Homozygous expression of the myofibrillar myopathy-associated p.W2710X filamin C variant reveals major pathomechanisms o
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(2020) 8:154
RESEARCH
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Homozygous expression of the myofibrillar myopathy-associated p.W2710X filamin C variant reveals major pathomechanisms of sarcomeric lesion formation Julia Schuld1, Zacharias Orfanos1,2, Frédéric Chevessier3,4, Britta Eggers5, Lorena Heil1, Julian Uszkoreit5, Andreas Unger6, Gregor Kirfel1, Peter F. M. van der Ven1 , Katrin Marcus5, Wolfgang A. Linke6, Christoph S. Clemen3,7,8,9, Rolf Schröder3*† and Dieter O. Fürst1*†
Abstract 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 the FLNC gene 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. Keywords: Myofibrillar myopathy, Mouse model, Filamin, Myofibrillar lesions, Muscle damage, BAG3, HSPB7, Pathophysiology, Autophagy * Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] † Dieter O. Fürst and Rolf Schröder are joint senior authors. 3 Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany 1 Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Ulrich-Haberland-Str. 61a, 53121 Bonn, Germany Full list of author in
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