scholarly journals Low ionic strength solubility of myosin in sea urchin egg extracts is mediated by a myosin-binding protein.

1987 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 927-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Yabkowitz ◽  
D R Burgess

We identify a novel myosin-binding protein, designated 53K, which appears to mediate the low ionic strength solubility of myosin in extracts of unfertilized sea urchin eggs. The protein possesses a subunit molecular mass on SDS-PAGE of 53 kD, an S value of 7, may be organized into disulfide-linked oligomers, and is associated with myosin in egg extracts. Both myosin and 53K co-precipitate from extract upon the addition of nucleoside triphosphates and co-sediment with an S value of 24 by sedimentation velocity centrifugation. Myosin in extracts not associated with 53K has an S value of 10. Further, myosin can be immunoprecipitated from extract with antibody to 53K and the 53K in extracts binds to a myosin affinity column. When extract is depleted of 53K, a majority of the myosin precipitates out of extract in a nucleotide-independent manner. Whereas purified myosin precipitates in the absence of nucleotide when recombined with dialysis buffer or myosin-depleted extract, reconstituting 53K and myosin before addition to buffer or myosin-depleted extract partially restores the low ionic strength solubility demonstrated by myosin in fresh egg extracts. The 53-kD protein may represent a new class of authentic myosin-binding proteins that may regulate the supramolecular organization of myosin in nonmuscle cells.

2011 ◽  
Vol 436 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Chen ◽  
Tong-Jin Zhao ◽  
Jie Li ◽  
Yan-Song Gao ◽  
Fan-Guo Meng ◽  
...  

Muscle contraction requires high energy fluxes, which are supplied by MM-CK (muscle-type creatine kinase) which couples to the myofibril. However, little is known about the detailed molecular mechanisms of how MM-CK participates in and is regulated during muscle contraction. In the present study, MM-CK is found to physically interact with the slow skeletal muscle-type MyBPC1 (myosin-binding protein C1). The interaction between MyBPC1 and MM-CK depended on the creatine concentration in a dose-dependent manner, but not on ATP, ADP or phosphocreatine. The MyBPC1–CK interaction favoured acidic conditions, and the two molecules dissociated at above pH 7.5. Domain-mapping experiments indicated that MM-CK binds to the C-terminal domains of MyBPC1, which is also the binding site of myosin. The functional coupling of myosin, MyBPC1 and MM-CK is further corroborated using an ATPase activity assay in which ATP expenditure accelerates upon the association of the three proteins, and the apparent Km value of myosin is therefore reduced. The results of the present study suggest that MyBPC1 acts as an adaptor to connect the ATP consumer (myosin) and the regenerator (MM-CK) for efficient energy metabolism and homoeostasis.


Author(s):  
Bashir Alaour ◽  
Torbjørn Omland ◽  
Janniche Torsvik ◽  
Thomas E. Kaier ◽  
Marit S. Sylte ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives Cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyC) is a novel biomarker of myocardial injury, with a promising role in the triage and risk stratification of patients presenting with acute cardiac disease. In this study, we assess the weekly biological variation of cMyC, to examine its potential in monitoring chronic myocardial injury, and to suggest analytical quality specification for routine use of the test in clinical practice. Methods Thirty healthy volunteers were included. Non-fasting samples were obtained once a week for ten consecutive weeks. Samples were tested in duplicate on the Erenna® platform by EMD Millipore Corporation. Outlying measurements and subjects were identified and excluded systematically, and homogeneity of analytical and within-subject variances was achieved before calculating the biological variability (CVI and CVG), reference change values (RCV) and index of individuality (II). Results Mean age was 38 (range, 21–64) years, and 16 participants were women (53%). The biological variation, RCV and II with 95% confidence interval (CI) were: CVA (%) 19.5 (17.8–21.6), CVI (%) 17.8 (14.8–21.0), CVG (%) 66.9 (50.4–109.9), RCV (%) 106.7 (96.6–120.1)/−51.6 (−54.6 to −49.1) and II 0.42 (0.29–0.56). There was a trend for women to have lower CVG. The calculated RCVs were comparable between genders. Conclusions cMyC exhibits acceptable RCV and low II suggesting that it could be suitable for disease monitoring, risk stratification and prognostication if measured serially. Analytical quality specifications based on biological variation are similar to those for cardiac troponin and should be achievable at clinically relevant concentrations.


Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1134
Author(s):  
Heidi Budde ◽  
Roua Hassoun ◽  
Melina Tangos ◽  
Saltanat Zhazykbayeva ◽  
Melissa Herwig ◽  
...  

Oxidative stress is defined as an imbalance between the antioxidant defense system and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). At low levels, ROS are involved in the regulation of redox signaling for cell protection. However, upon chronical increase in oxidative stress, cell damage occurs, due to protein, DNA and lipid oxidation. Here, we investigated the oxidative modifications of myofilament proteins, and their role in modulating cardiomyocyte function in end-stage human failing hearts. We found altered maximum Ca2+-activated tension and Ca2+ sensitivity of force production of skinned single cardiomyocytes in end-stage human failing hearts compared to non-failing hearts, which was corrected upon treatment with reduced glutathione enzyme. This was accompanied by the increased oxidation of troponin I and myosin binding protein C, and decreased levels of protein kinases A (PKA)- and C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation of both proteins. The Ca2+ sensitivity and maximal tension correlated strongly with the myofilament oxidation levels, hypo-phosphorylation, and oxidative stress parameters that were measured in all the samples. Furthermore, we detected elevated titin-based myocardial stiffness in HF myocytes, which was reversed by PKA and reduced glutathione enzyme treatment. Finally, many oxidative stress and inflammation parameters were significantly elevated in failing hearts compared to non-failing hearts, and corrected upon treatment with the anti-oxidant GSH enzyme. Here, we provide evidence that the altered mechanical properties of failing human cardiomyocytes are partially due to phosphorylation, S-glutathionylation, and the interplay between the two post-translational modifications, which contribute to the development of heart failure.


2008 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 720-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Lecarpentier ◽  
Nicolas Vignier ◽  
Patricia Oliviero ◽  
Aziz Guellich ◽  
Lucie Carrier ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (8) ◽  
pp. E1355-E1364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Kensler ◽  
Roger Craig ◽  
Richard L. Moss

Cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyBP-C) has a key regulatory role in cardiac contraction, but the mechanism by which changes in phosphorylation of cMyBP-C accelerate cross-bridge kinetics remains unknown. In this study, we isolated thick filaments from the hearts of mice in which the three serine residues (Ser273, Ser282, and Ser302) that are phosphorylated by protein kinase A in the m-domain of cMyBP-C were replaced by either alanine or aspartic acid, mimicking the fully nonphosphorylated and the fully phosphorylated state of cMyBP-C, respectively. We found that thick filaments from the cMyBP-C phospho-deficient hearts had highly ordered cross-bridge arrays, whereas the filaments from the cMyBP-C phospho-mimetic hearts showed a strong tendency toward disorder. Our results support the hypothesis that dephosphorylation of cMyBP-C promotes or stabilizes the relaxed/superrelaxed quasi-helical ordering of the myosin heads on the filament surface, whereas phosphorylation weakens this stabilization and binding of the heads to the backbone. Such structural changes would modulate the probability of myosin binding to actin and could help explain the acceleration of cross-bridge interactions with actin when cMyBP-C is phosphorylated because of, for example, activation of β1-adrenergic receptors in myocardium.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1849-1864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantina Stathopoulou ◽  
Ilka Wittig ◽  
Juliana Heidler ◽  
Angelika Piasecki ◽  
Florian Richter ◽  
...  

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