A secretory pathway kinase regulates sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ homeostasis and protects against heart failure

  1. Adam J Pollak
  2. Canzhao Liu
  3. Aparna Gudlur
  4. Joshua E Mayfield
  5. Nancy D Dalton
  6. Yusu Gu
  7. Ju Chen
  8. Joan Heller Brown
  9. Patrick G Hogan
  10. Sandra E Wiley
  11. Kirk L Peterson
  12. Jack E Dixon  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Diego, United States
  2. La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, United States
8 figures, 2 tables and 1 additional file

Figures

Fam20C phosphorylates luminal SR proteins and regulates CSQ2 polymerization.

(A) Representative autoradiograph and Flag immunoblot (IB) of Flag immunoprecipitates (IPs) of 32P-orthophosphate-labeled HEK293 cells co-expressing HA-tagged WT or D478A kinase-inactive (KI) Fam20C …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.002
Fam20C phosphorylation of Stim1 regulates Stim1 activation (A) Residues of Stim1 from the canonical Ca2+-binding EF-hand loop corresponding to the Fam20C S-x-E phosphorylation motif are highlighted in blue.

Heart disease associated Stim1-Ser88 is noted with an asterisk (h: human, m: mouse, g: gallus, x: xenopus, d: drosophila). (B) Representative autoradiograph and Flag IB of Flag IPs of 32P-orthophosph…

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.003
Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Fam20C regulates Ca2+ handling in isolated cardiomyocytes.

(A and B) Tracing of 0.5 Hz stimulated isolated cardiomyocytes for (A) Ca2+ transients (change between the basal and peak ratio (ΔR) of Fura2-AM fluorescence) and (B) sarcomere length for 2 (top) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.004
Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Generation of cardiac specific Fam20C cKO mice.

(A) Targeting strategy used to generate a floxed allele of Fam20c. (B) PCR-based DNA electrophoresis genotyping to determine floxed and Cre alleles. (C) RT-qPCR of Fam20C expression of whole heart …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.005
Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Fam20C regulates cardiac contractility and relaxation in vivo.

Hemodynamic assessment of contraction and relaxation (n = 9–20). (A) Assessment of maximum pressure difference over time (dP/dt). (B) Assessment of the isovolumetric relaxation constant tau. Data …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.006
Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Role of Fam20C in the acute hemodynamic response to β-adrenergic receptor activation.

(A–D) Changes in LV hemodynamic variables of 2 and 9 months old mice for (A) minimum dP/dt, (B) end-diastolic pressure, (C) heart rate in beats/min (bpm), and (D) maximum LV pressure (n = 9–20). (E–P

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.007
Fam20C cKO mice develop heart failure upon aging.

(A and B) Echocardiographic measurements for Fam20CFl/Fl α-MHC-Cre-positive (cKO) and α-MHC-Cre-negative littermate control mice (WT) (n = 10 mice at 2, 6, and 9 months) of (A) LVIDd, LVIDs, LV FS, …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.008
Figure 6 with 1 supplement
Aging Fam20C cKO mice develop fibrosis, apoptosis, and DCM.

(A) Representative macroscopic view of whole mouse hearts. (B and C) Representative microscopic view of (B) H and E stained (1x magnification) and (C) Masson’s Trichrome stained (40x magnification) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.009
Figure 6—figure supplement 1
Aging Fam20C cKO mice develop apoptosis and fibrosis.

(A) Representative microscopic view of TUNEL stained cardiac sections (40x magnification) (n = 3 mice). (B) Whole heart lysates were immunoblotted for cleaved PARP and GAPDH loading control. (C) …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.010
Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Fam20C cKO mice develop heart failure following induced pressure overload.

(A) Echocardiographic measurements for baseline (2 months old) mice and after 4 weeks of TAC (n = 7–9) of LVIDd, LVIDs, and LV FS. (B) Heart weight to body weight ratios (n = 5–9) (left). RT-qPCR of …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.011
Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Induced pressure overload causes hypertrophy, apoptosis in Fam20C cKO mice.

(A) Pressure gradient 1 month after TAC (n = 7–9). (B–C) Echocardiographic measurements for baseline (2 months old) mice and 1 month after TAC of (B) IVSd and (C) LVPWd (n = 7–9). (D) Representative …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.012
Fam20C regulates ER Ca2+ homeostasis.

