Nuclear proteins in the heart of the cardiomyopathic Syrian hamster. Phosphorylation of phenol-soluble nonhistone proteins.
We examined incorporation of 32P into phenol-soluble nonhistone nuclear acidic proteins (NHNP) obtained from myolytic, hypertrophic, and failing phases of hamster cardiomyopathy. NHNP from these dystrophic hamster hearts were phosphorylated much less than their controls, despite a 9-fold increase in uptake of 32P into their nuclei. After fractionation of NHNP by isoelectrofocusing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, two major fractions focusing from pH 6.0 to 6.2 and 6.6 to 6.8 were highly phosphorylated in both the control and dystrophic hearts. The latter fraction was much more phosphorylated in the control. Two fractions of NHNP focusing at pH 4.9 and 5.1 were more highly phosphorylated in the dystrophic hearts than in the controls. Autoradiographs obtained from the two-dimensional polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis showed that two proteins (pH 4.9 and 5.1; mol wt 25,000 and 60,000, respectively) were highly phosphorylated in the dystrophic heart. There was no detectable phosphorylation of these proteins in the controls. These changes in the phosphorylation of cardiac NHNP may be important in determining the alteration of gene expression in hamster cardiomyopathy.
D000818:Animals; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*
D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D010710:Phosphates