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Liu X, Qin H, Liu Y, Ma J, Li Y, He Y, Zhu H, Mao L. The biological functions and pathological mechanisms of CASK in various diseases. Heliyon 2024; 10:e28863. [PMID: 38638974 PMCID: PMC11024568 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Background As a scaffold protein, calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) has been extensively studied in a variety of tissues throughout the body. The Cask gene is ubiquitous in several tissues, such as the neurons, islets, heart, kidneys and sperm, and is mostly localised in the cytoplasm adjacent to the basement membrane. CASK binds to a variety of proteins through its domains to exerting its biological activity. Scope of review Here, we discuss the role of CASK in multiple tissues throughout the body. The role of different CASK domains in regulating neuronal development, neurotransmitter release and synaptic vesicle secretion was emphasised; the regulatory mechanism of CASK on the function of pancreatic islet β cells was analysed; the role of CASK in cardiac physiology, kidney and sperm development was discussed; and the role of CASK in different tumours was compared. Finally, we clarify the importance of the Cask gene in the body, and how deletion or mutation of the Cask gene can have adverse consequences. Major conclusions CASK is a conserved gene with similar roles in various tissues. The function of the Cask gene in the nervous system is mainly involved in the development of the nervous system and the release of neurotransmitters. In the endocrine system, an involvement of CASK has been reported in the process of insulin vesicle transport. CASK is also involved in cardiomyocyte ion channel regulation, kidney and sperm development, and tumour proliferation. CASK is an indispensable gene for the whole body, and CASK mutations can cause foetal malformations or death at birth. In this review, we summarise the biological functions and pathological mechanisms of CASK in various systems, thereby providing a basis for further in-depth studies of CASK functions.
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- Xingjing Liu
- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Electrophysiology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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Bahouth SW, Nooh MM, Mancarella S. Involvement of SAP97 anchored multiprotein complexes in regulating cardiorenal signaling and trafficking networks. Biochem Pharmacol 2023; 208:115406. [PMID: 36596415 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2022.115406] [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: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
SAP97 is a member of the MAGUK family of proteins, but unlike other MAGUK proteins that are selectively expressed in the CNS, SAP97 is also expressed in peripheral organs, like the heart and kidneys. SAP97 has several protein binding cassettes, and this review will describe their involvement in creating SAP97-anchored multiprotein networks. SAP97-anchored networks localized at the inner leaflet of the cell membrane play a major role in trafficking and targeting of membrane G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), channels, and structural proteins. SAP97 plays a major role in compartmentalizing voltage gated sodium and potassium channels to specific cellular compartments of heart cells. SAP97 undergoes extensive alternative splicing. These splice variants give rise to different SAP97 isoforms that alter its cellular localization, networking, signaling and trafficking effects. Regarding GPCR, SAP97 binds to the β1-adrenergic receptor and recruits AKAP5/PKA and PDE4D8 to create a multiprotein complex that regulates trafficking and signaling of cardiac β1-AR. In the kidneys, SAP97 anchored networks played a role in trafficking of aquaporin-2 water channels. Cardiac specific ablation of SAP97 (SAP97-cKO) resulted in cardiac hypertrophy and failure in aging mice. Similarly, instituting transverse aortic constriction (TAC) in young SAP97 c-KO mice exacerbated TAC-induced cardiac remodeling and dysfunction. These findings highlight a critical role for SAP97 in the pathophysiology of a number of cardiac and renal diseases, suggesting that SAP97 is a relevant target for drug discovery.
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- Suleiman W Bahouth
- Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology, The University of Tennessee-Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, October 6 University, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, The University of Tennessee-Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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Chytła A, Gajdzik-Nowak W, Olszewska P, Biernatowska A, Sikorski AF, Czogalla A. Not Just Another Scaffolding Protein Family: The Multifaceted MPPs. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25214954. [PMID: 33114686 PMCID: PMC7662862 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25214954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Membrane palmitoylated proteins (MPPs) are a subfamily of a larger group of multidomain proteins, namely, membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs). The ubiquitous expression and multidomain structure of MPPs provide the ability to form diverse protein complexes at the cell membranes, which are involved in a wide range of cellular processes, including establishing the proper cell structure, polarity and cell adhesion. The formation of MPP-dependent complexes in various cell types seems to be based on similar principles, but involves members of different protein groups, such as 4.1-ezrin-radixin-moesin (FERM) domain-containing proteins, polarity proteins or other MAGUKs, showing their multifaceted nature. In this review, we discuss the function of the MPP family in the formation of multiple protein complexes. Notably, we depict their significant role for cell physiology, as the loss of interactions between proteins involved in the complex has a variety of negative consequences. Moreover, based on recent studies concerning the mechanism of membrane raft formation, we shed new light on a possible role played by MPPs in lateral membrane organization.
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- Agnieszka Chytła
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
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- Research and Development Center, Regional Specialist Hospital, Kamieńskiego 73a, 51-154 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Cytobiochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland; (A.C.); (W.G.-N.); (P.O.); (A.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-71375-6356
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The membrane palmitoylated protein, MPP6, is involved in myelin formation in the mouse peripheral nervous system. Histochem Cell Biol 2018; 151:385-394. [PMID: 30357511 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-018-1745-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
A membrane skeletal molecular complex, protein 4.1G-membrane palmitoylated protein 6 (MPP6)-Lin7-cell adhesion molecule 4 (CADM4), is incorporated in Schwann cells, especially in Schmidt-Lanterman incisures (SLIs), in the mouse peripheral nervous system (PNS). MPP6, Lin7, and CADM4 are transported to SLIs by 4.1G. In this study, we created MPP6-deficient mice and evaluated myelin structure and MPP6 protein complexes. In SLIs in MPP6-deficient nerves, Lin7 was rarely detected by immunohistochemistry and western blotting, but the localization and amount of CADM4 and 4.1G were not altered. Motor activity was not significantly impaired in a tail-suspension test, but the sciatic nerves of MPP6-deficient mice had thicker myelin in internodes by electron microscopy compared to that of wild-type mice. These results indicate that the MPP6-Lin7 complex regulates myelin formation.
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Ghosh A, Ramagopal UA, Bonanno JB, Brenowitz M, Almo SC. Structures of the L27 Domain of Disc Large Homologue 1 Protein Illustrate a Self-Assembly Module. Biochemistry 2018; 57:1293-1305. [PMID: 29261291 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Disc large 1 (Dlg1) proteins, members of the MAGUK protein family, are linked to cell polarity via their participation in multiprotein assemblies. At their N-termini, Dlg1 proteins contain a L27 domain. Typically, the L27 domains participate in the formation of obligate hetero-oligomers with the L27 domains from their cognate partners. Among the MAGUKs, Dlg1 proteins exist as homo-oligomers, and the oligomerization is solely dependent on the L27 domain. Here we provide biochemical and structural evidence of homodimerization via the L27 domain of Dlg1 from Drosophila melanogaster. The structure reveals that the core of the dimer is formed by a distinctive six-helix assembly, involving all three conserved helices from each subunit (monomer). The homodimer interface is extended by the C-terminal tail of the L27 domain of Dlg1, which forms a two-stranded antiparallel β-sheet. The structure reconciles and provides a structural context for a large body of available mutational data. From our analyses, we conclude that the observed L27 homodimerization is most likely a feature unique to the Dlg1 orthologs within the MAGUK family.
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- Agnidipta Ghosh
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Biological Sciences Division, Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research , Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560080, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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Rajman M, Metge F, Fiore R, Khudayberdiev S, Aksoy-Aksel A, Bicker S, Ruedell Reschke C, Raoof R, Brennan GP, Delanty N, Farrell MA, O'Brien DF, Bauer S, Norwood B, Veno MT, Krüger M, Braun T, Kjems J, Rosenow F, Henshall DC, Dieterich C, Schratt G. A microRNA-129-5p/Rbfox crosstalk coordinates homeostatic downscaling of excitatory synapses. EMBO J 2017; 36:1770-1787. [PMID: 28487411 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201695748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Synaptic downscaling is a homeostatic mechanism that allows neurons to reduce firing rates during chronically elevated network activity. Although synaptic downscaling is important in neural circuit development and epilepsy, the underlying mechanisms are poorly described. We performed small RNA profiling in picrotoxin (PTX)-treated hippocampal neurons, a model of synaptic downscaling. Thereby, we identified eight microRNAs (miRNAs) that were increased in response to PTX, including miR-129-5p, whose inhibition blocked synaptic downscaling in vitro and reduced epileptic seizure severity in vivo Using transcriptome, proteome, and bioinformatic analysis, we identified the calcium pump Atp2b4 and doublecortin (Dcx) as miR-129-5p targets. Restoring Atp2b4 and Dcx expression was sufficient to prevent synaptic downscaling in PTX-treated neurons. Furthermore, we characterized a functional crosstalk between miR-129-5p and the RNA-binding protein (RBP) Rbfox1. In the absence of PTX, Rbfox1 promoted the expression of Atp2b4 and Dcx. Upon PTX treatment, Rbfox1 expression was downregulated by miR-129-5p, thereby allowing the repression of Atp2b4 and Dcx. We therefore identified a novel activity-dependent miRNA/RBP crosstalk during synaptic scaling, with potential implications for neural network homeostasis and epileptogenesis.
