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Phosphoproteomics of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patient Myocardium and Novel hiPSC-CM Model Reveal Protein Kinase A as a Modulator of Microtubule Repolymerization

Algul, S.; Duursma, I.; Hesson, J.; Mathieu, J.; de Goeij-de Haas, R.; Henneman, A. A. R.; Piersma, S.; Pham, T. V.; Schoonvelde, S. A. C.; Michels, M.; Soleilhac, J.-M.; Moutin, M.-J.; Jimenez, C. R.; Regnier, M.; Kuster, D. W. D.; van der Velden, J.

2026-02-20 physiology
10.64898/2026.02.18.706710 bioRxiv
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Background and aimsIncreased levels of -tubulin and its post-translational modifications (PTMs) are found in human heart failure and could initiate diastolic dysfunction by modulating cardiomyocyte stiffness. How these modifications occur and how they may underlie cardiac dysfunction remains unknown. Upstream kinases may play a critical role, but this has not been explored. Methods and resultsHere we address this question by, for the first time ever, determining levels of the enzymes involved in microtubule (MT) detyrosination and acetylation (TAT1, HDAC6) in a well-characterized cohort of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In HCM patients (N=10-11), protein levels of detyrosination enzymes remain unaltered, whilst levels of TAT1 and HDAC6 were decreased and increased, respectively. Phosphoproteomics in HCM (N=24) and control (N=8) myocardium identified significant differences in over 1900 serine/threonine and 160 tyrosine phosphosites, in addition to increased EGFR/IGF1R-MAPK signaling in HCM. We subsequently showed that MT repolymerization was increased in HCM MYBPC3Arg943X hiPSC-CMs. Isoprenaline-mediated PKA activation decreased MT repolymerization in hiPSC-CMs and revealed CLASP1, MAST4 and MAP1A as potential MT modifiers in HCM. ConclusionsWe show that the altered HCM MT code cannot be attributed to levels of key MT-modifying enzymes. By combining kinome analyses in human HCM hearts with hiPSC-CM studies on MT dynamics, PTMs and contractility we unveiled a regulatory role for MTs in the cardiomyocyte response to beta-adrenergic receptor stimulation. Disease-mediated changes in the MT code thereby exert both a direct, and indirect effect on cardiac function via mediating the response to adrenergic activation. Graphical Abstract created with BioRender.com O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=122 SRC="FIGDIR/small/706710v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (33K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1c58dc4org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@de502eorg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1621512org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@557b82_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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