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Cook M, Stevenson B, Jacobs LA, Leocadio Victoria D, Cisneros B, Hobbs JK, Stewart CL, Winder SJ. The Role of β-Dystroglycan in Nuclear Dynamics. Cells 2024; 13:431. [PMID: 38474395 DOI: 10.3390/cells13050431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Dystroglycan is a ubiquitously expressed heterodimeric cell-surface laminin receptor with roles in cell adhesion, signalling, and membrane stabilisation. More recently, the transmembrane β-subunit of dystroglycan has been shown to localise to both the nuclear envelope and the nucleoplasm. This has led to the hypothesis that dystroglycan may have a structural role at the nuclear envelope analogous to its role at the plasma membrane. The biochemical fraction of myoblast cells clearly supports the presence of dystroglycan in the nucleus. Deletion of the dystroglycan protein by disruption of the DAG1 locus using CRISPR/Cas9 leads to changes in nuclear size but not overall morphology; moreover, the Young's modulus of dystroglycan-deleted nuclei, as determined by atomic force microscopy, is unaltered. Dystroglycan-disrupted myoblasts are also no more susceptible to nuclear stresses including chemical and mechanical, than normal myoblasts. Re-expression of dystroglycan in DAG1-disrupted myoblasts restores nuclear size without affecting other nuclear parameters.
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- Matthew Cook
- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
- A*STAR Skin Research Laboratories, Singapore 138648, Singapore
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Mexico City 07360, Mexico
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
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- A*STAR Skin Research Laboratories, Singapore 138648, Singapore
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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Romo-Yáñez J, Rodríguez-Martínez G, Aragón J, Siqueiros-Márquez L, Herrera-Salazar A, Velasco I, Montanez C. Embryonic neural stem/progenitor cells as model to characterize dystrophin and dystrophin-associated proteins expression during neuronal or astrocytic differentiation. MethodsX 2021; 8:101325. [PMID: 34430234 PMCID: PMC8374367 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPC) are multipotent cells that renew themselves and could differentiate into neurons and macro glia (astrocytes and oligodendrocytes) of the nervous system during embryonic development. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a severe type of muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the dmd gene, and one-third of patients cursed with neuro-cognitive impairments. In this data article, we take advantage of the differentiation capacity of NSPC as a model to increase our knowledge in the neuronal and/or astrocytic differentiation and to evaluate the expression of dystrophins and dystrophin-associated proteins. We showed the characterization of undifferentiated and neuron and/or astrocyte differentiated NSPC. In addition, we evaluated the expression and subcellular localization of dystrophins and β-dystroglycan in undifferentiated NSPC and differentiated to neurons and astrocytes.Primary culture of NSPC was characterized by the expression of multipotent markers nestin and Sox2. Neuronal or astrocytic differentiation of NSPC was performed by basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) withdrawal, histamine or ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) treatment, and expression of βIII-tubulin or glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) as differentiation markers for neurons or astrocytes was evaluated. This study will contribute to the understanding of dystrophins and dystrophin-associated proteins expression and function during neuronal or astrocytic differentiation of NSPC
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- José Romo-Yáñez
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Present address: Coordinación de Endocrinología Ginecológica y Perinatal, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Laboratorio de Reprogramación Celular, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav), Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Corresponding author.
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Hunter DD, Manglapus MK, Bachay G, Claudepierre T, Dolan MW, Gesuelli KA, Brunken WJ. CNS synapses are stabilized trans-synaptically by laminins and laminin-interacting proteins. J Comp Neurol 2017; 527:67-86. [PMID: 29023785 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The retina expresses several laminins in the outer plexiform layer (OPL), where they may provide an extracellular scaffold for synapse stabilization. Mice with a targeted deletion of the laminin β2 gene (Lamb2) exhibit retinal disruptions: photoreceptor synapses in the OPL are disorganized and the retinal physiological response is attenuated. We hypothesize that laminins are required for proper trans-synaptic alignment. To test this, we compared the distribution, expression, association and modification of several pre- and post-synaptic elements in wild-type and Lamb2-null retinae. A potential laminin receptor, integrin α3, is at the presynaptic side of the wild-type OPL. Another potential laminin receptor, dystroglycan, is at the post-synaptic side of the wild-type OPL. Integrin α3 and dystroglycan can be co-immunoprecipitated with the laminin β2 chain, demonstrating that they may bind laminins. In the absence of the laminin β2 chain, the expression of many pre-synaptic components (bassoon, kinesin, among others) is relatively undisturbed although their spatial organization and anchoring to the membrane is disrupted. In contrast, in the Lamb2-null, β-dystroglycan (β-DG) expression is altered, co-localization of β-DG with dystrophin and the glutamate receptor mGluR6 is disrupted, and the post-synaptic bipolar cell components mGluR6 and GPR179 become dissociated, suggesting that laminins mediate scaffolding of post-synaptic components. In addition, although pikachurin remains associated with β-DG, pikachurin is no longer closely associated with mGluR6 or α-DG in the Lamb2-null. These data suggest that laminins act as links among pre- and post-synaptic laminin receptors and α-DG and pikachurin in the synaptic space to maintain proper trans-synaptic alignment.
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- Dale D Hunter
- Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University and Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Ophthalmology and the SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University and Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Ophthalmology and the SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University and Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Ophthalmology and the SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology and the SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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- Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University and Tufts Center for Vision Research, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Ophthalmology and the SUNY Eye Institute, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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Gracida-Jiménez V, Mondragón-González R, Vélez-Aguilera G, Vásquez-Limeta A, Laredo-Cisneros MS, Gómez-López JDD, Vaca L, Gourlay SC, Jacobs LA, Winder SJ, Cisneros B. Retrograde trafficking of β-dystroglycan from the plasma membrane to the nucleus. Sci Rep 2017; 7:9906. [PMID: 28852008 PMCID: PMC5575308 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09972-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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β-Dystroglycan (β-DG) is a transmembrane protein with critical roles in cell adhesion, cytoskeleton remodeling and nuclear architecture. This functional diversity is attributed to the ability of β-DG to target to, and conform specific protein assemblies at the plasma membrane (PM) and nuclear envelope (NE). Although a classical NLS and importin α/β mediated nuclear import pathway has already been described for β-DG, the intracellular trafficking route by which β-DG reaches the nucleus is unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that β-DG undergoes retrograde intracellular trafficking from the PM to the nucleus via the endosome-ER network. Furthermore, we provided evidence indicating that the translocon complex Sec61 mediates the release of β-DG from the ER membrane, making it accessible for importins and nuclear import. Finally, we show that phosphorylation of β-DG at Tyr890 is a key stimulus for β-DG nuclear translocation. Collectively our data describe the retrograde intracellular trafficking route that β-DG follows from PM to the nucleus. This dual role for a cell adhesion receptor permits the cell to functionally connect the PM with the nucleus and represents to our knowledge the first example of a cell adhesion receptor exhibiting retrograde nuclear trafficking and having dual roles in PM and NE.