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- Marek Rajman
- Biochemisch-Pharmakologisches Centrum, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Section of Bioinformatics and Systems Cardiology, Klaus Tschira Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemisch-Pharmakologisches Centrum, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Biochemisch-Pharmakologisches Centrum, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Biochemisch-Pharmakologisches Centrum, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Biochemisch-Pharmakologisches Centrum, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Physiology & Medical Physics Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Physiology & Medical Physics Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Epilepsiezentrum Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Neurozentrum, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Epilepsiezentrum Hessen - Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Epilepsiezentrum Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Neurozentrum, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Epilepsiezentrum Hessen - Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,Center for Molecular Medicine (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Epilepsiezentrum Frankfurt Rhein-Main, Neurozentrum, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.,Epilepsiezentrum Hessen - Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Physiology & Medical Physics Department, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
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- Section of Bioinformatics and Systems Cardiology, Klaus Tschira Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Biochemisch-Pharmakologisches Centrum, Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Hochheiser J, Haase T, Busker M, Sömmer A, Kreienkamp HJ, Behrends S. Heterodimerization with the β 1 subunit directs the α 2 subunit of nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase to calcium-insensitive cell-cell contacts in HEK293 cells: Interaction with Lin7a. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 122:23-32. [PMID: 27793718 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase is a heterodimeric enzyme consisting of an α and a β subunit. Two different α subunits (α1 and α2) give rise to two heterodimeric enzymes α1/β1 and α2/β1. Both coexist in a wide range of tissues including blood vessels and the lung, but expression of the α2/β1 form is generally much lower and approaches levels similar to the α1/β1 form in the brain only. In the present paper, we show that the α2/β1 form interacts with Lin7a in mouse brain synaptosomes based on co-precipitation analysis. In HEK293 cells, we found that the overexpressed α2/β1 form, but not the α1/β1 form is directed to calcium-insensitive cell-cell contacts. The isolated PDZ binding motif of an amino-terminally truncated α2 subunit was sufficient for cell-cell contact localization. For the full length α2 subunit with the PDZ binding motif this was only the case in the heterodimer configuration with the β1 subunit, but not as isolated α2 subunit. We conclude that the PDZ binding motif of the α2 subunit is only accessible in the heterodimer conformation of the mature nitric oxide-sensitive enzyme. Interaction with Lin7a, a small scaffold protein important for synaptic function and cell polarity, can direct this complex to nectin based cell-cell contacts via MPP3 in HEK293 cells. We conclude that heterodimerization is a prerequisite for further protein-protein interactions that direct the α2/β1 form to strategic sites of the cell membrane with adjacent neighbouring cells. Drugs increasing the nitric oxide-sensitivity of this specific form may be particularly effective.
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- Julia Hochheiser
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Germany.
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- Institute for Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacy, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Germany.
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Amano M, Hamaguchi T, Shohag MH, Kozawa K, Kato K, Zhang X, Yura Y, Matsuura Y, Kataoka C, Nishioka T, Kaibuchi K. Kinase-interacting substrate screening is a novel method to identify kinase substrates. J Cell Biol 2015; 209:895-912. [PMID: 26101221 PMCID: PMC4477863 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201412008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein kinases play pivotal roles in numerous cellular functions; however, the specific substrates of each protein kinase have not been fully elucidated. We have developed a novel method called kinase-interacting substrate screening (KISS). Using this method, 356 phosphorylation sites of 140 proteins were identified as candidate substrates for Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase/ROCK2), including known substrates. The KISS method was also applied to additional kinases, including PKA, MAPK1, CDK5, CaMK1, PAK7, PKN, LYN, and FYN, and a lot of candidate substrates and their phosphorylation sites were determined, most of which have not been reported previously. Among the candidate substrates for Rho-kinase, several functional clusters were identified, including the polarity-associated proteins, such as Scrib. We found that Scrib plays a crucial role in the regulation of subcellular contractility by assembling into a ternary complex with Rho-kinase and Shroom2 in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. We propose that the KISS method is a comprehensive and useful substrate screen for various kinases.
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- Mutsuki Amano
- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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- Department of Cell Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan
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Murakami S, Sakurai-Yageta M, Maruyama T, Murakami Y. Trans-homophilic interaction of CADM1 activates PI3K by forming a complex with MAGuK-family proteins MPP3 and Dlg. PLoS One 2014; 9:e82894. [PMID: 24503895 PMCID: PMC3913574 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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CADM1 (Cell adhesion molecule 1), a cell adhesion molecule belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily, is involved in cell-cell interaction and the formation and maintenance of epithelial structure. Expression of CADM1 is frequently down-regulated in various tumors derived from epithelial cells. However, the intracellular signaling pathways activated by CADM1-mediated cell adhesion remain unknown. Here, we established a cell-based spreading assay to analyze the signaling pathway specifically activated by the trans-homophilic interaction of CADM1. In the assay, MDCK cells expressing exogenous CADM1 were incubated on the glass coated with a recombinant extracellular fragment of CADM1, and the degree of cell spreading was quantified by measuring their surface area. Assay screening of 104 chemical inhibitors with known functions revealed that LY294002, an inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K), efficiently suppressed cell spreading in a dose-dependent manner. Inhibitors of Akt and Rac1, downstream effectors of PI3K, also partially suppressed cell spreading, while the addition of both inhibitors blocked cell spreading to the same extent as did LY294002. Furthermore, MPP3 and Dlg, membrane-associated guanylate kinase homologs (MAGuK) proteins, connect CADM1 with p85 of PI3K by forming a multi-protein complex at the periphery of cells. These results suggest that trans-homophilic interaction mediated by CADM1 activates the PI3K pathway to reorganize the actin cytoskeleton and form epithelial cell structure.
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- Shigefumi Murakami
- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Baines AJ, Lu HC, Bennett PM. The Protein 4.1 family: hub proteins in animals for organizing membrane proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2014; 1838:605-19. [PMID: 23747363 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Proteins of the 4.1 family are characteristic of eumetazoan organisms. Invertebrates contain single 4.1 genes and the Drosophila model suggests that 4.1 is essential for animal life. Vertebrates have four paralogues, known as 4.1R, 4.1N, 4.1G and 4.1B, which are additionally duplicated in the ray-finned fish. Protein 4.1R was the first to be discovered: it is a major mammalian erythrocyte cytoskeletal protein, essential to the mechanochemical properties of red cell membranes because it promotes the interaction between spectrin and actin in the membrane cytoskeleton. 4.1R also binds certain phospholipids and is required for the stable cell surface accumulation of a number of erythrocyte transmembrane proteins that span multiple functional classes; these include cell adhesion molecules, transporters and a chemokine receptor. The vertebrate 4.1 proteins are expressed in most tissues, and they are required for the correct cell surface accumulation of a very wide variety of membrane proteins including G-Protein coupled receptors, voltage-gated and ligand-gated channels, as well as the classes identified in erythrocytes. Indeed, such large numbers of protein interactions have been mapped for mammalian 4.1 proteins, most especially 4.1R, that it appears that they can act as hubs for membrane protein organization. The range of critical interactions of 4.1 proteins is reflected in disease relationships that include hereditary anaemias, tumour suppression, control of heartbeat and nervous system function. The 4.1 proteins are defined by their domain structure: apart from the spectrin/actin-binding domain they have FERM and FERM-adjacent domains and a unique C-terminal domain. Both the FERM and C-terminal domains can bind transmembrane proteins, thus they have the potential to be cross-linkers for membrane proteins. The activity of the FERM domain is subject to multiple modes of regulation via binding of regulatory ligands, phosphorylation of the FERM associated domain and differential mRNA splicing. Finally, the spectrum of interactions of the 4.1 proteins overlaps with that of another membrane-cytoskeleton linker, ankyrin. Both ankyrin and 4.1 link to the actin cytoskeleton via spectrin, and we hypothesize that differential regulation of 4.1 proteins and ankyrins allows highly selective control of cell surface protein accumulation and, hence, function. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Reciprocal influences between cell cytoskeleton and membrane channels, receptors and transporters. Guest Editor: Jean Claude Hervé
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, UK
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- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, UK.
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Polarity protein complex Scribble/Lgl/Dlg and epithelial cell barriers. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 763:149-70. [PMID: 23397623 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4711-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The Scribble polarity complex or module is one of the three polarity modules that regulate cell polarity in multiple epithelia including blood-tissue barriers. This protein complex is composed of Scribble, Lethal giant larvae (Lgl) and Discs large (Dlg), which are well conserved across species from fruitflies and worms to mammals. Originally identified in Drosophila and C. elegans where the Scribble complex was found to work with the Par-based and Crumbs-based polarity modules to regulate apicobasal polarity and asymmetry in cells and tissues during embryogenesis, their mammalian homologs have all been identified in recent years. Components of the Scribble complex are known to regulate multiple cellular functions besides cell polarity, which include cell proliferation, assembly and maintenance of adherens junction (AJ) and tight junction (TJ), and they are also tumor suppressors. Herein, we provide an update on the Scribble polarity complex and how this protein complex modulates cell adhesion with some emphasis on its role in Sertoli cell blood-testis barrier (BTB) function. It should be noted that this is a rapidly developing field, in particular the role of this protein module in blood-tissue barriers, and this short chapter attempts to provide the information necessary for investigators studying reproductive biology and blood-tissue barriers to design future studies. We also include results of recent studies from flies and worms since this information will be helpful in planning experiments for future functional studies in the testis to understand how Scribble-based proteins regulate BTB dynamics and spermatogenesis.
