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The Calcineurin-FoxO-MuRF1 signaling pathway regulates myofibril integrity in cardiomyocytes

  1. Hirohito Shimizu
  2. Adam D Langenbacher
  3. Jie Huang
  4. Kevin Wang
  5. Georg Otto
  6. Robert Geisler
  7. Yibin Wang
  8. Jau-Nian Chen  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
  2. UCL Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom
  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
  4. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27955
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  1. Hirohito Shimizu
  2. Adam D Langenbacher
  3. Jie Huang
  4. Kevin Wang
  5. Georg Otto
  6. Robert Geisler
  7. Yibin Wang
  8. Jau-Nian Chen
(2017)
The Calcineurin-FoxO-MuRF1 signaling pathway regulates myofibril integrity in cardiomyocytes
eLife 6:e27955.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27955
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Abstract

Altered Ca2+ handling is often present in diseased hearts undergoing structural remodeling and functional deterioration. However, whether Ca2+ directly regulates sarcomere structure has remained elusive. Using a zebrafish ncx1 mutant, we explored the impacts of impaired Ca2+ homeostasis on myofibril integrity. We found that the E3 ubiquitin ligase murf1 is upregulated in ncx1-deficient hearts. Intriguingly, knocking down murf1 activity or inhibiting proteasome activity preserved myofibril integrity, revealing a MuRF1-mediated proteasome degradation mechanism that is activated in response to abnormal Ca2+ homeostasis. Furthermore, we detected an accumulation of the murf1 regulator FoxO in the nuclei of ncx1-deficient cardiomyocytes. Overexpression of FoxO in wild type cardiomyocytes induced murf1 expression and caused myofibril disarray, whereas inhibiting Calcineurin activity attenuated FoxO-mediated murf1 expression and protected sarcomeres from degradation in ncx1-deficient hearts. Together, our findings reveal a novel mechanism by which Ca2+ overload disrupts myofibril integrity by activating a Calcineurin-FoxO-MuRF1-proteosome signaling pathway.

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  1. Hirohito Shimizu

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  2. Adam D Langenbacher

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  3. Jie Huang

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  4. Kevin Wang

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  5. Georg Otto

    Genetics and Genomic Medicine, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
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  6. Robert Geisler

    Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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  7. Yibin Wang

    Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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  8. Jau-Nian Chen

    Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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National Institutes of Health (HL096980)

  • Jau-Nian Chen

European Commission (ZF-MODELS)

  • Robert Geisler

European Commission (ZF-HEALTH)

  • Robert Geisler

National Institutes of Health (HL126051)

  • Jau-Nian Chen

National Institutes of Health (HL108186)

  • Yibin Wang

Nakajima Foundation

  • Hirohito Shimizu

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols of the University of California, Los Angeles. The protocol was approved by the Chancellor's Animal Research Committee of the University of California, Los Angeles (ARC#2000-051-51A).

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© 2017, Shimizu et al.

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  1. Hirohito Shimizu
  2. Adam D Langenbacher
  3. Jie Huang
  4. Kevin Wang
  5. Georg Otto
  6. Robert Geisler
  7. Yibin Wang
  8. Jau-Nian Chen
(2017)
The Calcineurin-FoxO-MuRF1 signaling pathway regulates myofibril integrity in cardiomyocytes
eLife 6:e27955.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.27955

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