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- Viridiana Gracida-Jiménez
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico.,Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, Center for Cancer Research-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico
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- Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, Mexico
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), Ciudad de México, Mexico, Mexico.
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Dystrophin Dp71 Isoforms Are Differentially Expressed in the Mouse Brain and Retina: Report of New Alternative Splicing and a Novel Nomenclature for Dp71 Isoforms. Mol Neurobiol 2017; 55:1376-1386. [PMID: 28127699 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0405-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Multiple dystrophin Dp71 isoforms have been identified in rats, mice, and humans and in several cell line models. These Dp71 isoforms are produced by the alternative splicing of exons 71 to 74 and 78 and intron 77. Three main groups of Dp71 proteins are defined based on their C-terminal specificities: Dp71d, Dp71f, and Dp71e. Dp71 is highly expressed in the brain and retina; however, the specific isoforms present in these tissues have not been determined to date. In this work, we explored the expression of Dp71 isoforms in the mouse brain and retina using RT-PCR assays followed by the cloning of PCR products into the pGEM-T Easy vector, which was used to transform DH5α cells. Dp71-positive colonies were later analyzed by PCR multiplex and DNA sequencing to determine the alternative splicing. We thus demonstrated the expression of Dp71 transcripts corresponding to Dp71, Dp71a, Dp71c, Dp71b, Dp71ab, Dp71 Δ110, and novel Dp71 isoforms spliced in exon 74; 71 and 74; 71, 73 and 74; and 74 and 78, which we named Dp71d Δ74 , Dp71d Δ71,74 , Dp71d Δ71,73-74 , and Dp71f Δ74 , respectively. Additionally, we demonstrated that the Dp71d group of isoforms is highly expressed in the brain, while the Dp71f group predominates in the retina, at both the cDNA and protein levels. These findings suggest that distinct Dp71 isoforms may play different roles in the brain and retina.
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Rodríguez-Muñoz R, Cárdenas-Aguayo MDC, Alemán V, Osorio B, Chávez-González O, Rendon A, Martínez-Rojas D, Meraz-Ríos MA. Novel Nuclear Protein Complexes of Dystrophin 71 Isoforms in Rat Cultured Hippocampal GABAergic and Glutamatergic Neurons. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137328. [PMID: 26378780 PMCID: PMC4574971 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The precise functional role of the dystrophin 71 in neurons is still elusive. Previously, we reported that dystrophin 71d and dystrophin 71f are present in nuclei from cultured neurons. In the present work, we performed a detailed analysis of the intranuclear distribution of dystrophin 71 isoforms (Dp71d and Dp71f), during the temporal course of 7-day postnatal rats hippocampal neurons culture for 1h, 2, 4, 10, 15 and 21 days in vitro (DIV). By immunofluorescence assays, we detected the highest level of nuclear expression of both dystrophin Dp71 isoforms at 10 DIV, during the temporal course of primary culture. Dp71d and Dp71f were detected mainly in bipolar GABAergic (≥60%) and multipolar Glutamatergic (≤40%) neurons, respectively. We also characterized the existence of two nuclear dystrophin-associated protein complexes (DAPC): dystrophin 71d or dystrophin 71f bound to β-dystroglycan, α1-, β-, α2-dystrobrevins, α-syntrophin, and syntrophin-associated protein nNOS (Dp71d-DAPC or Dp71f-DAPC, respectively), in the hippocampal neurons. Furthermore, both complexes were localized in interchromatin granule cluster structures (nuclear speckles) of neuronal nucleoskeleton preparations. The present study evinces that each Dp71's complexes differ slightly in dystrobrevins composition. The results demonstrated that Dp71d-DAPC was mainly localized in bipolar GABAergic and Dp71f-DAPC in multipolar Glutamatergic hippocampal neurons. Taken together, our results show that dystrophin 71d, dystrophin 71f and DAP integrate protein complexes, and both complexes were associated to nuclear speckles structures.
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- Rafael Rodríguez-Muñoz
- Departments of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
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- Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
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- Departments of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
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- Departments of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
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- Departments of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
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- Institut de la Vision, UMR Inserm, Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Rétine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Departments of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
- * E-mail: (MAMMR); (DMR)
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- Molecular Biomedicine, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F., México
- * E-mail: (MAMMR); (DMR)
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Suárez-Sánchez R, Aguilar A, Wagstaff KM, Velez G, Azuara-Medina PM, Gomez P, Vásquez-Limeta A, Hernández-Hernández O, Lieu KG, Jans DA, Cisneros B. Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene product dystrophin Dp71d is dependent on the importin α/β and CRM1 nuclear transporters and microtubule motor dynein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2014; 1843:985-1001. [PMID: 24486332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Even though the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene product Dystrophin Dp71d is involved in various key cellular processes through its role as a scaffold for structural and signalling proteins at the plasma membrane as well as the nuclear envelope, its subcellular trafficking is poorly understood. Here we map the nuclear import and export signals of Dp71d by truncation and point mutant analysis, showing for the first time that Dp71d shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm mediated by the conventional nuclear transporters, importin (IMP) α/β and the exportin CRM1. Binding was confirmed in cells using pull-downs, while in vitro binding assays showed direct, high affinity (apparent dissociation coefficient of c. 0.25nM) binding of Dp71d to IMPα/β. Interestingly, treatment of cells with the microtubule depolymerizing reagent nocodazole or the dynein inhibitor EHNA both decreased Dp71d nuclear localization, implying that Dp71d nuclear import may be facilitated by microtubules and the motor protein dynein. The role of Dp71d in the nucleus appears to relate in part to interaction with the nuclear envelope protein emerin, and maintenance of the integrity of the nuclear architecture. The clear implication is that Dp71d's previously unrecognised nuclear transport properties likely contribute to various, important physiological roles.
