
pmid: 14506282
Mutations in the dysferlin gene cause limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and Miyoshi myopathy. We report here the results of expression profile analyses and in vitro investigations that point to an interaction between dysferlin and the Ca2+ and lipid-binding proteins, annexins A1 and A2, and define a role for dysferlin in Ca2+-dependent repair of sarcolemmal injury through a process of vesicle fusion. Expression profiling identified a network of genes that are co-regulated in dysferlinopathic mice. Co-immunofluorescence, co-immunoprecipitation, and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy revealed that dysferlin normally associates with both annexins A1 and A2 in a Ca2+ and membrane injury-dependent manner. The distribution of the annexins and the efficiency of sarcolemmal wound-healing are significantly disrupted in dysferlin-deficient muscle. We propose a model of muscle membrane healing mediated by dysferlin that is relevant to both normal and dystrophic muscle and defines the annexins as potential muscular dystrophy genes.
Annexins, Membrane Proteins, Muscle Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Models, Biological, Precipitin Tests, Mice, Gene Expression Regulation, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Mutation, Animals, Calcium, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Muscle, Skeletal, Dysferlin, Algorithms, Annexin A2, Cells, Cultured, Annexin A1, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Annexins, Membrane Proteins, Muscle Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Models, Biological, Precipitin Tests, Mice, Gene Expression Regulation, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Mutation, Animals, Calcium, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Muscle, Skeletal, Dysferlin, Algorithms, Annexin A2, Cells, Cultured, Annexin A1, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
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