TitleMechanistic heterogeneity in contractile properties of α-tropomyosin (TPM1) mutants associated with inherited cardiomyopathies.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsGupte TM, Haque F, Gangadharan B, Sunitha MS, Mukherjee S, Anandhan S, Rani DSelvi, Mukundan N, Jambekar A, Thangaraj K, Sowdhamini R, Sommese RF, Nag S, Spudich JA, Mercer JA
JournalJ Biol Chem
Volume290
Issue11
Pagination7003-15
Date Published2015 Mar 13
ISSN1083-351X
KeywordsActins, Adenosine Triphosphatases, Calcium, Cardiomyopathies, Humans, Models, Molecular, Myosins, Point Mutation, Protein Stability, Tropomyosin
Abstract

The most frequent known causes of primary cardiomyopathies are mutations in the genes encoding sarcomeric proteins. Among those are 30 single-residue mutations in TPM1, the gene encoding α-tropomyosin. We examined seven mutant tropomyosins, E62Q, D84N, I172T, L185R, S215L, D230N, and M281T, that were chosen based on their clinical severity and locations along the molecule. The goal of our study was to determine how the biochemical characteristics of each of these mutant proteins are altered, which in turn could provide a structural rationale for treatment of the cardiomyopathies they produce. Measurements of Ca(2+) sensitivity of human β-cardiac myosin ATPase activity are consistent with the hypothesis that hypertrophic cardiomyopathies are hypersensitive to Ca(2+) activation, and dilated cardiomyopathies are hyposensitive. We also report correlations between ATPase activity at maximum Ca(2+) concentrations and conformational changes in TnC measured using a fluorescent probe, which provide evidence that different substitutions perturb the structure of the regulatory complex in different ways. Moreover, we observed changes in protein stability and protein-protein interactions in these mutants. Our results suggest multiple mechanistic pathways to hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies. Finally, we examined a computationally designed mutant, E181K, that is hypersensitive, confirming predictions derived from in silico structural analysis.

DOI10.1074/jbc.M114.596676
Alternate JournalJ. Biol. Chem.
PubMed ID25548289
PubMed Central IDPMC4358124
Grant ListGM33289 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
HL117138 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States