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- R Suárez-Sánchez
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico; Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, México D.F, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico
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- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Medicina Genómica, Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, México D.F, Mexico
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- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), México D.F, Mexico.
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Martínez-Vieyra IA, Vásquez-Limeta A, González-Ramírez R, Morales-Lázaro SL, Mondragón M, Mondragón R, Ortega A, Winder SJ, Cisneros B. A role for β-dystroglycan in the organization and structure of the nucleus in myoblasts. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2013; 1833:698-711. [PMID: 23220011 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 11/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
We recently characterized a nuclear import pathway for β-dystroglycan; however, its nuclear role remains unknown. In this study, we demonstrate for the first time, the interaction of β-dystroglycan with distinct proteins from different nuclear compartments, including the nuclear envelope (NE) (emerin and lamins A/C and B1), splicing speckles (SC35), Cajal bodies (p80-coilin), and nucleoli (Nopp140). Electron microscopy analysis revealed that β-dystroglycan localized in the inner nuclear membrane, nucleoplasm, and nucleoli. Interestingly, downregulation of β-dystroglycan resulted in both mislocalization and decreased expression of emerin and lamin B1, but not lamin A/C, as well in disorganization of nucleoli, Cajal bodies, and splicing speckles with the concomitant decrease in the levels of Nopp140, and p80-coilin, but not SC35. Quantitative reverse transcription PCR and cycloheximide-mediated protein arrest assays revealed that β-dystroglycan deficiency did not change mRNA expression of NE proteins emerin and lamin B1 bud did alter their stability, accelerating protein turnover. Furthermore, knockdown of β-dystroglycan disrupted NE-mediated processes including nuclear morphology and centrosome-nucleus linkage, which provides evidence that β-dystroglycan association with NE proteins is biologically relevant. Unexpectedly, β-dystroglycan-depleted cells exhibited multiple centrosomes, a characteristic of cancerous cells. Overall, these findings imply that β-dystroglycan is a nuclear scaffolding protein involved in nuclear organization and NE structure and function, and that might be a contributor to the biogenesis of nuclear envelopathies.
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- Ivette A Martínez-Vieyra
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, México, DF 07360, Mexico
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Benabdesselam R, Dorbani-Mamine L, Benmessaoud-Mesbah O, Rendon A, Mhaouty-Kodja S, Hardin-Pouzet H. Dp71 gene disruption alters the composition of the dystrophin-associated protein complex and neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression in the hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei. J Endocrinol 2012; 213:239-49. [PMID: 22493004 DOI: 10.1530/joe-12-0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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DP71 is the major cerebral dystrophin isoform and exerts its multiple functions via the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC), also comprised of β-dystroglycan (β-DG) and α1-syntrophin (α1-Syn). Since DP71 disruption leads to impairment in the central control of the osmoregulatory axis, we investigated: 1) the DAPC composition in the hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of Dp71-null mice; and 2) the expression and activity of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), because it is a potential partner of the DAPC and a functional index of osmoregulatory axis activity. In wild-type mice, dystrophins and their autosomal homologs the utrophins, β-DG, and α1-Syn were localized in astrocyte end feet. In Dp71-null mice, the levels of β-DG and α1-Syn were lower and utrophin expression did not change. The location of the DAPC in astrocytic end feet suggests that it could be involved in hypothalamic osmosensitivity, which adapts the osmotic response. The altered composition of the DAPC in Dp71-null mice could thus explain why these mice manifest an hypo-osmolar status. In the SON and PVN neurons of Dp71-null mice, nNOS expression and activity were increased. Although we previously established that DP140 is expressed de novo in these neurons, the DAPC remained incomplete due to the low levels of β-DG and α1-Syn produced in these cells. Our data reveal the importance of DP71 for the constitution of a functional DAPC in the hypothalamus. Such DAPC disorganization may lead to modification of the microenvironment of the SON and PVN neurons and thus may result in a perturbed osmoregulation.
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- Roza Benabdesselam
- Unité de Recherches, Faculté des Sciences Biologiques/UMMTO, BP 17, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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Many primary vestibular afferents form large cup-shaped postsynaptic terminals (calyces) that envelope the basolateral surfaces of type I hair cells. The calyceal terminals both respond to glutamate released from ribbon synapses in the type I cells and initiate spikes that propagate to the afferent's central terminals in the brainstem. The combination of synaptic and spike initiation functions in these unique sensory endings distinguishes them from the axonal nodes of central neurons and peripheral nerves, such as the sciatic nerve, which have provided most of our information about nodal specializations. We show that rat vestibular calyces express an unusual mix of voltage-gated Na and K channels and scaffolding, cell adhesion, and extracellular matrix proteins, which may hold the ion channels in place. Protein expression patterns form several microdomains within the calyx membrane: a synaptic domain facing the hair cell, the heminode abutting the first myelinated internode, and one or two intermediate domains. Differences in the expression and localization of proteins between afferent types and zones may contribute to known variations in afferent physiology.