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Photoreceptors are exquisitely adapted to transform light stimuli into electrical signals that modulate neurotransmitter release. These cells are organized into several compartments including the unique outer segment (OS). Its whole function is to absorb light and transduce this signal into a change of membrane potential. Another compartment is the inner segment where much of metabolism and regulation of membrane potential takes place and that connects the OS and synapse. The synapse is the compartment where changes in membrane potentials are relayed to other neurons in the retina via release of neurotransmitter. The composition of the plasma membrane surrounding these compartments varies to accommodate their specific functions. In this chapter, we discuss the organization of the plasma membrane emphasizing the protein composition of each region as it relates to visual signaling. We also point out examples where mutations in these proteins cause visual impairment.
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- Sheila A Baker
- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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Zhang J, Yang X, Wang Z, Zhou H, Xie X, Shen Y, Long J. Structure of an L27 domain heterotrimer from cell polarity complex Patj/Pals1/Mals2 reveals mutually independent L27 domain assembly mode. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:11132-40. [PMID: 22337881 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.321216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The assembly of supramolecular complexes in multidomain scaffold proteins is crucial for the control of cell polarity. The scaffold protein of protein associated with Lin-7 1 (Pals1) forms a complex with two other scaffold proteins, Pals-associated tight junction protein (Patj) and mammalian homolog-2 of Lin-7 (Mals2), through its tandem Lin-2 and Lin-7 (L27) domains to regulate apical-basal polarity. Here, we report the crystal structure of a 4-L27 domain-containing heterotrimer derived from the tripartite complex Patj/Pals1/Mals2. The heterotrimer consists of two cognate pairs of heterodimeric L27 domains with similar conformations. Structural analysis and biochemical data further show that the dimers assemble mutually independently. Additionally, such mutually independent assembly of the two heterodimers can be observed in another tripartite complex, Disks large homolog 1 (DLG1)/calcium-calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK)/Mals2. Our results reveal a novel mechanism for tandem L27 domain-mediated, supramolecular complex assembly with a mutually independent mode.
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- Jinxiu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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Gaudet S, Langlois MJ, Lue RA, Rivard N, Viel A. The MEK2-binding tumor suppressor hDlg is recruited by E-cadherin to the midbody ring. BMC Cell Biol 2011; 12:55. [PMID: 22185284 PMCID: PMC3268111 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-12-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The human homologue of the Drosophila Discs-large tumor suppressor protein, hDlg, is a multi-domain cytoplasmic protein that localizes to the membrane at intercellular junction sites. At both synaptic junctions and epithelia cell-cell junctions, hDlg is known to recruit several signaling proteins into macromolecular complexes. hDlg is also found at the midbody, a small microtubule-rich structure bridging the two daughter cells during cytokinesis, but its function at this site is not clear. RESULTS Here we describe the interaction of hDlg with the activated form of MEK2 of the canonical RAF/MEK/ERK pathway, a protein that is found at the midbody during cytokinesis. We show that both proteins localize to a sub-structure of the midbody, the midbody ring, and that the interaction between the PDZ domains of hDlg and the C-terminal portion of MEK2 is dependent on the phosphorylation of MEK2. Finally, we found that E-cadherin also localizes to the midbody and that its expression is required for the isoform-specific recruitment of hDlg, but not activated MEK2, to that structure. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that like at other cell-cell junction sites, hDlg is part of a macromolecular complex of structural and signaling proteins at the midbody.
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- Suzanne Gaudet
- Department of Cancer Biology and Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Lim ST, Chang A, Giuliano RE, Federoff HJ. Ectodomain shedding of nectin-1 regulates the maintenance of dendritic spine density. J Neurochem 2011; 120:741-51. [PMID: 22118475 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07592.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Synaptic remodeling has been postulated as a mechanism underlying synaptic plasticity and cell adhesion molecules are thought to contribute to this process. We examined the role of nectin-1 ectodomain shedding on synaptogenesis in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. Nectins are Ca(2+) -independent immunoglobulin-like adhesion molecules, involved in cell-cell adherens junctions. Herein, we show that the processing of nectin-1 occurs by multiple endoproteolytic steps both in vivo and in vitro. We identified regions containing two distinct cleavage sites within the ectodomain of nectin-1. By alanine scanning mutagenesis, two point mutations that disrupt nectin-1 ectodomain cleavage events were identified. Expression of these mutants significantly alters the density of dendritic spines. These findings suggest that ectodomain shedding of nectin-1 regulates dendritic spine density and related synaptic functions.
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- Seung T Lim
- Neuroscience Department, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia 20057, USA
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Duflocq A, Chareyre F, Giovannini M, Couraud F, Davenne M. Characterization of the axon initial segment (AIS) of motor neurons and identification of a para-AIS and a juxtapara-AIS, organized by protein 4.1B. BMC Biol 2011; 9:66. [PMID: 21958379 PMCID: PMC3198992 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 09/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background The axon initial segment (AIS) plays a crucial role: it is the site where neurons initiate their electrical outputs. Its composition in terms of voltage-gated sodium (Nav) and voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels, as well as its length and localization determine the neuron's spiking properties. Some neurons are able to modulate their AIS length or distance from the soma in order to adapt their excitability properties to their activity level. It is therefore crucial to characterize all these parameters and determine where the myelin sheath begins in order to assess a neuron's excitability properties and ability to display such plasticity mechanisms. If the myelin sheath starts immediately after the AIS, another question then arises as to how would the axon be organized at its first myelin attachment site; since AISs are different from nodes of Ranvier, would this particular axonal region resemble a hemi-node of Ranvier? Results We have characterized the AIS of mouse somatic motor neurons. In addition to constant determinants of excitability properties, we found heterogeneities, in terms of AIS localization and Nav composition. We also identified in all α motor neurons a hemi-node-type organization, with a contactin-associated protein (Caspr)+ paranode-type, as well as a Caspr2+ and Kv1+ juxtaparanode-type compartment, referred to as a para-AIS and a juxtapara (JXP)-AIS, adjacent to the AIS, where the myelin sheath begins. We found that Kv1 channels appear in the AIS, para-AIS and JXP-AIS concomitantly with myelination and are progressively excluded from the para-AIS. Their expression in the AIS and JXP-AIS is independent from transient axonal glycoprotein-1 (TAG-1)/Caspr2, in contrast to juxtaparanodes, and independent from PSD-93. Data from mice lacking the cytoskeletal linker protein 4.1B show that this protein is necessary to form the Caspr+ para-AIS barrier, ensuring the compartmentalization of Kv1 channels and the segregation of the AIS, para-AIS and JXP-AIS. Conclusions α Motor neurons have heterogeneous AISs, which underlie different spiking properties. However, they all have a para-AIS and a JXP-AIS contiguous to their AIS, where the myelin sheath begins, which might limit some AIS plasticity. Protein 4.1B plays a key role in ensuring the proper molecular compartmentalization of this hemi-node-type region.
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Dudak A, Kim J, Cheong B, Federoff HJ, Lim ST. Membrane palmitoylated proteins regulate trafficking and processing of nectins. Eur J Cell Biol 2011; 90:365-75. [PMID: 21371776 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2011.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Revised: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Nectins are cell-cell adhesion molecules involved in the formation of various intercellular junctions and the establishment of apical-basal polarity at cell-cell adhesion sites. To have a better understanding of the roles of nectins in the formation of cell-cell junctions, we searched for new cytoplasmic binding partners for nectin. We report that nectin-1α associates with membrane palmitoylated protein 3 (MPP3), one of the human homologues of a Drosophila tumor suppressor gene, Disc large. Two major forms of MPP3 at 66 and 98 kDa were detected, in conjunction with nectin-1α, suggesting that an association between the two may occur in various cell types. Nectin-1α recruits MPP3 to cell-cell contact sites, mediated by a PDZ-binding motif at the carboxyl terminus of nectin-1α. Association with MPP3 increases cell surface expression of nectin-1α and enhances nectin-1α ectodomain shedding, indicating that MPP3 regulates trafficking and processing of nectin-1α. Further study showed that MPP3 interacts with nectin-3α, but not with nectin-2α, showing that the association of nectins with MPP3 is isoform-specific. MPP5, another MPP family member, interacts with nectins with varying affinity and facilitates surface expression of nectin-1α, nectin-2α, and nectin-3α. These data suggest that wide interactions between nectins and MPP family members may occur in various cell-cell junctions and that these associations may regulate trafficking and processing of nectins.
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- Amanda Dudak
- Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3970 Reservoir Rd. NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Pieczynski J, Margolis B. Protein complexes that control renal epithelial polarity. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300:F589-601. [PMID: 21228104 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00615.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Establishment of epithelial apicobasal polarity is crucial for proper kidney development and function. In recent years, there have been important advances in our understanding of the factors that mediate the initiation of apicobasal polarization. Key among these are the polarity complexes that are evolutionarily conserved from simple organisms to humans. Three of these complexes are discussed in this review: the Crumbs complex, the Par complex, and the Scribble complex. The apical Crumbs complex consists of three proteins, Crumbs, PALS1, and PATJ, whereas the apical Par complex consists of Par-3, Par-6, and atypical protein kinase C. The lateral Scribble complex consists of Scribble, discs large, and lethal giant larvae. These complexes modulate kinase and small G protein activity such that the apical and basolateral complexes signal antagonistically, leading to the segregation of the apical and basolateral membranes. The polarity complexes also serve as scaffolds to direct and retain proteins at the apical membrane, the basolateral membrane, or the intervening tight junction. There is plasticity in apicobasal polarity, and this is best seen in the processes of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and the converse mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition. These transitions are important in kidney disease as well as kidney development, and modulation of the polarity complexes are critical for these transitions.
