A myosin phosphatase targeting subunit isoform transition defines a smooth muscle developmental phenotypic switch

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作者
Dirksen, WP
Vladic, F
Fisher, SA
机构
[1] Case Western Reserve Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med Cardiol, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
[2] Case Western Reserve Univ, Sch Med, Dept Physiol & Biophys, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
来源
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY | 2000年 / 278卷 / 03期
关键词
smooth muscle phenotype; myosin heavy chain; myosin light chain; alternative splicing;
D O I
10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.3.C589
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Smooth muscle myosin phosphatase dephosphorylates the regulatory myosin light chain and thus mediates smooth muscle relaxation. The activity of this myosin phosphatase is dependent upon its myosin-targeting subunit (MYPT1). Isoforms of MYPT1 have been identified, but how they are generated and their relationship to smooth muscle phenotypes is not clear. Cloning of the middle section of chicken and rat MYPT1 genes revealed that each gene gave rise to isoforms by cassette-type alternative splicing of exons. In chicken, a 123-nucleotide exon was included or excluded from the mature mRNA, whereas in rat two exons immediately downstream were alternative. MYPT1 isoforms lacking the alternative exon were only detected in mature chicken smooth muscle tissues that display phasic contractile properties, but the isoform ratios were variable. The patterns of expression of rat MYPT1 mRNA isoforms were more complex, with three major and two minor isoforms present in all smooth muscle tissues at varying stoichiometries. Isoform switching was identified in the developing chicken gizzard, in which the exon-skipped isoform replaced the exon-included isoform around the time of hatching. This isoform switch occurred after transitions in myosin heavy chain and myosin light chain (MLC17) isoforms and correlated with a severalfold increase in the rate of relaxation. The developmental switch of MYPT1 isoforms is a good model for determining the mechanisms and significance of alternative splicing in smooth muscle.
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页码:C589 / C600
页数:12
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