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Villarreal-Silva M, Centeno-Cruz F, Suárez-Sánchez R, Garrido E, Cisneros B. Knockdown of dystrophin Dp71 impairs PC12 cells cycle: localization in the spindle and cytokinesis structures implies a role for Dp71 in cell division. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23504. [PMID: 21886794 PMCID: PMC3158767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2011] [Accepted: 07/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The function of dystrophin Dp71 in neuronal cells remains to be established. Previously, we revealed the involvement of this protein in both nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neuronal differentiation and cell adhesion by isolation and characterization of PC12 neuronal cells with depleted levels of Dp71. In this work, a novel phenotype of Dp71-knockdown cells was characterized, which is their delayed growth rate. Cell cycle analyses revealed an altered behavior of Dp71-depleted cells, which consists of a delay in G0/G1 transition and an increase in apoptosis during nocodazole-induced mitotic arrest. Dp71 associates with lamin B1 and β-dystroglycan, proteins involved in aspects of the cell division cycle; therefore, we compared the distribution of Dp71 with that of lamin B1 and β-dystroglycan in PC12 cells at mitosis and cytokinesis by means of immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy analysis. All of these three proteins exhibited a similar immunostaining pattern, localized at mitotic spindle, cleavage furrow, and midbody. It is noteworthy that a drastic decreased staining in mitotic spindle, cleavage furrow, and midbody was observed for both lamin B1 and β-dystroglycan in Dp71-depleted cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated the interaction of Dp71 with lamin B1 in PC12 cells by immunoprecipitation and pull-down assays, and importantly, we revealed that knockdown of Dp71 expression caused a marked reduction in lamin B1 levels and altered localization of the nuclear envelope protein emerin. Our data indicate that Dp71 is a component of the mitotic spindle and cytokinesis multi-protein apparatuses that might modulate the cell division cycle by affecting lamin B1 and β-dystroglycan levels.
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- Marcela Villarreal-Silva
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), México Distrito Federal, México
- Laboratorio de Enfermedades Complejas, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), México Distrito Federal, México
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), México Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV-IPN), México Distrito Federal, México
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Expression of Dystrophins and the Dystrophin-Associated-Protein Complex by Pituicytes in Culture. Neurochem Res 2011; 36:1407-16. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0466-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dystrophins and DAPs are expressed in adipose tissue and are regulated by adipogenesis and extracellular matrix. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 404:717-22. [PMID: 21147070 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC), consisting of dystrophin, dystroglycans, sarcoglycans, dystrobrevins and syntrophins, provides a linkage between the cytoskeleton and the extracellular matrix. The disruption of DAPC leads to Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases. Although adipose-derived stem cells had been used for the experimental treatment of Duchenne/Becker disease with promising results, little is known on the expression and function of DAPC in adipose tissue. Here we show that visceral and subcutaneous rat adipose depots express mRNAs for all known dystrophin isoforms, utrophin, α- and β-dystrobrevins, and α-, βI-, βII-, and γII-syntrophins. Visceral and subcutaneous rat preadipocytes express Dp116 and Dp71 mRNAs and proteins, and this expression is differentially regulated during adipogenesis. Rat preadipocytes also express β-dystrobrevin, α-, βI-, βII- and γII-syntrophins, β-dystroglycan and β-, δ-, and ε-sarcoglycans with no changes during adipogenesis. We also show that α-dystrobrevin increases their expression during adipose differentiation and extracellular matrix differentially regulates the expression of dystrophin isoforms mRNAs during adipogenesis. Our results show that DAPC components are expressed in adipose tissues and suggest that this complex has a role on the adipose biology.
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Lara-Chacón B, de León MB, Leocadio D, Gómez P, Fuentes-Mera L, Martínez-Vieyra I, Ortega A, Jans DA, Cisneros B. Characterization of an Importin α/β-recognized nuclear localization signal in β-dystroglycan. J Cell Biochem 2010; 110:706-17. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Sene A, Tadayoni R, Pannicke T, Wurm A, El Mathari B, Benard R, Roux MJ, Yaffe D, Mornet D, Reichenbach A, Sahel JA, Rendon A. Functional implication of Dp71 in osmoregulation and vascular permeability of the retina. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7329. [PMID: 19809515 PMCID: PMC2754330 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Accepted: 09/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Functional alterations of Müller cells, the principal glia of the retina, are an early hallmark of most retina diseases and contribute to their further progression. The molecular mechanisms of these reactive Müller cell alterations, resulting in disturbed retinal homeostasis, remain largely unknown. Here we show that experimental detachment of mouse retina induces mislocation of the inwardly rectifying potassium channels (Kir4.1) and a downregulation of the water channel protein (AQP4) in Müller cells. These alterations are associated with a strong decrease of Dp71, a cytoskeleton protein responsible for the localization and the clustering of Kir4.1 and AQP4. Partial (in detached retinas) or total depletion of Dp71 in Müller cells (in Dp71-null mice) impairs the capability of volume regulation of Müller cells under osmotic stress. The abnormal swelling of Müller cells In Dp71-null mice involves the action of inflammatory mediators. Moreover, we investigated whether the alterations in Müller cells of Dp71-null mice may interfere with their regulatory effect on the blood-retina barrier. In the absence of Dp71, the retinal vascular permeability was increased as compared to the controls. Our results reveal that Dp71 is crucially implicated in the maintenance of potassium homeostasis, in transmembraneous water transport, and in the Müller cell-mediated regulation of retinal vascular permeability. Furthermore, our data provide novel insights into the mechanisms of retinal homeostasis provided by Müller cells under normal and pathological conditions.
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- Abdoulaye Sene
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR_S 968, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR_S 968, Paris, France
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR_S 968, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR_S 968, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, CNRS UMR 7104, Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, ERI 25 “Muscle et Pathologies”, Université Montpellier 1, EA 4202, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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- Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR_S 968, Paris, France
- Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des quinze-vingts, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Médicale, UMR_S 968, Institut de la Vision, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR_S 968, Paris, France
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Dystrophin Dp71 is critical for stability of the DAPs in the nucleus of PC12 cells. Neurochem Res 2009; 35:366-73. [PMID: 19784870 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-009-0064-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We have adopted the PC12 cell line as in vitro cell model for studying Dp71 function in neuronal cells. These cells express a cytoplasmic (Dp71f) and a nuclear (Dp71d) isoform of Dp71 as well as various dystrophin-associated proteins (DAPs). In this study, we revealed by confocal microscopy analysis and Western blotting evaluation of cell fractions the presence of different DAPs (beta-dystroglycan, beta-dystrobrevin, epsilon-sarcoglycan and gamma1-syntrophin) in the nucleus of PC12 cells. Furthermore, we established by immunoprecipitation assays that Dp71d and the DAPs form a dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) in the nucleus. Interestingly, depletion of Dp71 by antisense treatment (antisense-Dp71 cells) provoked a drastic reduction of nuclear DAPs, which indicates that Dp71d is critical for DAPs stability within the nucleus. Although Up71, the utrophin gene product homologous to Dp71, exhibited increased expression in the antisense-Dp71 cells, its scarce nuclear levels makes unlikely that could compensate for Dp71 nuclear deficiency.