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- Jay Pieczynski
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Yang X, Xie X, Chen L, Zhou H, Wang Z, Zhao W, Tian R, Zhang R, Tian C, Long J, Shen Y. Structural basis for tandem L27 domain‐mediated polymerization. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.10.163857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xue Yang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology China Anhui China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- Institute of BiophysicsChinese Academy of Science Beijing China
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- School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology China Anhui China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University Tianjin China
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Yang X, Xie X, Chen L, Zhou H, Wang Z, Zhao W, Tian R, Zhang R, Tian C, Long J, Shen Y. Structural basis for tandem L27 domain-mediated polymerization. FASEB J 2010; 24:4806-15. [PMID: 20702775 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-163857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The establishment of epithelial cell polarity requires the assembly of multiprotein complexes and is crucial during epithelial morphogenesis. Three scaffolding proteins, Dlg1, MPP7, and Mals3, can be assembled to form a complex that functions in the establishment and maintenance of apicobasal polarity in epithelial tissues through their L27 domains. Here we report the crystal structure of a 4-L27-domain complex derived from the human tripartite complex Dlg1-MPP7-Mals3 in combination with paramagnetic relaxation enhancement measurements. The heterotrimer consists of 2 pairs of heterodimeric L27 domains. These 2 dimers are asymmetric due to the large difference between the N- and C-terminal tandem L27 domain of MPP7. Structural analysis combined with biochemical experiments further reveals that the loop αA-αB and helix αB of the C-terminal L27 domain of MPP7 play a critical role in assembling the entire tripartite complex, suggesting a synergistic tandem L27-mediated assembling event.
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- Xue Yang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Science, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Thomas U, Kobler O, Gundelfinger ED. TheDrosophilaLarval Neuromuscular Junction as a Model for Scaffold Complexes at Glutamatergic Synapses: Benefits and Limitations. J Neurogenet 2010; 24:109-19. [DOI: 10.3109/01677063.2010.493589] [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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A perisynaptic ménage à trois between Dlg, DLin-7, and Metro controls proper organization of Drosophila synaptic junctions. J Neurosci 2010; 30:5811-24. [PMID: 20427642 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0778-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Structural plasticity of synaptic junctions is a prerequisite to achieve and modulate connectivity within nervous systems, e.g., during learning and memory formation. It demands adequate backup systems that allow remodeling while retaining sufficient stability to prevent unwanted synaptic disintegration. The strength of submembranous scaffold complexes, which are fundamental to the architecture of synaptic junctions, likely constitutes a crucial determinant of synaptic stability. Postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95)/ Discs-large (Dlg)-like membrane-associated guanylate kinases (DLG-MAGUKs) are principal scaffold proteins at both vertebrate and invertebrate synapses. At Drosophila larval glutamatergic neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) DlgA and DlgS97 exert pleiotropic functions, probably reflecting a few known and a number of yet-unknown binding partners. In this study we have identified Metro, a novel p55/MPP-like Drosophila MAGUK as a major binding partner of perisynaptic DlgS97 at larval NMJs. Based on homotypic LIN-2,-7 (L27) domain interactions, Metro stabilizes junctional DlgS97 in a complex with the highly conserved adaptor protein DLin-7. In a remarkably interdependent manner, Metro and DLin-7 act downstream of DlgS97 to control NMJ expansion and proper establishment of synaptic boutons. Using quantitative 3D-imaging we further demonstrate that the complex controls the size of postsynaptic glutamate receptor fields. Our findings accentuate the importance of perisynaptic scaffold complexes for synaptic stabilization and organization.
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Synaptic SAP97 isoforms regulate AMPA receptor dynamics and access to presynaptic glutamate. J Neurosci 2009; 29:4332-45. [PMID: 19357261 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4431-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The synaptic insertion of GluR1-containing AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) is critical for synaptic plasticity. However, mechanisms responsible for GluR1 insertion and retention at the synapse are unclear. The synapse-associated protein SAP97 directly binds GluR1 and participates in its forward trafficking from the Golgi network to the plasma membrane. Whether SAP97 also plays a role in scaffolding GluR1 at the postsynaptic membrane is controversial, attributable to its expression as a collection of alternatively spliced isoforms with ill-defined spatial and temporal distributions. In the present study, we have used live imaging and electrophysiology to demonstrate that two postsynaptic, N-terminal isoforms of SAP97 directly modulate the levels, dynamics, and function of synaptic GluR1-containing AMPARs. Specifically, the unique N-terminal domains confer distinct subsynaptic localizations onto SAP97, targeting the palmitoylated alpha-isoform to the postsynaptic density (PSD) and the L27 domain-containing beta-isoform primarily to non-PSD, perisynaptic regions. Consequently, alpha- and betaSAP97 differentially influence the subsynaptic localization and dynamics of AMPARs by creating binding sites for GluR1-containing receptors within their respective subdomains. These results indicate that N-terminal splicing of SAP97 can control synaptic strength by regulating the distribution of AMPARs and, hence, their responsiveness to presynaptically released glutamate.
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Multiple molecular interactions determine the clustering of Caspr2 and Kv1 channels in myelinated axons. J Neurosci 2009; 28:14213-22. [PMID: 19109503 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3398-08.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Clustering of Kv1 channels at the juxtaparanodal region (JXP) in myelinated axons depends on their association with the Caspr2/TAG-1 adhesion complex. The interaction between these channels and Caspr2 was suggested to depend on PDZ (PSD-95/Discs large/zona occludens-1) scaffolding proteins. Here, we show that at a subset of the JXP, PSD-93 colocalizes with Caspr2, K(+) channels and its related protein postsynaptic density protein-95 (PSD-95). The localization of PSD-93 and PSD-95 depends on the presence of Caspr2, as both scaffolding proteins failed to accumulate at the JXP in mice lacking either Caspr2 or TAG-1. In contrast, Caspr2 and K(+) channels still colocalized and associated in PSD-93, PSD-95 or double PSD-93/PSD-95 null mice. To directly evaluate the role of PDZ domain proteins in the function of Caspr2, we examined the ability of transgenic Caspr2 molecules lacking either their cytoplasmic domain (Caspr2dCT), or their PDZ-binding sequence (Caspr2dPDZ), to restore Kv1 channel clustering in Caspr2 null mice. We found that while Kv1 channels were distributed throughout internodes in nerves expressing Caspr2dCT, they were clustered at the JXP in axons expressing a full-length Caspr2 (Caspr2FL) or the Caspr2dPDZ transgene. Further proteomic analysis revealed that Caspr2 interacts with a distinct set of scaffolding proteins through its PDZ- and protein 4.1-binding sequences. These results demonstrate that while the molecular assembly of the JXP requires the cytoplasmic domain of Caspr2, its carboxy-terminal PDZ-binding motif is dispensable for Kv1 channel clustering. This mechanism is clearly distinct from the one operating at the axon initial segment, which requires PSD-93 for Kv1 channel clustering.
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Lockwood CA, Lynch AM, Hardin J. Dynamic analysis identifies novel roles for DLG-1 subdomains in AJM-1 recruitment and LET-413-dependent apical focusing. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:1477-87. [PMID: 18411252 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.017137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cell-cell junctions are composed of a diverse array of specialized proteins that are necessary for the movement and integrity of epithelia. Scaffolding molecules, such as membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs) contain multiple protein-protein interaction domains that integrate these proteins into macromolecular complexes at junctions. We have used structure-function experiments to dissect the role of domains of the Caenorhabditis elegans MAGUK DLG-1, a homolog of Drosophila Discs large and vertebrate SAP97. DLG-1 deletion constructs were analyzed in directed yeast two-hybrid tests as well as in vivo in a dlg-1 null mutant background. Our studies identify novel roles for several key domains. First, the L27 domain of DLG-1 mediates the physical interaction of DLG-1 with its binding partner, AJM-1, as well as DLG-1 multimerization. Second, the PDZ domains of DLG-1 mediate its association with the junction. Third, using dynamic in vivo imaging, we demonstrate that the SH3 domain is required for rapid lateral distribution of DLG-1 via a LET-413/Scribble-dependent pathway. Finally, we found that inclusion of the SH3 domain can ameliorate dlg-1 mutant phenotypes, but full rescue of lethality required the complete C terminus, which includes the GUK and Hook domains, thereby demonstrating the importance of the C-terminus for DLG-1 function. Our results represent the first in vivo analysis of requirements for the L27 domain of a Discs-large/SAP97 protein, identify a crucial LET-413/Scribble regulatory motif and provide insight into how MAGUK subdomains function to maintain epithelial integrity during development.
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Assémat E, Bazellières E, Pallesi-Pocachard E, Le Bivic A, Massey-Harroche D. Polarity complex proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1778:614-30. [PMID: 18005931 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2007] [Revised: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The formation of functional epithelial tissues involves the coordinated action of several protein complexes, which together produce a cell polarity axis and develop cell-cell junctions. During the last decade, the notion of polarity complexes emerged as the result of genetic studies in which a set of genes was discovered first in Caenorhabditis elegans and then in Drosophila melanogaster. In epithelial cells, these complexes are responsible for the development of the apico-basal axis and for the construction and maintenance of apical junctions. In this review, we focus on apical polarity complexes, namely the PAR3/PAR6/aPKC complex and the CRUMBS/PALS1/PATJ complex, which are conserved between species and along with a lateral complex, the SCRIBBLE/DLG/LGL complex, are crucial to the formation of apical junctions such as tight junctions in mammalian epithelial cells. The exact mechanisms underlying their tight junction construction and maintenance activities are poorly understood, and it is proposed to focus in this review on establishing how these apical polarity complexes might regulate epithelial cell morphogenesis and functions. In particular, we will present the latest findings on how these complexes regulate epithelial homeostasis.
