title: Direct interaction of beta-dystroglycan with F-actin.
abstract: Dystroglycans are essential transmembrane adhesion receptors for laminin. Alpha-dystroglycan is a highly glycosylated extracellular protein that interacts with laminin in the extracellular matrix and the transmembrane region of beta-dystroglycan. Beta-dystroglycan, via its cytoplasmic tail, interacts with dystrophin and utrophin and also with the actin cytoskeleton. As a part of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex of muscles, dystroglycan is also important in maintaining sarcolemmal integrity. Mutations in dystrophin that lead to Duchenne muscular dystrophy also lead to a loss of dystroglycan from the sarcolemma, and chimaeric mice lacking muscle dystroglycan exhibit a severe muscular dystrophy phenotype. Using yeast two-hybrid analysis and biochemical and cell biological studies, we show, in the present study, that the cytoplasmic tail of beta-dystroglycan interacts directly with F-actin and, furthermore, that it bundles actin filaments and induces an aberrant actin phenotype when overexpressed in cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Davidson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Yun-Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jess
authors.forename: Jane L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ilsley
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Winder
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D049030:Dystroglycans; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D049411:Utrophin
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C483081:DAG1 protein, human; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C483600:Utrn protein, mouse; D049411:Utrophin; D049030:Dystroglycans; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins