardiac myofibrils; Sr2+-sensitivity relative to Ca2+-sensitivity was about ten times higher than, and the maximal slope of the activation curve was about half that of skeletal myofibrils. These findings indicate that these characteristic features of divalent cation regulation in the contraction of skeletal and cardiac muscles are determined solely by the species of troponin C. Bovine brain calmodulin hardly activated the
ATPase
activity of the CDTA-treated myofibrils even in the presence of Ca2+. Excess calmodulin, however, was found to give Ca2+- or Sr2+-sensitivity to the
ATPase
activity of the CDTA-treated myofibrils. Frog skeletal parvalbumins 1 and 2, even in excess, did not affect the
ATPase
activity of the CDTA-treated myofibrils.
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PMID:Ca2+- and Sr2+-sensitivity of the ATPase activity of rabbit skeletal myofibrils: effect of the complete substitution of troponin C with cardiac troponin C, calmodulin, and parvalbumins. 295 10
Troponin C was removed almost completely from the porcine cardiac myofibrils by the same extraction procedure using CDTA as that previously reported for the rabbit skeletal myofibrils (Morimoto, S. & Ohtsuki, I. (1987) J. Biochem. 101, 291-301), and the effects of substitution of troponin C in cardiac myofibrils with rabbit skeletal troponin C or bovine brain calmodulin were examined. While the
ATPase
activity of intact cardiac myofibrils or
cardiac troponin C
-reconstituted cardiac myofibrils was activated at only a little higher concentration of Sr2+ than Ca2+, the skeletal troponin C-substituted cardiac myofibrils, as well as intact rabbit skeletal myofibrils, required more than 10 times higher concentration of Sr2+ than Ca2+ for activation of the myofibrillar
ATPase
activity. However, the concentrations of Ca2+ and Sr2+ required for the activation of the
ATPase
activity of the skeletal troponin C-substituted cardiac myofibrils were both about 5 times higher than those of intact skeletal myofibrils. The skeletal troponin C-substituted cardiac myofibrils, as well as intact skeletal myofibrils, also showed higher cooperativity in the Ca2+-activation of the
ATPase
activity than intact or
cardiac troponin C
-reconstituted cardiac myofibrils. The
ATPase
activity of calmodulin-substituted cardiac myofibrils was activated at a several times lower concentration of Ca2+ or Sr2+ than that of calmodulin-substituted skeletal myofibrils, while the ratios of the concentration of Sr2+ to Ca2+ required for activation were almost the same in both cases.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of substitution of troponin C in cardiac myofibrils with skeletal troponin C or calmodulin on the Ca2+- and Sr2+-sensitive ATPase activity. 297 54
1. Hybrid or reconstituted troponins were prepared from troponin components of rabbit skeletal muscle and porcine cardiac muscle and their effect on the actomyosin
ATPase
activity was measured at various concentrations of Ca2+ or Sr2+. The Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximum activation of actomyosin
ATPase
with troponin containing cardiac troponin I was slightly higher than that with troponin containing skeletal troponin I. The Sr2+ concentration required for half-maximum activation of actomyosin
ATPase
with troponin containing skeletal troponin C was higher than that with troponin containing
cardiac troponin C
. 2. Reconstituted cardiac troponin was phosphorylated by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. The Ca2+ sensitivity of actomyosin
ATPase
with cardiac troponin decreased upon phosphorylation of troponin I; maximum
ATPase
activity was depressed and the Ca2+ concentration at half-maximum activation increased. On the other hand, phosphorylation of troponin I did not change Sr2+ sensitivity. 3. The inhibitory effect of cardiac troponin I on the actomyosin
ATPase
activity was neutralized by increasing the amount of brain calmodulin at high Ca2+ and Sr2+ concentrations but not at low concentrations. 4.
ATPase
activity of actomyosin with a mixture of troponin I and calmodulin was assayed at various concentrations of Ca2+ or Sr2+. The Ca2+ or Sr2+ sensitivity of actomyosin
ATPase
containing skeletal troponin I was approximately the same as that of actomyosin
ATPase
containing cardiac troponin I. Phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I did not change the Ca2+ sensitivity of the
ATPase
. 5. The Ca2+ or Sr2+ concentration required for half-maximum activation of actomyosin
ATPase
with troponin I-T-calmodulin was higher than that of actomyosin
ATPase
with the mixture of troponin I and calmodulin. Maximum
ATPase
activity was lower than that with the mixture of troponin I and calmodulin.
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PMID:Sensitivity of actomyosin ATPase to calcium and strontium ions. Effect of hybrid troponins. 622 22
Exposure of an N-terminal hydrophobic region in troponin C is thought to be important for the regulation of contraction in striated muscle. To test this hypothesis, single Cys residues were engineered at positions 45, 81, 84, or 85 in the N-terminal hydrophobic region of
cardiac troponin C
(cTnC) to provide specific sites for attachment of blocking groups. A synthetic peptide, Ac-Val-Arg-Ala-Ile-Gly-Lys-Leu-Ser-Ser, or biotin was coupled to these Cys residues, and the covalent adducts were tested for activity in TnC-extracted myofibrils. Covalent modification of cTnC(C45) had no effect on maximal myofibril
ATPase
activity. Greatly decreased myofibril
ATPase
activity (70-80% inhibited) resulted when the peptide was conjugated to Cys-81 in cTnC(C81), while a lesser degree of inhibition (10-25% inhibited) resulted from covalent modification of cTnC(C84) and cTnC(C85). Inhibition was not due to an altered affinity of the cTnC(C81)/peptide conjugate for the myofibrils, and the Ca2+ dependence of
ATPase
activity was essentially identical to the unmodified protein. Thus, a subregion of the N-terminal hydrophobic region in cTnC is sensitive to disruption, while other regions are less important or can adapt to rather bulky blocking groups. The data suggest that Ca(2+)-sensitizing drugs may bind to the N-terminal hydrophobic region on cTnC but not interfere with transmission of the Ca2+ signal.
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PMID:Covalent binding of peptides to the N-terminal hydrophobic region of cardiac troponin C has limited effects on function. 855 May 67
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