Interactions with M-band titin and calpain 3 link myospryn (CMYA5) to tibial and limb-girdle muscular dystrophies

J Biol Chem. 2010 Sep 24;285(39):30304-15. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.108720. Epub 2010 Jul 15.

Abstract

Mutations in the C terminus of titin, situated at the M-band of the striated muscle sarcomere, cause tibial muscular dystrophy (TMD) and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2J. Mutations in the protease calpain 3 (CAPN3), in turn, lead to LGMD2A, and secondary CAPN3 deficiency in LGMD2J suggests that the pathomechanisms of the diseases are linked. Yeast two-hybrid screens carried out to elucidate the molecular pathways of TMD/LGMD2J and LGMD2A resulted in the identification of myospryn (CMYA5, cardiomyopathy-associated 5) as a binding partner for both M-band titin and CAPN3. Additional yeast two-hybrid and coimmunoprecipitation studies confirmed both interactions. The interaction of myospryn and M-band titin was supported by localization of endogenous and transfected myospryn at the M-band level. Coexpression studies showed that myospryn is a proteolytic substrate for CAPN3 and suggested that myospryn may protect CAPN3 from autolysis. Myospryn is a muscle-specific protein of the tripartite motif superfamily, reported to function in vesicular trafficking and protein kinase A signaling and implicated in the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The novel interactions indicate a role for myospryn in the sarcomeric M-band and may be relevant for the molecular pathomechanisms of TMD/LGMD2J and LGMD2A.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Motifs
  • Biological Transport
  • Calpain / genetics
  • Calpain / metabolism*
  • Connectin
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Muscle Proteins / genetics
  • Muscle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / genetics
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle / metabolism*
  • Mutation
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism*
  • Sarcomeres / genetics
  • Sarcomeres / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Substances

  • CMYA5 protein, human
  • Connectin
  • Muscle Proteins
  • TTN protein, human
  • Protein Kinases
  • Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases
  • CAPN3 protein, human
  • Calpain