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Ablation of cardiac myosin-binding protein-C accelerates contractile kinetics in engineered cardiac tissue.
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PMID:  23277475     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) caused by mutations in cardiac myosin-binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) is a heterogenous disease in which the phenotypic presentation is influenced by genetic, environmental, and developmental factors. Though mouse models have been used extensively to study the contractile effects of cMyBP-C ablation, early postnatal hypertrophic and dilatory remodeling may overshadow primary contractile defects. The use of a murine engineered cardiac tissue (mECT) model of cMyBP-C ablation in the present study permits delineation of the primary contractile kinetic abnormalities in an intact tissue model under mechanical loading conditions in the absence of confounding remodeling events. We generated mechanically integrated mECT using isolated postnatal day 1 mouse cardiac cells from both wild-type (WT) and cMyBP-C-null hearts. After culturing for 1 wk to establish coordinated spontaneous contraction, we measured twitch force and Ca(2+) transients at 37°C during pacing at 6 and 9 Hz, with and without dobutamine. Compared with WT, the cMyBP-C-null mECT demonstrated faster late contraction kinetics and significantly faster early relaxation kinetics with no difference in Ca(2+) transient kinetics. Strikingly, the ability of cMyBP-C-null mECT to increase contractile kinetics in response to adrenergic stimulation and increased pacing frequency were severely impaired. We conclude that cMyBP-C ablation results in constitutively accelerated contractile kinetics with preserved peak force with minimal contractile kinetic reserve. These functional abnormalities precede the development of the hypertrophic phenotype and do not result from alterations in Ca(2+) transient kinetics, suggesting that alterations in contractile velocity may serve as the primary functional trigger for the development of hypertrophy in this model of HCM. Our findings strongly support a mechanism in which cMyBP-C functions as a physiological brake on contraction by positioning myosin heads away from the thin filament, a constraint which is removed upon adrenergic stimulation or cMyBP-C ablation.
Authors:
Willem J de Lange; Adrian C Grimes; Laura F Hegge; J Carter Ralphe
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of general physiology     Volume:  141     ISSN:  1540-7748     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Gen. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2013 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2013-01-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985110R     Medline TA:  J Gen Physiol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  73-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53792.
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