Murphy, Sandra and Brinkmeier, Heinrich and Krautwald, Mirjam and Henry, Michael and Meleady, Paula and Ohlendieck, Kay (2017) Proteomic profiling of the dystrophin complex and membrane fraction from dystrophic mdx muscle reveals decreases in the cytolinker desmoglein and increases in the extracellular matrix stabilizers biglycan and fibronectin. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 38 (2). pp. 251-368. ISSN 0142-4319

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Abstract

The almost complete loss of the membrane cytoskeletal protein dystrophin and concomitant drastic reduction in dystrophin-associated glycoproteins are the underlying mechanisms of the highly progressive neuromuscular disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In order to identify new potential binding partners of dystrophin or proteins in close proximity to the sarcolemmal dystrophin complex, proteomic profiling of the isolated dystrophin–glycoprotein complex was carried out. Subcellular membrane fractionation and detergent solubilisation, in combination with ion exchange, lectin chromatography and density gradient ultracentrifugation, was performed to isolate a dystrophin complex-enriched fraction. Following gradient gel electrophoresis and on-membrane digestion, the protein constituents of the dystrophin fraction were determined by peptide mass spectrometry. This proteomic strategy resulted in the novel identification of desmoglein and desmoplakin, which act as cytolinker proteins and possibly exist in close proximity to the dystrophin complex in the sarcolemma membrane. Interestingly, comparative immunoblotting showed a significant reduction in desmoglein in dystrophin-deficient mdx skeletal muscles, reminiscent of the pathobiochemical fate of the dystrophin-associated core proteins in muscular dystrophy. Comparative membrane proteomics was used to correlate this novel finding to large-scale changes in the dystrophic phenotype. A drastic increase in the extracellular stabilizers biglycan and fibronectin was shown by both mass spectrometric analysis and immunoblotting. The reduced expression of desmoglein in dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscles, and simultaneous increase in components of the extracellular matrix, suggest that muscular dystrophy is associated with plasmalemmal disintegration, loss of cellular linkage and reactive myofibrosis.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Biglycan; Desmoglein; Desmoplakin; Dystrophin; Dystrophinopathy; Fibronectin;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Human Health Institute
Item ID:	11745
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-017-9478-4
Depositing User:	Prof. Kay Ohlendieck
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2019 14:51
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility
Publisher:	Springer
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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