Identification of biochemical adaptations in hyper- or hypocontractile hearts from phospholamban mutant mice by expression proteomics

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Feb 24;101(8):2241-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0308174101.

Abstract

Phospholamban (PLN) is a critical regulator of cardiac contractility through its binding to and regulation of the activity of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase. To uncover biochemical adaptations associated with extremes of cardiac muscle contractility, we used high-throughput gel-free tandem MS to monitor differences in the relative abundance of membrane proteins in standard microsomal fractions isolated from the hearts of PLN-null mice (PLN-KO) with high contractility and from transgenic mice overexpressing a superinhibitory PLN mutant in a PLN-null background (I40A-KO) with diminished contractility. Significant differential expression was detected for a subset of the 782 proteins identified, including known membrane-associated biomarkers, components of signaling pathways, and previously uninvestigated proteins. Proteins involved in fat and carbohydrate metabolism and proteins linked to G protein-signaling pathways activating protein kinase C were enriched in I40A-KO cardiac muscle, whereas proteins linked to enhanced contractile function were enriched in PLN-KO mutant hearts. These data demonstrate that Ca2+ dysregulation, leading to elevated or depressed cardiac contractility, induces compensatory biochemical responses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor / genetics
  • Base Sequence
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / deficiency*
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Enzymes / genetics
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Genotype
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Microsomes / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Myocardial Contraction / genetics*
  • Myosin Heavy Chains / genetics
  • Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Enzymes
  • Proteins
  • phospholamban
  • Atrial Natriuretic Factor
  • Myosin Heavy Chains