Abstract
The assembly of striated muscle myofibrils is a multistep process in which a variety of proteins is involved. One of the first and most important steps in myofibrillogenesis is the arrangement of thin myofilaments into ordered I-Z-I brushes, requiring the coordinated activity of numerous actin binding proteins. The early expression of myopodin prior to sarcomeric α-actinin, as well as its binding to actin, α-actinin and filamin indicate an important role for this protein in actin cytoskeleton remodelling with the precise function of myopodin in this process yet remaining to be resolved. While myopodin was previously described as a protein capable of cross-linking actin filaments into thick bundles upon transient transfections, it has remained unclear whether myopodin alone is capable of bundling actin, or if additional proteins are involved. We have therefore investigated the in vitro actin binding properties of myopodin. High speed cosedimentation assays with skeletal muscle actin confirmed direct binding of myopodin to F-actin and showed that this interaction is mediated by at least two independent actin binding sites, found in all myopodin isoforms identified to date. Furthermore, low-speed cosedimentation assays revealed that not only full length myopodin, but also the fragment containing only the second binding site, bundles microfilaments in the absence of accessory proteins. Ultrastructural analysis demonstrated that this bundling activity resembled that of α-actinin. Biochemical experiments revealed that bundling was not achieved by myopodin’s ability to dimerize, indicating the presence of two individual F-actin binding sites within the second binding segment. Thus full length myopodin contains at least three F-actin binding sites. These data provide further understanding of the mechanisms by which myopodin contributes to actin reorganization during myofibril assembly.
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We thank Mrs. U. Kukulies, A. Jünger-Leif, N. Thum-Schmitz, C. Mirschkorsch and Mr. C. Preiss for technical assistance. This work was supported by the German Research foundation: FOR1228 to D.O.F. and FOR 1352 to D.O.F. and K.D.C., and the German Ministry of Education and Research [MD-NET2, 01GM0887 to P.F.M.v.d.V. and D.O.F.].
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Linnemann, A., Vakeel, P., Bezerra, E. et al. Myopodin is an F-actin bundling protein with multiple independent actin-binding regions. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 34, 61–69 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-012-9334-5
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