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- Emeline Assémat
- Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille-Luminy, CNRS UMR 6216 et Université de la Méditerranée, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, Case 907, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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Bohl J, Brimer N, Lyons C, Vande Pol SB. The stardust family protein MPP7 forms a tripartite complex with LIN7 and DLG1 that regulates the stability and localization of DLG1 to cell junctions. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:9392-9400. [PMID: 17237226 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610002200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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MPP7, a previously uncharacterized member of the p55 Stardust family of membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) proteins, was found in a tripartite complex with DLG1 and LIN7A or LIN7C. MPP7 dimerizes with all three LIN7 family members (LIN7A, -B, and -C) through interaction of the single L27 domain of LIN7 with the carboxyl-terminal L27 domain of MPP7, thereby stabilizing both proteins. The dimer of MPP7 with LIN7A or LIN7C associates with DLG1 through an interaction requiring the amino-terminal L27 domain of MPP7. The amino-terminal L27 domain of MPP7 is not sufficient for interaction with DLG1 but interacts efficiently only if MPP7 is in a complex with LIN7A or -C. Thus the specificity of interaction of DLG1 with the LIN7-MPP7 complex is determined by L27 interactions with both MPP7 and LIN7. The tripartite complex forms in a ratio of 1:1:1 and localizes to epithelial adherens junctions in a manner dependent upon MPP7. Expression of MPP7 stabilizes DLG1 in an insoluble compartment. Expression of MPP7 deleted of the PDZ or Src homology 3 domain redistributes MPP7, DLG1, and LIN7 out of adherens junctions and into the soluble cytoplasmic fraction without changing the localization of E-cadherin. Thus, the stability and localization of DLG1 to cell-cell junctions are complex functions determined by the expression and association of particular Stardust family members together with particular LIN7 family members.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908.
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Hong CJ, Hsueh YP. CASK associates with glutamate receptor interacting protein and signaling molecules. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 351:771-6. [PMID: 17084383 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.10.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2006] [Accepted: 10/23/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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CASK has been implicated in synaptic protein targeting, synaptic organization, and transcriptional regulation. Here, three more CASK associated proteins, GRIP1, PKCepsilon, and RGS4, were initially identified by immunoprecipitation and mass analysis, and confirmed by immunoprecipitation-immunoblotting assay using rat brain extract. Via the interaction with GRIP1, GluR2/3 was also co-immunoprecipitated by CASK antibody from rat brain. The PDZ and SH3-GK domains of CASK were demonstrated as the associated domains for GRIP1 and PKCepsilon, respectively. The associations between CASK, PKCepsilon, and RGS4 were up-regulated in the adult brain compared with postnatal day 11 rat brain. In contrast, the associations of CASK with Mint1, GRIP1, and GluR2/3 were down-regulated in the adult brain. These results suggest that CASK protein complex is developmentally regulated by unknown signals. In conclusion, our study suggests that the CASK protein complex not only functions as a scaffold but also recruits signaling molecules and may contribute to signal transduction.
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- Chen-Jei Hong
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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Alewine C, Olsen O, Wade JB, Welling PA. TIP-1 has PDZ scaffold antagonist activity. Mol Biol Cell 2006; 17:4200-11. [PMID: 16855024 PMCID: PMC1635354 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e06-02-0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2006] [Revised: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 07/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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PDZ proteins usually contain multiple protein-protein interaction domains and act as molecular scaffolds that are important for the generation and maintenance of cell polarity and cell signaling. Here, we identify and characterize TIP-1 as an atypical PDZ protein that is composed almost entirely of a single PDZ domain and functions as a negative regulator of PDZ-based scaffolding. We found that TIP-1 competes with the basolateral membrane mLin-7/CASK complex for interaction with the potassium channel Kir 2.3 in model renal epithelia. Consequently, polarized plasma membrane expression of Kir 2.3 is disrupted resulting in pronounced endosomal targeting of the channel, similar to the phenotype observed for mutant Kir 2.3 channels lacking the PDZ-binding motif. TIP-1 is ubiquitously expressed, raising the possibility that TIP-1 may play a similar role in regulating the expression of other membrane proteins containing a type I PDZ ligand.
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- Christine Alewine
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201
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- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201
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Kantardzhieva A, Alexeeva S, Versteeg I, Wijnholds J. MPP3 is recruited to the MPP5 protein scaffold at the retinal outer limiting membrane. FEBS J 2006; 273:1152-65. [PMID: 16519681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Mutations in the human Crumbs homologue 1 (CRB1) gene are a frequent cause of various forms of retinitis pigmentosa. The CRB1-membrane-associated palmitoylated protein (MPP)5 protein complex is thought to organize an intracellular protein scaffold in the retina that is involved in maintenance of photoreceptor-Müller glia cell adhesion. This study focused on the binding characteristics and subcellular localization of MPP3, a novel member of the MPP5 protein scaffold at the outer limiting membrane (OLM), and of the DLG1 protein scaffold at the outer plexiform layer of the retina. MPP3 localized at the photoreceptor synapse and at the subapical region adjacent to adherens junctions at the OLM. Localization studies in human retinae revealed that MPP3 colocalized with MPP5 and CRB1 at the subapical region. MPP3 and MPP4 colocalized with DLG1 at the outer plexiform layer. Mouse Dlg1 formed separate complexes with Mpp3 and Mpp4 in vivo. These data implicate a role for MPP3 in photoreceptor polarity and, by association with MPP5, pinpoint MPP3 as a functional candidate gene for inherited retinopathies. The separate Mpp3/Dlg1 and Mpp4/Dlg1 complexes at the outer plexiform layer point towards additional yet unrecognized functions of these membrane associated guanylate kinase proteins.
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- Albena Kantardzhieva
- Department of Neuromedical Genetics, The Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences (NIN), KNAW, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Aartsen WM, Kantardzhieva A, Klooster J, van Rossum AGSH, van de Pavert SA, Versteeg I, Cardozo BN, Tonagel F, Beck SC, Tanimoto N, Seeliger MW, Wijnholds J. Mpp4 recruits Psd95 and Veli3 towards the photoreceptor synapse. Hum Mol Genet 2006; 15:1291-302. [PMID: 16520334 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Membrane-associated guanylate kinase (MAGUK) proteins function as scaffold proteins contributing to cell polarity and organizing signal transducers at the neuronal synapse membrane. The MAGUK protein Mpp4 is located in the retinal outer plexiform layer (OPL) at the presynaptic plasma membrane and presynaptic vesicles of photoreceptors. Additionally, it is located at the outer limiting membrane (OLM) where it might be involved in OLM integrity. In Mpp4 knockout mice, loss of Mpp4 function only sporadically causes photoreceptor displacement, without changing the Crumbs (Crb) protein complex at the OLM, adherens junctions or synapse structure. Scanning laser ophthalmology revealed no retinal degeneration. The minor morphological effects suggest that Mpp4 is a candidate gene for mild retinopathies only. At the OPL, Mpp4 is essential for correct localization of Psd95 and Veli3 at the presynaptic photoreceptor membrane. Psd95 labeling is absent of presynaptic membranes in both rods and cones but still present in cone basal contacts and dendritic contacts. Total retinal Psd95 protein levels are significantly reduced which suggests Mpp4 to be involved in Psd95 turnover, whereas Veli3 proteins levels are not changed. These protein changes in the photoreceptor synapse did not result in an altered electroretinograph. These findings suggest that Mpp4 coordinates Psd95/Veli3 assembly and maintenance at synaptic membranes. Mpp4 is a critical recruitment factor to organize scaffolds at the photoreceptor synapse and is likely to be associated with synaptic plasticity and protein complex transport.
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- Wendy M Aartsen
- Department of Neuromedical Genetics, The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Olsen O, Moore KA, Nicoll RA, Bredt DS. Synaptic transmission regulated by a presynaptic MALS/Liprin-alpha protein complex. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2006; 18:223-7. [PMID: 16504495 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Accepted: 02/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neurotransmission requires proper organization of synaptic vesicle pools and rapid release of vesicle contents upon presynaptic depolarization. Genetic studies have begun to reveal a critical role for scaffolding proteins in such processes. Mutations in genes encoding components of the highly conserved MALS/CASK/Mint-1 complex cause presynaptic defects. In all three mutants, neurotransmitter release is reduced in a manner consistent with aberrant vesicle cycling to the readily releasable pool. Recently, liprin-alpha proteins, which define active zone size and morphology, were found to associate with MALS/CASK, suggesting that this complex links the presynaptic release machinery to the active zone, thereby regulating neurotransmitter release.
