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Inherited cardiomyopathies are caused by point mutations in sarcomeric gene products, including α-cardiac muscle actin (ACTC1). We examined the biochemical and cell biological properties of the α-cardiac actin mutations Y166C and M305L identified in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Untagged wild-type (WT) cardiac actin, and the Y166C and M305L mutants were expressed by the baculovirus/Sf9-cell system and affinity purified by immobilized gelsolin G4–6. Their correct folding was verified by a number of assays. The mutant actins also displayed a disturbed intrinsic ATPase activity and an altered polymerization behavior in the presence of tropomyosin, gelsolin, and Arp2/3 complex. Both mutants stimulated the cardiac β-myosin ATPase to only 50 % of WT cardiac F-actin. Copolymers of WT and increasing amounts of the mutant actins led to a reduced stimulation of the myosin ATPase. Transfection of established cell lines revealed incorporation of EGFP- and hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged WT and both mutant actins into cytoplasmic stress fibers. Adenoviral vectors of HA-tagged WT and Y166C actin were successfully used to infect adult and neonatal rat cardiomyocytes (NRCs). The expressed HA-tagged actins were incorporated into the minus-ends of NRC thin filaments, demonstrating the ability to form hybrid thin filaments with endogenous actin. In NRCs, the Y166C mutant led after 72 h to a shortening of the sarcomere length when compared to NRCs infected with WT actin. Thus our data demonstrate that a mutant actin can be integrated into cardiomyocyte thin filaments and by its reduced mode of myosin interaction might be the basis for the initiation of HCM.
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The authors thank Prof. Pott (Bochum) for supplying ARCs and Dipl. Biol. S. Fister and Dr. H. Milting (Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Bad Oeyenhausen) for the human cardiac actin clones, and Prof. Claycomb (New Orleans, Lousiana, USA) for supplying the HL-1 cells. Mass spectrometry analysis was kindly performed at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) Core Unit Mass Spectrometry/Proteomics by A. Pich. This work was supported by the ‘Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft’ Grant MA 807/17-2 (to H.G.M.), MA 1081/11-2 (to D.J.M), RA 1781/1-1 (to S.R.), the ‘Fonds der Chemischen Industrie’ Grant 684052 (to E.B.), the Hannover Biomedical Research School (to M.B.R.), the Deutsche Akademische Ausstauschdienst (DAAD) and FoRUM der Ruhr-Universität Bochum (to A.J.M.), the Schweizer National Fond (to C.A.S.), and the Max-Planck Society (to S.R. and E.B.).
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Müller, M., Mazur, A.J., Behrmann, E. et al. Functional characterization of the human α-cardiac actin mutations Y166C and M305L involved in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 69, 3457–3479 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-012-1030-5
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