title: betaIV spectrin, a new spectrin localized at axon initial segments and nodes of ranvier in the central and peripheral nervous system.
abstract: We report the identification of betaIV spectrin, a novel spectrin isolated as an interactor of the receptor tyrosine phosphatase-like protein ICA512. The betaIV spectrin gene is located on human and mouse chromosomes 19q13.13 and 7b2, respectively. Alternative splicing of betaIV spectrin generates at least four distinct isoforms, numbered betaIVSigma1-betaIVSigma4 spectrin. The longest isoform (betaIVSigma1 spectrin) includes an actin-binding domain, followed by 17 spectrin repeats, a specific domain in which the amino acid sequence ERQES is repeated four times, several putative SH3-binding sites and a pleckstrin homology domain. betaIVSigma2 and betaIVSigma3 spectrin encompass the NH(2)- and COOH-terminal halves of betaIVSigma1 spectrin, respectively, while betaIVSigma4 spectrin lacks the ERQES and the pleckstrin homology domain. Northern blots revealed an abundant expression of betaIV spectrin transcripts in brain and pancreatic islets. By immunoblotting, betaIVSigma1 spectrin is recognized as a protein of 250 kD. Anti-betaIV spectrin antibodies also react with two additional isoforms of 160 and 140 kD. These isoforms differ from betaIVSigma1 spectrin in terms of their distribution on subcellular fractionation, detergent extractability, and phosphorylation. In islets, the immunoreactivity for betaIV spectrin is more prominent in alpha than in beta cells. In brain, betaIV spectrin is enriched in myelinated neurons, where it colocalizes with ankyrin(G) 480/270-kD at axon initial segments and nodes of Ranvier. Likewise, betaIV spectrin is concentrated at the nodes of Ranvier in the rat sciatic nerve. In the rat hippocampus, betaIVSigma1 spectrin is detectable from embryonic day 19, concomitantly with the appearance of immunoreactivity at the initial segments. Thus, we suggest that betaIVSigma1 spectrin interacts with ankyrin(G) 480/270-kD and participates in the clustering of voltage-gated Na(+) channels and cell-adhesion molecules at initial segments and nodes of Ranvier.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berghs
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aggujaro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dirkx
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maksimova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stabach
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hermel
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Philbrick
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Slepnev
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ort
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solimena
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017487:Ankyrins / Q000378:metabolism; D001324:Autoantigens; D001369:Axons / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D019556:COS Cells; D002875:Chromosomes; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000503:physiopathology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011901:Ranvier's Nodes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D054635:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D015222:Sodium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D013049:Spectrin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017487:Ankyrins; D001324:Autoantigens; D001798:Blood Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015222:Sodium Channels; C417303:betaIV spectrin; C039077:platelet protein P47; D013049:Spectrin; C516862:PTPRN protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; C516863:Ptprn protein, mouse; C516864:Ptprn protein, rat; D054635:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 8