title: Alpha-actinin-2, a cytoskeletal protein, binds to angiogenin.
abstract: Angiogenin is an angiogenic factor which is involved in tumorigenesis. However, no particular intracellular protein is known to interact directly with angiogenin. In the present study, we reported the identification of alpha-actinin-2, an actin-crosslinking protein, as a potential angiogenin-interacting partner by yeast two-hybrid screening. This interaction was confirmed by different approaches. First, angiogenin was pulled down together with His-tagged alpha-actinin-2 by Ni(2+)-agarose resins. Second, alpha-actinin-2 was coimmunoprecipitated with angiogenin by anti-angiogenin monoclonal antibody. Third, the in vivo interaction of these two proteins was revealed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer analysis. Since members of alpha-actinin family play pivotal roles in cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, the interaction between alpha-actinin-2 and angiogenin may underline one possible mechanism of angiogenin in angiogenesis. Our finding presents the first evidence of an interaction of a cytosolic protein with angiogenin, which might be a novel interference target for anti-angiogenesis and anti-tumor therapy.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Environmental Genomics, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310031, China.
authors.forename: Huajun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xiangwei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yishan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jiliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhengping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000185:Actinin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000185:Actinin; C046366:angiogenin; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic