期刊
FASEB JOURNAL
卷 23, 期 7, 页码 2205-2214出版社
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-129783
关键词
isoforms; isoform substitution; myofibril; sarcomere; thin filament; nemaline myopathy
资金
- American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships
- NIH [AR049899]
We generated transgenic mice that over-expressed gamma-(cyto) actin 2000-fold above wild-type levels in skeletal muscle. gamma-(cyto) actin comprised 40% of total actin in transgenic skeletal muscle, with a concomitant 40% decrease in alpha-actin. Surprisingly, transgenic muscle was histologically and ultrastructurally identical to wild-type muscle despite near-stoichiometric incorporation of gamma-(cyto) actin into sarcomeric thin filaments. Furthermore, several parameters of muscle physiological performance in the transgenic animals were not different from wild type. Given these surprising results, we tested whether overexpression of gamma-(cyto) actin could rescue the early postnatal lethality in alpha-(sk) actin-null mice (Acta1(-/-)). By quantitative Western blot analysis, we found total actin levels were decreased by 35% in Acta1(-/-) muscle. Although transgenic overexpression of gamma-(cyto) actin on the Acta1(-/-) background restored total actin levels to wild type, resulting in thin filaments composed of 60% gamma-cyto actin and a 40% mixture of cardiac and vascular actin, the life span of transgenic Acta1(-/-) mice was not extended. These results indicate that sarcomeric thin filaments can accommodate substantial incorporation of gamma-(cyto) actin without functional consequences, yet gamma-(cyto) actin cannot fully substitute for alpha-(sk) actin.-Jaeger, M. A., Sonnemann, K. J., Fitzsimons, D. P., Prins, K. W., Ervasti, J. M. Context-dependent functional substitution of alpha-skeletal actin by gamma-cytoplasmic actin. FASEB J. 23, 2205-2214 (2009)
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