(A) Single-cell [Ca2+]i measurements in HeLa cells expressing Fam20C WT (n = 156), Fam20C KI (n = 139), or in non-transfected HeLa cells (HeLa; n = 126). Cells were exposed to solutions containing …

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.013

Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or
resource
DesignationSource or
reference
IdentifiersAdditional
information
AntibodyMouse
monoclonal
M2 FLAG
SigmaA2220-5 ml,
RRID:AB_439685
(1:100)
AntibodyRabbit
polyclonal
anti-Flag
SigmaF7425-.2MG,
RRID:AB_796202
(1:1000)
AntibodyRabbit
polyclonal
anti-Stim1
Cell Signaling4916S,
RRID:AB_1849882
(1:1000)
AntibodyRabbit
polyclonal
anti 6x-His
Thermo FisherMA1-21315-
HRP,
RRID:AB_10977997
(1:2000)
AntibodyRabbit
polyclonal
anti Bip/
GRP78
Abcamab21685,
RRID:AB_880312
(1:1000)
AntibodyRabbit
polyclonal
anti Calsequestrin 2
Thermo FisherPA1-913,
RRID:AB_2540244
(1:5000)
AntibodyMouse
monoclonal
anti GAPDH
CalbiochemCB1001(1:10000)
AntibodyMouse
monoclonal
anti PARP
(cleaved)
Cell Signaling9541S,
RRID:AB_2160592
(1:1000)
AntibodyRabbit
polyclonal
anti Fam20C
Tagliabracci et al., 2013
Tagliabracci et al., 2013
(1:5000)
Chemical
compound, drug
TrizolThermo Fisher15596026
Chemical
compound, drug
Esmololabcamab146018
Chemical
compound, drug
Dobutamineabcamab120768
Chemical
compound, drug
ThapsigarginThermo Fisher586005–
1 MG
Chemical
compound, drug
32P-orthophosphatePerkinElmerNEX05
3010MC
Chemical
compound, drug
Gamma 32P ATPPerkinElmerBLU002Z001MC
Chemical
compound, drug
Fura-2, AM,
cell permeant
Thermo FisherF1221
Software,
algorithm
Graph Pad PrismVersion 7
Sequence-based
reagent
RT-qPCR primersthis paperTable 1
Genetic reagent
(M. musculus)
Fam20c Fl/+inGenious
Targeting
Laboratory
Commercial
assay or kit
iScript cDNA
Synthesis kit
BioRad1708891
Commercial
assay or kit
nucleospin
RNA kit
MACHEREY-
NAGEL
740955.25
Commercial
assay or kit
ApopTag
Peroxidase
In Situ Apoptosis
Detection
Millipore
Sigma
S7100
Cell line
(homo sapiens)
HEK293TTagliabracci et al., 2013
Tagliabracci et al., 2013
RRID:CVCL_6910
Cell line
(homo sapiens)
HeLaHirve et al., 2018RRID:CVCL_0030
Cell line
(homo sapiens)
U2OS
(WT/shFam20C)
Tagliabracci et al., 2013
Tagliabracci et al., 2013
RRID:CVCL_0042
Cell line
(rattus norvegicus)
H9C2ATCCCRL-1446, RRID:CVCL_0286
Table 1
qRT-PCR primers.

m corresponds to mouse, h corresponds to human.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41378.014
GeneForwardReverse
mANPTCGTCTTGGCCTTTTGGCTTCCAGGTGGTCTAGCAGGTTCT
mBNPAAGTCCTAGCCAGTCTCCAGAGAGCTGTCTCTGGGCCATTTC
mβ-MCHATGTGCCGGACCTTGGAAGCCTCGGGTTAGCTGAGAGATCA
mCol1a1GAGAGAGCATGACCGATGGATTGCTACGCTGTTCTTGCAGTGAT
mCol 3a1CAGCAGTCCAACGTAGATGAATTGCATGGTTCTGGCTTCCAGACA
-SMATCCTGACGCTGAAGTATCCGGGCCACACGAAGCTCGTTAT
mCTGFAATCTCCACCCGAGTTACCAAACTTAGCCCTGTATGTCTTCAC
mFam20CAACATGGATCGGCATCACTACAGGAGCGAGAATGGAAAGC
mGAPDHCACCATCTTCCAGGAGCGAGCCTTCTCCATGGTGGTGAAGAC
hCHOPGTCTAAGGCACTGAGCGTATCCAGGTGTGGTGATGTATGAAGA
hGAPDHACATCGCTCAGACACCATGTGTAGTTGAGGTCAATGAAGGG

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