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- Olav Olsen
- Departments of Physiology and Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California-San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Tarbé NG, Rio MC, Hummel S, Weidle UH, Zöller M. Overexpression of the small transmembrane and glycosylated protein SMAGP supports metastasis formation of a rat pancreatic adenocarcinoma line. Int J Cancer 2005; 117:913-22. [PMID: 15986429 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21275] [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: 11/07/2022]
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Small cell transmembrane and glycosylated protein (SMAGP) was recently identified in the metastasizing rat pancreatic adenocarcinoma line BSp73ASML. SMAGP, an evolutionary conserved transmembrane protein, is expressed on lateral epithelial cell membranes. SMAGP expression was restricted to or was upregulated in several metastasizing as compared to nonmetastasizing human and rat tumor lines. In contrast to nontransformed tissue, SMAGP was mainly expressed in the cytoplasm, as has already been described for high-grade human colorectal cancer. This raised the question on the impact of SMAGP on tumor progression. To answer the question, metastasis formation was evaluated in the nonmetastasizing rat pancreatic adenocarcinoma subline BSp73AS (AS), which was stably transfected with SMAGP cDNA (AS-SMAGP). Cytoplasmic SMAGP expression promoted cell agglomeration, but inhibited tumor cell proliferation, adhesion to and migration toward vitronectin and matrigel invasion, which was accompanied by a failure of actin reorganization. AS-SMAGP clones strongly promoted metastasis formation by dislodgment of normal tissue; 82% of rats developed lymph node metastasis as compared to 22% of rats receiving AS or mock-cDNA-transfected AS cells. The incidence of lung metastasis was increased from 6% in AS to 98% in AS-SMAGP tumor-bearing rats. Thus, SMAGP strongly promotes tumor progression. This likely is due to redistribution from the plasma membrane into the cytoplasm. SMAGP redistribution does not only facilitate tumor cell detachment from neighboring cells and the extracellular matrix, but obviously contributes actively by a not yet defined mechanism to tumor cell agglomeration and capillary plugging.
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Petrosky KY, Ou HD, Löhr F, Dötsch V, Lim WA. A general model for preferential hetero-oligomerization of LIN-2/7 domains: mechanism underlying directed assembly of supramolecular signaling complexes. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:38528-36. [PMID: 16147993 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506536200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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LIN-2/7 (L27) domains are protein interaction modules that preferentially hetero-oligomerize, a property critical for their function in directing specific assembly of supramolecular signaling complexes at synapses and other polarized cell-cell junctions. We have solved the solution structure of the heterodimer composed of the L27 domains from LIN-2 and LIN-7. Comparison of this structure with other L27 domain structures has allowed us to formulate a general model for why most L27 domains form an obligate heterodimer complex. L27 domains can be divided in two types (A and B), with each heterodimer comprising an A/B pair. We have identified two keystone positions that play a central role in discrimination. The residues at these positions are energetically acceptable in the context of an A/B heterodimer, but would lead to packing defects or electrostatic repulsion in the context of A/A and B/B homodimers. As predicted by the model, mutations of keystone residues stabilize normally strongly disfavored homodimers. Thus, L27 domains are specifically optimized to avoid homodimeric interactions.
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- Keiko Y Petrosky
- Biophysics Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Palmer CL, Cotton L, Henley JM. The molecular pharmacology and cell biology of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptors. Pharmacol Rev 2005; 57:253-77. [PMID: 15914469 PMCID: PMC3314513 DOI: 10.1124/pr.57.2.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptors (AMPARs) are of fundamental importance in the brain. They are responsible for the majority of fast excitatory synaptic transmission, and their overactivation is potently excitotoxic. Recent findings have implicated AMPARs in synapse formation and stabilization, and regulation of functional AMPARs is the principal mechanism underlying synaptic plasticity. Changes in AMPAR activity have been described in the pathology of numerous diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and epilepsy. Unsurprisingly, the developmental and activity-dependent changes in the functional synaptic expression of these receptors are under tight cellular regulation. The molecular and cellular mechanisms that control the postsynaptic insertion, arrangement, and lifetime of surface-expressed AMPARs are the subject of intense and widespread investigation. For example, there has been an explosion of information about proteins that interact with AMPAR subunits, and these interactors are beginning to provide real insight into the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the cell biology of AMPARs. As a result, there has been considerable progress in this field, and the aim of this review is to provide an account of the current state of knowledge.
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- Claire L Palmer
- Medical Research Council Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Bristol University, Bristol, UK
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Gorski JA, Gomez LL, Scott JD, Dell'Acqua ML. Association of an A-kinase-anchoring protein signaling scaffold with cadherin adhesion molecules in neurons and epithelial cells. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:3574-90. [PMID: 15930126 PMCID: PMC1182299 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-02-0134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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A-kinase-anchoring protein (AKAP) 79/150 organizes a scaffold of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), protein kinase C (PKC), and protein phosphatase 2B/calcineurin that regulates phosphorylation pathways underlying neuronal long-term potentiation and long-term depression (LTD) synaptic plasticity. AKAP79/150 postsynaptic targeting requires three N-terminal basic domains that bind F-actin and acidic phospholipids. Here, we report a novel interaction of these domains with cadherin adhesion molecules that are linked to actin through beta-catenin (beta-cat) at neuronal synapses and epithelial adherens junctions. Mapping the AKAP binding site in cadherins identified overlap with beta-cat binding; however, no competition between AKAP and beta-cat binding to cadherins was detected in vitro. Accordingly, AKAP79/150 exhibited polarized localization with beta-cat and cadherins in epithelial cell lateral membranes, and beta-cat was present in AKAP-cadherin complexes isolated from epithelial cells, cultured neurons, and rat brain synaptic membranes. Inhibition of epithelial cell cadherin adhesion and actin polymerization redistributed intact AKAP-cadherin complexes from lateral membranes to intracellular compartments. In contrast, stimulation of neuronal pathways implicated in LTD that depolymerize postsynaptic F-actin disrupted AKAP-cadherin interactions and resulted in loss of the AKAP, but not cadherins, from synapses. This neuronal regulation of AKAP79/150 targeting to cadherins may be important in functional and structural synaptic modifications underlying plasticity.
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- Jessica A Gorski
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Kakunaga S, Ikeda W, Itoh S, Deguchi-Tawarada M, Ohtsuka T, Mizoguchi A, Takai Y. Nectin-like molecule-1/TSLL1/SynCAM3: a neural tissue-specific immunoglobulin-like cell-cell adhesion molecule localizing at non-junctional contact sites of presynaptic nerve terminals, axons and glia cell processes. J Cell Sci 2005; 118:1267-77. [PMID: 15741237 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nectins are Ca2+-independent immunoglobulin-like cell-cell adhesion molecules and comprise a family of four members. At the mossy fiber terminals of hippocampus, nectin-1 and nectin-3 localize at the presynaptic and postsynaptic sides of synaptic junctions, respectively, and their trans-interactions play a role in formation of synapses in cooperation with N-cadherin. Nectins are associated with the actin cytoskeleton through afadin, a nectin- and actin-filament-binding protein. Five nectin-like molecules (Necls) which have domain structures similar to those of nectins have been identified and here we characterize Necl-1/TSLL1/SynCAM3, from now on referred to as Necl-1. Tissue distribution analysis showed that Necl-1 was specifically expressed in the neural tissue. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy revealed that Necl-1 localized at the contact sites among axons, their terminals, and glia cell processes that cooperatively formed synapses, axon bundles and myelinated axons. Necl-1 showed Ca2+-independent homophilic cell-cell adhesion activity. It furthermore showed Ca2+-independent heterophilic cell-cell adhesion activity with Necl-2/IGSF4/RA175/SgIGSF/TSLC1/SynCAM1 from now on referred to as Necl-2, nectin-1 and nectin-3, but not with Necl-5 or nectin-2. The C-terminal cytoplasmic region of Necl-1 did not bind afadin but bound membrane-associated guanylate kinase subfamily members that contain the L27 domain, including Dlg3, Pals2 and CASK. These results indicate that Necl-1 is a neural-tissue-specific Ca2+-independent immunoglobulin-like cell-cell adhesion molecule which potentially has membrane-associated guanylate kinase subfamily member-binding activity and localizes at the non-junctional cell-cell contact sites.
