Basal lamina strengthens cell membrane integrity via the laminin G domain-binding motif of α-dystroglycan

Autor: John A. Faulkner, Kevin P. Campbell, Stefan Kunz, Ulrike Mayer, Renzhi Han, Motoi Kanagawa, Takako Yoshida-Moriguchi, David E. Muirhead, Daniel E. Michele, Steven A. Moore, Katsuya Miyake, Paul L. McNeil, Rainer Ng, Susan T. Iannaccone, Erik P. Rader, Michael B. A. Oldstone
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106:12573-12579
ISSN: 1091-6490
0027-8424
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906545106
Popis: Skeletal muscle basal lamina is linked to the sarcolemma through transmembrane receptors, including integrins and dystroglycan. The function of dystroglycan relies critically on posttranslational glycosylation, a common target shared by a genetically heterogeneous group of muscular dystrophies characterized by α-dystroglycan hypoglycosylation. Here we show that both dystroglycan and integrin α7 contribute to force-production of muscles, but that only disruption of dystroglycan causes detachment of the basal lamina from the sarcolemma and renders muscle prone to contraction-induced injury. These phenotypes of dystroglycan-null muscles are recapitulated by Large myd muscles, which have an intact dystrophin–glycoprotein complex and lack only the laminin globular domain-binding motif on α-dystroglycan. Compromised sarcolemmal integrity is directly shown in Large myd muscles and similarly in normal muscles when arenaviruses compete with matrix proteins for binding α-dystroglycan. These data provide direct mechanistic insight into how the dystroglycan-linked basal lamina contributes to the maintenance of sarcolemmal integrity and protects muscles from damage.
Databáze: OpenAIRE