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González-Ramírez R, Morales-Lázaro SL, Tapia-Ramírez V, Mornet D, Cisneros B. Nuclear and nuclear envelope localization of dystrophin Dp71 and dystrophin-associated proteins (DAPs) in the C2C12 muscle cells: DAPs nuclear localization is modulated during myogenesis. J Cell Biochem 2008; 105:735-45. [PMID: 18680104 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Dystrophin and dystrophin-associated proteins (DAPs) form a complex around the sarcolemma, which gives stability to the sarcolemma and leads signal transduction. Recently, the nuclear presence of dystrophin Dp71 and DAPs has been revealed in different non-muscle cell types, opening the possibility that these proteins could also be present in the nucleus of muscle cells. In this study, we analyzed by Immunofluorescence assays and Immunoblotting analysis of cell fractions the subcellular localization of Dp71 and DAPs in the C(2)C(12) muscle cell line. We demonstrated the presence of Dp71, alpha-sarcoglycan, alpha-dystrobrevin, beta-dystroglycan and alpha-syntrophin not only in plasma membrane but also in the nucleus of muscle cells. In addition, we found by Immunoprecipitation assays that these proteins form a nuclear complex. Interestingly, myogenesis modulates the presence and/or relative abundance of DAPs in the plasma membrane and nucleus as well as the composition of the nuclear complex. Finally, we demonstrated the presence of Dp71, alpha-sarcoglycan, beta-dystroglycan, alpha-dystrobrevin and alpha-syntrophin in the C(2)C(12) nuclear envelope fraction. Interestingly, alpha-sarcoglycan and beta-dystroglycan proteins showed enrichment in the nuclear envelope, compared with the nuclear fraction, suggesting that they could function as inner nuclear membrane proteins underlying the secondary association of Dp71 and the remaining DAPs to the nuclear envelope. Nuclear envelope localization of Dp71 and DAPs might be involved in the nuclear envelope-associated functions, such as nuclear structure and modulation of nuclear processes.
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- R González-Ramírez
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, México, DF, Mexico
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Urasawa N, Wada MR, Machida N, Yuasa K, Shimatsu Y, Wakao Y, Yuasa S, Sano T, Nonaka I, Nakamura A, Takeda S. Selective vacuolar degeneration in dystrophin-deficient canine Purkinje fibers despite preservation of dystrophin-associated proteins with overexpression of Dp71. Circulation 2008; 117:2437-48. [PMID: 18458171 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.739326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Respiratory support therapy significantly improves life span in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; cardiac-related fatalities, including lethal arrhythmias, then become a crucial issue. It is therefore important to more thoroughly understand cardiac involvement, especially pathology of the conduction system, in the larger Duchenne muscular dystrophy animal models such as dystrophic dogs. METHODS AND RESULTS When 10 dogs with canine X-linked muscular dystrophy in Japan (CXMD(J)) were examined at the age of 1 to 13 months, dystrophic changes of the ventricular myocardium were not evident; however, Purkinje fibers showed remarkable vacuolar degeneration as early as 4 months of age. The degeneration of CXMD(J) Purkinje fibers was coincident with overexpression of Dp71 at the sarcolemma and translocation of mu-calpain to the cell periphery near the sarcolemma or in the vacuoles. Immunoblotting of the microdissected fraction showed that mu-calpain-sensitive proteins such as desmin and cardiac troponin-I or -T were selectively degraded in the CXMD(J) Purkinje fibers. Utrophin was highly upregulated in the earlier stage of CXMD(J) Purkinje fibers, but the expression was dislocated when vacuolar degeneration was recognized at 4 months of age. Nevertheless, the expression of dystrophin-associated proteins alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-sarcoglycans and beta-dystroglycan was well maintained at the sarcolemma of Purkinje fibers. CONCLUSIONS Selective vacuolar degeneration of Purkinje fibers was found in the early stages of dystrophin deficiency. Dislocation of utrophin besides upregulation of Dp71 can be involved with this pathology. The degeneration of Purkinje fibers can be associated with the distinct deep Q waves in ECG and fatal arrhythmia seen in dystrophin deficiency.
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- Nobuyuki Urasawa
- Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan
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Fort PE, Sene A, Pannicke T, Roux MJ, Forster V, Mornet D, Nudel U, Yaffe D, Reichenbach A, Sahel JA, Rendon A. Kir4.1 and AQP4 associate with Dp71- and utrophin-DAPs complexes in specific and defined microdomains of Müller retinal glial cell membrane. Glia 2008; 56:597-610. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.20633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Romo-Yáñez J, Ceja V, Ilarraza-Lomelí R, Coral-Vázquez R, Velázquez F, Mornet D, Rendón A, Montañez C. Dp71ab/DAPs complex composition changes during the differentiation process in PC12 cells. J Cell Biochem 2007; 102:82-97. [PMID: 17390338 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PC12 cells express different Dp71 isoforms originated from alternative splicing; one of them, Dp71ab lacks exons 71 and 78. To gain insight into the function of Dp71 isoforms we identified dystrophin associated proteins (DAPs) that associate in vivo with Dp71ab during nerve growth factor (NGF) induced differentiation of PC12 cells. DAPs expression was analyzed by RT-PCR, Western blot and indirect immunofluorescence, showing the presence of each mRNA and protein corresponding to alpha-, beta-, gamma-, delta-, and epsilon-sarcoglycans as well as zeta-sarcoglycan mRNA. Western blot analysis also revealed the expression of beta-dystroglycan, alpha1-syntrophin, alpha1-, and beta-dystrobrevins. We have established that Dp71ab forms a complex with beta-dystroglycan, alpha1-syntrophin, beta-dystrobrevin, and alpha-, beta- and gamma-sarcoglycans in undifferentiated PC12 cells. In differentiated PC12 cells, the complex composition changes since Dp71ab associates only with beta-dystroglycan, alpha1-syntrophin, beta-dystrobrevin, and delta-sarcoglycan. Interestingly, neuronal nitric oxide synthase associates with the Dp71ab/DAPs complex during NGF treatment, raising the possibility that Dp71ab may be involved in signal transduction events during neuronal differentiation.
