Identification of Erbin interlinking MuSK and ErbB2 and its impact on acetylcholine receptor aggregation at the neuromuscular junction.
Erbin, a binding partner of ErbB2, was identified as the first member of the LAP family of proteins. Erbin was shown at postsynaptic membranes of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) or in cultured C2C12 myotubes (1) to be concentrated, (2) to regulate the Ras-Raf-Mek pathway, and (3) to inhibit TGF-beta signaling. In the CNS, Erbin interacts with PSD-95. Furthermore, agrin-MuSK signaling initiates formation of AChR aggregates at the postsynaptic membrane. In search of proteins interacting with MuSK, we identified Erbin as a MuSK binding protein. We verified the interaction of MuSK with Erbin, or both concomitantly with ErbB2 by coimmunoprecipitation, and we mapped the interacting epitopes between Erbin and MuSK. We demonstrated elevated mRNA levels of Erbin at synaptic nuclei and colocalized Erbin and MuSK at postsynaptic membranes. We identified several Erbin isoforms at the NMJ, all of which contained the MuSK binding domain. By knocking down Erbin, we observed agrin-dependent AChR aggregates on murine primary skeletal myotubes and C2C12 cells, and in the absence of agrin, microclusters, both of significantly lower density. Complementary, AChR-epsilon-reporter expression was reduced in myotubes overexpressing Erbin. We show that myotubes also express other LAP protein family members, namely Scribble and Lano, and that both affect physical dimensions of agrin-dependent AChR aggregates and density of microclusters formed in the absence of agrin. Moreover, MuSK-Erbin-ErbB2 signaling influences TGF-beta signaling. Our data define the requirement of Erbin on the cross talk between agrin and neuregulin signaling pathways at the NMJ.
Simeone
Luca
L
Institut für Biochemie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Straubinger
Marion
M
Khan
Muhammad Amir
MA
Nalleweg
Nancy
N
Cheusova
Tatiana
T
Hashemolhosseini
Said
S
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D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; C413364:ERBIN protein, human; C498804:Erbb2ip protein, mouse; C517630:erbin protein, rat; C508053:ERBB2 protein, human; C524056:Erbb2 protein, mouse; C483804:Erbb2 protein, rat; C095714:MUSK protein, human; C511695:MuSK protein, mouse; C475048:MuSK protein, rat
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