TY - JOUR
T1 - Calreticulin secures calcium-dependent nuclear pore competency required for cardiogenesis
AU - Faustino, Randolph S.
AU - Behfar, Atta
AU - Groenendyk, Jody
AU - Wyles, Saranya P.
AU - Niederlander, Nicolas
AU - Reyes, Santiago
AU - Puceat, Michel
AU - Michalak, Marek
AU - Terzic, Andre
AU - Perez-Terzic, Carmen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Calreticulin deficiency causes myocardial developmental defects that culminate in an embryonic lethal phenotype. Recent studies have linked loss of this calcium binding chaperone to failure in myofibrillogenesis through an as yet undefined mechanism. The purpose of the present study was to identify cellular processes corrupted by calreticulin deficiency that precipitate dysregulation of cardiac myofibrillogenesis related to acquisition of cardiac phenotype. In an embryonic stem cell knockout model, calreticulin deficit (crt-/-) compromised nucleocytoplasmic transport of nuclear localization signal-dependent and independent pathways, disrupting nuclear import of the cardiac transcription factor MEF2C. The expression of nucleoporins and associated nuclear transport proteins in derived crt-/- cardiomyocytes revealed an abnormal nuclear pore complex (NPC) configuration. Altered protein content in crt-/- cells resulted in remodeled NPC architecture that caused decreased pore diameter and diminished probability of central channel occupancy versus wild type counterparts. Ionophore treatment of impaired calcium handling in crt-/- cells corrected nuclear pore microarchitecture and rescued nuclear import resulting in normalized myofibrillogenesis. Thus, calreticulin deficiency alters nuclear pore function and structure, impeding myofibrillogenesis in nascent cardiomyocytes through a calcium dependent mechanism. This essential role of calreticulin in nucleocytoplasmic communication competency ties its regulatory action with proficiency of cardiac myofibrillogenesis essential for proper cardiac development.
AB - Calreticulin deficiency causes myocardial developmental defects that culminate in an embryonic lethal phenotype. Recent studies have linked loss of this calcium binding chaperone to failure in myofibrillogenesis through an as yet undefined mechanism. The purpose of the present study was to identify cellular processes corrupted by calreticulin deficiency that precipitate dysregulation of cardiac myofibrillogenesis related to acquisition of cardiac phenotype. In an embryonic stem cell knockout model, calreticulin deficit (crt-/-) compromised nucleocytoplasmic transport of nuclear localization signal-dependent and independent pathways, disrupting nuclear import of the cardiac transcription factor MEF2C. The expression of nucleoporins and associated nuclear transport proteins in derived crt-/- cardiomyocytes revealed an abnormal nuclear pore complex (NPC) configuration. Altered protein content in crt-/- cells resulted in remodeled NPC architecture that caused decreased pore diameter and diminished probability of central channel occupancy versus wild type counterparts. Ionophore treatment of impaired calcium handling in crt-/- cells corrected nuclear pore microarchitecture and rescued nuclear import resulting in normalized myofibrillogenesis. Thus, calreticulin deficiency alters nuclear pore function and structure, impeding myofibrillogenesis in nascent cardiomyocytes through a calcium dependent mechanism. This essential role of calreticulin in nucleocytoplasmic communication competency ties its regulatory action with proficiency of cardiac myofibrillogenesis essential for proper cardiac development.
KW - Calreticulin
KW - Cardiac differentiation
KW - Embryonic stem cells
KW - Nuclear transport
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U2 - 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2016.01.022
DO - 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2016.01.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 26826378
AN - SCOPUS:84957048002
SN - 0022-2828
VL - 92
SP - 63
EP - 74
JO - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
JF - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
ER -