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- J Romo-Yáñez
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Apartado Postal 14-740, C.P. 07000, Ciudad de México, México
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Fuentes-Mera L, Rodríguez-Muñoz R, González-Ramírez R, García-Sierra F, González E, Mornet D, Cisneros B. Characterization of a novel Dp71 dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) present in the nucleus of HeLa cells: members of the nuclear DAPC associate with the nuclear matrix. Exp Cell Res 2006; 312:3023-35. [PMID: 16824516 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2006] [Revised: 05/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dystrophin is an essential component in the assembly and maintenance of the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC), which includes members of the dystroglycan, syntrophin, sarcoglycan and dystrobrevin protein families. Distinctive complexes have been described in the cell membrane of different tissues and cultured cells. In this work, we report the identification and characterization of a novel DAPC present in the nuclei of HeLa cells, which contains dystrophin Dp71 as a key component. Using confocal microscopy and cell fractionation analyses, we found the presence of Dp71, beta-sarcoglycan, beta-dystroglycan, alpha- and beta-syntrophin, alpha1- and beta-dystrobrevin and nNOS in the nuclei of HeLa cells. Furthermore, we demonstrated by co-immunoprecipitation experiments that most of these proteins form a complex in the nuclear compartment. Next, we analyze the possible association of the nuclear DAPC with the nuclear matrix. We found the presence of Dp71, beta-dystroglycan, nNOS, beta-sarcoglycan, alpha/beta syntrophin, alpha1-dystrobrevin and beta-dystrobrevin in the nuclear matrix protein fractions and in situ nuclear matrix preparations from HeLa cells. Moreover, we found that Dp71, beta-dystroglycan and beta-dystrobrevin co-immunoprecipitated with the nuclear matrix proteins lamin B1 and actin. The association of members of the nuclear DAPC with the nuclear matrix indicates that they may work as scaffolding proteins involved in nuclear architecture.
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- Lizeth Fuentes-Mera
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Apartado Postal 14-740, C.P. 07000, México D.F., México
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Hnia K, Tuffery-Giraud S, Vermaelen M, Hugon G, Chazalette D, Masmoudi A, Rivier F, Mornet D. Pathological pattern of Mdx mice diaphragm correlates with gradual expression of the short utrophin isoform Up71. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2006; 1762:362-72. [PMID: 16457992 PMCID: PMC1974843 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2005.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2005] [Revised: 11/16/2005] [Accepted: 11/18/2005] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Utrophin gene is transcribed in a large mRNA of 13 kb that codes for a protein of 395 kDa. It shows amino acid identity with dystrophin of up to 73% and is widely expressed in muscle and non-muscle tissues. Up71 is a short utrophin product of the utrophin gene with the same cysteine-rich and C-terminal domains as full-length utrophin (Up395). Using RT-PCR, Western blots analysis, we demonstrated that Up71 is overexpressed in the mdx diaphragm, the most pathological muscle in dystrophin-deficient mdx mice, compared to wild-type C57BL/10 or other mdx skeletal muscles. Subsequently, we demonstrated that this isoform displayed an increased expression level up to 12 months, whereas full-length utrophin (Up395) decreased. In addition, beta-dystroglycan, the transmembrane glycoprotein that anchors the cytoplasmic C-terminal domain of utrophin, showed similar increase expression in mdx diaphragm, as opposed to other components of the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) such as alpha-dystrobrevin1 and alpha-sarcoglycan. We demonstrated that Up71 and beta-dystroglycan were progressively accumulated along the extrasynaptic region of regenerating clusters in mdx diaphragm. Our data provide novel functional insights into the pathological role of the Up71 isoform in dystrophinopathies.
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- Karim Hnia
- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions
EA 701Université Montpellier 1Institut de Biologie
Boulevard Henri IV
34060 Montpellier,FR
- Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie
Faculté de MédecineMonastir,TN
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- Laboratoire de génétique des maladies rares. Pathologie moléculaire, études fonctionnelles et banque de données génétiques
INSERM : U827 IFR3Université Montpellier IIURC
CHU de Montpellier
34093 MONTPELLIER ,FR
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions
EA 701Université Montpellier 1Institut de Biologie
Boulevard Henri IV
34060 Montpellier,FR
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions
EA 701Université Montpellier 1Institut de Biologie
Boulevard Henri IV
34060 Montpellier,FR
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions
EA 701Université Montpellier 1Institut de Biologie
Boulevard Henri IV
34060 Montpellier,FR
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- Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie
Faculté de MédecineMonastir,TN
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions
EA 701Université Montpellier 1Institut de Biologie
Boulevard Henri IV
34060 Montpellier,FR
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions
EA 701Université Montpellier 1Institut de Biologie
Boulevard Henri IV
34060 Montpellier,FR
- * Correspondence should be adressed to: Dominique Mornet
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Bordais A, Bolaños-Jimenez F, Fort P, Varela C, Sahel JA, Picaud S, Rendon A. Molecular cloning and protein expression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene products in porcine retina. Neuromuscul Disord 2005; 15:476-87. [PMID: 15941659 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2004] [Revised: 03/17/2005] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Due to the difference between rodent and human retinal circuitry, we characterize a new animal model of retinal perturbation in neurotransmission in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) patients. We investigated the expression and localization of dystrophin proteins and dystrophin associated proteins in porcine retina by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. Homologues of human DMD gene products and alternative spliced isoforms of Dp71 were identified. We observed that dystrophins were expressed in the outer plexiform layer, around blood vessels and at the inner limiting membrane as previously described in human and mouse retinae. Moreover, by double immunostaining we showed that beta-dystroglycan co-localizes with dystrophin in the outer plexiform layer whereas alpha1-syntrophin labeling differs from that for dystrophins. Using confocal laser microscopy we observed that dystrophins labeling co-localizes with pre- and post-synaptic cell markers in the outer plexiform layer. We suggest that porcine retina constitutes a good model to study the role of dystrophins in retinal neurotransmission and should be used to investigate the physiological roles of dystrophins in signal transduction.
