title: Syndesmos, a syndecan-4 cytoplasmic domain interactor, binds to the focal adhesion adaptor proteins paxillin and Hic-5.
abstract: Syndecan-4 and integrins are the primary transmembrane receptors of focal adhesions in cells adherent to extracellular matrix molecules. Syndesmos is a cytoplasmic protein that interacts specifically with the cytoplasmic domain of syndecan-4, and it co-localizes with syndecan-4 in focal contacts. In the present study we sought possible interactors with syndesmos. We find that syndesmos interacts with the focal adhesion adaptor protein paxillin. The binding of syndesmos to paxillin is direct, and these interactions are triggered by the activation of protein kinase C. Syndesmos also binds the paxillin homolog, Hic-5. The connection of syndecan-4 with paxillin through syndesmos parallels the connection between paxillin and integrins and may thus reflect the cooperative signaling of these two receptors in the assembly of focal adhesions and actin stress fibers.
authors.affiliation: Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA.
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denhez
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wilcox-Adelman
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Baciu
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saoncella
authors.forename: Sohyung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Becki
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Neveu
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Goetinck
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D051419:Paxillin; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C090090:Tgfb1i1 protein, mouse; C405385:syndesmos protein, mouse; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D011493:Protein Kinase C