Epitopes in the interacting regions of β-dystroglycan (PPxY motif) and dystrophin (WW domain)
Epitopes in the interacting regions of β-dystroglycan (PPxY motif) and dystrophin (WW domain)
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DOI:
10.1016/s0304-4165(01)00147-7
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发表时间:
2001-07-02
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3
通讯作者:
Morris, GE
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作者:
Pereboev, AV;Ahmed, N;Morris, GE
The dystroglycan gene produces two products from a single mRNA. the extracellular alpha -dystroglycan and the transmembrane beta -dystroglycan. The Duchenne muscular dystrophy protein, dystrophin, associates with the muscle membrane via beta -dystroglycan. the WW domain of dystrophin interacting with a PPxY motif in beta -dystroglycan. A panel of four monoclonal antibodies (MANDAGI-4) was produced using the last 16 amino acids of beta -dystroglycan as immunogen. The mAbs recognized a 43 kDa band on Western blots of all cells and tissues tested and stained the sarcolemma in immunohistochemistry of skeletal muscle over a wide range of animal species. A monoclonal antibody (mAb) against the WW domain of dystrophin, MANHINGE4A, produced using a 16-mer synthetic peptide, recognized dystrophin on Western blots and also stained the sarcolemma. We have identified the precise sequences recognized by the mAbs using a phage-displayed random 15-mer peptide library. A 7-amino-acid consensus sequence SPPPYVP involved in binding all four beta -dystroglycan mAbs was identified by sequencing 17 different peptides selected from the library. PPY were the most important residues for three mAbs, but PxxVP were essential residues for a fourth mAb. MANDAG2. By sequencing five different random peptides from the library, the epitope on dystrophin recognized by mAb MANHINGE4A was identified as PWxRA in the first beta -strand of the WW domain, with the W and R residues invariably present. A recent three-dimensional structure confirms that the two epitopes are adjacent in the dystrophin-dystroglycan complex. highlighting the question of how the two interacting motifs can also be accessible to antibodies during immunolocalization in situ. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.