Proteome and transcriptome profiling of equine myofibrillar myopathy identifies diminished peroxiredoxin 6 and enhanced cysteine metabolic pathways
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ABSTRACT: Equine myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) causes exertional muscle pain and is characterized by myofibrillar disarray and ectopic protein aggregates of unknown origin. To investigate the pathophysiology of MFM, we compared the skeletal muscle proteome and 3 h post-exercise transcriptome of gluteal muscle in MFM and control Arabian horses using iTRAQ and RNA-sequencing analyses. Differential expression (DE) was evaluated using edgeR and pathway analysis using Cytoscape and Cluego. Proteome analysis revealed significantly lower antioxidant peroxiredoxin 6 content (PRDX6, ↓4.14 log2 fold change [FC]), sarcomere protein tropomyosin (TPM2, ↓3.24x) and higher fatty acid transport enzyme carnitine palmitoyl transferase (CPT1B, ↑3.49x) in MFM vs. control muscle at rest. Three hours after exercise, 191 genes were DE in MFM vs. control muscle with a remarkably focused > 1.5 log2FC in genes involved in sulfur compound/ cysteine metabolism such as cystathionine-beta-synthase [CBS, ↑4.51] and a cysteine and neutral amino acid membrane transporter [SLC7A10, ↑1.79]. In MFM vs. control at rest, 284 genes were DE with > 1.5 log2 FC in pathways for structure morphogenesis, fiber organization, tissue development and cell differentiation including> 2 log2 FC in alpha actin-cardiac [↑ ACTC1], cytoskeletal desmoplakin [↑ DSP], basement membrane usherin [↓ USH2A] and delta like non-canonical Notch ligand 1, [↓ DLK1]. In conclusion, myofibrillar disarray and protein aggregation in MFM horses was embodied by DE expression in pathways of structure/fiber organization and tissue regeneration. Reduced antioxidant capacity as a potential etiology for MFM was supported by diminished cysteine rich antioxidant peroxiredoxin 6 with compensatory increased cysteine synthesis following exercise.
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos
ORGANISM(S): Equus Caballus (horse)
TISSUE(S): Gluteal Muscle
SUBMITTER: Sudeep Perumbakkam
LAB HEAD: Stephanie J Valberg
PROVIDER: PXD009362 | Pride | 2019-11-12
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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