MYL4

MYL4
Identifiers
Aliases	MYL4, ALC1, AMLC, GT1, PRO1957, myosin light chain 4
External IDs	OMIM: 160770; MGI: 97267; HomoloGene: 20558; GeneCards: MYL4; OMA:MYL4 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 17 (human)
End	47,223,679 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	104,595,753 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right auricle; ; cardiac muscle tissue of right atrium; ; apex of heart; ; vena cava; ; right ventricle; ; testicle; ; trabecular bone; ; left ventricle; ; blood; ; bone marrow;
	Top expressed in
	atrium; ; endocardial cushion; ; atrioventricular valve; ; aortic valve; ; internal carotid artery; ; human fetus; ; interventricular septum; ; right lung; ; right lung lobe; ; fossa;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	calcium ion binding; actin filament binding; actin monomer binding; myosin II heavy chain binding;
Cellular component	cytosol; A band; myosin complex;
Biological process	positive regulation of ATP-dependent activity; cardiac muscle contraction; regulation of the force of heart contraction; muscle filament sliding;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	4635
	17896
	ENSG00000198336
	ENSMUSG00000061086
	P12829
	P09541
	NM_001002841; NM_002476
	NM_010858; NM_001355754; NM_001355755
	NP_001002841; NP_002467
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Atrial Light Chain-1 (ALC-1), also known as Essential Light Chain, Atrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYL4 gene.^[5]^[6] ALC-1 is expressed in fetal cardiac ventricular and fetal skeletal muscle, as well as fetal and adult cardiac atrial tissue. ALC-1 expression is reactivated in human ventricular myocardium in various cardiac muscle diseases, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, ischemic cardiomyopathy and congenital heart diseases.

Structure

ALC-1 is a 21.6 kDa protein composed of 197 amino acids.^[7] ALC-1 is expressed in fetal cardiac ventricular and fetal skeletal muscle, as well as fetal and adult cardiac atrial tissue.^[5] ALC-1 binds the neck region of muscle myosin in adult atria. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.^[8] Relative to ventricular essential light chain VLC-1, ALC-1 has an additional ~40 amino-acid N-terminal region that contains four to eleven residues that are critical for binding actin and modulating myosin kinetics.^[9]^[10]

Function

ALC-1 is expressed very early in skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle development; two E-boxes and CArG box in the MYL4 promoter region regulate transcription.^[11] ALC-1 expression in cardiac ventricles decreases in early postnatal development, but is highly expressed in atria throughout all of adulthood.^[12]^[13] Normal atrial function is essential for embryogenesis, as inactivation of the MYL7 gene was embryonic lethal at ED10.5-11.5.^[14]

Evidence of ALC-1 isoform expression on contractile mechanics of sarcomeres came from experiments studying fibers from patients expressing a higher level of ALC-1 relative to VLC-1 in cardiac left ventricular tissue. Fibers expressing high ALC-1 exhibited a higher maximal velocity and rate of shortening compared to fibers with low amounts of ALC-1, suggesting that ALC-1 increases cycling kinetics of myosin cross-bridges and regulates cardiac contractility.^[15] Further biochemical studies unveiled a weaker binding of the Alanine-Proline-rich N-terminus of ALC-1^[9] to the C-terminus of actin relative to VLC-1, which may explain the mechanism underlying the differences in cycling kinetics.^[16]^[17] The importance of this region has however raised skepticism.^[18] Further evidence for the contractile-enhancing properties of ALC-1 came from studies employing transgenesis to replace VLC-1 with ALC-1 in the mouse ventricle. This study demonstrated an increase in unloaded shortening velocity, both in skinned fibers and in an in vitro motility assay, as well as enhanced contractility and relaxation in whole heart experiments.^[19] These studies were supported by further studies in transgenic rats overexpressing ALC-1 which showed enhanced rates of contraction and relaxation, as well as left ventricular developed pressure in Langendorff heart preparations.^[20] Importantly, overexpression of ALC-1 was shown to attenuate heart failure in pressure-overloaded animals, by enhancing left ventricular developed pressure, maximal velocity of pressure development and relaxation.^[21]

Clinical significance

MYL4 expression in ventricular myocardium has shown to abnormally persist in neonates up through adulthood in patients with the congenital heart disease, tetralogy of Fallot.^[12] Altered ALC-1 expression is also altered in other congenital heart diseases, Double outlet right ventricle and infundibular pulmonary stenosis.^[15] Moreover, in patients with aortic stenosis or aortic insufficiency, ALC-1 expression in left ventricles was elevated, and following valve replacement decreased to lower levels; ALC-1 expression also correlated with left ventricular systolic pressure.^[22]

Additionally, in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ALC-1 protein expression is shown to be reactivated, and ALC-1 expression correlates with calcium sensitivity of myofilament proteins in skinned fiber preparations, as well as ventricular dP/dtmax and ejection fraction.^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]

Interactions

ALC-1 interacts with:

ACTC1^[9]^[10]^[17]
MYH7^[28]^[29]^[30]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000198336 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000061086 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ ^a ^b Kurabayashi M, Komuro I, Tsuchimochi H, Takaku F, Yazaki Y (September 1988). "Molecular cloning and characterization of human atrial and ventricular myosin alkali light chain cDNA clones". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263 (27): 13930–6. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)68333-4. PMID 3417683.
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^ ^a ^b Timson DJ, Trayer HR, Smith KJ, Trayer IP (June 1999). "Size and charge requirements for kinetic modulation and actin binding by alkali 1-type myosin essential light chains". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (26): 18271–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.26.18271. PMID 10373429.
^ Catala F, Wanner R, Barton P, Cohen A, Wright W, Buckingham M (August 1995). "A skeletal muscle-specific enhancer regulated by factors binding to E and CArG boxes is present in the promoter of the mouse myosin light-chain 1A gene". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15 (8): 4585–96. doi:10.1128/mcb.15.8.4585. PMC 230699. PMID 7623850.
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^ Fewell JG, Hewett TE, Sanbe A, Klevitsky R, Hayes E, Warshaw D, Maughan D, Robbins J (June 1998). "Functional significance of cardiac myosin essential light chain isoform switching in transgenic mice". The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 101 (12): 2630–9. doi:10.1172/JCI2825. PMC 508853. PMID 9637696.
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