Human HspB1, HspB3, HspB5 and HspB8 : Shaping these disease factors during vertebrate evolution

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Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) emerged early in evolution and occur in all domains of life and nearly in all species, including humans. Mutations in four sHSPs (HspB1, HspB3, HspB5, HspB8) are associated with neuromuscular disorders. The aim of this study is to investigate the evolutionary forces shaping these sHSPs during vertebrate evolution. We performed comparative evolutionary analyses on a set of orthologous sHSP sequences, based on the ratio of non-synonymous: synonymous substitution rates for each codon. We found that these sHSPs had been historically exposed to different degrees of purifying selection, decreasing in this order: HspB8 > HspB1, HspB5 > HspB3. Within each sHSP, regions with different degrees of purifying selection can be discerned, resulting in characteristic selective pressure profiles. The conserved α-crystallin domains were exposed to the most stringent purifying selection compared to the flanking regions, supporting a 'dimorphic pattern' of evolution. Thus, during vertebrate evolution the different sequence partitions were exposed to different and measurable degrees of selective pressures. Among the disease-associated mutations, most are missense mutations primarily in HspB1 and to a lesser extent in the other sHSPs. Our data provide an explanation for this disparate incidence. Contrary to the expectation, most missense mutations cause dominant disease phenotypes. Theoretical considerations support a connection between the historic exposure of these sHSP genes to a high degree of purifying selection and the unusual prevalence of genetic dominance of the associated disease phenotypes. Our study puts the genetics of inheritable sHSP-borne diseases into the context of vertebrate evolution.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Cell stress & chaperones - 27(2022), 4 vom: 07. Juli, Seite 309-323

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Benndorf, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Velazquez, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
Zehr, Jordan D [VerfasserIn]
Pond, Sergei L Kosakovsky [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Jody L [VerfasserIn]
Lucaci, Alexander G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alpha B-crystallin
Alpha-Crystallin B Chain
Alpha-Crystallins
CRYAB protein, human
Disease-associated missense mutation
Genetic dominance
Genotype-phenotype relationship
HSPB1 protein, human
HSPB3 protein, human
HSPB8 protein, human
Heat-Shock Proteins
Heat-Shock Proteins, Small
Journal Article
Molecular Chaperones
Neuropathy, Myopathy
Purifying selection

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Date Completed 04.08.2022

Date Revised 09.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12192-022-01268-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342006991