Journal
FEBS JOURNAL
Volume 289, Issue 10, Pages 2755-2770Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/febs.15864
Keywords
desmin intermediate filaments; GSK3; heart failure; metabolism; muscle atrophy; protein degradation; protein misfolding
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- Leducq Foundation Network Grant 'Cytoskeletal Regulation of Cardiomyocyte, Homeostasis in Health and Disease' [20CVD01]
- AHA [18TPA34170382]
- Magic that Matters Foundation
- Zegar Family Foundation
- Israel Science Foundation [623/15]
- Niedersachsen-Deutsche [ZN3008]
- Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space [2015-3-74]
- Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion
- AlmaIdea project
- R.F.O unibo
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Desmin is a primary intermediate filament in cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscles, playing crucial roles in muscle integrity, force transmission, and mitochondrial homeostasis. Changes in desmin filaments may facilitate catabolic events as an adaptive response in skeletal muscles.
Desmin is the primary intermediate filament (IF) of cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle. By linking the contractile myofibrils to the sarcolemma and cellular organelles, desmin IF contributes to muscle structural and cellular integrity, force transmission, and mitochondrial homeostasis. Mutations in desmin cause myofibril misalignment, mitochondrial dysfunction, and impaired mechanical integrity leading to cardiac and skeletal myopathies in humans, often characterized by the accumulation of protein aggregates. Recent evidence indicates that desmin filaments also regulate proteostasis and cell size. In skeletal muscle, changes in desmin filament dynamics can facilitate catabolic events as an adaptive response to a changing environment. In addition, post-translational modifications of desmin and its misfolding in the heart have emerged as key determinants of homeostasis and disease. In this review, we provide an overview of the structural and cellular roles of desmin and propose new models for its novel functions in preserving the homeostasis of striated muscles.
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