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- Agnès Bordais
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Rétine, INSERM U592, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Bâtiment Kourilsky, 184 rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571 Paris, France
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Iwata Y, Shigekawa M, Wakabayashi S. Cardiac syntrophin isoforms: Species-dependent expression, association with dystrophin complex and subcellular localization. Mol Cell Biochem 2005; 268:59-66. [PMID: 15724438 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-2998-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Syntrophin is known to be a component of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC), a membrane/cytoskeleton-anchoring structure that is essential for the maintenance of viability of sarcolemma. We purified DGC from hearts of human and several animal species, and compared their protein composition. While almost all components of DGC were present in various species, proteins with the apparent molecular mass of 50-65 kDa corresponding to syntrophin isoforms were very different among them. Three isoforms of syntrophin (alpha1, beta1, beta2) were expressed in hamster, rat and canine ventricles, whereas only alpha1-isoform was mainly expressed in human and rabbit ventricles. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that alpha1-and beta2-syntrophins were co-localized in sarcolemma and in T-tubules of canine ventricles. However, despite membrane localization of most syntrophins, subcellular fractionation revealed that part of syntrophins were recovered in the cytosolic fraction devoid of other components of DGC, raising the possibility that syntrophins may play multiple roles in various intracellular sites of cardiac muscle cells. Species-dependent expression and unique subcellular localization of syntrophins in cardiac muscle may contribute to the variable severity of muscle dysgenesis caused by the same primary defect in components of DGC of human and other animal species.
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- Yuko Iwata
- Department of Molecular Physiology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Hernández-González EO, Mornet D, Rendon A, Martínez-Rojas D. Absence of Dp71 in mdx3cv mouse spermatozoa alters flagellar morphology and the distribution of ion channels and nNOS. J Cell Sci 2004; 118:137-45. [PMID: 15601658 PMCID: PMC2792583 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In muscle, the absence of dystrophin alters the dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC), which is involved in the clustering and anchoring of signaling proteins and ion and water channels. Here we show that mice spermatozoa express only dystrophin Dp71 and utrophin Up71. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of the absence of Dp71 on the morphology and membrane distribution of members of the DAPC, ion channels and signaling proteins of spermatozoa obtained from dystrophic mutant mdx3cv mice. Our work indicates that although the absence of Dp71 results in a dramatic decrease in beta-dystroglycan, it induces membrane redistribution and an increase in the total level of alpha-syntrophin, voltage-dependent Na+ (micro1) and K+ (Kv1.1) channels and neural nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). The short utrophin (Up71) was upregulated and redistributed in the spermatozoa of mdx3cv mice. A significant increase in abnormal flagella morphology was observed in the absence of Dp71, which was partially corrected when the plasma membrane was eliminated by detergent treatment. Our observations point to a new phenotype associated with the absence of Dp71. Abnormal flagellar structure and altered distribution of ion channels and signaling proteins may be responsible for the fertility problems of mdx3cv mice.
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Hernández-González EO, Martínez-Rojas D, Mornet D, Rendon A, Mújica A. Comparative distribution of short dystrophin superfamily products in various guinea pig spermatozoa domains. Eur J Cell Biol 2001; 80:792-8. [PMID: 11831393 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this study, the presence and cellular distribution of dystrophin family products (i.e. Dp71d, Dp71f-like protein and dystrobrevin) was examined by indirect immunofluorescence and Western blotting in guinea pig spermatozoa. Two dystrophin-associated proteins, beta-dystroglycan and alpha-syntrophin, and nNOS a protein frequently associated with alpha-syntrophin, were determined. In spermatozoa lacking plasma membrane and acrosome, Dp71f-like protein was found in the postacrosomal perinuclear theca and also in the middle piece of the flagellum. In the flagellum, Dp71f-like protein is localized together with alpha-syntrophin and nNOS. Dp71d was present in the plasma membrane of the middle piece with beta-dystroglycan, alpha-syntrophin and nNOS. Dp71d was also present in plasma membrane of the post acrosomal region, but only with nNOS. Finally, dystrobrevin was located all along skeletal flagellum structures and in the subacrosomal hemisphere of the perinuclear theca. This distinct and complementary distribution in various domains of spermatozoa may reveal a specific function for each short dystrophin family product, in the stabilization of the domains where they are located.
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Royuela M, Hugon G, Rivier F, Fehrentz JA, Martinez J, Paniagua R, Mornet D. Variations in dystrophin complex in red and white caudal muscles from Torpedo marmorata. J Histochem Cytochem 2001; 49:857-65. [PMID: 11410610 DOI: 10.1177/002215540104900706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We present an up-to-date study on the nature, at the protein level, of various members of the dystrophin complex at the muscle cell membrane by comparing red and white caudal muscles from Torpedo marmorata. Our investigations involved immunodetection approaches and Western blotting analysis. We determined the presence or absence of different molecules belonging to the dystrophin family complex by analyzing their localization and molecular weight. Specific antibodies directed against dystrophin, i.e., DRP2 alpha-dystrobrevin, beta-dystroglycan, alpha-syntrophin, alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-sarcoglycan, and sarcospan, were used. The immunofluorescence study (confocal microscopy) showed differences in positive immunoreactions at the sarcolemmal membrane in these slow-type and fast-type skeletal muscle fibers. Protein extracts from T. marmorata red and white muscles were analyzed by Western blotting and confirmed the presence of dystrophin and associated proteins at the expected molecular weights. Differences were confirmed by comparative immunoprecipitation analysis of enriched membrane preparations with anti-beta-dystroglycan polyclonal antibody. These experiments revealed clear complex or non-complex formation between members of the dystrophin system, depending on the muscle type analyzed. Differences in the potential function of these various dystrophin complexes in fast or slow muscle fibers are discussed in relation to previous data obtained in corresponding mammalian tissues. (J Histochem Cytochem 49:857-865, 2001)
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- M Royuela
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
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Sewry CA, Man NT, Lynch T, Morris GE. Absence of utrophin in intercalated discs of human cardiac muscle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 33:9-12. [PMID: 11352403 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017531627935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Utrophin is the autosomal homologue of dystrophin. In normal skeletal muscle it is localised only to neuromuscular and myotendinous junctions, nerves and vascular tissue. In Xp21 muscular dystrophies, utrophin is also detected on the sarcolemma of skeletal and cardiac muscle, while dystrophin is absent or reduced. In normal cardiac muscle, some reports have demonstrated utrophin at intercalated discs and T-tubules. We have re-examined the distribution of utrophin in normal human cardiac muscle using a panel of eight monoclonal antibodies against different epitopes in N- and C-terminal domains. In contrast to previous studies, utrophin was not detected at the intercalated discs or T-tubules, although labelling of blood vessels was strong. We conclude that the primary location of utrophin in normal heart is in the vascular system. In addition, our results show that the utrophin on cardiac blood vessels is full length, similar to that of skeletal muscle blood vessels.
