| First Author | Szczesna-Cordary D | Year | 2005 |
| Journal | J Cell Sci | Volume | 118 |
| Issue | Pt 16 | Pages | 3675-83 |
| PubMed ID | 16076902 | Mgi Jnum | J:101467 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3604065 | Doi | 10.1242/jcs.02492 |
| Citation | Szczesna-Cordary D, et al. (2005) The E22K mutation of myosin RLC that causes familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy increases calcium sensitivity of force and ATPase in transgenic mice. J Cell Sci 118(Pt 16):3675-83 |
| abstractText | Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in all of the major sarcomeric proteins, including the ventricular myosin regulatory light-chain (RLC). The E22K-RLC mutation has been associated with a rare variant of cardiac hypertrophy defined by mid-left ventricular obstruction due to papillary muscle hypertrophy. This mutation was later found to cause ventricular and septal hypertrophy. We have generated transgenic (Tg) mouse lines of myc-WT (wild type) and myc-E22K mutant of human ventricular RLC and have examined the functional consequences of this FHC mutation in skinned cardiac-muscle preparations. In longitudinal sections of whole mouse hearts stained with hematoxylin and eosin, the E22K-mutant hearts of 13-month-old animals showed signs of inter-ventricular septal hypertrophy and enlarged papillary muscles with no filament disarray. Echo examination did not reveal evidence of cardiac hypertrophy in Tg-E22K mice compared to Tg-WT or Non-Tg hearts. Physiological studies utilizing skinned cardiac-muscle preparations showed an increase by DeltapCa50>or=0.1 in Ca(2+) sensitivity of myofibrillar ATPase activity and force development in Tg-E22K mice compared with Tg-WT or Non-Tg littermates. Our results suggest that E22K-linked FHC is mediated through Ca(2+)-dependent events. The FHC-mediated structural perturbations in RLC that affect Ca(2+) binding properties of the mutated myocardium are responsible for triggering the abnormal function of the heart that in turn might initiate a hypertrophic process and lead to heart failure. |
