Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation

Striated muscle contraction is inhibited by the actin associated proteins tropomyosin, troponin T, troponin I and troponin C. Binding of Ca2+ to troponin C relieves this inhibition by changing contacts among the regulatory components and ultimately repositioning tropomyosin on the actin filament cre...

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Main Authors: J. M. Chalovich, L. Zhu, D. Johnson
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.902079/full
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description Striated muscle contraction is inhibited by the actin associated proteins tropomyosin, troponin T, troponin I and troponin C. Binding of Ca2+ to troponin C relieves this inhibition by changing contacts among the regulatory components and ultimately repositioning tropomyosin on the actin filament creating a state that is permissive for contraction. Several lines of evidence suggest that there are three possible positions of tropomyosin on actin commonly called Blocked, Closed/Calcium and Open or Myosin states. These states are thought to correlate with different functional states of the contractile system: inactive-Ca2+-free, inactive-Ca2+-bound and active. The inactive-Ca2+-free state is highly occupied at low free Ca2+ levels. However, saturating Ca2+ produces a mixture of inactive and active states making study of the individual states difficult. Disease causing mutations of troponin, as well as phosphomimetic mutations change the stabilities of the states of the regulatory complex thus providing tools for studying individual states. Mutants of troponin are available to stabilize each of three structural states. Particular attention is given to the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy causing mutation, Δ14 of TnT, that is missing the last 14 C-terminal residues of cardiac troponin T. Removal of the basic residues in this region eliminates the inactive-Ca2+-free state. The major state occupied with Δ14 TnT at inactivating Ca2+ levels resembles the inactive-Ca2+-bound state in function and in displacement of TnI from actin-tropomyosin. Addition of Ca2+, with Δ14TnT, shifts the equilibrium between the inactive-Ca2+-bound and the active state to favor that latter state. These mutants suggest a unique role for the C-terminal region of Troponin T as a brake to limit Ca2+ activation.
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spelling doaj.art-a3547f6888014e16aa46eb703cf2716c2022-12-22T01:01:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2022-05-011310.3389/fphys.2022.902079902079Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle RegulationJ. M. ChalovichL. ZhuD. JohnsonStriated muscle contraction is inhibited by the actin associated proteins tropomyosin, troponin T, troponin I and troponin C. Binding of Ca2+ to troponin C relieves this inhibition by changing contacts among the regulatory components and ultimately repositioning tropomyosin on the actin filament creating a state that is permissive for contraction. Several lines of evidence suggest that there are three possible positions of tropomyosin on actin commonly called Blocked, Closed/Calcium and Open or Myosin states. These states are thought to correlate with different functional states of the contractile system: inactive-Ca2+-free, inactive-Ca2+-bound and active. The inactive-Ca2+-free state is highly occupied at low free Ca2+ levels. However, saturating Ca2+ produces a mixture of inactive and active states making study of the individual states difficult. Disease causing mutations of troponin, as well as phosphomimetic mutations change the stabilities of the states of the regulatory complex thus providing tools for studying individual states. Mutants of troponin are available to stabilize each of three structural states. Particular attention is given to the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy causing mutation, Δ14 of TnT, that is missing the last 14 C-terminal residues of cardiac troponin T. Removal of the basic residues in this region eliminates the inactive-Ca2+-free state. The major state occupied with Δ14 TnT at inactivating Ca2+ levels resembles the inactive-Ca2+-bound state in function and in displacement of TnI from actin-tropomyosin. Addition of Ca2+, with Δ14TnT, shifts the equilibrium between the inactive-Ca2+-bound and the active state to favor that latter state. These mutants suggest a unique role for the C-terminal region of Troponin T as a brake to limit Ca2+ activation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.902079/fullcardiomyopathytroponinstriated musclestates of actintroponin Ttroponin I
spellingShingle J. M. Chalovich
L. Zhu
D. Johnson
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation
Frontiers in Physiology
cardiomyopathy
troponin
striated muscle
states of actin
troponin T
troponin I
title Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation
title_full Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation
title_fullStr Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation
title_full_unstemmed Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation
title_short Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations of Troponin Reveal Details of Striated Muscle Regulation
title_sort hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutations of troponin reveal details of striated muscle regulation
topic cardiomyopathy
troponin
striated muscle
states of actin
troponin T
troponin I
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2022.902079/full
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