title: The nebulin repeat protein Lasp regulates I-band architecture and filament spacing in myofibrils.
abstract: Mutations in nebulin, a giant muscle protein with 185 actin-binding nebulin repeats, are the major cause of nemaline myopathy in humans. Nebulin sets actin thin filament length in sarcomeres, potentially by stabilizing thin filaments in the I-band, where nebulin and thin filaments coalign. However, the precise role of nebulin in setting thin filament length and its other functions in regulating power output are unknown. Here, we show that Lasp, the only member of the nebulin family in Drosophila melanogaster, acts at two distinct sites in the sarcomere and controls thin filament length with just two nebulin repeats. We found that Lasp localizes to the Z-disc edges to control I-band architecture and also localizes at the A-band, where it interacts with both actin and myosin to set proper filament spacing. Furthermore, introducing a single amino acid change into the two nebulin repeats of Lasp demonstrated different roles for each domain and established Lasp as a suitable system for studying nebulin repeat function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1B1 frieder.schoeck@mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Frieder
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schöck
mesh_terms: D000185:Actinin; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D064211:Connectin / Q000235:genetics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000378:metabolism*; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000235:genetics; D009218:Myosins; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D064211:Connectin; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C533497:Lasp protein, Drosophila; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C577347:sls protein, Drosophila; C035620:nebulin; D000185:Actinin; D009218:Myosins
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