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- Shigeki Kakunaga
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine/Faculty of Medicine, Suita 565-0871, Osaka, Japan
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Nakagawa T, Futai K, Lashuel HA, Lo I, Okamoto K, Walz T, Hayashi Y, Sheng M. Quaternary structure, protein dynamics, and synaptic function of SAP97 controlled by L27 domain interactions. Neuron 2005; 44:453-67. [PMID: 15504326 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2003] [Revised: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 09/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Single-particle electron microscopy (EM) combined with biochemical measurements revealed the molecular shape of SAP97 and a monomer-dimer transition that depended on the N-terminal L27 domain. Overexpression of SAP97 drove GluR1 to synapses, potentiated AMPA receptor (AMPAR) excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs), and occluded LTP. Synaptic potentiation and GluR1 delivery were dissociable by L27 domain mutants that inhibit multimerization of SAP97. Loss of potentiation was correlated with faster turnover of monomeric SAP97 mutants in dendritic spines. We propose that L27-mediated interactions of SAP97 with itself or other proteins regulate the synaptic delivery of AMPARs. RNAi knockdown of endogenous PSD-95 depleted surface GluR1 and impaired AMPA EPSCs. In contrast, RNAi knockdown of endogenous SAP97 reduced surface expression of both GluR1 and GluR2 and inhibited both AMPA and NMDA EPSCs. Thus SAP97 has a broader role than its close relative, PSD-95, in the maintenance of synaptic function.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Baculoviridae/physiology
- Biophysics/methods
- Brain/cytology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatography, Gel/methods
- Dendritic Spines/metabolism
- Discs Large Homolog 1 Protein
- Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein
- Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/pharmacology
- Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology
- Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Genetic Vectors
- Guanylate Kinases
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry/methods
- In Vitro Techniques
- Insecta
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Lentivirus/genetics
- Long-Term Potentiation/genetics
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Microscopy, Confocal/methods
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning/methods
- Microscopy, Energy-Filtering Transmission Electron/methods
- Mutagenesis
- N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/chemistry
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/ultrastructure
- Neurons/cytology
- Neurons/physiology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques/methods
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/physiology
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering
- Rats
- Receptors, AMPA/metabolism
- Receptors, AMPA/physiology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment/methods
- Synapses/physiology
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology
- Time Factors
- Transfection/methods
- Valine/analogs & derivatives
- Valine/pharmacology
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- Terunaga Nakagawa
- The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Dracheva S, McGurk SR, Haroutunian V. mRNA expression of AMPA receptors and AMPA receptor binding proteins in the cerebral cortex of elderly schizophrenics. J Neurosci Res 2005; 79:868-78. [PMID: 15696539 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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L-alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors (AMPARs) mediate the majority of the fast excitatory transmission in the CNS. To determine whether gene expression of AMPARs and/or AMPAR binding proteins, which control response/sensitivity of AMPAR-bearing neurons to glutamate, are altered in schizophrenia, mRNA expression and abundance of AMPAR subunits (GluR1-4) and several AMPAR binding proteins (SAP97, PICK1, GRIP, ABP) were measured in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the occipital cortex of elderly schizophrenia patients (n = 36) and matched normal controls (n = 26) by quantitative real-time PCR. The mRNA expression of GluR1, GluR4, and GRIP in the DLPFC and expression of the GluR4, GRIP, and ABP in the occipital cortex were significantly elevated in schizophrenics. GluR1 and ABP mRNA expression in the occipital cortex and GluR2, GluR3, SAP97, and PICK1 expression in either cortical area were not significantly altered. The data also demonstrated significant differences in the abundances of mRNAs encoding GluR1-4 subunits (GluR2 > GluR3 > GluR1 > GluR4) and of AMPAR binding proteins (SAP97 > PICK1 > GRIP > ABP) in both diagnostic groups. GluR2 (58-64%) and GluR3 (24-29%) were the major components of the AMPAR mRNA in both cortical areas, implying that the major AMPAR complexes in the human cortex are probably those containing GluR2 and GluR3 subunits. Small but significant differences in the amounts of GluR2, GluR3, and GRIP mRNAs were detected between the two cortical areas: more GluR3 and GRIP but less GluR2 were detected in the DLPFC than in the occipital cortex.
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- Stella Dracheva
- Department of Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Joubert L, Hanson B, Barthet G, Sebben M, Claeysen S, Hong W, Marin P, Dumuis A, Bockaert J. New sorting nexin (SNX27) and NHERF specifically interact with the 5-HT4a receptor splice variant: roles in receptor targeting. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:5367-79. [PMID: 15466885 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The 5-hydroxytryptamine type 4 receptor (5-HT4R) is involved in learning, feeding, respiratory control and gastrointestinal transit. This receptor is one of the G-protein-coupled receptors for which alternative mRNA splicing generates the most variants that differ in their C-terminal extremities. Some 5-HT4R variants (a, e and f) express canonical PDZ ligands at their C-termini. Here, we have examined whether some mouse 5-HT4R variants associate with specific sets of proteins, using a proteomic approach based on peptide-affinity chromatography, two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. We have identified ten proteins that interact specifically with the 5-HT4(a)R and three that only associate with the 5-HT4(e)R. Most of them are PDZ proteins. Among the proteins that associated specifically with the 5-HT4(a)R variant, NHERF greatly modified its subcellular localization. Moreover, NHERF recruited the 5-HT4(a)R to microvilli, where it localized with activated ezrin, consistent with the role of 5-HT4(a)R in cytoskeleton remodelling. The 5-HT4(a)R also interacted with both the constitutive and inducible (upon methamphetamine treatment) forms of the recently cloned sorting nexin 27 (SNX27a and b, respectively). We found that SNX27a redirected part of 5-HT4(a)R to early endosomes. The interaction of the 5-HT4R splice variants with distinct sets of PDZ proteins might specify their cellular localization as well as their signal transduction properties.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Brain/metabolism
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Carrier Proteins/physiology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Chromatography
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Humans
- Immunoprecipitation
- Mass Spectrometry
- Methamphetamine/pharmacology
- Mice
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Molecular Sequence Data
- NIH 3T3 Cells
- Neurons/metabolism
- Peptides/chemistry
- Phosphoproteins/chemistry
- Phosphoproteins/metabolism
- Phosphoproteins/physiology
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Proteomics
- Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4/metabolism
- Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4/physiology
- Signal Transduction
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers
- Sorting Nexins
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Transfection
- Vesicular Transport Proteins
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- Lara Joubert
- Laboratoire de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CNRS UPR2580, CCIPE, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier CEDEX 05, France
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Li Y, Karnak D, Demeler B, Margolis B, Lavie A. Structural basis for L27 domain-mediated assembly of signaling and cell polarity complexes. EMBO J 2004; 23:2723-33. [PMID: 15241471 PMCID: PMC514954 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Accepted: 06/02/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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L27 is a protein-binding domain that can assemble essential proteins for signaling and cell polarity into complexes by interacting in a heterodimeric manner. One of these protein complexes is the PATJ/PALS1/Crumbs tripartite complex, which is crucial for the establishment and maintenance of cell polarity. To reveal the structural basis underlining the obligate heterodimerization, we have determined the crystal structure of the PALS1-L27N/PATJ-L27 heterodimer complex. Each L27 domain is composed of three helices. The two L27 domains heterodimerize by building a compact structure consisting of a four-helix bundle formed by the first two helices of each L27 domain and one coiled-coil formed by the third helix of each domain. The large hydrophobic packing interactions contributed by all the helices of both L27 domains predominantly drive the heterodimer formation, which is likely to be a general feature of L27 domains. Combined with mutational studies, we can begin to understand the structural basis for the specificity of L27 binding pairs. Our results provide unique insights into L27 domain heterodimer complex, which is critical for cell polarization.
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- Yuanhe Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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Bécamel C, Gavarini S, Chanrion B, Alonso G, Galéotti N, Dumuis A, Bockaert J, Marin P. The Serotonin 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C Receptors Interact with Specific Sets of PDZ Proteins. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:20257-66. [PMID: 14988405 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312106200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 5-hydroxytryptamine type 2A (5-HT(2A)) receptor and the 5-HT(2C) receptor are closely related members of the G-protein-coupled receptors activated by serotonin that share very similar pharmacological profiles and cellular signaling pathways. These receptors express a canonical class I PDZ ligand (SXV) at their C-terminal extremity. Here, we have identified proteins that interact with the PDZ ligand of the 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors by a proteomic approach associating affinity chromatography using immobilized synthetic peptides encompassing the PDZ ligand and mass spectrometry. We report that both receptor C termini interact with specific sets of PDZ proteins in vitro. The 5-HT(2C) receptor but not the 5-HT(2A) receptor binds to the Veli-3.CASK.Mint1 ternary complex and to SAP102. In addition, the 5-HT(2C) receptor binds more strongly to PSD-95 and MPP-3 than the 5-HT(2A) receptor. In contrast, a robust interaction between the 5-HT(2A) receptor and the channel-interacting PDZ protein CIPP was found, whereas CIPP did not significantly associate with the 5-HT(2C) receptor. We also show that residues located at the -1 position and upstream the PDZ ligand in the C terminus of the 5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C) receptors are major determinants in their interaction with specific PDZ proteins. Immunofluorescence and electron microscopy studies strongly suggested that these specific interactions also take place in living cells and that the 5-HT(2) receptor-PDZ protein complexes occur in intracellular compartments. The interaction of the 5-HT(2A) and the 5-HT(2C) receptor with specific sets of PDZ proteins may contribute to their different signal transduction properties.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Brain/metabolism
- COS Cells
- Chromatography
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Disks Large Homolog 4 Protein
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Guanylate Kinases
- Immunoblotting
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Ligands
- Mass Spectrometry
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Peptides/chemistry
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Precipitin Tests
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Proteome
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/chemistry
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A/metabolism
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C/chemistry
- Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2C/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
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- Carine Bécamel
- UPR CNRS 2580 and CNRS UMR 5101, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34094 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Mauceri D, Cattabeni F, Di Luca M, Gardoni F. Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II Phosphorylation Drives Synapse-associated Protein 97 into Spines. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:23813-21. [PMID: 15044483 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m402796200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Synapse-associated protein 97 (SAP97) has been involved in the correct delivery and clustering of glutamate ionotropic receptors to the postsynaptic compartment. Here we demonstrate that synaptic trafficking of SAP97 itself was modulated by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) in cultured hippocampal neurons. CaMKII activation led to increased targeting of SAP97 into dendritic spines, whereas CaMKII inhibition was responsible for SAP97 high colocalization in the cell soma with the endoplasmic reticulum protein disulfide-isomerase. No effect was detected for other members of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase protein family, such as SAP102 and PSD-95. Transfection of activated alphaCaMKII T286D dramatically increased concentration of both endogenous and transfected SAP97 at postsynaptic terminals. In vitro CaMKII phosphorylation of the SAP97 N-terminal fusion protein and metabolic labeling of transfected COS7 cells indicated SAP97-Ser-39 as a CaMKII phosphosite in the SAP97 protein sequence. Moreover, transfection in hippocampal neurons of SAP97 mutants that blocked or mimicked Ser-39 phosphorylation had effects similar to those observed upon inhibiting or constitutively activating CaMKII. Further, CaMKII-dependent SAP97-Ser-39 phosphorylation determined a redistribution of the glutamate receptor subunit (GluR1) of the AMPA receptor. In conclusion, our data show that CaMKII-dependent SAP97-Ser-39 phosphorylation regulates the association of SAP97 with the postsynaptic complex, thus providing a fine molecular mechanism responsible for the synaptic delivery of SAP97 interacting proteins, i.e. ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits.
