Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy

Publication date: 12 September 2017
Source:Cell Reports, Volume 20, Issue 11
Author(s): Meera C. Viswanathan, William Schmidt, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Karuna Agarwal, Jian Gao, Joseph Katz, William Lehman, Anthony Cammarato
Striated muscle contraction is regulated by the movement of tropomyosin over the thin filament surface, which blocks or exposes myosin binding sites on actin. Findings suggest that electrostatic contacts, particularly those between K326, K328, and R147 on actin and tropomyosin, establish an energetically favorable F-actin-tropomyosin configuration, with tropomyosin positioned in a location that impedes actomyosin associations and promotes relaxation. Here, we provide data that directly support a vital role for these actin residues, termed the A-triad, in tropomyosin positioning in intact functioning muscle. By examining the effects of an A295S α-cardiac actin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-causing mutation, over a range of increasingly complex in silico, in vitro, and in vivo Drosophila muscle models, we propose that subtle A-triad-tropomyosin perturbation can destabilize thin filament regulation, which leads to hypercontractility and triggers disease. Our efforts increase understanding of basic thin filament biology and help unravel the mechanistic basis of a complex cardiac disorder.

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Viswanathan et al. demonstrate that the conserved actin A-triad, composed of K326, K328, and R147, normally biases tropomyosin to a position that impedes actomyosin associations along resting striated muscle thin filaments. The proximally located actin A295S hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation distorts A-triad-tropomyosin associations, which promotes contractile disinhibition, hypercontraction, and disease pathogenesis.


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