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MUSCLE CELL BIOLOGY AND CELL MOTILITY

Laminin-₁ globular domains 3 and 4 induce heterotrimeric G protein binding to -syntrophin's PDZ domain and alter intracellular Ca²⁺ in muscle

Department of Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee

Submitted 11 June 2004 ; accepted in final form 21 September 2004

-Syntrophin is a component of the dystrophin glycoprotein complex (DGC). It is firmly attached to the dystrophin cytoskeleton via a unique COOH-terminal domain and is associated indirectly with -dystroglycan, which binds to extracellular matrix laminin. Syntrophin contains two pleckstrin homology (PH) domains and one PDZ domain. Because PH domains of other proteins are known to bind the -subunits of the heterotrimeric G proteins, whether this is also a property of syntrophin was investigated. Isolated syntrophin from rabbit skeletal muscle binds bovine brain G-subunits in gel blot overlay experiments. Laminin-1-Sepharose or specific antibodies against syntrophin, - and -dystroglycan, or dystrophin precipitate a complex with G from crude skeletal muscle microsomes. Bacterially expressed syntrophin fusion proteins and truncation mutants allowed mapping of G binding to syntrophin's PDZ domain; this is a novel function for PDZ domains. When laminin-1 is bound, maximal binding of G_s and G occurs and active G_s, measured as GTP-³⁵S bound, decreases. Because intracellular Ca²⁺ is elevated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and G_s is known to activate the dihydropyridine receptor Ca²⁺ channel, whether laminin also altered intracellular Ca²⁺ was investigated. Laminin-1 decreases active (GTP-S-bound) G_s, and the Ca²⁺ channel is inhibited by laminin-1. The laminin ₁-chain globular domains 4 and 5 region, the region bound by DGC -dystroglycan, is sufficient to cause an effect, and an antibody that specifically blocks laminin binding to -dystroglycan inhibits G binding by syntrophin in C₂C₁₂ myotubes. These observations suggest that DGC is a matrix laminin, G protein-coupled receptor.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; protein G -subunit; pleckstrin homology domain

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