title: Filamin C interacts with the muscular dystrophy KY protein and is abnormally distributed in mouse KY deficient muscle fibres.
abstract: The KY protein has been implicated in a neuromuscular dystrophy in the mouse, but its role in muscle function remains unclear. Here, we show that KY interacts with several sarcomeric cytoskeletal proteins including, amongst others, filamin C and the slow isoform of the myosin-binding protein C. These interactions were confirmed in vitro and because of its central role in skeletal muscle disease, characterized in more detail for filamin C. A role for KY in regulating filamin C function in vivo is supported by the expression analysis of filamin C in the null ky mouse mutant, where distinct irregular subcellular localization of filamin C was found in subsets of muscle fibres, which appears to be a specific outcome of KY deficiency. Furthermore, KY shows protease activity in in vitro assays, and specific degradation of filamin C by KY is shown in transfected cells. Given the enzymatic nature of the KY protein, it is likely that some of the identified partners are catalytic substrates. These results suggest that KY is an intrinsic part of the protein networks underlying the molecular mechanism of several limb-girdle muscular dystrophies, particularly those where interactions between filamin C and disease causing proteins have been shown.
authors.affiliation: MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Oxon, UK.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beatham
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Stuart K M
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hacker
authors.forename: Peter F M
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: van der Ven
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D064448:Filamins; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D003285:Contractile Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D064448:Filamins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C506764:KY protein, mouse; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases