title: Myne-1, a spectrin repeat transmembrane protein of the myocyte inner nuclear membrane, interacts with lamin A/C.
abstract: Mutations in the genes encoding the inner nuclear membrane proteins lamin A/C and emerin produce cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy in humans and mice. The mechanism by which these broadly expressed gene products result in tissue-specific dysfunction is not known. We have identified a protein of the inner nuclear membrane that is highly expressed in striated and smooth muscle. This protein, myne-1 (myocyte nuclear envelope), is predicted to have seven spectrin repeats, an interrupted LEM domain and a single transmembrane domain at its C-terminus. We found that myne-1 is expressed upon early muscle differentiation in multiple intranuclear foci concomitant with lamin A/C expression. In mature muscle, myne-1 and lamin A/C are perfectly colocalized, although colocalization with emerin is only partial. Moreover, we show that myne-1 and lamin A/C coimmunoprecipitate from differentiated muscle in vitro. The muscle-specific inner nuclear envelope expression of myne-1, along with its interaction with lamin A/C, indicates that this gene is a potential mediator of cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
authors.forename: John M K
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mislow
authors.forename: Marian S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dawn Belt
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: McNally
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007797:Laminin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009685:Nuclear Envelope / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020449:Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013049:Spectrin / Q000737:chemistry; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D007797:Laminin; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C485901:Syne1 protein, mouse; D013049:Spectrin