title: Ultrastructural localization of adhalin in normal murine skeletal myofiber.
abstract: The ultrastructural localization of adhalin and its relations to dystrophin, beta-dystroglycan, and beta-spectrin were studied in normal murine skeletal myofibers. The C-terminal peptides of adhalin and beta-dystroglycan were synthesized based on their cDNAs, and the affinity-purified antibodies against these peptides were produced. Single-immunolabeling electron microscopy showed that the adhalin was located just inside the muscle plasma membrane or inside the myofiber a short distance from the plasma membrane. The adhalin signal was also noted at the sarcoplasmic side of plasmalemmal invaginations or at vesicular structures in subsarcolemmal areas. Double-immunogold-labeling electron microscopy disclosed a similar localization of dystrophin, beta-dystroglycan, and beta-spectrin. The close association of adhalin with dystrophin or beta-dystroglycan was demonstrated by formation of doublets by signals of antibodies of adhalin with those of dystrophin or beta-dystroglycan and was confirmed by statistical analyses. This study demonstrated that the location of adhalin is close to that of dystrophin and beta-dystroglycan at the muscle plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wakayama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jimi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oniki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D049030:Dystroglycans; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D012016:Reference Values; D049031:Sarcoglycans; D013049:Spectrin / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D016189:Dystrophin; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D049031:Sarcoglycans; D013049:Spectrin; D049030:Dystroglycans