TY - JOUR
T1 - Neural integrity is maintained by dystrophin in C. elegans
AU - Zhou, Shan
AU - Chen, Lihsia
PY - 2011/1/24
Y1 - 2011/1/24
N2 - The dystrophin protein complex (DPC), composed of dystrophin and associated proteins, is essential for maintaining muscle membrane integrity. The link between mutations in dystrophin and the devastating muscle failure of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been well established. Less well appreciated are the accompanying cognitive impairment and neuro-psychiatric disorders also presented in many DMD patients, which suggest a wider role for dystrophin in membrane-cytoskeleton function. This study provides genetic evidence of a novel role for DYS-1/dystrophin in maintaining neural organization in Caenorhabditis elegans. This neuronal function is distinct from the established role of DYS-1/dystrophin in maintaining muscle integrity and regulating locomotion. SAX-7, an L1 cell adhesion molecule (CAM) homologue, and STN-2/γ- syntrophin also function to maintain neural integrity in C. elegans. This study provides biochemical data that show that SAX-7 associates with DYS-1 in an STN-2/γ-syntrophin-dependent manner. These results reveal a recruitment of L1CAMs to the DPC to ensure neural integrity is maintained.
AB - The dystrophin protein complex (DPC), composed of dystrophin and associated proteins, is essential for maintaining muscle membrane integrity. The link between mutations in dystrophin and the devastating muscle failure of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been well established. Less well appreciated are the accompanying cognitive impairment and neuro-psychiatric disorders also presented in many DMD patients, which suggest a wider role for dystrophin in membrane-cytoskeleton function. This study provides genetic evidence of a novel role for DYS-1/dystrophin in maintaining neural organization in Caenorhabditis elegans. This neuronal function is distinct from the established role of DYS-1/dystrophin in maintaining muscle integrity and regulating locomotion. SAX-7, an L1 cell adhesion molecule (CAM) homologue, and STN-2/γ- syntrophin also function to maintain neural integrity in C. elegans. This study provides biochemical data that show that SAX-7 associates with DYS-1 in an STN-2/γ-syntrophin-dependent manner. These results reveal a recruitment of L1CAMs to the DPC to ensure neural integrity is maintained.
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U2 - 10.1083/jcb.201006109
DO - 10.1083/jcb.201006109
M3 - Article
C2 - 21242290
AN - SCOPUS:78951478980
SN - 0021-9525
VL - 192
SP - 349
EP - 363
JO - Journal of Cell Biology
JF - Journal of Cell Biology
IS - 2
ER -