SMN-deficiency disrupts SERCA2 expression and intracellular Ca2+ signaling in cardiomyocytes from SMA mice and patient-derived iPSCs

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of alpha motor neurons and skeletal muscle atrophy. The disease is caused by mutations of the SMN1 gene that result in reduced functional expression of survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. SMN is ubiquitously expressed, and there have been reports of cardiovascular dysfunction in the most severe SMA patients and animal models of the disease. In this study, we directly assessed the function of cardiomyocytes isolated from a severe SMA model mouse and cardiomyocytes generated from patient-derived IPSCs. Consistent with impaired cardiovascular function at the very early disease stages in mice, heart failure markers such as brain natriuretic peptide were significantly elevated. Functionally, cardiomyocyte relaxation kinetics were markedly slowed and the T50 for Ca2+ sequestration increased to 146 ± 4 ms in SMN-deficient cardiomyocytes from 126 ± 4 ms in wild type cells. Reducing SMN levels in cardiomyocytes from control patient IPSCs slowed calcium reuptake similar to SMA patent-derived cardiac cells. Importantly, restoring SMN increased calcium reuptake rate. Taken together, these results indicate that SMN deficiency impairs cardiomyocyte function at least partially through intracellular Ca2+ cycling dysregulation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Skeletal muscle - 10(2020), 1 vom: 08. Mai, Seite 16

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khayrullina, Guzal [VerfasserIn]
Moritz, Kasey E [VerfasserIn]
Schooley, James F [VerfasserIn]
Fatima, Naheed [VerfasserIn]
Viollet, Coralie [VerfasserIn]
McCormack, Nikki M [VerfasserIn]
Smyth, Jeremy T [VerfasserIn]
Doughty, Martin L [VerfasserIn]
Dalgard, Clifton L [VerfasserIn]
Flagg, Thomas P [VerfasserIn]
Burnett, Barrington G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATP2A2 protein, human
EC 3.6.3.8
EC 7.2.2.10
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
SMN1 protein, human
Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases
Survival of Motor Neuron 1 Protein

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Date Completed 28.07.2021

Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13395-020-00232-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309681537