Department of Pediatric Neurology, Developmental Neurology and Social Pediatrics, Children's Hospital University of Essen, Essen, Germany.
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cell Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Hum Mutat. 2020 Sep;41(9):1600-1614. doi: 10.1002/humu.24062. Epub 2020 Jul 11.
Filamin C (encoded by the FLNC gene) is a large actin-cross-linking protein involved in shaping the actin cytoskeleton in response to signaling events both at the sarcolemma and at myofibrillar Z-discs of cross-striated muscle cells. Multiple mutations in FLNC are associated with myofibrillar myopathies of autosomal-dominant inheritance. Here, we describe for the first time a boy with congenital onset of generalized muscular hypotonia and muscular weakness, delayed motor development but no cardiac involvement associated with a homozygous FLNC mutation c.1325C>G (p.Pro442Arg). We performed ultramorphological, proteomic, and functional investigations as well as immunological studies of known marker proteins for dominant filaminopathies. We show that the mutant protein is expressed in similar quantities as the wild-type variant in control skeletal muscle fibers. The proteomic signature of quadriceps muscle is altered and ultrastructural perturbations are evident. Moreover, filaminopathy marker proteins are comparable both in our homozygous and a dominant control case (c.5161delG). Biochemical investigations demonstrate that the recombinant mutant protein is less stable and more prone to degradation by proteolytic enzymes than the wild-type variant. The unusual congenital presentation of the disease clearly demonstrates that homozygosity for mutations in FLNC severely aggravates the phenotype.
细丝蛋白 C(由 FLNC 基因编码)是一种大的肌动蛋白交联蛋白,能够响应位于横纹肌细胞膜和肌节 Z 盘的信号事件,塑造肌动蛋白细胞骨架。FLNC 中的多种突变与常染色体显性遗传的肌原纤维肌病有关。在这里,我们首次描述了一名男孩,他出生时就出现全身性肌肉张力减退和肌肉无力,运动发育迟缓,但无心脏受累,与 FLNC 突变 c.1325C>G(p.Pro442Arg)纯合子有关。我们进行了超微结构、蛋白质组学和功能研究以及已知显性细丝蛋白病标记蛋白的免疫研究。我们表明,突变蛋白的表达量与对照骨骼肌纤维中的野生型变体相似。股四头肌的蛋白质组学特征发生改变,超微结构扰动明显。此外,我们的纯合子和显性对照病例(c.5161delG)中,细丝病标记蛋白是可比的。生化研究表明,重组突变蛋白比野生型变体更不稳定,更容易被蛋白水解酶降解。这种疾病不寻常的先天性表现清楚地表明,FLNC 突变的纯合子严重加重了表型。