Microtubules regulate cardiomyocyte transversal Young's modulus.
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Author(s)
Swiatlowska, Pamela
Sanchez-Alonso, Jose L
Wright, Peter T
Novak, Pavel
Gorelik, Julia
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The field of cardiomyocyte mechanobiology is gaining significant attention, due to accumulating evidence concerning the significant role of cellular mechanical effects on the integrated function of the heart. To date, the protein titin has been demonstrated as a major contributor to the cardiomyocytes Young's modulus (YM). The microtubular network represents another potential regulator of cardiac mechanics. However, the contribution of microtubules (MTs) to the membrane YM is still understudied and has not been interrogated in the context of myocardial infarction (MI) or mechanical loading and unloading. Using nanoscale mechanoscanning ion conductance microscopy, we demonstrate that MTs contribute to cardiomyocyte transverse YM in healthy and pathological states with different mechanical loading. Specifically, we show that posttranslational modifications of MTs have differing effects on cardiomyocyte YM: Acetylation provides flexibility, whereas detyrosination imparts rigidity. Further studies demonstrate that there is no correlation between the total protein amount of acetylated and detyrosinated MT. Yet, in the polymerized-only populations, an increased level of acetylation results in a decline of detyrosinated MTs in an MI model.
Date Issued
2020-01-27
Date Acceptance
2020-01-06
Citation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 2020, 117 (6), pp.2764-2766
ISSN
0027-8424
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Start Page
2764
End Page
2766
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
Volume
117
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS.
This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31988123
PII: 1917171117
Subjects
Young’s modulus
heart failure
mechanobiology
microtubules
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-02-11