期刊
ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s40478-020-01001-9
关键词
Myofibrillar myopathy; Mouse model; Filamin; Myofibrillar lesions; Muscle damage; BAG3; HSPB7; Pathophysiology; Autophagy
资金
- Else Kroner-Fresenius-Stiftung [2011A46]
- Multilocation DFG-Research Units from the German Research Foundation [FOR1352, FOR2743, Fu 339/8-2, Fu 339/11-1]
- Association Francaise contre les Myopathies (FC) Protein research Unit Ruhr within Europe (PURE) a project of Northrhine-Westphalia
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF [FKZ 031 A 534A]
- Projekt DEAL
Filamin C (FLNc) is mainly expressed in striated muscle cells where it localizes to Z-discs, myotendinous junctions and intercalated discs. Recent studies have revealed numerous mutations in theFLNCgene causing familial and sporadic myopathies and cardiomyopathies with marked clinical variability. The most frequent myopathic mutation, p.W2710X, which is associated with myofibrillar myopathy, deletes the carboxy-terminal 16 amino acids from FLNc and abolishes the dimerization property of Ig-like domain 24. We previously characterized knock-in mice heterozygous for this mutation (p.W2711X), and have now investigated homozygous mice using protein and mRNA expression analyses, mass spectrometry, and extensive immunolocalization and ultrastructural studies. Although the latter mice display a relatively mild myopathy under normal conditions, our analyses identified major mechanisms causing the pathophysiology of this disease: in comparison to wildtype animals (i) the expression level of FLNc protein is drastically reduced; (ii) mutant FLNc is relocalized from Z-discs to particularly mechanically strained parts of muscle cells, i.e. myotendinous junctions and myofibrillar lesions; (iii) the number of lesions is greatly increased and these lesions lack Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) protein; (iv) the expression of heat shock protein beta-7 (HSPB7) is almost completely abolished. These findings indicate grave disturbances of BAG3-dependent and -independent autophagy pathways that are required for efficient lesion repair. In addition, our studies reveal general mechanisms of lesion formation and demonstrate that defective FLNc dimerization via its carboxy-terminal domain does not disturb assembly and basic function of myofibrils. An alternative, more amino-terminally located dimerization site might compensate for that loss. Since filamins function as stress sensors, our data further substantiate that FLNc is important for mechanosensing in the context of Z-disc stabilization and maintenance.
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