TY - JOUR
T1 - The arrhythmogenic calmodulin mutation D129G dysregulates cell growth, calmodulin-dependent kinase II activity, and cardiac function in zebrafish
AU - Berchtold, Martin Werner
AU - Zacharias, Triantafyllos
AU - Kulej, Katarzyna
AU - Wang, Kevin
AU - Torggler, Raffaela
AU - Jespersen, Thomas
AU - Chen, Jau Nian
AU - Larsen, Martin R.
AU - la Cour, Jonas Marstrand
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Calmodulin (CaM) is a Ca2+ binding protein modulating multiple targets, several of which are associated with cardiac pathophysiology. Recently, CaM mutations were linked to heart arrhythmia. CaM is crucial for cell growth and viability, yet the effect of the arrhythmogenic CaM mutations on cell viability, as well as heart rhythm, remains unknown, and only a few targets with relevance for heart physiology have been analyzed for their response to mutant CaM. We show that the arrhythmia-associated CaM mutants support growth and viability of DT40 cells in the absence of WT CaM except for the long QT syndrome mutant CaM D129G. Of the six CaM mutants tested (N53I, F89L, D95V, N97S, D129G, and F141L), three showed a decreased activation of Ca2+/CaM-dependent kinase II, most prominently the D129G CaM mutation, which was incapable of stimulating Thr286 autophosphorylation. Furthermore, the CaM D129G mutation led to bradycardia in zebrafish and an arrhythmic phenotype in a subset of the analyzed zebrafish.
AB - Calmodulin (CaM) is a Ca2+ binding protein modulating multiple targets, several of which are associated with cardiac pathophysiology. Recently, CaM mutations were linked to heart arrhythmia. CaM is crucial for cell growth and viability, yet the effect of the arrhythmogenic CaM mutations on cell viability, as well as heart rhythm, remains unknown, and only a few targets with relevance for heart physiology have been analyzed for their response to mutant CaM. We show that the arrhythmia-associated CaM mutants support growth and viability of DT40 cells in the absence of WT CaM except for the long QT syndrome mutant CaM D129G. Of the six CaM mutants tested (N53I, F89L, D95V, N97S, D129G, and F141L), three showed a decreased activation of Ca2+/CaM-dependent kinase II, most prominently the D129G CaM mutation, which was incapable of stimulating Thr286 autophosphorylation. Furthermore, the CaM D129G mutation led to bradycardia in zebrafish and an arrhythmic phenotype in a subset of the analyzed zebrafish.
U2 - 10.1074/jbc.m116.758680
DO - 10.1074/jbc.m116.758680
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27815504
AN - SCOPUS:85007308077
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 291
SP - 26636
EP - 26646
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 52
ER -