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- C A Sewry
- MRIC Biochemistry Group, NE Wales Institute, Wrexham, UK
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Dalloz C, Claudepierre T, Rodius F, Mornet D, Sahel J, Rendon A. Differential Distribution of the Members of the Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex in Mouse Retina: Effect of the mdx3Cv Mutation. Mol Cell Neurosci 2001; 17:908-20. [PMID: 11358487 DOI: 10.1006/mcne.2001.0978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC) assembly and function require mediation by dystrophin in skeletal muscle. The existence of such complexes and the correlation with DMD phenotypes are not yet established in the central nervous system. Here we have studied the expression of DMD gene mRNAs and proteins in retina from C57BL/6 and mdx(3Cv) mouse strains. Then we have comparatively investigated the localization of dystrophin and dystrophin-associated proteins (DAPs) in both strains to analyze the repercussion of the mdx(3Cv) mutation on the retinal distributions of alpha/beta-dystroglycan, alpha1-syntrophin, alpha-dystrobrevin, and delta/gamma-sarcoglycan. Results showed that DMD gene product deficiency affects the expression of dystroglycan assembly exclusively at the outer plexiform layer without an apparent effect on the other DAPs. We conclude that the localization of members of the DGC could be independent of the presence of the DMD gene products and/or utrophin.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics
- Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism
- Dystroglycans
- Dystrophin/genetics
- Dystrophin/metabolism
- Dystrophin-Associated Proteins
- Gene Expression/physiology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL/embryology
- Mice, Inbred C57BL/genetics
- Mice, Inbred C57BL/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred mdx/abnormalities
- Mice, Inbred mdx/genetics
- Mice, Inbred mdx/metabolism
- Muscle Proteins/genetics
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/complications
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/genetics
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne/metabolism
- Mutation/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Retina/abnormalities
- Retina/metabolism
- Retina/physiopathology
- Retinal Diseases/genetics
- Retinal Diseases/metabolism
- Retinal Diseases/physiopathology
- Sarcoglycans
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- C Dalloz
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Rétine, Médicale A, INSERM EMI 99-18, CHRU, 1 Place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Royuela M, Hugon G, Rivier F, Paniagua R, Mornet D. Dystrophin-associated proteins in obliquely striated muscle of the leech Pontobdella muricata (Annelida, Hirudinea). THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2001; 33:135-9. [PMID: 11508336 DOI: 10.1023/a:1017979623095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The distribution of dystrophin-associated proteins (beta-dystroglycan, alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-sarcoglycan, alpha-syntrophin and sarcospan) were studied in obliquely striated muscle of the leech Pontobdella muricata. Western blot analysis and immunohistochemical electron microscopy, using various polyclonal antibodies, were employed. Western blot analysis of all of these antibodies showed a single band, with approximately the same molecular weights as similar proteins detected in vertebrate muscles. The immunoelectron microscopy study confirmed specific immunogold labelling in the membrane of muscle cells. Since all dystrophin complex components have similar molecular weights and the same localisation in leech as in vertebrate skeletal muscle, we assume that these proteins have similar properties in leech and vertebrate muscle. The presence of these molecules in annelid muscles, together with a short version of dystrophin (previously described as IDLp-140) is of particular interest since phylogenetic and functional studies on this material could help to shed new light on the role and function of this complex in the muscle membrane.
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- M Royuela
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), Spain
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Claudepierre T, Dalloz C, Mornet D, Matsumura K, Sahel J, Rendon A. Characterization of the intermolecular associations of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex in retinal Muller glial cells. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 Pt 19:3409-17. [PMID: 10984432 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.19.3409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The abnormal retinal neurotransmission observed in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients has been attributed to altered expression of C-terminal products of the dystrophin gene in this tissue. Muller glial cells from rat retina express dystrophin protein Dp71, utrophin and the members of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex (DGC), namely beta-dystroglycan, delta- and gamma-sarcoglycans and alpha1-syntrophin. The DGC could function in muscle as a link between the cystoskeleton and the extracellular matrix, as well as a signaling complex. However, other than in muscle the composition and intermolecular associations among members of the DGC are still unknown. Here we demonstrate that Dp71 and/or utrophin from rat retinal Muller glial cells form a complex with beta-dystroglycan, delta-sarcoglycan and alpha1-syntrophin. We also show that beta-dystroglycan is associated with alpha-dystrobrevin-1 and PSD-93 and that anti-PSD antibodies coimmunoprecipitated alpha-syntrophin with PSD-93. By overlay experiments we also found that Dp71and/or utrophin and alpha-dystroglycan from Muller cells could bind to actin and laminin, respectively. These results indicate that the DGC could have both structural and signaling functions in retina. On the basis of our accumulated evidence, we propose a hypothetical model for the molecular organization of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex in retinal Muller glial cells, which would be helpful for understanding its function in the central nervous system.
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- T Claudepierre
- Inserm EMI 99-18, Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire de la Rétine, CHRU, France
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