Biology:TNNI3
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Troponin I, cardiac muscle is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNNI3 gene.[1][2] It is a tissue-specific subtype of troponin I, which in turn is a part of the troponin complex.
The TNNI3 gene encoding cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is located at 19q13.4 in the human chromosomal genome. Human cTnI is a 24 kDa protein consisting of 210 amino acids with isoelectric point (pI) of 9.87. cTnI is exclusively expressed in adult cardiac muscle.[3][4]
Gene evolution
cTnI has diverged from the skeletal muscle isoforms of TnI (slow TnI and fast TnI) mainly with a unique N-terminal extension. The amino acid sequence of cTnI is strongly conserved among mammalian species (Fig. 1). On the other hand, the N-terminal extension of cTnI has significantly different structures among mammal, amphibian and fish.[4]
Tissue distribution
TNNI3 is expressed as a heart specific gene.[4] Early embryonic heart expresses solely slow skeletal muscle TnI. cTnI begins to express in mouse heart at approximately embryonic day 10, and the level gradually increases to one-half of the total amount of TnI in the cardiac muscle at birth.[5] cTnI completely replaces slow TnI in the mouse heart approximately 14 days after birth [6]
Protein structure
Based on in vitro structure-function relationship studies, the structure of cTnI can be divided into six functional segments:[7] a) a cardiac-specific N-terminal extension (residue 1–30) that is not present in fast TnI and slow TnI; b) an N-terminal region (residue 42–79) that binds the C domain of TnC; c) a TnT-binding region (residue 80–136); d) the inhibitory peptide (residue 128–147) that interacts with TnC and actin–tropomyosin; e) the switch or triggering region (residue 148–163) that binds the N domain of TnC; and f) the C-terminal mobile domain (residue 164–210) that binds actin–tropomyosin and is the most conserved segment highly similar among isoforms and across species. Partially crystal structure of human troponin has been determined.[8]
Posttranslational modifications
- Phosphorylation: cTnI was the first sarcomeric protein identified to be a substrate of PKA.[9] Phosphorylation of cTnI at Ser23/Ser24 under adrenergic stimulation enhances relaxation of cardiac muscle, which is critical to cardiac function especially at fast heart rate. Whereas PKA phosphorylation of Ser23/Ser24 decreases myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity and increases relaxation, phosphorylation of Ser42/Ser44 by PKC increases Ca2+ sensitivity and decreases cardiac muscle relaxation.[10] Ser5/Ser6, Tyr26, Thr31, Ser39, Thr51, Ser77, Thr78, Thr129, Thr143 and Ser150 are also phosphorylation sites in human cTnI.[11]
- O-linked GlcNAc modification: Studies on isolated cardiomyocytes found increased levels of O-GlcNAcylation of cardiac proteins in hearts with diabetic dysfunction.[12] Mass spectrometry identified Ser150 of mouse cTnI as an O-GlcNAcylation site, suggesting a potential role in regulating myocardial contractility.
- C-terminal truncation: The C-terminal end segment is the most conserved region of TnI.[13] As an allosteric structure regulated by Ca2+ in the troponin complex,[13][14][15] it binds and stabilizes the position of tropomyosin in low Ca2+ state[14][16] implicating a role in the inhibition of actomyosin ATPase. A deletion of the C-terminal 19 amino acids was found during myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in Langendorff perfused rat hearts.[17] It was also seen in myocardial stunning in coronary bypass patients.[18] Over-expression of the C-terminal truncated cardiac TnI (cTnI1-192) in transgenic mouse heart resulted in a phenotype of myocardial stunning with systolic and diastolic dysfunctions.[19] Replacement of intact cTnI with cTnT1-192 in myofibrils and cardiomyocytes did not affect maximal tension development but decreased the rates of force redevelopment and relaxation.[20]
- Restrictive N-terminal truncation: The approximately 30 amino acids N-terminal extension of cTnI is an adult heart-specific structure.[21][22] The N-terminal extension contains the PKA phosphorylation sites Ser23/Ser24 and plays a role in modulating the overall molecular conformation and function of cTnI.[23] A restrictive N-terminal truncation of cTnI occurs at low levels in normal hearts of all vertebrate species examined including human and significantly increases in adaptation to hemodynamic stress[24] and Gsα deficiency-caused failing mouse hearts.[25] Distinct from the harmful C-terminal truncation, the restrictive N-terminal truncation of cTnI selectively removing the adult heart specific extension forms a regulatory mechanism in cardiac adaptation to physiological and pathological stress conditions.[26]
Pathologic mutations
Multiple mutations in cTnI have been found to cause cardiomyopathies.[27][28] cTnI mutations account for approximately 5% of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases and to date, more than 20 myopathic mutations of cTnI have been characterized.[11]
Clinical implications
The half-life of cTnI in adult cardiomyocytes is estimated to be ~3.2 days and there is a pool of unassembled cardiac TnI in the cytoplasm.[29] Cardiac TnI is exclusively expressed in the myocardium and is thus a highly specific diagnostic marker for cardiac muscle injuries, and cTnI has been universally used as indicator for myocardial infarction.[30] An increased level of serum cTnI also independently predicts poor prognosis of critically ill patients in the absence of acute coronary syndrome.[31][32]
Notes
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References
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- ↑ "Mutations in the cardiac troponin I gene associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy". Nature Genetics 16 (4): 379–82. Aug 1997. doi:10.1038/ng0897-379. PMID 9241277.
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- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Calcium-regulated conformational change in the C-terminal end segment of troponin I and its binding to tropomyosin". The FEBS Journal 278 (18): 3348–59. Sep 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08250.x. PMID 21777381.
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- ↑ "The C terminus of cardiac troponin I stabilizes the Ca2+-activated state of tropomyosin on actin filaments". Circulation Research 106 (4): 705–11. Mar 2010. doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.109.210047. PMID 20035081.,
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- ↑ "The heart-specific NH2-terminal extension regulates the molecular conformation and function of cardiac troponin I". American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology 302 (4): H923–33. Feb 2012. doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00637.2011. PMID 22140044.
- ↑ "A proteolytic NH2-terminal truncation of cardiac troponin I that is up-regulated in simulated microgravity". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 (19): 15753–60. May 2001. doi:10.1074/jbc.M011048200. PMID 11278823.
- ↑ "Proteolytic N-terminal truncation of cardiac troponin I enhances ventricular diastolic function". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 280 (8): 6602–9. Feb 2005. doi:10.1074/jbc.M408525200. PMID 15611140.
- ↑ "Removal of the N-terminal extension of cardiac troponin I as a functional compensation for impaired myocardial beta-adrenergic signaling". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (48): 33384–93. Nov 2008. doi:10.1074/jbc.M803302200. PMID 18815135.
- ↑ "The genetic basis for cardiomyopathy: from mutation identification to mechanistic paradigms". Cell 104 (4): 557–67. Feb 2001. doi:10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00242-2. PMID 11239412.
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- ↑ "Turnover of cardiac troponin subunits. Kinetic evidence for a precursor pool of troponin-I". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 256 (2): 964–8. Jan 1981. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)70073-8. PMID 7451483.
- ↑ "Troponin elevation in patients with heart failure: on behalf of the third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction Global Task Force: Heart Failure Section". European Heart Journal 33 (18): 2265–71. Sep 2012. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehs191. PMID 22745356.
- ↑ "Raised serum cardiac troponin I concentrations predict hospital mortality in intensive care unit patients". British Journal of Anaesthesia 109 (2): 219–24. Aug 2012. doi:10.1093/bja/aes141. PMID 22617093.
- ↑ "Cardiac troponin I as a prognostic factor in critically ill pneumonia patients in the absence of acute coronary syndrome". Journal of Critical Care 30 (2): 390–4. Apr 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.12.001. PMID 25534985.
Further reading
- "Cardiac troponin I: a biomarker for detection and risk stratification of minor myocardial damage". Clinical Laboratory 47 (9–10): 483–92. 2002. PMID 11596911.
- "Troponin I isoform expression in human heart". Circulation Research 69 (5): 1409–14. Nov 1991. doi:10.1161/01.res.69.5.1409. PMID 1934363.
- "The human cardiac troponin I locus: assignment to chromosome 19p13.2-19q13.2". Human Genetics 88 (1): 101–4. Nov 1991. doi:10.1007/BF00204938. PMID 1959915.
- "Molecular cloning of human cardiac troponin I using polymerase chain reaction". FEBS Letters 270 (1–2): 57–61. Sep 1990. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(90)81234-F. PMID 2226790.
- "A common motif of two adjacent phosphoserines in bovine, rabbit and human cardiac troponin I". FEBS Letters 273 (1–2): 41–5. Oct 1990. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(90)81046-Q. PMID 2226863.
- "Identification of sites phosphorylated in bovine cardiac troponin I and troponin T by protein kinase C and comparative substrate activity of synthetic peptides containing the phosphorylation sites". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 264 (34): 20778–85. Dec 1989. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)47130-5. PMID 2584239.
- "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene 138 (1–2): 171–4. Jan 1994. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
- "Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the cDNA encoding human cardiac troponin I". Gene 131 (2): 287–92. Sep 1993. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(93)90308-P. PMID 8406024.
- "Isolation and characterization of the human cardiac troponin I gene (TNNI3)". Genomics 35 (1): 11–23. Jul 1996. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0317. PMID 8661099.
- "Phosphorylation specificities of protein kinase C isozymes for bovine cardiac troponin I and troponin T and sites within these proteins and regulation of myofilament properties". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 271 (38): 23277–83. Sep 1996. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.38.23277. PMID 8798526.
- "Structural and functional domains of the troponin complex revealed by limited digestion". European Journal of Biochemistry 246 (3): 611–7. Jun 1997. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00611.x. PMID 9219516.
- "The ordered phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I by the cAMP-dependent protein kinase--structural consequences and functional implications". European Journal of Biochemistry 248 (2): 329–37. Sep 1997. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00329.x. PMID 9346285.
- "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene 200 (1–2): 149–56. Oct 1997. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
- "Crystal structure of troponin C in complex with troponin I fragment at 2.3-A resolution". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 95 (9): 4847–52. Apr 1998. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.9.4847. PMID 9560191.
- "Close physical linkage of human troponin genes: organization, sequence, and expression of the locus encoding cardiac troponin I and slow skeletal troponin T". Genomics 57 (1): 102–9. Apr 1999. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5702. PMID 10191089.
- "Binding of cardiac troponin-I147-163 induces a structural opening in human cardiac troponin-C". Biochemistry 38 (26): 8289–98. Jun 1999. doi:10.1021/bi9901679. PMID 10387074.
- "Investigation of a truncated cardiac troponin T that causes familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Ca(2+) regulatory properties of reconstituted thin filaments depend on the ratio of mutant to wild-type protein". Circulation Research 86 (11): 1146–52. Jun 2000. doi:10.1161/01.res.86.11.1146. PMID 10850966.
- "Additional PKA phosphorylation sites in human cardiac troponin I". European Journal of Biochemistry 268 (1): 179–85. Jan 2001. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01871.x. PMID 11121119.
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