title: PLEKHA7 is an adherens junction protein with a tissue distribution and subcellular localization distinct from ZO-1 and E-cadherin.
abstract: The pleckstrin-homology-domain-containing protein PLEKHA7 was recently identified as a protein linking the E-cadherin-p120 ctn complex to the microtubule cytoskeleton. Here we characterize the expression, tissue distribution and subcellular localization of PLEKHA7 by immunoblotting, immunofluorescence microscopy, immunoelectron microscopy, and northern blotting in mammalian tissues. Anti-PLEKHA7 antibodies label the junctional regions of cultured kidney epithelial cells by immunofluorescence microscopy, and major polypeptides of M(r) approximately 135 kDa and approximately 145 kDa by immunoblotting of lysates of cells and tissues. Two PLEKHA7 transcripts ( approximately 5.5 kb and approximately 6.5 kb) are detected in epithelial tissues. PLEKHA7 is detected at epithelial junctions in sections of kidney, liver, pancreas, intestine, retina, and cornea, and its tissue distribution and subcellular localization are distinct from ZO-1. For example, PLEKHA7 is not detected within kidney glomeruli. Similarly to E-cadherin, p120 ctn, beta-catenin and alpha-catenin, PLEKHA7 is concentrated in the apical junctional belt, but unlike these adherens junction markers, and similarly to afadin, PLEKHA7 is not localized along the lateral region of polarized epithelial cells. Immunoelectron microscopy definitively establishes that PLEKHA7 is localized at the adherens junctions in colonic epithelial cells, at a mean distance of 28 nm from the plasma membrane. In summary, we show that PLEKHA7 is a cytoplasmic component of the epithelial adherens junction belt, with a subcellular localization and tissue distribution that is distinct from that of ZO-1 and most AJ proteins, and we provide the first description of its distribution and localization in several tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pulimeno
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stutz
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Citi
mesh_terms: D022005:Adherens Junctions / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D004285:Dogs; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D015820:Cadherins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C533786:PLEKHA7 protein, human; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C569042:TJP1 protein, human; C569043:Tjp1 protein, mouse; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
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