title: Immunological identification of candidate proteins involved in regulating active shape changes of outer hair cells.
abstract: By employing immunological methods, it has been demonstrated that myosin, myosin light chain (MLC) and myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) proteins in outer hair cells (OHC) are immunologically different from isoforms in platelets, smooth muscle and heart muscle, and are probably more related to isoforms found in red blood cells (RBC). Moreover, proteins related to band 3 protein (b3p) and protein 4.1 (p 4.1), ankyrin as well as fodrin and spectrin, but not glycophorin, have been identified in isolated OHCs. Both OHCs and RBC differ from other motile non-muscle cells in their lack of smooth muscle isoforms of actin, their common high levels of spectrin-, ankyrin- and band 3-like proteins, as well as the expression of the 80 kDa protein 4.1 isoform. The data support the notion that motility of OHC may be based upon regulation of the b3p/p 4.1/ankyrin complex, and thus may be reminiscent to the active shape changes in RBC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Tübingen, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knipper
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Köpschall
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rohbock
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jüngling
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zenner
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D017487:Ankyrins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018072:Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008297:Male; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D018994:Myosin Light Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D009218:Myosins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D009925:Organ of Corti / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013049:Spectrin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014722:Vestibule, Labyrinth / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D017487:Ankyrins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D018994:Myosin Light Chains; D009219:Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase; D009218:Myosins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D013049:Spectrin