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A metastable subproteome underlies inclusion formation in muscle proteinopathies

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Ciryam, Prajwal 
Antalek, Matthew 
Cid, Fernando 
Tartaglia, Gian Gaetano 
Dobson, Christopher M. 

Abstract

Abstract: Protein aggregation is a pathological feature of neurodegenerative disorders. We previously demonstrated that protein inclusions in the brain are composed of supersaturated proteins, which are abundant and aggregation-prone, and form a metastable subproteome. It is not yet clear, however, whether this phenomenon is also associated with non-neuronal protein conformational disorders. To respond to this question, we analyzed proteomic datasets from biopsies of patients with genetic and acquired protein aggregate myopathy (PAM) by quantifying the changes in composition, concentration and aggregation propensity of proteins in the fibers containing inclusions and those surrounding them. We found that a metastable subproteome is present in skeletal muscle from healthy patients. The expression of this subproteome escalate as proteomic samples are taken more proximal to the pathologic inclusion, eventually exceeding its solubility limits and aggregating. While most supersaturated proteins decrease or maintain steady abundance across healthy fibers and inclusion-containing fibers, proteins within the metastable subproteome rise in abundance, suggesting that they escape regulation. Taken together, our results show in the context of a human conformational disorder that the supersaturation of a metastable subproteome underlies widespread aggregation and correlates with the histopathological state of the tissue.

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Acta Neuropathologica Communications

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2051-5960

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7

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BioMed Central
Sponsorship
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R01AR068797, K24AR073317)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R21NS101588, R25NS070697)
National Institute on Aging (R37AG026647, P01AG054407, R56AG059579, RF1AG057296)
Medizinische Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (FoRUM F755-12)