Bowen, TS, Adams, V, Werner, S et al. (10 more authors) (2017) Small-molecule inhibition of MuRF1 attenuates skeletal muscle atrophy and dysfunction in cardiac cachexia. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 8 (6). pp. 939-953. ISSN 2190-5991
Abstract
Background; Muscle ring finger 1 (MuRF1) is a muscle‐specific ubiquitin E3 ligase activated during clinical conditions associated with skeletal muscle wasting. Yet, there remains a paucity of therapeutic interventions that directly inhibit MuRF1 function, particularly in vivo. The current study, therefore, developed a novel compound targeting the central coiled coil domain of MuRF1 to inhibit muscle wasting in cardiac cachexia.
Methods; We identified small molecules that interfere with the MuRF1–titin interaction from a 130 000 compound screen based on Alpha Technology. A subset of nine prioritized compounds were synthesized and administrated during conditions of muscle wasting, that is, to C2C12 muscle cells treated with dexamethasone and to mice treated with monocrotaline to induce cardiac cachexia.
Results; The nine selected compounds inhibited MuRF1–titin complexation with IC50 values <25 μM, of which three were found to also inhibit MuRF1 E3 ligase activity, with one further showing low toxicity on cultured myotubes. This last compound, EMBL chemical core ID#704946, also prevented atrophy in myotubes induced by dexamethasone and attenuated fibre atrophy and contractile dysfunction in mice during cardiac cachexia. Proteomic and western blot analyses showed that stress pathways were attenuated by ID#704946 treatment, including down‐regulation of MuRF1 and normalization of proteins associated with apoptosis (BAX) and protein synthesis (elF2B‐delta). Furthermore, actin ubiquitinylation and proteasome activity was attenuated.
Conclusions; We identified a novel compound directed to MuRF1's central myofibrillar protein recognition domain. This compound attenuated in vivo muscle wasting and contractile dysfunction in cardiac cachexia by protecting de novo protein synthesis and by down‐regulating apoptosis and ubiquitin‐proteasome‐dependent proteolysis.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
Keywords: | Muscle wasting; Chemical biology; Diaphragm; Myofibrillar proteins; Protein synthesis; Ubiquitin-proteasome system |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Biomedical Sciences (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2017 13:07 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2023 22:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/jcsm.12233 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123354 |
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