A non-muscle α-actinin is an intrinsic component of the cardiac Z-disc and regulates sarcomere turnover, contractility, and heart remodeling
Hayes, J. B.; Ritter, D.; Neininger-Castro, A. C.; Willet, A. H.; Caplan, L. R.; Wang, Y.; Liu, X.; Taneja, N.; Sanchez, Z. C.; Smart, K.; Reinhart-King, C. A.; Liu, Q.; Tyska, M. J.; Tabdanov, E. D.; Wells, Q. S.; Knapik, E. W.; Burnette, D. T.
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Cardiac sarcomeres generate the fundamental forces behind each heartbeat and are thought to contain only muscle-specific cytoskeletal proteins. We show that a widely expressed actin cross-linking protein, -actinin 4 (ACTN4), is a sarcomere component of the human and zebrafish heart in vivo and in human iPSC-derived cardiac myocytes (CMs) in vitro. A confluence of biochemical experiments, immunofluorescence, and AI modeling suggest ACTN4 forms a heterodimeric complex with muscle-specific ACTN2 at the cardiac Z-disc, the cardiac sarcomere border. ACTN4 depletion from human iPSC-CMs stabilizes canonical sarcomere proteins and drives contractility-dependent cellular hypertrophy while ACTN4 overexpression destabilizes sarcomeres. ACTN4 depletion from zebrafish embryos specifically increases ventricular contractility which drives atrial enlargement, suggesting biomechanically driven atrial remodeling. ACTN4-associated phenotypes in both model systems lack hallmarks of cardiac disease models and an ACTN4 variant in humans is associated with reduced risk for disease. Our findings suggest a "non-muscle" actinin regulates heart contractility and influences clinical outcomes related to heart failure.
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