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Vol 58(2024) N 2 p. 319-327; DOI 10.1134/S0026893324020043 Full Text

L.G. Bobyleva1, T.A. Uryupina1, N.V. Penkov2, M.A. Timchenko1, A.D. Ulanova1, A.G. Gabdulkhakov3, I.M. Vikhlyantsev1*, A.G. Bobylev1**

The Structural Features of Skeletal Muscle Titin Aggregates

1Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290 Russia
2Institute of Cell Biophysics, Federal Research Center "Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences", Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290 Russia
3Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290 Russia


*ivanvikhlyantsev@gmail.com
**bobylev1982@gmail.com
Received - 2023-08-03; Revised - 2023-09-22; Accepted - 2023-09-28

Titin is a multidomain protein of striated and smooth muscles of vertebrates. The protein consists of repeating immunoglobulin-like (Ig) and fibronectin-like (FnIII) domains, which are β-sandwiches with a predominant β-structure, and also contains disordered regions. In this work, the methods of atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to study the morphology and structure of aggregates of rabbit skeletal muscle titin obtained in two different solutions: 0.15 M glycine-KOH, pH 7.0 and 200 mM KCl, 10 mM imidazole, pH 7.0. According to AFM data, skeletal muscle titin formed amorphous aggregates of different morphologies in the above two solutions. Amorphous aggregates of titin formed in a solution containing glycine consisted of much larger particles than aggregates of this protein formed in a solution containing KCl. The "KCl-aggregates" according to AFM data had the form of a "sponge"-like structure, while amorphous "glycine-aggregates" of titin formed "branching" structures. Spectrofluorometry revealed the ability of "glycine-aggregates" of titin to bind to the dye thioflavin T (TT), and X-ray diffraction revealed the presence of one of the elements of the amyloid cross β-structure, a reflection of ~4.6 Å, in these aggregates. These data indicate that "glycine-aggregates" of titin are amyloid or amyloid-like. No similar structural features were found in "KCl-aggregates" of titin; they also did not show the ability to bind to thioflavin T, indicating the non-amyloid nature of these titin aggregates. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed differences in the secondary structure of the two types of titin aggregates. The data we obtained demonstrate the features of structural changes during the formation of intermolecular bonds between molecules of the giant titin protein during its aggregation. The data expand the understanding of the process of amyloid protein aggregation.

muscle proteins, titin, aggregation, amyloids, atomic force microscopy, infrared spectroscopy



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