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- Daniela Mauceri
- Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milano, via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Feng W, Long JF, Fan JS, Suetake T, Zhang M. The tetrameric L27 domain complex as an organization platform for supramolecular assemblies. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2004; 11:475-80. [PMID: 15048107 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2004] [Accepted: 02/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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L27 domain, initially identified in the Caenorhabditis elegans Lin-2 and Lin-7 proteins, is a protein interaction module that exists in a large family of scaffold proteins. The domain can function as an organization center of large protein assemblies required for establishment and maintenance of cell polarity. We have solved the high-resolution NMR structure of a tetrameric complex of L27 domains containing two SAP97-mLin-2 L27 domain heterodimers. Each L27 domain contains three a-helices. The first two helices of each domain are packed together to form a four-helical bundle in the heterodimer. The third helix of each L27 domain forms another four-helical bundle that assembles the two heterodimers into a tetramer. The structure of the complex provides a mechanistic explanation for L27 domain-mediated polymerization of scaffold proteins, a process that is crucial for the assembly of supramolecular complexes in asymmetric cells.
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- Wei Feng
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Neuroscience Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Bachmann A, Timmer M, Sierralta J, Pietrini G, Gundelfinger ED, Knust E, Thomas U. Cell type-specific recruitment of Drosophila Lin-7 to distinct MAGUK-based protein complexes defines novel roles for Sdt and Dlg-S97. J Cell Sci 2004; 117:1899-909. [PMID: 15039455 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Stardust (Sdt) and Discs-Large (Dlg) are membrane-associated guanylate kinases (MAGUKs) involved in the organization of supramolecular protein complexes at distinct epithelial membrane compartments in Drosophila. Loss of either Sdt or Dlg affects epithelial development with severe effects on apico-basal polarity. Moreover, Dlg is required for the structural and functional integrity of synaptic junctions. Recent biochemical and cell culture studies have revealed that various mammalian MAGUKs can interact with mLin-7/Veli/MALS, a small PDZ-domain protein. To substantiate these findings for their in vivo significance with regard to Sdt- and Dlg-based protein complexes, we analyzed the subcellular distribution of Drosophila Lin-7 (DLin-7) and performed genetic and biochemical assays to characterize its interaction with either of the two MAGUKs. In epithelia, Sdt mediates the recruitment of DLin-7 to the subapical region, while at larval neuromuscular junctions, a particular isoform of Dlg, Dlg-S97, is required for postsynaptic localization of DLin-7. Ectopic expression of Dlg-S97 in epithelia, however, was not sufficient to induce a redistribution of DLin-7. These results imply that the recruitment of DLin-7 to MAGUK-based protein complexes is defined by cell-type specific mechanisms and that DLin-7 acts downstream of Sdt in epithelia and downstream of Dlg at synapses.
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- André Bachmann
- Institut für Genetik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Leonoudakis D, Conti LR, Anderson S, Radeke CM, McGuire LMM, Adams ME, Froehner SC, Yates JR, Vandenberg CA. Protein trafficking and anchoring complexes revealed by proteomic analysis of inward rectifier potassium channel (Kir2.x)-associated proteins. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:22331-46. [PMID: 15024025 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m400285200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Inward rectifier potassium (Kir) channels play important roles in the maintenance and control of cell excitability. Both intracellular trafficking and modulation of Kir channel activity are regulated by protein-protein interactions. We adopted a proteomics approach to identify proteins associated with Kir2 channels via the channel C-terminal PDZ binding motif. Detergent-solubilized rat brain and heart extracts were subjected to affinity chromatography using a Kir2.2 C-terminal matrix to purify channel-interacting proteins. Proteins were identified with multidimensional high pressure liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, N-terminal microsequencing, and immunoblotting with specific antibodies. We identified eight members of the MAGUK family of proteins (SAP97, PSD-95, Chapsyn-110, SAP102, CASK, Dlg2, Dlg3, and Pals2), two isoforms of Veli (Veli-1 and Veli-3), Mint1, and actin-binding LIM protein (abLIM) as Kir2.2-associated brain proteins. From heart extract purifications, SAP97, CASK, Veli-3, and Mint1 also were found to associate with Kir2 channels. Furthermore, we demonstrate for the first time that components of the dystrophin-associated protein complex, including alpha1-, beta1-, and beta2-syntrophin, dystrophin, and dystrobrevin, interact with Kir2 channels, as demonstrated by immunoaffinity purification and affinity chromatography from skeletal and cardiac muscle and brain. Affinity pull-down experiments revealed that Kir2.1, Kir2.2, Kir2.3, and Kir4.1 all bind to scaffolding proteins but with different affinities for the dystrophin-associated protein complex and SAP97, CASK, and Veli. Immunofluorescent localization studies demonstrated that Kir2.2 co-localizes with syntrophin, dystrophin, and dystrobrevin at skeletal muscle neuromuscular junctions. These results suggest that Kir2 channels associate with protein complexes that may be important to target and traffic channels to specific subcellular locations, as well as anchor and stabilize channels in the plasma membrane.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Brain/embryology
- Brain/metabolism
- COS Cells
- Cell Membrane/metabolism
- Cerebellum/metabolism
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Detergents/pharmacology
- Dystrophin-Associated Proteins
- Glutathione Transferase/metabolism
- Guanylate Kinases
- Immunoblotting
- Mass Spectrometry
- Membrane Proteins/chemistry
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muscle Proteins/chemistry
- Muscle Proteins/metabolism
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Myocardium/metabolism
- Peptides/chemistry
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/chemistry
- Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/metabolism
- Precipitin Tests
- Protein Isoforms
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein Transport
- Proteome
- Proteomics/methods
- Rats
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Silver Staining
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
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- Dmitri Leonoudakis
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Hanada T, Takeuchi A, Sondarva G, Chishti AH. Protein 4.1-mediated membrane targeting of human discs large in epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:34445-50. [PMID: 12807908 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305209200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Human discs large (hDlg) protein binds to protein 4.1R via a motif encoded by an alternatively spliced exon located between the SH3 and the C-terminal guanylate kinase-like domains. To evaluate the functional significance of protein 4.1R binding for subcellular localization of hDlg in vivo, we expressed full-length recombinant constructs of two naturally occurring isoforms of hDlg termed hDlg-I2 and hDlg-I3. The hDlg-I3 but not the hDlg-I2 isoform binds to the FERM (Four.1-Ezrin-Radixin-Moesin) domain of protein 4.1R in vitro. Upon transient transfection into subconfluent Madine-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells, the hDlg-I3 fused with the green fluorescent protein accumulated predominantly at the plasma membrane of cell-cell contact sites, whereas the hDlg-I2 fusion protein distributed in the cytoplasm. In contrast, in stably transfected confluent MDCK cells, both hDlg-I2 and -I3 isoforms localized efficiently to the lateral membrane, consistent with the previous notion that the N-terminal domain of hDlg mediates its membrane targeting in polarized epithelial cells. We introduced a double mutation (I38A/I40A) into the N-terminal domain of hDlg, which disrupted its interaction with DLG2, a key event in the membrane targeting of hDlg. Interestingly, the hDlg-I2 isoform harboring the I38A/I40A mutation mislocalized from the membrane into cytoplasm. Importantly, the hDlg-I3 isoform with the same mutation localized efficiently to the membrane of confluent MDCK cells. Together, our results demonstrate that in addition to the N-terminal targeting domain, the alternatively spliced I3 insertion plays a critical role in recruiting hDlg to the lateral membrane in epithelial cells via its interaction with protein 4.1R.
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- Toshihiko Hanada
- Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02135, USA
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Roh MH, Margolis B. Composition and function of PDZ protein complexes during cell polarization. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2003; 285:F377-87. [PMID: 12890661 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00086.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Complexes consisting of PDZ proteins have been implicated in a variety of cellular processes. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that PDZ proteins play essential roles during the establishment of spatial asymmetry in various metazoan cell types such as epithelial cells. Epithelial cells possess asymmetry with respect to the apicobasal axis reflected by the differential distribution of proteins and lipids in the apical and basolateral surfaces. In Drosophila, three PDZ protein complexes have been shown to play crucial functions during the establishment of cell-cell adhesions and epithelial cell polarity: Bazooka/Dm-Par6/DaPKC, Crumbs/Stardust/Discs Lost, and Scribble/Discs Large/Lethal Giant Larvae. In this review, we focus primarily on our current knowledge of the localization and function of these complexes in Drosophila epithelia. We also discuss recent data that enhance our understanding of the homologous protein complexes and their roles during junctional assembly and polarization of mammalian epithelial cells.
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- Michael H Roh
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0650, USA
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Actin is found at the cortex of the cell where endocytosis occurs, but does it play a role in this essential process? Recent studies on the unconventional myosin, myosin VI, an actin-based molecular motor, provide compelling evidence that this myosin and therefore actin is involved in two distinct steps of endocytosis in higher eukaryotes: the formation of clathrin-coated vesicles and the movement of nascent uncoated vesicles from the actin-rich cell periphery to the early endosome. Three distinct adapter proteins--GIPC, Dab2 and SAP97--that associate with the cargo-binding tail domain of myosin VI have been identified. These proteins may recruit myosin VI to its sites of action.
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- Tama Hasson
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at San Diego, 2129 Bonner Hall, MC 0368, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0368, USA.
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