Min Jiang1, Mei Zhang1, Maureen Howren2, Yuhong Wang1, Alex Tan2, Ravi C Balijepalli3, Jose F Huizar1, Gea-Ny Tseng4. 1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. 2. Department of Medicine/Cardiology Division, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia. 3. Cellular and Molecular Arrhythmia Research Program, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. 4. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia. Electronic address: gtseng@vcu.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In a canine model of premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy (PVC-CM), Cav1.2 is downregulated and misplaced from transverse tubules (T tubules). Junctophilin-2 (JPH-2) is also downregulated. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to understand the role of JPH-2 in PVC-CM and to probe changes in other proteins involved in dyad structure and function. METHODS: We quantify T-tubule contents (di-8-ANEPPS fluorescence in live myocytes), examine myocyte ultrastructures (electron microscopy), probe JPH-2-interacting proteins (co-immunoprecipitation), quantify dyad and nondyad protein levels (immunoblotting), and examine subcellular distributions of dyad proteins (immunofluorescence/confocal microscopy). We also test direct JPH-2 modulation of channel function (vs indirect modulation through dyad formation) using heterologous expression. RESULTS: PVC myocytes have reduced T-tubule contents but otherwise normal ultrastructures. Among 19 proteins examined, only JPH-2, bridging integrator-1 (BIN-1), and Cav1.2 are highly downregulated in PVC hearts. However, statistical analysis indicates a general reduction in dyad protein levels when JPH-2 is downregulated. Furthermore, several dyad proteins, including Na/Ca exchanger, are missing or shifted from dyads to the peripheral surface in PVC myocytes. JPH-2 directly or indirectly interacts with Cai-handling proteins, Cav1.2 and KCNQ1, although not BIN-1 or other scaffolding proteins tested. Expression in mammalian cells that do not have dyads confirms direct JPH-2 modulation of the L-type Ca channel current (Cav1.2/voltage-gated Ca channel β subunit 2) and slow delayed rectifier current (KCNQ1/KCNE1). CONCLUSION: JPH-2 is more than a "dyad glue": it can modulate Cai handling and ion channel function in the dyad region. Downregulation of JPH-2, BIN-1, and Cav1.2 plays a deterministic role in PVC-CM. Dissecting the hierarchical relationship among the three is necessary for the design of therapeutic interventions to prevent the progression of PVC-CM.
BACKGROUND: In a canine model of premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy (PVC-CM), Cav1.2 is downregulated and misplaced from transverse tubules (T tubules). Junctophilin-2 (JPH-2) is also downregulated. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to understand the role of JPH-2 in PVC-CM and to probe changes in other proteins involved in dyad structure and function. METHODS: We quantify T-tubule contents (di-8-ANEPPS fluorescence in live myocytes), examine myocyte ultrastructures (electron microscopy), probe JPH-2-interacting proteins (co-immunoprecipitation), quantify dyad and nondyad protein levels (immunoblotting), and examine subcellular distributions of dyad proteins (immunofluorescence/confocal microscopy). We also test direct JPH-2 modulation of channel function (vs indirect modulation through dyad formation) using heterologous expression. RESULTS: PVC myocytes have reduced T-tubule contents but otherwise normal ultrastructures. Among 19 proteins examined, only JPH-2, bridging integrator-1 (BIN-1), and Cav1.2 are highly downregulated in PVC hearts. However, statistical analysis indicates a general reduction in dyad protein levels when JPH-2 is downregulated. Furthermore, several dyad proteins, including Na/Ca exchanger, are missing or shifted from dyads to the peripheral surface in PVC myocytes. JPH-2 directly or indirectly interacts with Cai-handling proteins, Cav1.2 and KCNQ1, although not BIN-1 or other scaffolding proteins tested. Expression in mammalian cells that do not have dyads confirms direct JPH-2 modulation of the L-type Ca channel current (Cav1.2/voltage-gated Ca channel β subunit 2) and slow delayed rectifier current (KCNQ1/KCNE1). CONCLUSION:JPH-2 is more than a "dyad glue": it can modulate Cai handling and ion channel function in the dyad region. Downregulation of JPH-2, BIN-1, and Cav1.2 plays a deterministic role in PVC-CM. Dissecting the hierarchical relationship among the three is necessary for the design of therapeutic interventions to prevent the progression of PVC-CM.
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