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Deficiency of α-actinin-3 is associated with increased susceptibility to contraction-induced damage and skeletal muscle remodeling.

Abstract：

:Sarcomeric α-actinins (α-actinin-2 and -3) are a major component of the Z-disk in skeletal muscle, where they crosslink actin and other structural proteins to maintain an ordered myofibrillar array. Homozygosity for the common null polymorphism (R577X) in ACTN3 results in the absence of fast fiber-specific α-actinin-3 in ∼20% of the general population. α-Actinin-3 deficiency is associated with decreased force generation and is detrimental to sprint and power performance in elite athletes, suggesting that α-actinin-3 is necessary for optimal forceful repetitive muscle contractions. Since Z-disks are the structures most vulnerable to eccentric damage, we sought to examine the effects of α-actinin-3 deficiency on sarcomeric integrity. Actn3 knockout mouse muscle showed significantly increased force deficits following eccentric contraction at 30% stretch, suggesting that α-actinin-3 deficiency results in an increased susceptibility to muscle damage at the extremes of muscle performance. Microarray analyses demonstrated an increase in muscle remodeling genes, which we confirmed at the protein level. The loss of α-actinin-3 and up-regulation of α-actinin-2 resulted in no significant changes to the total pool of sarcomeric α-actinins, suggesting that alterations in fast fiber Z-disk properties may be related to differences in functional protein interactions between α-actinin-2 and α-actinin-3. In support of this, we demonstrated that the Z-disk proteins, ZASP, titin and vinculin preferentially bind to α-actinin-2. Thus, the loss of α-actinin-3 changes the overall protein composition of fast fiber Z-disks and alters their elastic properties, providing a mechanistic explanation for the loss of force generation and increased susceptibility to eccentric damage in α-actinin-3-deficient individuals.

journal_name

Hum Mol Genet

journal_title

Human molecular genetics

authors

Seto JT,Lek M,Quinlan KG,Houweling PJ,Zheng XF,Garton F,MacArthur DG,Raftery JM,Garvey SM,Hauser MA,Yang N,Head SI,North KN

doi

10.1093/hmg/ddr196

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-08-01 00:00:00

pages

2914-27

issue

eissn

0964-6906

issn

1460-2083

pii

ddr196

journal_volume

pub_type

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Deficiency of α-actinin-3 is associated with increased susceptibility to contraction-induced damage and skeletal muscle remodeling.