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ArticleJournal of cell science2011

Troponin T is essential for sarcomere assembly in zebrafish skeletal muscle.

Maria I Ferrante, Rebecka M Kiff, David A Goulding, Derek L Stemple

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria I FerranteWellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.
Rebecka M Kiff
David A Goulding
Derek L Stemple
Wellcome Sanger Institute · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT 077037/Z/05/ZWellcome Trust WT 077047/Z/05/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In striated muscle, the basic contractile unit is the sarcomere, which comprises myosin-rich thick filaments intercalated with thin filaments made of actin, tropomyosin and troponin. Troponin is required to regulate Ca(2+)-dependent contraction, and mutant forms of troponins are associated with muscle diseases. We have disrupted several genes simultaneously in zebrafish embryos and have followed the progression of muscle degeneration in the absence of troponin. Complete loss of troponin T activity leads to loss of sarcomere structure, in part owing to the destructive nature of deregulated actin-myosin activity. When troponin T and myosin activity are simultaneously disrupted, immature sarcomeres are rescued. However, tropomyosin fails to localise to sarcomeres, and intercalating thin filaments are missing from electron microscopic cross-sections, indicating that loss of troponin T affects thin filament composition. If troponin activity is only partially disrupted, myofibrils are formed but eventually disintegrate owing to deregulated actin-myosin activity. We conclude that the troponin complex has at least two distinct activities: regulation of actin-myosin activity and, independently, a role in the proper assembly of thin filaments. Our results also indicate that sarcomere assembly can occur in the absence of normal thin filaments.

Indexed as

Actin CytoskeletonAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalMyopathies, NemalineMyosinsSarcomeresTroponin TZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsMyosinsTnnt3b protein, zebrafishTroponin TZebrafish Proteins

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PMID21245197
PMCPMC3031369
OpenAlexW2106902692

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